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By A Very Rare Bald Eagle…

I want to share with you a bald eagle of a very special sort … my friend Paula Page, a marvelous whirligig artist and wildlife photographer, has a large wooded yard that is a bird paradise. In her yard, birds of all sorts live and visit, except for any bald eagles, until this week. Regretfully, a storm damaged one of her oak trees so severely it had to be removed. Paula looked at the damaged tree and saw a beautiful possibility. She contacted chain saw artist Corey Lancaster of Boon Hill Gallery in Johnston County, NC and he transformed the bottom 7.5 feet of the tree into a memory that will be with all of us for a very long time! Paula gave me permission to share her photos of the transformation.

By Jordan Lake Dam: Goose!

 

While at the Jordan Lake Dam this morning, a large white bird appeared in with a few gulls that were flying above the Haw River. I believe it to be a Snow Goose. However, it is possible that it is a Ross’s Goose. Both birds are rare in this part of NC (there are thousands of snow geese around Lake Mattamuskeet this time of the year). Both birds also readily hybridize with each other. I didn’t get quite good enough photos to clearly see the beak on this goose and that could have helped with the identification. Enjoy this winter-white visitor!

 

 

 

By Jordan Lake: What Caused the Gulls to Spook…
There must have been more than a thousand gulls arguing, fishing, screaming, swirling and chasing each other when suddenly everything went silent and there were gulls scattering to all points of the compass. I swear this 3-year-old bald eagle laughed at the panic he had caused. He didn’t stay long before he launched and caused a second panic.