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By Jordan Lake Bald Eagle Fishing, 4 photos, 10/26/2018
It was cold.  It was windy.  The fog kept mixing with the rain.  
Sometimes I could see the Haw River below the Jordan Lake Dam. 
 Sometimes the mists swallowed it.
And then the weather conditions didn’t matter.
This beautiful 2-year-old bald eagle was hungry and he was looking for a fish.
You can see the rain all around him.
 
 
A fish caught his eye, he banked hard, reversed direction and flew into the mists just above the river.
Did he catch his fish?
 
 
The grey air was still partially obscuring a clear view of him, but I could see a fish dangling from one foot!
 
 
As the 2-year-old banked further, he lifted above the fog and mist and I could clearly see his catch.
He flew out of sight, back into all the grey weather.

By Jordan Lake Bald Eagles 10/21/2018
The autumn air this morning was cold, crisp, clear and blustery.
It filled the bald eagles with an urge to test the wind and each other.
The bald eagle up top is a fledgling – one of this year’s babies.
The bald eagle down below is a 3-year-old.
They were both screaming when they appeared from the trees.
The tumbling mass of wings, tails, talons and beaks was awesome.

By Jordan Lake Bald Eagle, 10/18/2018
Adult Bald Eagle
 
Being a bald eagle brings certain responsibilities.
Such as making certain that any other eagle of any age or gender 
understands that this is my perch, my tree, my section of the river and the lake.
And, you can tell he means every single nuance of his announcement.