The dawn sun was rising bright and crisp – the bald eagle glinted in its light.
photography
Categorymacro at 560mm
Sometimes the small glitter blowing in the wind catches my eye and I sneak a quick photo of a detail –
even though I have my 400mm lens with its 1.4 extender attached on my camera.
feather at 560mm
almost too close
I had leaned way back in my chair to try to photograph a tiny brown-headed nuthatch.
Don’t you know, into my viewfinder came this male fledgling osprey.
He was so close that I didn’t get all of his wings.
The smudge to the right of the bird is the tree that I was leaning around.
The youngster bounced to a landing, balanced for a moment and then left to look for fish.
leap!
Today I got to watch something I had never seen before.
I was photographing a dam on the Cape Fear River when a fish leaped from the water –
angling up the face of the dam.
I then realized there were a lot of common carp in the frothing water
and some of them where throwing themselves upward.
I have no idea why, in the autumn (some do in spring migration), any fish would be trying to literally swim up river.
The common carp is an invasive species and destructive to the habitat used by our native fish.
to see a very short slide show go to https://flic.kr/p/MLmRjP
blue sky…
What could be finer than a Carolina blue sky with a bald eagle winging through it…
doc ellen at Jordan Lake Heritage Celebration
The weather was beautiful.
The visitors asked lots of great questions about bald eagles.
Many, many thanks to the Rangers and staff at the Jordan Lake State Recreation Area for putting the celebration together. A huge undertaking accomplished over the past year that sure gave a lot of families and friends a beautiful gathering at Jordan Lake.
The Coast Guard auxiliary rescued my posters when the wind got hold of them. I didn’t know the Coast Guard did land rescues – my thanks to them.
I had a wonderful time!
doc ellen's journey 