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By Handsome Pair

Bald eagles really enjoy cold weather. They’re even happier if it’s a very windy cold weather day. On the left is the female bald eagle and on the right is her mate. They are both eager to get up and out and about and continue preparations for the breeding season.

By Breeding Season!

It is the beginning of bald eagle breeding season at Jordan Lake. Captain Doug and I found this Dad bald eagle trying to work a branch into an area of the nest that needed repair before eggs could be safely laid. He is persistent!

By Carp Brunch

On the shoreline to the left of the four-year-old bald eagle you can see what he is interested in. He has flown in to get himself a piece of a carp carcass. In some ways I think the plumage of a four-year-old bald eagle is quite stunning. As to the youngster’s desire to have a piece of that dead carp, well, that’s on the eagle’s brunch menu but not mine!

By Feathered Power

This 2-year-old bald eagle made a powerful horizontal launch past Captain Doug and I. We were totally ignored as the youngster set out along the lake’s shoreline to challenge another immature bald eagle.