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By Jordan Lake Invitation to Ramble…
 I have given some thought as to how could I help each of us pass the time as we stay at home in order to deny the virus it’s chance to harm us. I hope to help in 2 ways.
1) I have placed copies of several month’s worth of my almost daily Natural Minute Jordan Lake videos from my Facebook page into a file on one of my web blogs. You can get to the blog at https://www.docellensphotography.com/ Then click on the Daily Blog on the left hand side, and once in the Blog, click on LogIn. No passwords are needed. You can return to visit the lake when the walls start to close in. The blog will also notify you any time I make a new entry.
2) I will be going back into my photo archives of the Jordan Lake and its Neighborhood and posting previously unpublished photos and sharing memories that I hope will bring a smile to each of you.
STAY HEALTHY! Peace and Grace, Doc Ellen

By Jordan Lake, Bald Eagle Captain Nest: I Am The Fastest…

 

All parents, be they human or eagle, need an occasional break from parenting duties.  Captain Mom came zipping past the nest with Captain Dad not far behind her.  They flew hard and fast down the cove trying to be the first eagle to the tree.  I think Captain Dad, the lower eagle, just barely won the race!

By Jordan Lake: South Cove Ospreys, Nest Repair

The pair of ospreys have been repairing their old nest, getting it ready for egg laying and the next generation.  Dad osprey goes hunting for a stick, finds one and then has to fight the wind to get it into the nest.  He gets the stick to the nest and Mom osprey then begins the work of weaving in the branch.  Cooperation!!!

By Jordan Lake Bald Eagle Nest Reports & Note; 5 photos
A note about Keeping ALL of Us Safely Together:  Please check back on Monday … I am working on a Keeping-In-Touch plan if the coronavirus keeps us from the lake …
H&G Nest has TWO chicks.
Kinda hard to see, but the two dark lumps at the brim of the nest and between Mom Godiva and the trunk are chicks.
Dad Petruchio at First Nest seems to be as confused about the way the world is atilt as we are.
One of the chicks at First Nest … BIG isn’t it
Both of the chicks at First Nest
From left to right is one of the chicks and then Dad Petruchio;
see what looks like a piece of typing paper above Dad and where the chick is staring… that is Mom Kate’s tail.