Jordan Lake Neighborhood 5 photos 07-18-2019

Jordan Lake Neighborhood Raptors

The morning started off with the moon setting in a beautiful Carolina blue sky.

Then the eagles came by and then the ospreys.

First was Lady Lake, panting hard in the heat and humidity.

Then a bright-eyed 2-year-old harassed the osprey nest and arrogantly floated past me.

Dad osprey was showing his fledglings how to fish.

I wonder what the fledglings thought of the tiny fish dad captured!

Jordan Lake Palette: Blue Grosbeak 07-02-2019

Jordan Lake Palette

where doc ellen interprets nature a wee bit differently

blue grosbeak in the dawn’s brassy light at the Jordan Lake Dam

By neighdoctor January 21, 2019 Lunar Eclipse 01/20/2019

I didn’t make it to the lake. I had to stay home, so, I bundled up and sat on my back steps.

The little iPhone wasn’t happy about the cold but my big Canon camera did just fine.

The recordings are from the beginning of the eclipse to the first of the totality.

Twice a day, when the daylight is abundant, a special ”golden hour” happens.

The daylight is softer and redder than when the sun is up high in the sky.

The light makes the earth, sky, water and yes, eagles glow.

This adult bald eagle was magical in the golden hour just before sunset today.

By neighdoctor December 24, 2018 Images

an autumn Sunday morning looking down the Haw River from the Jordan Lake Dam

there are 3 adult bald eagles, 2 immature bald eagles and 3 great blue herons in the photo

living ornaments gracing the mists caught in the trees