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!
American bald eagle
TagArc of Defiance
Bald Eagle, Jordan Lake, NC, November, 2024

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!




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.

Across…

Fledgling Bald Eagle
You can hear the wind and see the rock ‘n’ roll of the boat as Captain Doug and I watched this fledgling bald eagle at Jordan Lake. Like all youngsters he was curious about everything that was going on around him.
