This lovely female bald eagle took less than the 30 seconds of this video to surely, swiftly fly past me. What power!
American bald eagle
TagJordan Lake: Exclamation Point
I think Hersey makes an excellent emphatic feathered statement about sticking a landing, perfectly!
Jordan Lake: Osprey Fledgling and a BIG Fish
The fledgling male osprey had caught a fish so big that even a mature female osprey (who are bigger than the males) would have had trouble getting the catch back to a tree. And, there is the ever present danger of a bald eagle looking for a fish to steal.
Jordan Lake: Sunrise Bald Eagle Fledgling
Against the sunrise softness flows the stiff shine of feathers and the sharpness of beak and talons. Purpose relentlessly driving the 7-8 month old fledgling toward another day of fishing. And, I hope, a day closer to making it through that most dangerous year of life for a bald eagle: its first year of tasting the wind. Fly youngster, fly!
Jordan Lake: Bald Eagle Fledgling Fishing
This youngster had his eye on the fish and successfully caught his mid-morning snack.
Jordan Lake: Bald Eagles; Godiva Challenges Hershey
Godiva was speeding down the lake when she suddenly pulled up vertical. Her mate Hershey was headed her way, also in a hurry. Godiva decided to challenge Hershey, possibly to a death spiral, but he wasn’t in any mood for the high stakes aerial. Hershey streaked over Godiva. Godiva was so mad she about stalled out of the air in her turn around to chase her mate. They both were quickly out of my sight.
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