2018

Ranger Nest

Mom Ranger caused quite a ruckus at the nest …
eventually involving one of her fledglings, an irate osprey and herself.

JL Bald Eagle Nest report: Ranger Nest 07/04/2018

Ranger Nest

This is one of the two fledglings from Ranger Cove, July 4, 2018

Ranger Nest Cove

In your face defined!

That is Dad Osprey on the left and Mom Ranger bald eagle on the right.

Not a single feather got harmed, but if a picture is worth a thousand words, they were writing an epic battle.

Since the eaglets have fledged from the Ranger bald eagle nest, the ospreys have been playing “king-of-the-eagle nest”.

That is until Mom Ranger stopped by to make sure the neighborhood ospreys remembered the nest was hers!

Ranger Nest

Ah, ha! This morning the smaller Ranger bald eagle fledgling came flying in, angry and hungry.

After pausing in the nest and yelling his discontent, he made a short flight hop to a nearby pine tree.

The fledgling sat there, disgruntled, before soon flying back out in search of a parent.

At this point, the parents bring an occasional fish to the nest with the intent of keeping the fledgling alive but less dependent on them.

They are pushing the fledgling into going fishing on his own.

By neighdoctor June 16, 2018 Jordan Lake Bald Eagle 06/16/2018

An Unplanned Gift!

At the end of today’s lecture at the Jordan Lake State Park Visitor Center, all of us went out to the ramp behind the center.

We looked and looked for bald eagles, but the only ones were tiny little dots across the lake and over the causeway.

The heat and humidity was fierce and we all finally turned to go back inside.

The flash of a white head caught my eye and I sang out.

A beautiful bald eagle soared over the tree line and right over our heads.

Oh my, what a sight and jubilation as some of the attendees got to see their first ever bald eagle, wild and free.

I captured her passage and am glad I can share it here.