B. Everett Jordan Lake

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By Jordan Lake Neighborhood: Eastern Cottontail Rabbit, 4 photos
I had spent several minutes tracking different songbirds that were busy along the lake’s shoreline, when I realized I was seeing a pair of ears.  A pair of very long ears above a bright eye.  I don’t know how long the rabbit – an eastern cottontail rabbit – had been watching me.  He grazed a couple more mouthfuls of the fresh leaves below the blackberry bramble. Stole one more look at me, and was gone.

By Doc Ellen’s Natural Minute 04/01/2020
Jordan Lake: I made this Natural Minute on March 26, 2020 but used a different little video to post that day. May this one bring a moment of quietness as we watch the northern mockingbird being busy. You can find other Natural Minutes archived at my blog at
https://www.docellensphotography.com/blog-1
Stop by and visit whenever you need a moment of Jordan Lake.

By Jordan Lake Dam: Goose!

 

While at the Jordan Lake Dam this morning, a large white bird appeared in with a few gulls that were flying above the Haw River. I believe it to be a Snow Goose. However, it is possible that it is a Ross’s Goose. Both birds are rare in this part of NC (there are thousands of snow geese around Lake Mattamuskeet this time of the year). Both birds also readily hybridize with each other. I didn’t get quite good enough photos to clearly see the beak on this goose and that could have helped with the identification. Enjoy this winter-white visitor!