Jordan Lake. Let’s step aside from all of the flood information and enjoy for a moment these white-tailed deer bucks. I was sitting on the riprap talking with a brand new friend when he exclaimed oh look there’s some deer. Wow! There the bucks stood, antlers still enclosed in velvet. A rather nice bright aside from all of the flood concerns!
OK! Hang in here with me and the fog. The clip shows some of the peculiarities you can run into with fog and a camera. I was at the dam before sunrise this morning. Really wanted to show to all of you the incredible flow of the Haw River and maybe, just maybe a sunrise too. Fog! The river was much warmer than the air above it and so fog was scattered everywhere. Cameras don’t like to try to focus a video through fog. One thing to take a shot of fog hanging in the trees or being still on the lake … another thing totally when you want to track through the fog. Please hang in there with me as I try to show you the fog, the river thundering out of the tailrace and across the fishing pier, and just maybe a snippet of the sunrise. Thanks for putting up with me.
Jordan Lake. The rushing Haw River continues to escape the dam. The morning golden hour was fading away. This fledgling osprey caught itself a catfish. I caught the reflection of both bird and fish.
Jordan Lake. This is the Jordan Dam tailrace this morning. The Army Corps of Engineers opened the dam gates and are letting the Haw River head on down stream. About 3 miles down stream the Haw River comes together with the Deep River and they then together become the Cape Fear River. It appears that it will be at least the end of next week or longer before boat ramps, fishing areas, camping sites, those kind of places around the lake will be open. It takes a while to move that much water out of the lake and down to the ocean.
The male northern cardinal tries hard to look quite classy at all times. However, as you can see here, he is very disheveled. Molt, the normal replacement of feathers, in cardinals occurs in late summer. His only way foreword is to preen and wait for the new feathers to appear. Soon he will again be crimson elegant, beak to tail.
Jordan Lake. It is often said the devil is in the details. In this case the details are in the bald eagle. I often tell people if you can’t see a bald eagle: look for bright yellow feet or maybe all you will get is a glimpse of a bright yellow beak. Captain Doug and I came across this eagle last week and he sure put on a beautifully detailed launch.
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