B. Everett Jordan Lake

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By Autumn Leaf

today I am vibrantly me
anon I will be but a memory
but today that letting go
that surrender to the wind
is not to be
today I am still vibrantly me

By 3-year-old bald eagle minute

There is nothing quite like the arrogance of a 3-year-old bald eagle. This one is showing the definitive 3-year face stripe that is almost a mask. It’s beak still has some smudges of darkness as it goes towards the bright yellowing of an adult. Raptors often rest with 1 foot up like this one is doing. If it were cold that resting foot might have been tucked up against its tummy. Hope you enjoy this part of the cruise that Captain Doug and I took yesterday at Jordan Lake.

By Cold!

Jordan Lake. The 28°F weather this morning caused the normally very sleek little brown-headed nuthatch to get all puffed up as his feathers trapped heat against his body. That did not slow down his hunting. He’s got an insect of some sort for his breakfast.

By Oh …

Out of the drizzly rain and gray mist this morning, appeared a common loon. They are back! If you are out at Jordan Lake at dawn or dusk stand very still and you might hear their haunting call.

By Greater Yellowlegs

As Captain Doug and I floated around one of the exposed sand banks at Jordan Lake, we found this trio of greater yellowlegs. I see an occasional greater yellowlegs in migration but this is the first time that there were 3 wandering the shoreline.