First Nest
HC has fledged!!
He took has first flight sometime between Wednesday and today.
In the video clip you can see his indecision:
food or the lure of flight.
bald eagle flight
TagH&G nest report: Hershey is Embarrassed 4-2-2017
Eagles are proud and mighty…and sometimes embarrassed by the smaller beings at the lake.
That streak is an osprey on a mission. The male osprey took on Hershey,
perhaps to prove he was the best mate for the female osprey who was hovering nearby.
Uh, oh!
There was a fish floating on the water.
The great blue heron made a dash for it.
The bald eagle made a dash too.
The great blue heron decided retreat was the better objective.
Neither bird was happy and neither got the fish.
But doc sure enjoyed the fracas!
JL Eagle nest report: First Nest, 5 photos March 7, 2017
Each year when the ospreys return to Jordan Lake, territory disputes occur.
The east side of the First Nest Cove belongs, more or less, to the ospreys.
The west side of the cove, more or less, belongs to the bald eagles.
The osprey female initiated this encounter when Petruchio crossed the “line”.
Ultimately Petruchio pushed the osprey back east of the line and for the moment quiet reigned.
I gotta admit I admired the spunk of the much smaller osprey!
JL Eagle nest report: H&G nest, 2 photos March 7, 2017
Godiva is just in front of the nest.
The 1 year old bald eagle to the far upper right made the mistake of flying too close to the nest.
I sure wish I was equipped to be able to show all of you better photos of this nest.
There are only a couple of viewing points that will not disturb the nest –
they are more than 1000 feet across the cove from the nest.
Hershey is bringing in a fish for his chicks.
Jordan Lake Neighborhood for March 2, 2017, 7 photos
The ospreys have returned from South America – welcome home.
One year old bald eagle looking fierce in the morning light.
A very cold eastern bluebird, who like me, was wondering where the warm weather went.
Great blue heron stalking through the shoreline bushes.
Belted kingfisher surveying the waters for his next fish.
The small pied-billed grebe is named after the way the black ring bisects his beak.
The morning light illuminates this Bonaparte’s gull.
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