Both Mom Kate and Dad Petruchio have been busy repairing the nest and lining it in anticipation of egg laying in the next week or so. Photos are from yesterday (the sunny ones) and today (the gray ones).
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TagA Very Rare Bald Eagle…
I want to share with you a bald eagle of a very special sort … my friend Paula Page, a marvelous whirligig artist and wildlife photographer, has a large wooded yard that is a bird paradise. In her yard, birds of all sorts live and visit, except for any bald eagles, until this week. Regretfully, a storm damaged one of her oak trees so severely it had to be removed. Paula looked at the damaged tree and saw a beautiful possibility. She contacted chain saw artist Corey Lancaster of Boon Hill Gallery in Johnston County, NC and he transformed the bottom 7.5 feet of the tree into a memory that will be with all of us for a very long time! Paula gave me permission to share her photos of the transformation.
Jordan Lake: Bald Eagle Fledgling
This is one of this year’s fledgling bald eagles at Jordan Lake.
Jordan Lake: Hershey Goes Fishing
Hershey, the father bald eagle at H&G nest went fishing this morning, showing just how effortlessly he could make the catch!
Jordan Lake: What Caused the Gulls to Spook…
There must have been more than a thousand gulls arguing, fishing, screaming, swirling and chasing each other when suddenly everything went silent and there were gulls scattering to all points of the compass. I swear this 3-year-old bald eagle laughed at the panic he had caused. He didn’t stay long before he launched and caused a second panic.
Jordan Lake: Momma Kate
Jordan Lake: First Nest bald eagle.
Momma Kate took time off from doing refurbishing work on her nest to go fishing. I really like the contrast of the early morning dark reflections with her brilliant head and tail making her almost a comet as with power and magnificence she caught her breakfast.
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