Jordan Lake. The four-year-old bald eagle saw the fish jump. The race was on! I will probably never ever get another chance to photograph a bald eagle literally chasing a jumping shad. BTW the fish won. Hope you enjoy the race.
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TagSomebody Rang the Dinner Bell
Jordan Lake.Somebody rang the dinner bell. Around the end of the cove came probably 200 double-crested cormorants. They made an absolute blur as they passed by me, turned back and settled in to fishing. It is a very rhythmic feeding sequence with the occasional cork popping – oh, I mean an occasional cormorant popping up with a fish.
Uh Oh…
Jordan Lake. The amount of energy expended by one gull chasing another gull just to try to steal the fish… You would think it would be easier just go catch your own fish. However, seabirds often engage in this kind of attempted theft. The fish won this round as it fell back into the river.
Doc Ellen’s Natural Minute 08/30/2021
Jordan Lake: Doc Ellen’s Natural Minute. Almost natural … when I video in slo mo my camera cannot pick up audio. So, I added a wee bit of a melody to help the fishes dance their morning song.
Jordan Lake: Fish Are Slippery
The ring-billed gull caught a fish a mite too big for his beak…
Jordan Lake Neighborhood: Weight??? 07/11/2019
How much weight for your mass can you carry? And fly, at the same time?
This male osprey weighs about 3 to 3.5 pounds.
The largemouth bass weighs about 2 pounds.
It is utterly mind-bending every time I see an osprey fly past with a large fish.
Think on it: I couldn’t walk up a hill carrying more than half my own weight. Hmm…
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