A ring-billed gull uses his feet to help adjust his flight path as he goes fishing.
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TagJordan Lake: Fish Are Slippery
The ring-billed gull caught a fish a mite too big for his beak…
JL Neighborhood Visit 6 photos 02/07/2018
Its time to see what other birds, um, non-bald eagles are in the neighborhood.
Accipiters are fast hawks that chase other birds.
This is an immature Cooper’s hawk.
Just how many fish does this crow have in its beak?
Sometimes going away gives a spectacular view – this is a ring-billed gull.
The waters of the lake make a beautiful backdrop for this male eastern bluebird.
The American pipit is a winter visitor and a new bird for my Life List.
I almost always hear a killdeer before I see it and I better be looking quick for they zip past in a hurry.
Just Whose Fish Is It?
2 year-old bald eagles will do just about anything to get a meal …
especially if it means little work on their part.
I watched the gull catch the fish and suddenly drop it.
The young eagle swooped in,
snagged the fish from right at the lake’s surface
and headed for shore where he consumed the gull’s catch.
Doc Ellen’s Winter Lecture dates
Doc Ellen is giving a lecture on Sat and Sun Dec 9 and 10 at 2:00 PM
on the bald eagles of Jordan Lake and the winter migratory birds that join them.
American bald eagle.
Red-breasted merganser.
Gulls chasing a fish.
silent escape
At this point in the herring gull melee, the fish was the only one with his mouth closed and silent.
The lowest herring gull, on the left, is the one who caught the fish and then dropped it.
Ultimately, the fish won this round, after actually bouncing off the surface of the river and then diving for safety.
doc ellen's journey 