Jordan Lake. The Bonaparte’s gull can easily plunge-dive to catch fish. In this video watch carefully and you can see sometimes they actually dive under the water rather like an osprey. However, the gull catches the fish with its beak and not its feet.
Jordan Lake
TagBald Eagle Tries to Steal a Fish…
Jordan Lake. Very occasionally I see an immature bald eagle think about trying to take a fish from a great blue heron. The juvenile eagle gets within about 6 feet of the heron’s long beak and backs out. I have never seen before what happened here. The adult bald eagle went after the great blue heron’s fish. Wow!
Doc Ellen’s Natural Minute
Jordan Lake. Doc Ellen‘s Natural Minute. The Bonaparte gulls have started to return. They visit here at Jordan lake all through the winter. They are a very elegant small gull. The sound they make reminds me of parakeets chittering.
Last Day of November, 2022
Jordan Lake. Well, it is the last day of November and a windy soggy day at that. So, I thought I would try to brighten up our world a little bit. Here is a flight of bufflehead ducks that Captain Doug and I found, bright in the sunshine of yesterday afternoon, to lighten the mood of this mid-week day.
Green Anole Ramble
Jordan Lake: The autumn air warmed enough this morning for me to share a moment with a delightful critter. Here in the southern US we call this lizard a chameleon because it changes colors depending on the surface it is upon. However, it is not a true chameleon (which lives in parts of Africa and other Old World sites) which can change more than between green and brown. Properly, our color changer is known as a green anole. I hope you enjoy its ramble.
Thanksgiving Day 2022
Jordan Lake. Take a moment/step out/into autumn air/breathe/sense/ with your whole being/vibrant/shared gratitude.
peace and grace, Doc Ellen
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