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By Jordan Lake Bald Eagle, 10/18/2018
Adult Bald Eagle
 
Being a bald eagle brings certain responsibilities.
Such as making certain that any other eagle of any age or gender 
understands that this is my perch, my tree, my section of the river and the lake.
And, you can tell he means every single nuance of his announcement.

By Jordan Lake Dam, Quarterly Bald Eagle Count, 6 photos 10/14/2018
EAGLES EVERYWHERE!
 
Today was our quarterly count of bald eagles at Jordan Lake.
I don’t yet know the total count from all around the lake.
There was a lot of excitement about how many were being counted.
 
The morning started with this 2 year old almost outshining the rising sun.
 
 
Then this 4 year-old showed up.
He still has some dark feathers in with the white on his face and his tail.
 
 
A pair of 4-year-old eagles came by chasing each other.
Perhaps sizing each other up as potential mates in the coming year.
The female is the top bird and as is usual with bald eagles, she is much the larger bird.
 

 
A grand adult male winged past, his attention on something on the horizon.
 
 
Another two-year-old put in an appearance.
 
 
And an exciting finish to the 1.5 hour count.
The trio are all adult bald eagles.
The upper left is a male.
The lower right: the upside-down eagle is a female saying no way to a much smaller male trying to get her attention.
Both males were probably hoping the female would pair with them, but she eventually sped away from both.

By Jordan Lake Dam birds, 4 photos 10/01/2018
Doing a little catching up with some birds from the last couple of days.
 
I have put the great blue heron first because I think he is asking just why is his lake full of trash.
He can understand in his way the tree trunks and limbs and vines but the trash just bewilders him.
If you zoom in you can all kinds of human debris in the water.  This is at the foot of the Jordan Lake Dam Tower.
 
 
The beautiful adult female bald eagle is searching among the debris for a fish to capture.
 
The 3-year-old eagle has caught a fish in amongst all the debris and trash.
I was startled that I caught so much of the reflection, at the distance I was shooting.
 
 
 
Oh, my a chimney swift!  There were about a dozen of the birds out chasing flying insects.
A life list first for me today.