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By Construction

I was editing photos when I heard a soft ratatat (heard near end of video). The male downey woodpecker was enlarging the entry hole on the house wren’s house. I am going to have to put a nuthatch metal plate around that hole to stop the construction work. Then I need to put up different larger hole box for the downy woodpeckers to roost in for the winter. Downys like to roost but not nest in boxes. The house wrens have raised chicks in that house for the last three seasons. The woodpecker was having a good time!

By Carp Brunch

On the shoreline to the left of the four-year-old bald eagle you can see what he is interested in. He has flown in to get himself a piece of a carp carcass. In some ways I think the plumage of a four-year-old bald eagle is quite stunning. As to the youngster’s desire to have a piece of that dead carp, well, that’s on the eagle’s brunch menu but not mine!

By Feathered Power

This 2-year-old bald eagle made a powerful horizontal launch past Captain Doug and I. We were totally ignored as the youngster set out along the lake’s shoreline to challenge another immature bald eagle.

By Fledgling Bald Eagle

You can hear the wind and see the rock ‘n’ roll of the boat as Captain Doug and I watched this fledgling bald eagle at Jordan Lake. Like all youngsters he was curious about everything that was going on around him.