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By Handsome Pair

Bald eagles really enjoy cold weather. They’re even happier if it’s a very windy cold weather day. On the left is the female bald eagle and on the right is her mate. They are both eager to get up and out and about and continue preparations for the breeding season.

By Breeding Season!

It is the beginning of bald eagle breeding season at Jordan Lake. Captain Doug and I found this Dad bald eagle trying to work a branch into an area of the nest that needed repair before eggs could be safely laid. He is persistent!

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!