… it looks like both the eaglet/fledglings from last spring have made it through the first year and they are still hanging together and hunting in the same area within the area where they were hatched. I got several shots of both of them in the same tree so I could check them against photos used to determine approximate age. Lots of branches in those photos so other than ID they were not worth much. The photo above is of one of the now juvenile bald eagles taking off from a branch in one of the bays on the north end of the lake. The nest does not appear to have been used again this year.
Below is a shot of a Great Egret coming in for a landing on a very flexible branch at treetop in a nesting location … the construction of the egrets and herons is still underway. The green patch between the beak and eye is breeding plumage. The cave that was used by Great Horned Owls in previous years appears to be abandoned and this is the second year it has not been used. The water is up so perhaps we can do some exploring in very shallow areas and find new nesting areas.
A very Happy Easter to my Christian friends and a very Happy Hanukkah to my Jewish friends. We are blessed! Have a beautiful day; back to the lake at 5AM 🙂
Cheers,
Ted
Resurrect Thou the dreams and songs and love
that enchanted the garden of my youth, filled with
the joys of a thousand hopes in the still morning’s
twilight, and dawning visions in the shadowed, starry
night. As the kindly earth yields forth each spring her
budding brood, so in the barren winter of my heart
may there bloom again the rose of sweet content.
O’er the din of the world and the strife of men, let
rise the symphonies of eternal peace. Resurrect them
that slumber in graves of gold; and deliver humanity
from those cruel conventions that are but the husks
of virtue. Make kindness king, and teach us that good
deeds are greater than philosophy. To tired men that
daily tread the crowded streets give Thou a place of
sweet repose at night; and fill with love the hearts
of lonely women. Bring forth sweet babes from out
the arms of each, to light with joy the byways of the
earth.
Thou great God, uphold me also in the lonely hour;
and though I fall in the din and dust of the world,
resurrect Thou me. Even to the last, turn my hands
to kindly service, and part my lips in gleeful songs
of love. And in the softly falling dark, when all grows
strangely still, may I be glad to have trod the sweet
green earth, and known the tender touch of love. Yet
may I depart with joy, as one who journeys home at
evening.
excerpt from An Easter Prayer by Max Ehrmann
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Ted also does one-on-one workshops for those interested in learning the techniques he uses. By special arrangement Ted will do one-on-one aerial photography workshops which will include actual photo sessions in the air.
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