March 23, 2025:
Haw River Encore (Finale):
Here is a final set of images from my March 11th visit to the Haw River near the Jordan Lake Dam:
Common Raven; American Crow; two photos of Black Vultures; two shots of Double-crested Cormorants; and four images of Great Blue Herons.
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March 22, 2025:
Haw River Encore (Continued):
Here’s a final set of Osprey images from my March 11th visit to the Haw River near the Jordan Lake Dam.
Enjoy!
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March 21, 2025:
Haw River Encore (Continued):
Here is a second set of Osprey images from my March 11th visit to the Haw River near the Jordan Lake Dam.
Enjoy!
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March 20, 2025:
Haw River Encore (Continued):
During my March 11th visit to the Haw River, several Ospreys were actively fishing near the tailrace of the Jordan River Dam.
Their dives into the water were generally steeper and less predictable than those of the Bald Eagles, making capturing them photographically a bit more of a challenge!
Today, I’d like to share an initial set of Osprey images from that day.
Enjoy!
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March 19, 2025:
Haw River Encore:
Before moving on to the Ospreys, I would like to share one more set of Bald Eagle images from my March 11th visit to the Haw River.
Enjoy!
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March 18, 2025:
Haw River Encore:
Because I had two enjoyable and productive visits to the Haw River in February, I returned for a third visit on March 11, 2025.
There were still several Bald Eagles around, though not as many as on Febuary 24th.
However, there was an additional new treat!
In the interim, several Ospreys had arrived on the scene!
They were actively fishing in the tailrace of the Jordan Lake Dam, and slightly further downriver.
I was hoping to see combative interactions between the Ospreys and the Bald Eagles, as the Eagles attempted to steal the Ospreys’ hard-earned fish.
I didn’t observe any such interactions, though I did see and photograph dominance and/or mating aerobatics between pairs of Bald Eagles!
It was a fun and action-packed day!
Today, I’ll start with a set of early morning Bald Eagle images.
Enjoy!
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March 17, 2025:
Return To Haw River (Finale):
Here are a few final images from my February 24th visit to the Haw River, just downriver from the Jordan Lake Dam:
Two photos of a Red-shouldered Hawk; four shots of Ring-billed Gulls; and four images of Turkey Vultures.
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March 16, 2025:
Return To Haw River (Continued):
Here are a few more images from February 24th at the Haw River:
Two photos of a pair of Bald Eagles; a pair of Bald Eagles and an American Crow; Three shots of Double-crested Cormorants; and four images of Great Blue Herons.
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March 15, 2025:
Return To Haw River (Continued):
Here are additional images from February 24th at the Haw River, six of which depict more than just a solitary Bald Eagle:
Four photos of a single Bald Eagle; a Bald Eagle with seven Double-crested Cormorants; a Bald Eagle and a Ring-billed Gull, and four shots of pairs of Bald Eagles.
Enjoy!
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March 14, 2025:
Return To Haw River (Continued):
Here are additional late afternoon Bald Eagle images from February 24th at the Haw River.
Enjoy!
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March 13, 2025:
Return To Haw River (Continued):
On February 24th, at the Haw River near the Jordan Lake Dam, the Bald Eagles kept coming all day!
Here are a few more shots that I like.
Enjoy!
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March 12, 2025:
Return To Haw River (Continued):
I continue to plow through my images from February 24th at the Haw River.
Here are a few more that I like.
Stay safe, and have a great day!
(P.S.: I went back there yesterday, and had another fun and productive day! As a consequence, I have another large stack of images to review. I’m falling way behind! 
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March 10, 2025:
Return To Haw River (Continued):
As I continue to review my images from February 24th at the Haw River, here are a few more that caught my eye.
Enjoy!
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March 9, 2025:
Return To Haw River (Continued):
Here are several more Bald Eagle images from my February 24th Haw River visit.
Enjoy!
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March 8, 2025:
Return To Haw River (Continued):
Here’s the next set of Bald Eagle images from my February 24th visit to the Haw River, near the Jordan Lake Dam.
Enjoy!
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March 7, 2025:
Return To Haw River (Continued):
Here’s a second set of Bald Eagle images from my February 24th visit to the Haw River, near the Jordan Lake Dam.
Enjoy!
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March 6, 2025:
Return To The Haw River:
On February 24th, I returned to the Haw River, just downstream from the Jordan Lake Dam, again mainly to observe and photograph Bald Eagles.
I was not disappointed!
It was a beautiful, sunny late Winter’s day!
Water was being released from Jordan Lake into the dam tailrace at a high rate.
This dumped large amounts of fish into the Haw River, making for great fishing for the birds!
There were hundreds, perhaps more than a thousand, Ring-billed Gulls, many Double-crested Cormorants and Great Blue Herons, and I estimate, more than twenty Bald Eagles feasting on the fish!
It was a great day!
Here is the first set of some of my favorite Bald Eagle images, taken early in the day, as mist was rising up from the river.
Enjoy!
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March 5, 2025:
Haw River (Finale):
Here is a final set of images from my February 14th visit to the Haw River, just downstream from the Jordan Lake Dam:
Five photos of Double-crested Cormorants; and five shots of Great Blue Herons.
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March 4, 2025:
Haw River (Continued):
On February 14th, I arrived at the Jordan Lake Dam shortly before sunrise.
I positioned myself on the East bank of the Haw River, a few hundred yards downstream from the dam, so that the rising sun would be at my back.
I was almost immediately greeted by a curious River Otter swimming upstream towards the dam.
The Otter swam towards me, and popped up vertically in the water several times to check me out, before swimming on.
What a nice treat!
While my main goal for the day was to observe and photograph Bald Eagles, I also imaged numerous Great Blue Herons and Cormorants that were fishing in the river.
Today, I’d like to share a couple of shots of my River Otter friend, and eight images of Great Blue Herons fishing in the Haw River.
Enjoy!
Stay safe, and have a great day!
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March 3, 2025:
Haw River (Continued):
Here is a final set of Bald Eagle images from my February 14th visit to the Haw River, just downstream from the Jordan Lake Dam.
Enjoy!
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February 27, 2025:
Haw River (Continued):
Here is a second set of some of my favorite Bald Eagle images from my February 15th visit to the Haw River, just downstream from the Jordan Lake Dam.
Enjoy!
Additional images to follow after the weekend.
Stay tuned!
Stay safe, and have a great weekend!
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February 26, 2025:
Haw River:
The week before Valentine’s Day was quite cold and wet!
As a consequence, I was largely house-bound.
But the weather forecast for February 14th, Valentine’s Day, was sunny and cold.
Eager to get outdoors, I got up at 3 AM, bundled myself up, and drove 136 miles, hoping to observe and photograph Bald Eagles along the Haw River, just downstream from the Jordan Lake Dam.
I was not disappointed!
I arrived just before sunrise, and stayed until dusk, photographing numerous Bald Eagles as they fished in the river.
By the end of the day I was quite cold and tired, but content!
Here is the first set of some of my favorite Bald Eagle images from my Valentine’s day outing.
Enjoy!
Stay safe, and have a great day!
