Spent the morning photographing 3 juvenile Bald Eagles and an Osprey at the Observation Deck at Jordan Lake in Apex, N.C.
It was windy and a bit chilly but not a bad way to start the day 🙂

Bald Eagles are a year round resident of Jordan Lake and are thriving in this environment.
The lake hosts the largest population of nesting Eagles on the east coast. This makes them pretty easy to find throughout the year, especially in the Jordan Dam and Martha’s Chapel Rd. area.

It wasn’t always this good though!
Before being reintroduced by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission in 1982, there were no known pairs of nesting bald eagles in the state. Since then, eagle populations have steadily increased — up to 250 nesting pairs are spread out in the state across the coastal, piedmont and mountain regions.
Truly a great success in conservation efforts!

I’m sooo looking forward to photographing breeding season this February.
Btw, I may have some interesting personal news to share with you on my eagle endeavors in mid December.

Photo by: Sally Siko