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Morning Natural Minute 10/29/2019
The pied-billed grebes have come in for the winter. The little grebe this morning decided to go fishing very close. They are very small...

Doc Ellen
Oct 30, 20191 min read
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Loons! 10/28/2019
I mentioned this morning that I had heard a loon and wondered how long it would take me to see one. Often it is days and days before I...

Doc Ellen
Oct 30, 20191 min read
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Morning Natural Minute 10/28/2019
The twilight this morning was startling. I think you will agree. Osprey is still here! And, I heard my first common loon of the season....

Doc Ellen
Oct 30, 20191 min read
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Morning Natural Minute 10/27/2019
It is a damp and drizzly morning. May have some thunderstorms later mid day-ish or so. However, it is very very quiet down here below...

Doc Ellen
Oct 30, 20191 min read
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Morning Natural Minute 10/26/2019
This morning I briefly caught a young osprey flying across the sunrise and its pink clouds. On and off you can hear the chatter of a...

Doc Ellen
Oct 30, 20191 min read
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Jordan Lake EXCLAMATION Point! 10/24/2019
I think Hershey makes an excellent emphatic feathered statement about sticking a landing, perfectly! #AmericanBaldEagle

Doc Ellen
Oct 30, 20191 min read
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Morning Natural Minute 10/24/2019
Very interesting morning. The sky is interesting. A juvenile eagle floats across in the video. And, right at the end of the video, you...

Doc Ellen
Oct 30, 20191 min read
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Blue-winged Teals 10/23/2019
These blue-winged teals zipped past me this morning. These migratory ducks and other waterfowl spend their winter with us. #BlueWingedTeal

Doc Ellen
Oct 30, 20191 min read
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Morning Natural Minute 10/21/2019
Something really tickled the great blue heron's toes this morning. He had been chasing some small things and doing a lot of dabbing at...

Doc Ellen
Oct 30, 20191 min read
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One Big Fish ... Two Birds 10/20/2019
The fledgling male osprey had caught a fish so big that even a mature female osprey (who are bigger than the males) would have had...

Doc Ellen
Oct 30, 20191 min read
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Morning Natural Minute 10/19/2019
The fog has certainly rolled in this morning. We still have two ospreys here this morning. They chased each other to a fair the well. ...

Doc Ellen
Oct 30, 20191 min read
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Morning Natural Minute 10/18/2019
The wind is still full of itself. And cold. The osprey fledgling is still here. There is supposed to be 1-2 inches of rain this...

Doc Ellen
Oct 30, 20191 min read
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Morning Natural Moment 10/17/2019
Well, fall really is here. And it is full of coldness and it is very windy. The little Osprey is still here. Don't know if you can...

Doc Ellen
Oct 30, 20191 min read
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Drop Like a Rock 10/16/2019
The osprey fledgling was on a branch about 50 feet above me on a tree only 30 feet away. When an osprey is that close to the water and...

Doc Ellen
Oct 30, 20191 min read
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Morning Natural Minute 10/15/2019
Well, I was late yesterday. I am very early today. The lake and the moon are almost indescribable this morning. Enjoy the twilight of...

Doc Ellen
Oct 30, 20191 min read
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Evening Natural Minute 10/14/2019
I ended up having to do other things than being at the lake this morning. So I didn't get to the lake until mid afternoon. No birds in...

Doc Ellen
Oct 30, 20191 min read
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Morning Natural Minute 10/13/2019
This morning is the fall quarterly Bald Eagle Count. We try to get some sense of how many eagles we have about the lake. So we have...

Doc Ellen
Oct 30, 20191 min read
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Sharp-shinned Hawk and a Crow 10/12/2019
A young sharp-shinned hawk takes the opportunity to chase an American crow. The hawk is pestering the crow. The crow is much bigger...

Doc Ellen
Oct 30, 20191 min read
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Morning Natural Minute 10/12/2019
It is delightfully cool this morning. The sky is beautiful. The reflections on the lake and the ospreys dancing are wonderful to see. ...

Doc Ellen
Oct 30, 20191 min read
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Skipping? Osprey? 10/10/2019
Ospreys often get rather messy down their chests when they are eating their fish. One way that an osprey can quickly clean his front is...

Doc Ellen
Oct 30, 20191 min read
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