Well let’s see if I can do a bit better updating this blog this year. Here’s a little catch-up and some “current events”. With the warm weather we’ve had lately, this morning I decided I’d start getting my money’s worth out of my 2026 Lake Rabon boat permit.

First, here’s just a couple of my favorite places around the lake:

Here’s one from last fall when the Great Egrets were hanging around:

And Mallards:

This was actually in the woods by my house: a couple of cute little (ok, not that little) spiders:

Moving on to this morning, here’s another sign of spring: the Osprey checking out the real estate. I was able to watch these two cavorting around vicinity.

The Canada Geese were getting more spread out now, thinking about things like nests and eggs coming soon. Follow me!

There wasn’t much in the way of sun this morning, but still some turtles were out warming up:

I caught a glimpse of a bird by one of the Wood Duck houses around the lake. Might have been this pair:

A pair of Buffleheads, which might be just stopping over:

The Cormorants are also part-timers around here:


I spotted this Osprey stopping and hovering, then he made a dive.

That fish looked like it had to weigh as much as the bird, and that takes some power to get out of the water and into the air.