There was one lone atamasco lily and a few jack-in-the-pulpits.
We came to a parking lot where a sign indicated distances along the Mountains-to-Sea Trail.
Past here, some mountain laurel were blooming.
When we got to the old road going out to Blue Jay Point, we headed down there. A double-crested cormorant could be seen in the distance.
And there was a great blue heron near the small island.
At the point, a nesting pair of ospreys had build a nest in a tree. We spotted both of them flying around, one brought back some branches to repair the nest and the other had half a fish in his talons.
We watched the ospreys for a while and then continued on. We went a ways on Section 5 of Falls Lake Trail and then turned back.
