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25 Apr 06 - 07:17 PM (#1727423) Subject: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: catspaw49 Some of you checked in at this site at the first of April and a few have checked back. I am absolutely hooked and have been a daily watcher. Tomorrow is the scheduled hatching day for the first of the eggs. It may seem silly but millions of folks around the world are getting a live and close up view of something a very few people have seen. I've learned much about eagles and I am looking forward to watching the cicks grow....providing everything goes okay. Last year both chicks were lost to a virus but the success of this pair over the years is impressive. Hancock House -- Link to Live Cam They share nest responsibility, You can recognize the male as he has a thicker but shorter beak than she does, his feathers are smaller and a good bit smoother, especially on the head. He is smaller (hard to tell unless they are together) and his eyes are far more "hooded" than hers. There are some screen shots over in the forum there that can help. He also seems to like playing interior decorator and plays around with the nest material an awful lot. There are also some screen capture of some cracks in the eggs. If you haven't been there at all, check it out....and if you have, check back in. Its hatching time! Spaw |
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25 Apr 06 - 08:39 PM (#1727469) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: ragdall All I ever see is a black window. Before, I thought it was because it was night time, but it's still daylight now and the window is black anyway. |
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25 Apr 06 - 09:11 PM (#1727493) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: catspaw49 Sorry.....Working fine for me. They have had problems with the great numbers of hits they have had to adjust to on the fly as it were. If your browser cache is pretty full it can cause a problem too.....also your connection. Best with cable modems but even some of the broadband have a problem. I've been pretty lucky I guess....Roadrunner thru T-W. Spaw |
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25 Apr 06 - 09:51 PM (#1727524) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: Nancy King Spaw, thanks for the new link. I saw the eagle-cam when it was first posted here, but then couldn't find it again. It was very impressive -- glad I'll be able to check back for the hatching! Actually, I'm only getting a black box at the moment (though it says they re-play daytime images at night), but I'll try again from work tomorrow. Exciting stuff! Nancy |
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25 Apr 06 - 11:28 PM (#1727599) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: katlaughing Thanks for the update and reminder, Spaw! I love this! Morgan is asking to watch them everday and goes around imitating their *screeches*! |
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26 Apr 06 - 07:14 AM (#1727745) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: catspaw49 Cracking open...........A screen capture from yesterday. Spaw |
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26 Apr 06 - 10:20 AM (#1727862) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: Stilly River Sage I think they must be overwhelmed with viewers. I can only see the black screen, but the sun is up out there now or at least there should be some light. SRS |
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26 Apr 06 - 10:22 AM (#1727868) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: catspaw49 I'm sure they might be. I've been on for over two hours now and the screen occasionally freezes for a few seconds but otherwise its been fine. Spaw |
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26 Apr 06 - 10:38 AM (#1727883) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: MMario Do you hear the ducks and geese in the background? |
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26 Apr 06 - 10:45 AM (#1727889) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: Stilly River Sage Finally got in, but if they hatched, someone is sitting on top of them. Very quiet, only one bird on the nest. SRS |
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26 Apr 06 - 11:05 AM (#1727913) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: catspaw49 No hatch yet. They are rarely there together at this stage but they share the duties. At the moment she is on the nest. The background sounds are all kinds of birds, dogs, the occasional lawnmower.....None of this seems to bother them but watch the reaction to a crow!!! Spaw |
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26 Apr 06 - 11:18 AM (#1727929) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: MMario nope, don't like dem crows atall, atall. |
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26 Apr 06 - 11:18 AM (#1727930) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: JudyB Another option that sometimes works better (and sometimes worse) is to use Windows Media Player with this URL mms://array.galaxytelevision.net/hh001 I, too, have been watching on and off since the link was originally posted. JudyB |
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26 Apr 06 - 11:20 AM (#1727935) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: katlaughing First time I've heard the dog! Also heard a loon a few minutes ago! |
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26 Apr 06 - 11:21 AM (#1727938) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: catspaw49 And speaking of dogs......Rover obviously is troubled! Spaw |
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26 Apr 06 - 12:09 PM (#1727977) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: catspaw49 Dad just took over. They say that as a hatch gets close, Mom sits almost all the time, but this change is just about right on the schedule they've been keeping. Spaw |
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26 Apr 06 - 12:17 PM (#1727984) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: MMario Maybe this Dad Eagle is less chauvanistic then most. |
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26 Apr 06 - 12:17 PM (#1727986) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: catspaw49 And it appears that Mom is back.........This could be the day. Spaw |
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26 Apr 06 - 12:35 PM (#1727998) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: JudyB Several million viewers around the world seem to agree - I'm getting bumped off every couple of minutes, and it takes a number of tries to get back on - which has been a bit of a problem all along, but seems a lot worse than usual today. JudyB |
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26 Apr 06 - 12:58 PM (#1728022) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: catspaw49 YEp.....Same here especially since about noon or so.....much worse in the past hour. Spaw |
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26 Apr 06 - 01:13 PM (#1728035) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: MMario lunch hour |
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26 Apr 06 - 05:25 PM (#1728257) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: Jeri I just saw the changing of the guard from daddy to momma (I think). I can't really see the difference when they aren't together. I have a dial-up so I keep getting booted out. He was on the nest, then I heard THUMP THUM (I think the camera is sort of a perch) then I saw her land by then nest. Then I got kicked out. Whe returned, she was settling in. I sighted an egg, which she moved a little bit, then slowly settled on. She did this weird sideways rocking. Now she's just sitting on the nest, moving her head around. This is addictive. I think I might have some paint I can watch dry though. It's SO frustrating to keep getting stalled! |
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26 Apr 06 - 05:54 PM (#1728282) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: LilyFestre This site is really NEAT! I just shared it with a first grade class...can't wait until the kids see it and hear the birds!!! Thanks for sharing this with us!!!!!!!! :) :) :) Michelle |
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26 Apr 06 - 06:44 PM (#1728331) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: catspaw49 I sent it to the local schools as well including my one son's Special Ed. class. Tris comes home everyday and tells me he saw the eagles at school. One note here........Last year both of this pair's chicks died of a viral problem. It is also said that as pairs age they become less successful and this pair has been together doing very well at almost two chicks every year for 19 years in the nest they are in. Soooooo...........There is some chance that only one or neither of these two will make it and according to those in the know, that possibility grows with age. Don't want to be a wetblanket here because I am hooked on this cam but just wanted to let y'all know. Jeri, don't forget the real thrill at the Crazy Horse webcam!!! Actually it is a bit of fun to check in there when you know the weather is bad there..... Spaw |
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26 Apr 06 - 07:54 PM (#1728366) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: Little Hawk I saw a human being yesterday at the Crazy Horse webcam! Wow. It was a guy walking toward the entrance of the main building. The next time I looked, there was nothing there but the empty parking lot. Wow, eh? |
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26 Apr 06 - 08:12 PM (#1728378) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: catspaw49 Hey Hawk....I tuned in during the snows&thunderstorms thing that was going on a couple of weeks back and it was pretty cool watching all that snow.....and some guy trying to get into the museum....maybe it was the same guy! Spaw |
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27 Apr 06 - 11:25 AM (#1728824) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: JudyB Michelle (and anyone else interested) - The first grade class might also like watching the eagle nest in Maine - that nest has three downy chicks who seem to be doing well, though the littlest one may have trouble in the long run if the parents can't provide enough food for all. However, this pair has had triplets before (the article doesn't say if all survived to adulthood), and we do seem to be having a mild spring, which should help. These chicks hatched the week of April 10 (or at least the first two did - watchers only saw the third one last week - or maybe I should say only saw three at once so they knew there were three last week). The camera angle isn't as good as the one in BC - but the chicks are very cute. Enjoy! JudyB |
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28 Apr 06 - 04:01 PM (#1729418) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: JudyB After putting in a plug for the Maine eaglecam yesterday, I'm afraid I have to post a warning. The largest one is becoming a bit of a bully (as is unfortunately often the case in nests with multiple chicks of different sizes), and no one has seen the smallest one since the big one attacked it yesterday. I've seen two eaglets in the nest several times today and they've just looked cute and fuzzy and peering about over the edge - but there's no guarantee that the big one won't be picking on the medium one when you tune in. There hadn't been any previous reports of violence, and I was hoping they wouldn't go that way - there's a nest in West Virginia with three chicks that hatched in late March, and they are all apparently doing well after some rocky moments. But I guess that's not going to be the case for the Maine eaglets. They still are terribly cute, and it's a great opportunity to watch eagles at home - but I'd suggest checking to make sure all is peaceful before showing the eaglets to young children. JudyB |
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28 Apr 06 - 04:08 PM (#1729424) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: Little Hawk The weather looked terrible when I was tuned in to the Crazy Horse webcam, Spaw. Gloomy. Miserable. Nothing moved for what seemed like an eternity. Then I saw "the guy". For one frame. Then he was gone. Pretty damn riveting, I can tell you. The eagle thing must be overloaded. It's really slow today. I don't see any eaglets yet. |
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28 Apr 06 - 04:43 PM (#1729441) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: Uncle_DaveO I was just watching, and one chick's head was out of the egg, and a lot of "cheep, cheep" going on. Both parents partially in view. Then what I took to be the male sat down over the eggs. Dave Oesterreich |
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28 Apr 06 - 04:45 PM (#1729445) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: Uncle_DaveO When I say I took it to be the male, he was engaging in the obsessive "furniture moving" in the nest, which has been described above. David Oesterreich |
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29 Apr 06 - 12:59 PM (#1730013) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: Jeri I finally figured out how to tell Mom and Dad apart - Mom's bigger, has Big Hair and the beak looks like it's got a red spot on it. Now, the site looks like it went down. You think they had any idea they'd be attracting people from all over the globe? It's not like I don't have anything to do. This is me watching eagles: Click 2 minutes later, I get a picture that freezes 2 minutes later, that hunk of grass/leaf in front of the nest moves 1/16th of an inch and it freezes 3 minutes later, I hear possible eagle noises, but can't tell because nothing's moving 1 minute later, I hit 'refresh' 3 minutes later, there's a different eagle on the nest. Possibly, it's still rocking/settling in on the eggs. Picture freezes. 4 minutes later, a dog barks and a feather moves minutely Picture freezes The funny think is, their forum's almost as slow. I have a dial-up, but I figure these generous people never knew how popular birds sitting on a nest in a really big tree were going to be. |
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29 Apr 06 - 01:18 PM (#1730030) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: dianavan For the first time, I heard the eagle squawking. I don't know if its the male or female but whatever, the bird seems to be hypervigilant today. Turning its head alot and looking around. I sure would like to see the eggs or the little hatchlings, whatever the case may be. |
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29 Apr 06 - 01:31 PM (#1730039) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: dianavan Well finally! The bird moved enough to reveal two eggs. One of the eggs does have a hole in it but still no eaglets. I think it must be the male sitting on the nest at this time. Certainly alot of nest cleaning going on. Seems to be moving lichen and moss around. Maybe making it nice and soft for the new arrivals. I hope that hole isn't the result of a marauding crow. Seems to me that the hole has been there for a few days. I'm waiting to watch the feeding of the eaglets once they are hatched. I wonder if the parents will bring a nice, juicy 'possum for dinner. |
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29 Apr 06 - 01:34 PM (#1730040) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: katlaughing 3.5 million hits a day and over 73 million in the past month; I don't think they had a clue, either, Jeri.:-) |
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29 Apr 06 - 01:40 PM (#1730043) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: freda underhill the big moment for me was when the eagle blinked! |
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29 Apr 06 - 01:43 PM (#1730045) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: Ebbie Eagles' calls sound like badly rusted hinges. Ravens are capable of making the same sound but I think it's an acquired skill. One poster in a local apartment shows a large regal eagle glaring out. The caption below says: I am smiling. In Juneau Alaska we see many eagles but that webcam is still fascinating. Interesting how serenely the bird sits on the nest. |
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29 Apr 06 - 01:45 PM (#1730047) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: dianavan I've seen lots of action today. Somethings up. The eggs were actually left unattended. When the parent returned, there was more nesting activity and the eagle seemed agitated and very alert (maybe anticipation). Took awhile before the eagle actually sat down on the eggs. |
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29 Apr 06 - 01:54 PM (#1730051) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: heric Hey it won't let me in for the first time ever. Can some of you people log out. . . |
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29 Apr 06 - 02:08 PM (#1730054) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: Sorcha I'm not in! |
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29 Apr 06 - 02:09 PM (#1730056) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: heric Thanks Sorcha. It worked! |
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29 Apr 06 - 02:13 PM (#1730060) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: heric I see a little tweety bird wearing an eggshell cap like a yarmulke |
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29 Apr 06 - 02:19 PM (#1730064) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: heric Oh, crap, no. That's Martin's website. Let me try again. |
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29 Apr 06 - 02:23 PM (#1730066) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: Sorcha LOL |
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29 Apr 06 - 04:32 PM (#1730108) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: Sorcha When we were at daughter's house last weekend, in South Dakota, we got to watch at least 10 of them playing in the thermals. Was really neat! |
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29 Apr 06 - 04:47 PM (#1730122) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: Uncle_DaveO Dianavan, when I saw it yesterday I saw the head of a chick sticking out of one of the eggs, and moving around somewhat. Also, "cheep-cheepy-cheepy cheep" almost continuously. Dave Oesterreich |
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29 Apr 06 - 04:55 PM (#1730136) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: Sorcha Ihaven't seen a chick yet...there was something moving but I think it was a feather |
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29 Apr 06 - 07:01 PM (#1730214) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: katlaughing I haven't been able to get it to work at all for the last couple of days. Guess I'll go look at screen shots.:-) |
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29 Apr 06 - 07:28 PM (#1730221) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: catspaw49 As of a couple of hours ago, there are NO chicks yet. Doug Carrick the main Eagle wrangler admitted that he and his wife were both fooled by a piece of fluff around one of the larger holes. Mom and Dad have both been extremely active and there are some who say that's anticipatory and others who say its because something is wrong.......everybody has a different opinion of course. Goes to show how little we do know about things sometimes doesn't it. Spaw |
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29 Apr 06 - 09:32 PM (#1730287) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: Rapparee Someone -- dad, I think -- got up and turned his back to the wind. It looked like two eggs.... |
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29 Apr 06 - 09:51 PM (#1730289) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: dianavan Anticipation is definitely in the air and, of course, the eaglets are due at any minute but I don't have a good feeling about the egg with the hole in it. It may mean that the lttle hatchling wasn't strong enough to break the shell. It could also mean that a raven has found the nest. As I said, I did see the nest unattended for awhile. Less than a minute actually. Maybe it was the changing of the guard. I hope at least one eaglet survives. What is really amazing is watching them learn to fly. |
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29 Apr 06 - 10:00 PM (#1730296) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: dianavan Left wing permanently up and away from the wind for over a minute. Could be some hatching going on. I think they should be call Benn and Kramer. |
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29 Apr 06 - 10:16 PM (#1730311) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: dianavan Is it possible? Did I hear pecking and cracking followed by a cheep and a song? Cool trick with the left wing! Wow! |
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29 Apr 06 - 10:36 PM (#1730315) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: dianavan I guess it was only the song of the birds going to sleep and not the eaglets, after all. Did see the adult eagle get up, roll the eggs (including the one with the hole in it) pad the nest with more fluff and turn his head into the wind. I wonder why? I think the wind is changing from a south-easter to a north-west. |
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29 Apr 06 - 11:48 PM (#1730337) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: catspaw49 The wing bit is to adjust the temperature of the eggs.....a ventilation technique. Also, it was neat yesterday to both of them with beaks partially open as if they were panting, which indeed they were. Like dogs, they don't sweat so it adjust their temperature. Hatch or not, I'm learning some neat stuff following this. Spaw |
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30 Apr 06 - 12:09 AM (#1730343) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: dianavan Me too! I wondered what was going on with the two gigantic yawns which didn't make a sound. ...and yes, both eggs have holes in them. I thought maybe the eggs were between the wing and the body so the hatchlings could breathe but I guess not. They seem to roll the eggs around a bit. I even saw it tuck the eggs under its neck. Somehow I thought they would hatch all at once, within a matter of minutes. I guess I was wrong.......... |
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30 Apr 06 - 12:15 AM (#1730348) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: katlaughing Finally got in but it's so dark all I can see if the white head. I ma hearing a wonderful panalopy of bedtime bird songs, though! |
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30 Apr 06 - 08:16 AM (#1730463) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: Sooz Theres a lot of moss moving going on at the moment and I just caught sight of both eggs (both of which appear to have holes in them) |
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30 Apr 06 - 08:40 AM (#1730473) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: Donuel I saw a bunch of eagle hatchlings on the Colbert Report but probably no conection to the webcam watch. |
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30 Apr 06 - 02:53 PM (#1730668) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: Ebbie I was present just now for the changing of the guard. Fascinating. I've seen many eagle trees and nests but this is the first one I've looked down on. However. Given that the eggs were hatched March 21 and March 24, at least one of the chicks is seriously overdue, right? |
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30 Apr 06 - 05:53 PM (#1730824) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: Charley Noble Ebbie- "Laid" not "hatched." We all hope for the best. Charley Noble |
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30 Apr 06 - 06:43 PM (#1730874) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: JudyB I've been following the "expert" discussion - 35 days is average, which makes the first egg 3 or 4 days overdue. However, last year's eggs in this nest took about 38 days to hatch, and it can be as long as 45 days (though that's not common). The second egg is at its due date now, though again another 3 or 4 days is not at all uncommon. Once the chick starts breaking out of the shell, it may take 12-48 hours (or possibly longer) after the first hole before the chick emerges. There is also a theory that the initial black spots that were assumed to be holes might have been muck or something - one of the eagles returned from hunting with some black gunk on it, and that might have gotten on the eggs. I'm not sure if there's agreement among the experts as to which of the visible marks are holes; most of the posts call them holes, and it seems likely that some of them are - but it seems unlikely that both chicks would have started making holes at the same time as the eggs were laid 4 days apart - giving weight to the theory that one of the parents should have taken a shower before returning to the nest. Guess we'll find out eventually. There was a news release that one of the eggs had hatched - it looked as if the head of a chick was coming out, but a later review of the film showed that it was some moss stuck to the egg. I doubt if the follow-up story got as much press. Must admit I do find the site rather addictive, and am watching a couple of other sites where there are hatchlings of various sizes - the oldest of which are beginning to try wing-flapping exercises. |
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01 May 06 - 08:49 PM (#1731636) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: GUEST,heric There are now serious doubts that any eaglets will hatch from the nest on Hornby Island that has created worldwide "eagle fever" on the internet. |
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01 May 06 - 09:23 PM (#1731662) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: Sorcha Yes, the site says that the eagles seem to be sterile...and this is the 2nd yr in a row this has happened at this nest. Too bad. |
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01 May 06 - 10:21 PM (#1731710) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: dianavan Maybe if they had salmon to eat instead of possum they would be healthier. Who knows! They are past their prime so it may be that they are infertile or they may be producing offspring that are not strong enough to actually hatch. I notice that there is only one egg left. I wonder if it will hatch. The odds do not look good. |
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01 May 06 - 10:24 PM (#1731711) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: dianavan With so many people watching, how did they manage to get that egg out of the nest without anyone seeing? Do you think they did it in the night? |
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01 May 06 - 11:54 PM (#1731778) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: LadyJean GUUUUYYYYYYS! Can't a Raptor have a little privacy! All we want to do is raise our eggs, catch a few fish, eat a few pigeons, and ride the updrafts. Then you humans come along with your cameras, and put them right in our nests, no respect for our personal space, watching us do everything. How'd you like it if us raptors went around perching on your windowsills and watching you! T.J. Eagle |
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02 May 06 - 12:03 AM (#1731787) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: dianavan Its going to be a long, cold night. The wind is howling from the North West. I did see the remaining egg and it sure looks like there's a hole in it. |
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02 May 06 - 02:09 AM (#1731828) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: catspaw49 I think last year the loss of the eaglets was due to a virus but the eggs did hatch. I still have some hope but very little that the remaining egg will produce. Carrick and others have noted that as eagles age they have more problems reproducing...just like us. This pair has had a very successful history. If a pair only reproduces themselves once, that is enough as someone else said. I think this pair has had 15 or more eaglets so they've done their job. Spaw |
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02 May 06 - 10:54 AM (#1732095) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: JudyB The egg did disappear at night - when the camera switched to live feed in the morning there was only one egg in the nest. I don't know if the experts running the site will be able to see anything in the overnight tape (I'm guessing they tape at night but don't stream it - doing a rerun of the previous day's tape seems more interesting than watching a slightly lighter spot on a black screen that might be the head of a sleeping eagle). I think I also read that last year's eggs hatched but the chicks died after a few weeks. JudyB (still hoping....) |
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02 May 06 - 07:06 PM (#1732447) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: katlaughing Anyone else getting a "page not available" when they try to get to the main site? Looks as though they lost their internet connection or something? |
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02 May 06 - 08:08 PM (#1732494) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: Jeri Kat, the forum was down, but the camera feed in Judy's direct MP3 player link, was still working. Now, the forum's there, but the camera feed's gone. One of the eggs was due on April 30, so if it's the one still being sat on, it's only 2 days over, but they're calling it infertile because it doesn't show any signs of hatching. Here's the Hancock House site, with the statement. |
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03 May 06 - 02:53 PM (#1733055) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: katlaughing Darn it, thanks, Jeri. I can get the site now, but no video. Maybe they have turned it off due to the infertility? Or is it the 10 million viewers a day? |
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03 May 06 - 03:15 PM (#1733069) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: katlaughing I did find a different nest with a live feed with LIVE babies. Not as close up as this one, but still fun...we just watched one of the adults feeding the babies: click here |
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03 May 06 - 03:38 PM (#1733086) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: dianavan Tuned into the Hornby Island eagles just in time to see the egg unattended (20 seconds). The egg definitely has a hole in it and it looks bigger than the last time I saw it. I don't have much hope for an eaglet but at least the eagles are still caring for it. They haven't pushed the egg out of the nest just yet. If they still have hope, so do I. |
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04 May 06 - 08:49 PM (#1733335) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: dianavan Its all over. There are no eggs in the nest. I do see two depressions in the nest. I think I watched one of the eagles making a hole yesterday. My guess is that they pushed the rotten eggs down into the holes. I hope we are able to watch next year. I learned alot. |
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05 May 06 - 11:28 AM (#1733433) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: JudyB The latest reports I've seen say that both eggs collapsed, probably because they were rotten inside. General consensus is that there never were viable chicks inside - the eggs were probably infertile, or else the eggs died soon after conception. What looked like a hole may have been the shell starting to rot. The parents removed some of the shells from the nest and may have buried other pieces - probably to keep other predators from coming to check out the smell. Watching the process with the second egg made it more obvious that the same thing had happened with the first egg, and a review of the first few minutes after the camera came back on after the first egg disappeared showed what were likely pieces of shell in the nest. (This is based on reading a very long thread - egg turning frequency - where many of the people who seem to know about things post - I'm not an expert!) Those who have seen the tape from last year noted that the parents started stockpiling food before the eggs hatched - the fact that they didn't do that this year makes me think they never heard any pre-hatch pecking from inside the egg - supporting the theory that the eggs were never viable. As others on the forum there have said, it makes me feel a little better to think that we didn't lose two eaglets because there were never eaglets in the eggs to begin with. The crew behind the web site have found another nest with hatchlings and are in the process of setting up a camera, though the view won't be as clear - they need to have the camera far enough away to not disturb the nest. It won't be the same as the eagles I watched now and then for the better part of a month (and kind of bonded with, in a strange sort of way) - but I'll probably check out their new site when it comes up. And they're also talking about a grizzly bear cam - I don't know about you, but I wouldn't want to be the one to put a camera in a grizzly bear nest, hibernation or not! |
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05 May 06 - 08:16 PM (#1733675) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: dianavan I thought I saw one of the eagles with eggshell in its beak! I have to admit I was slightly disgusted to think that eagles might canibilize their own offspring. I guess thats one way of getting rid of a rotten egg! I think the cams are much more informative than zoos. I hope zoos and aquariums are phased out as this becomes a more popular way of learning about wild animals. I found it fascinating. |
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10 May 06 - 09:09 AM (#1737102) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: heric Despair not. They have set up at a new nest with two chicks. |
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10 May 06 - 01:13 PM (#1737311) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: GUEST, heric (They being the camera people, of course. . . ) |
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10 May 06 - 01:28 PM (#1737323) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: MMario |
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10 May 06 - 07:42 PM (#1737569) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: JudyB Well, they have an endearing little waddle. They also have eagle beaks stuck on their fuzzy heads, and you don't want to be in back of them when nature calls! I think the jury is still out on cute. |
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11 May 06 - 11:18 AM (#1738029) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: MMario They are being fed at the moment. |
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18 May 06 - 01:25 PM (#1743289) Subject: Problem with Eagle Cam? From: JudyB So I admit I'm a bit addicted to the eaglets - most days I check in on them in the morning when I log in. This morning when I clicked on my shortcut http://www.infotecbusinesssystems.com/wildlife/default.asp, I got a page from DirectNIC.com, which I think is probably their web host - and it said "The Requested URL was not found on this server." That worried me - I occasionally get "timed out" messages when the servers are busy, and occasionally "server not found" messages when they're working on things - but this sounds more as if the web hosting company had pulled the plug on them. However, being a bit persistent, I called Hancock House (which is the eagle experts part of the project and which has an 800 number) and the woman who answered the phone said the site had been down earlier in the day, but was working now. She had refreshed her browser and you can see things moving, so it seems unlikely she's seeing an cached page. But that was over an hour ago, and I still can't get on to any parts of the Infotec site. So my question for other eagle watchers is - can you get on? I know I have an active internet connection (I'm typing here) and I know our IS people haven't blocked us from streaming content as I can still see the Maine eagles. And I tried using the same link the woman at Hancock House used, in case something had been changed. Hancock House is (I think) in BC, as is Infotec - but if there's something preventing US users from contacting Canadian sites, I shouldn't have been able to get to Hancock House either (and I just went to a Canadian TV station site to be sure). Thoughts? Thanks, JudyB |
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18 May 06 - 01:28 PM (#1743293) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: MMario I'm on watching live. Try flushing your browser cache. |
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18 May 06 - 02:22 PM (#1743326) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: JudyB Flushed everything I could find yet again, in Firefox and IE. Rebooted. Tried Opera, which I've never used for watching eagles (I use it for testing web pages but little else). Tried Windows Media Player. Tried RealPlayer. Tried the old computer that I keep for a couple of things that just won't work on the new one. Tried a different login to our local network. Nothing. I think our IT guys have blocked it. Thanks for your help - guess I'll check on the eaglets when I get home. JudyB |
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18 May 06 - 04:27 PM (#1743414) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: Stilly River Sage I looked just now and saw just one chick. Has the other taken a header from the nest (or been given a push?) |
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18 May 06 - 04:31 PM (#1743420) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: Stilly River Sage I went back to look--they are both still there, though bunched up and it looked like only one creature at first. So this is a different nest and new birds? And the eagles let them get close enough to put up a camera? Brave tree-climbers! SRS |
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18 May 06 - 04:49 PM (#1743435) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: TheBigPinkLad The owner of Hancock House, David Hancock, is an intrepid nutter who I can easily imagine shinnying up that tree to plant a camera. He must be well into his 60s now. I had the great privilege of accompanying him on an expedition to capture grouse as part of an biodiversity insurance project in 1989. You may have seen some of his books, M, they sell on the BC and Washington ferries about wildlife and NW Indian Culture. |
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18 May 06 - 09:46 PM (#1743612) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Eggs Ready to Hatch--LIVE From: JudyB Yes, it's a new nest with different eagles. The camera's actually 80 feet away on a crane - don't remember the details, but it's a type of crane that's relatively quiet to minimize disruption when it was brought in, and they had the animal protection people on hand during the whole procedure. The plan is to reduce the zoom a bit as the eaglets get bigger, but for now they have a tight focus on the part of the nest where they spend much of the time. By the way, I can see them fine from home - it's just my computer at work that appears to not want to watch any more. :( |
