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06 Apr 11 - 09:18 AM (#3129814) Subject: BS: Eagle Nest and Hatching From: 3refs I don't think they can fake this one! Waiting for one more chick to hatch(eaglet)! http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles |
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06 Apr 11 - 09:41 AM (#3129827) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Nest and Hatching From: Charley Noble This thread should be prefaced with the warning that "Watching Eagle Cams can become Addictive!" The camera set-up at Decorah, Iowa, provides some of the best views of eagles nesting and raising their young in the entire world. This pair has a good history of successfully raising eaglets but be aware that sometimes bad luck sometimes happens: a freak spring blizzard wipes out the newly hatched chicks; a chick crawls out of the nest bowl and then is blown out of the nest; a marauding eagle or other predator attacks the nest when both parents are away. We've had bad luck again with our favorite eagle cam here in Maine. Despite that my wife and I enjoy watching the eagle cams, and discussing what we see with other watchers from around the world. There's nothing more magical than these little puff-ball eaglets, who in ten or so weeks will grow as large as their parents. Charley Noble |
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06 Apr 11 - 09:44 AM (#3129834) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Nest and Hatching From: 3refs Another "miracle of life"! |
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06 Apr 11 - 06:35 PM (#3130141) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Nest and Hatching From: Dorothy Parshall A new life is at this moment working on coming out! Wiggle, wiggle.... Gee this shell is tough! I think I can, I think I can...Mom sat on it! Now I see an eye in a tiny head! And mom is rearranging the furnishings with kid under her. Gotta keep it warm. |
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06 Apr 11 - 08:50 PM (#3130197) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Nest and Hatching From: maeve Three chicks hatched and alive. |
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06 Apr 11 - 08:54 PM (#3130199) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Nest and Hatching From: katlaughing I can't get it to work with either of my browsers. |
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06 Apr 11 - 09:08 PM (#3130202) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Nest and Hatching From: katlaughing Found a work around at this addy: http://www.raptorresource.org/falcon_cams/index.html |
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07 Apr 11 - 12:58 PM (#3130622) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Nest and Hatching From: Dorothy Parshall I have the eagle's on the right side of my screen - continuous (sound muted) so I can work on the left side and keep an eye on what is happening in the nest. So marvellous to watch that little guy working at breaking out! |
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07 Apr 11 - 01:39 PM (#3130658) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Nest and Hatching From: Jeri This is driving me nuts. Apparently, the one in the nest hasn't figured out that fish are food, and is feeding them nest material. |
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07 Apr 11 - 01:44 PM (#3130664) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Nest and Hatching From: gnu Awwwwwww... |
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07 Apr 11 - 02:14 PM (#3130701) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Nest and Hatching From: Jeri Maybe something's wrong with the fish. I saw the latest arrive, and it was still trying to breathe, so it was fresh. They need a shift change, I think. |
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07 Apr 11 - 02:27 PM (#3130718) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Nest and Hatching From: Jeri Finally! New partner apparently likes fish, but brought a tasty little bird for the non-fish eater. |
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07 Apr 11 - 03:22 PM (#3130752) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Nest and Hatching From: Charley Noble Generally, new chicks don't eat for the first 24 hours. As long as there is plenty of food all three chicks should survive, even if the littlest one gets bullied. But it's the youngest one who has to work the hardest to get any food and that may in the long run help develop his survival skills. Fresh fish is good! Charley Noble |
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07 Apr 11 - 03:56 PM (#3130773) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Nest and Hatching From: Jeri Maybe the non-fish thing was a squirrel. I won't know until they get around to eating the ass out of it, or the camera shows a better view. The two older ones have been pigging out, but the littlest one isn't getting much, as far as I can tell. Still, I suppose (as you said) it doesn't matter just yet. |
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07 Apr 11 - 09:33 PM (#3130992) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Nest and Hatching From: Charley Noble Jeri et al- As long is the little one keeps moving he's got a chance. And sometimes the older two are so busy beating each other up that they don't even notice that the little fella is getting fed. Unlike ospreys, who only eat fresh fish, eagles eat almost as many disgusting things as we do, and then go for roadkill as well. Then there was the nest in British Columbia when people were discussing for a week just what it was that one of the parents had brought home; it was later confirmed to be a teddy bear! Charley Noble |
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08 Apr 11 - 03:42 AM (#3131109) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Nest and Hatching From: My guru always said How wonderful, and definitely addictive!!! Thanks for pointing this out, I'll be watching whenever I'm home. |
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08 Apr 11 - 08:51 AM (#3131247) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Nest and Hatching From: Charley Noble Addictive indeed! My wife innocently clicked on one of these eagle cam links some five years ago. Now she is a volunteer administrator on at least two eagle web-cam forums, one is the David Hancock Wildlife Forum out in British Columbia. I get updates from her on what's happening at two or three dozen eagle nests every evening and sometimes at breakfast. Whether I want to or not, I'm sure learning a whole lot more about eagles, and the people who watch them! But they're very cute when they're newly hatched. Beware, in about three weeks they'll look really ugly, like the baby dinosaurs they really are. Then they'll get feathers and they'll be a joy to watch learning how to use them until they fledge (10 to 12 weeks). Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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08 Apr 11 - 12:03 PM (#3131365) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Nest and Hatching From: katlaughing It's feeding time! |
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08 Apr 11 - 02:12 PM (#3131446) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Nest and Hatching From: Little Hawk Pretty windy around there. |
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08 Apr 11 - 10:22 PM (#3131665) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Nest and Hatching From: Little Hawk It's well after dark, but the mother eagle appears to be remaining wide awake, alert, and on guard. |
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08 Apr 11 - 10:37 PM (#3131675) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Nest and Hatching From: Little Hawk Ah. She's resting now, head tucked under one wing. |
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08 Apr 11 - 11:15 PM (#3131690) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Nest and Hatching From: Charley Noble Yes, them eagles is doing what they should be doing. The pair of eagles in the Sasanoa River nest platform in Maine are also brooding their eggs. There's no web cam but I get to observe them once or twice a week as I cross over the Woolwich/Arrowsic Island bridge on the way to visit my mother. And they're right on schedule. Oh, the Ospreys are finally back as well; I saw them perched this evening on branches above their nest platform. The eagles tolerate them within their territory because they like to steal fish from them. But the eagles know better than to try to raid the osprey nest, because two osprey can and will do in an eagle. In watching raptor web cams, we invariably root for the little guy. Sometimes they win or otherwise survive. Sometimes they don't. Charley Noble |
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09 Apr 11 - 12:49 AM (#3131735) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Nest and Hatching From: Jeri They were all eating something today. Mom is currently inert and a couple of the eaglets are squirming around. While I don't think there's anything strange about watching them in the daytime, watching them at night feels weird. What's THAT about? |
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09 Apr 11 - 11:08 AM (#3131919) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Nest and Hatching From: Charley Noble Jeri- Watching the eagles at night via the infrared cam does strike me as an "invasion of privacy" but eagles are eagles. However, while most of us discuss what eagles do with human motivations, the eagles are largely oblivious of the watching. Every one in a while an eagle will make a sort of statement, back up towards the cam and do what's described by observers as a "poop shot" all over the lens. Some dramatic scenes have been observed at eagle nests at night, including night attacks by large owls. No one thought before that an owl would be reckless enough to attack an eagle nest but now we have the evidence. Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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09 Apr 11 - 01:33 PM (#3132007) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Nest and Hatching From: Little Hawk One of the three chicks is viciously bullying the other two when the mother is away from the nest. It looks like the dominant one is intend upon harassing the other two to death to me. What a shame. |
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09 Apr 11 - 01:36 PM (#3132009) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Nest and Hatching From: Jeri It's probably the oldest, the one who doesn't seem to want to stay sat upon. He was trying to play-fight with the littlest and it wasn't an equal match. When the two oldest get going, it's a different story. |
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09 Apr 11 - 01:39 PM (#3132014) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Nest and Hatching From: Jeri I also think it was the father-- he's the one on there now. |
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09 Apr 11 - 01:51 PM (#3132022) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Nest and Hatching From: maeve Just as a point of information: The sparring that distresses some human viewers serves a purpose beyond clutch dominance issues. Without such activity the chicks can't build strength quickly enough to thrive. Even the youngest gets some benefit from the physical struggle. It can still be difficult for us to watch. |
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09 Apr 11 - 02:24 PM (#3132039) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Nest and Hatching From: Charley Noble Little Hawk- As long as there is plenty of food, it's unlikely that the "vicious bullying" with lead to any harm and may well improve the survival abilities of all concerned. That's not the case with some eagles, such as the ones in Africa. The Black Eagle dominant chick for example has a reputation of bullying to death his siblings. Never a pleasant process to observe and that's why we avoid watching those web cams. The ospreys often have three or four chicks in a nest and some of their nest bullying can be equally unpleasant to watch. There are occasions when a chick gets kicked out of the nest by a sibling or by a parent leaving the nest in a hurry. If there are first responders around, some of those chicks have been returned to the nest or taken to a rehab center and successfully released later to the wild. At other times they are so badly injured they die or can not be released into the wild; some of those end up as educational raptors. Charley Noble |
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09 Apr 11 - 02:35 PM (#3132043) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Nest and Hatching From: Charley Noble Amazing close-ups of the chicks when they zoom in. Charley Noble |
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09 Apr 11 - 02:50 PM (#3132048) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Nest and Hatching From: Little Hawk All young animals play fight, and it does help them build up strength and coordination. It just looked to me like the one was totally dominating the other two at the time, not even letting them raise their heads. |
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09 Apr 11 - 10:17 PM (#3132233) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Nest and Hatching From: Dorothy Parshall No time to watch the last couple days so I have not seen the "bullying". However, the two raccoon kits we raised last summer wrestled all the time - just like kids. Sometimes an ear would get bitten too hard and there would be a shriek but they were always best of friends. We figured it helped them know the moves if they were really attacked. Sure enough, the smaller one survived a vicious attack. We believe the larger, more aggressive kit must have succumbed as he never came back to home base. Interesting. |
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10 Apr 11 - 09:34 PM (#3132758) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Nest and Hatching From: Charley Noble Dorothy- It is the same with the dominant eaglet. Sure they get the "eagle's share" of the food brought in but they become in the process more dependent on the parents to feed them and sometimes never learn after fledging to hunt for their own food. The littlest one has to fight hardest for survival and may be better prepared for life on its own. Some of our own off-spring may share that trait. Charley Noble |
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11 Apr 11 - 03:59 PM (#3133248) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Nest and Hatching From: Charley Noble All looks peaceful in the nest. The ad headers, however, are advertising "Bird Nest Chips" from Nature Nest. I find that disconcerting. Charley Noble |
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26 Apr 11 - 03:30 PM (#3142858) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Nest and Hatching From: Charley Noble Just received awful news from JudyB. The mother eagle at the Norfolk Nest, Virginia, was killed this morning in a collision with a US Airways flight: Click here for full report! Evidently she was bringing back a fish for her three 6-week old eaglets. The father eagle will probably still continue to feed the eaglets and they are large enough so they don't need brooding. And if they do run into trouble, this nest is actively monitored and the three eaglets would soon be rescued,rehabbed and then released. But it's really sad news. Charley Noble |
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26 Apr 11 - 03:31 PM (#3142861) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Nest and Hatching From: gnu Indeed Charley. |
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26 Apr 11 - 03:46 PM (#3142876) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Nest and Hatching From: gnu Ahhhh... I was just tuned in and Dad flew off and Mum is keeping them warm. Or is that a stepmum? |
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26 Apr 11 - 08:56 PM (#3143089) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Nest and Hatching From: Charley Noble Gnu- You may not be watching the right nest. The mother eagle for the Norfolk Botanical Garden Nest was definitely taken out this morning by her encounter with a US Airways Flight. The good news is that the dad eagle brought in a fish today and is still feeding the eaglets and the local conservation group (Center for Conservation Biology) is prepared and capable of retrieving the eaglets at a later point if necessary and placing them in a "hacking tower" for eventual release. I'd be willing to bet that some local folks are also providing supplemental fish for dad eagle to harvest. But it's still sad. Charley Noble |
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27 Apr 11 - 11:07 AM (#3143420) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Nest and Hatching From: Jeri The folks at the Norfolk Botanical Gardens figured dad wouldn't be able to keep up with their demand for food, and by the time something needed to be done it would be too late. The Department of Game and Inland Fisheries removed the eagles, and they'll be taken to the Wildlife Center of West Virginia to be cared for until they can be released back into the wild. |
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27 Apr 11 - 11:22 AM (#3143430) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Nest and Hatching From: gnu Oh... sorry. |
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27 Apr 11 - 11:32 AM (#3143440) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Nest and Hatching From: Jeri I'm watching the Decorah babies, which seem to be growing like crazy. I hardly ever catch them eating the last couple days, but I think it's because they inhale food. |
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27 Apr 11 - 03:55 PM (#3143604) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Nest and Hatching From: Charley Noble Jeri- Thanks for the update on the Norfolk Nest. The decision to remove the chicks to a rahab center is probably a wise one. Everything was going so well with this nest. It's really sad. The Decorah eaglets are doubling in size each week. They are amazing little machines. Charley Noble |
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19 May 11 - 10:18 PM (#3157330) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Nest and Hatching From: Charley Noble Sometimes things don't work out well for Eagle chicks in a nest (but don't worry this story has a happy ending!). The three new chicks at the Sydney nest on Vancouver Island in British Columbia were doing fine for their first 4-5 weeks until one of the chicks got a talon entangled in fishing line (brought in with a fish) and became tethered to one side of the nest. His younger siblings were not at all concerned. They were getting first dibs on all the food being brought in for a change, and "Flyer" (he or she) was getting a few left-overs when a parent happened to notice him frantically jumping up and down on his tether. Now this nest has a set of webcams run by the David Hancock Wildflife Forum and it wasn't long before members and volunteers were discussing the options for a rescue. Well, the nest is in an old rotted tree; you don't climb up an old rotted tree and risk bringing down the entire nest with you as it self-destructs. The nest is also located in the middle of a very wet field, making it very difficult to bring in a crane, and it would have to be a big one that could extend over a hundred feet high. Well, after considering helicopters (too much down-draft), captive balloons, and even more innovative schemes, someone suggested laying out mats as a temporary road for the preferred crane. Here's a link for a summary of what happened: click here for video! The team in the bucket were able to capture little Flyer, remove the fishing line from his talon and determine that his talon was not permanently injured, and return him to the nest. While they were up there they also cleaned the lens of the webcams, which had become fogged with poop. Within an hour the parents had returned to the nest, fed all the chicks, and the last time I saw them they were all kind of hanging out relaxing in the sunset. Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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21 May 11 - 09:47 AM (#3158127) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Nest and Hatching From: Charley Noble I probably should have started a new thread about the eagle chick rescue. Too bad. It's a compelling story but admittedly not as sexy as "The Rapture." Charley Noble |
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21 May 11 - 12:24 PM (#3158198) Subject: RE: BS: Eagle Nest and Hatching From: Bettynh All is well in Decorah, Iowa. The Norfolk, Va. nest suffered a disaster when the female was killed by a light plane landing at a nearby airport. After much soulsearching, they removed the chicks. The consensus was that the father wouldn't be able to hunt enough food to feed all the chicks and the webcam would show the slow death by starvation of at least one. They have facilities for raising eagles and plan to release the juveniles later this summer. |