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Todd - you're the MAN! Your photos are taking my breath away. I cannot believe our babies are soooooo big!
No wonder the nest looks so full at times. The photos really bring everything into perspective! Monday-Should be the start of a gallery of pics from Todd!
Thank you Steve for posting these magnificant photos.. Oh,My Goodness! I can't take my eyes off of you...You are to good to be true la la la la LOL
Beautiful. Thanks!
I am speechless!!! Thank you so much, Todd, for these wonderful Independence Day treats!
I went to the new thread, I opened my eyes and I said WOW Thank you so much. They are beautiful.
These are the very most awesome pictures I have ever seen. To see all the hard work pay off, to see them free in flight is absolutely amazing. God bless you Todd and Steve for sharing these with us. It really makes me want to cry. They are just beautiful. I think the single one in flight is BigBoy too. What a beautiful eagle he is!
All I can say is W O W!!!
Thank you, Todd!!! Thank you, Steve!!! And thank everyone else at NCTC.
Those pictures are magnificent!!
3;47pm Guess we should have a nest report - can't take my eyes off of the pics MT NEST
Todd U Da Man!!! Truely amazing pictures. Always in my mind i picture seeing all 3 and aparent soaring high above the day Jo,Ang,Janet and myself were over there setting along the road..lol Never will forget that, keep the pictures coming its such abeautiful day here in Martinsburg. Hey Jo 1 more day and i will be another year younger..lol
Can somebody call NCTC and see if they know anything about the live cam? If we don't get it up today, it will probably be next Wednesday before it will be back up, if then!
Nilla: you're kidding me! Turtle shells still in the nest!
YADA YADA YADA Jo..lol I been watching the Harrisburg Falcon's 2 are on the ledge and have been very vocal, but the rain musta clean ledge off alittle also. Oh i saw in a blog that 1 must have flew into a window, but couldn't find any reports of how serious it was..Hope its ok been watching these since eggs also. I think that on monday i am going to drive over and set along the road to watch for the kids(or if NCTC is open try and wiggle my way in closer.. hey Jo maybe if i smile and talk sweet the guard will let me in..lol) A pie might come in handy, speaking of pies never heard from Steven what kind he wanted.. maybe ill just bake something and take it over as a surprise.. Join me Jo?
Oh my oh my oh my! What a sight! THANK YOU SO MUCH! Now let's get 3 in the sky????
I'll give it some serious thought - Maybe we could find Todd...
Still an MT nest.
Thanks for the pictures Todd, they are breathtaking, a real treat for all us that have been looking at the cam pic for the last couple of months.
Guess no live feed for the weekend, maybe they are trying to wean us!
BTW, the Blackwater Osprey cam looks great now.
Awww they have stopped the live web cam in Harrisburg for the season, I am just glad i watched alot today and saw the 2 on the ledge. Looking forward to next year as with "OUR" Liberty n Belle making a new family for us to watch and fall in love with, but i think Big Boy..Inbetween.. and our Spunky will be 1st in our hearts always. Checking nest all over the world and alot seems to have flowen the coop so to speak..lol WE DO NEED SOUND NEXT YEAR..Experiancing the sounds of Eagles on other site's is awsome to hear.
Guess we need to write to Robert B. for that..lol So send those e-mails..LMAO
Okay, this is probably going to sound a little weird to you guys, but, I am going to say it anyway. I feel like the love and spirit we have had for these 3 eaglets in some way has - by way of osmosis or through God or through spirits -aided in the achievement of our three eaglets!! That is not to say the demise of other eaglets is because the love was or was not there or whatever, but I think the spirit that is felt (at least I feel it) between us and these eaglets and Liberty and Belle is so strong and I am so grateful that I have been a part of such a wonderful and sometimes overwhelming journey. Thanks for the ride everybody, it has been a great one!
That sounded like I was signing off, but I am NOT! Just wanting to let you know how I feel about it. I am here until they shut us down!
Thanks Todd, what GREAT pics.
still cam has 1 in nest at 5:55 pm
Eagle Eyed Sharon,
That was very well put. It seems the eaglets have thrived from the love and prayers of all the Eagle Momsters!!!
Happy weekend all,
Sheri
Wow!!- another great picture! Thanks for sharing, Todd.What a great job these eagle parents have done raising three eaglets,thanks to everyone at NCTC who made it possible for all of us to observe this beautiful display of nature. How I will miss these birds.
Sharon Doesn't sound weird to me at all. Of course I am one who thinks there is in fact a Creator of all things, and I think perhaps that Creator has enjoyed our enjoyment enough that we have in fact had a little extra help from "Nature as it may be" and we have in fact Been Quite Blessed"! JMHO
Sharon i hope next year you can make it over here and experiance what those of us who live close has seen for real.. I know you were with us in spirit..But make plans for next year, as well as many other's a distanse away. Glo has did a fabulous job with her web site and the Momster's by Paula is great.. With so much talent and love how can "OUR" Kids NOT do well maturing and surviving..
If Only... If Only our eyes could see what "OUR" Kids are seeing, from high above... The sites of the Potomac River.. Harpers Ferry.. Farm lands.. Mountain tops and valley's below..Tree tops and the grounds below.. Gliding on the breezes Mother Nature provides, as she provided us with lasting memories of the last few months.. God above truely knows our love for these Eagles and will keep them safe in the palm of his hand.. I truely believe that with all my heart and soul....As well as bring all of us together as friends ,, just think 3 little fuzzy balls in a nest did that... Amazing Huh?...lol
Oh my Todd _ those imiagies of Gods creation and our countries pride "The American Bald Eagle In It's fledgling youth the eaglet".
SPEECHLESS, IN AW, Perfection in the eye of the beholder. You have shown to all that see's these pictures of amazament into a world of beauty, greatness, gracious, and pride. For Liberty and Belle have been such great parents teaching "all" of us watching a part of love, care, tenderness, unselfishness, skills, and then the true meaning of later the eaglets have to care for themselves. This experience has been a "walk on the moon" for me. I thank NCTC and everyone connected with bringing this about. I look and hope for more pictures of the 3 one-time babies; that are soaring the sky's above NCTC. Hoping to catch Liberty and Belle also in a picture; lol "a family photo" being cute here. Everyone it's not over till it's over and I'm still hanging around awhile. Yes been gone for days but back I am and glad to be.
If we can have sound next year would be nice (Iknow never satisified). If not I vote for Jo to go down and hold a laptop with a mic and we'll connect into her.
8:04 p.m. MT nest except for turtle shells. Jo, it is tomorrow you know!
OMG Vicky im laughing so hard here my customers think i am nuts...LMAO Ok Jo your nominated for the sound tech next year under the tree... I will provide a very large umbrella to keep you safe and dry from poop shoots... Oh and plenty of Tick spray..lol ROFLMAOOOO Naaaa Vicky we have raised these babies as our own more or less laughed at their antic's.. cryed.. been so worried made calls to NCTC when cams was down..lol Drove over just to see if we could see them and report back here...lol But just think they have had the best of both worlds 2 great parents who againist the odds raised all 3 to be strong and soar.. and we surrogate parents from afar watch inawwwww of there achievments..
8:10 p.m. Eaglet in the nest!
8:14 eagle time 1 in the nest
LOL Well I did see him at 8:10 but I was in the middle of email check too LOL
?Spunky?
8:15 one in nest
Yes, GLO - I think Spunky, too.
I'll be getting back with my reply about everything I am being called upon to do. Need to watch the nest now.
1 in nest at 8:20 pm looks like Spunky to me.. scrounging for left overs perhaps some left over turtle mest..lol
8:21 p.m. MT nest again. It was good while it lasted though!
*MEAT sorry
He just went 'poof'. This live eagle cam refreshes sometimes at the wrong time.
Can you all believe Todd's pictures? They are absolutely magnificent!!!
I too think it was Spunky. It looked like he had something in his mouth. Couldn't till withouth live feed.
Hi everyone thank you for such good notes.
Feeling better get alittle tired but that is suppose to leave. Good being back. Pics makes you feel like their "live" flying over head of us.
I have to keep going back to the pics of Todd's - still can't believe my eyes! They make me feel so proud to have followed these little puff balls to the heights of the heavens!
I had to save the pictures didn't want them getting away from me. So awesome. Those once were eggs and we worried would they all hatch. Then little fuzz balls worrying whether they all would get feed and make it. Now they are teenagers learning to wean into years of practing to be an "adult eagle". Even now they look so proud.
http://www.loubuscher.com/homeless%20eagles.htm This site is about the men and women helped build a nest in NY that had fell down. There are some great pictures of them building a sort of wooden open flooring for the birds to rebuild.. and whats wonderful is shortly after climbing down from the tree they snapped apicture of aparent bringing in branches to help..lol Go Look it is really nice..
Nilla, I went the NY nest site, that is so cool. If we just had more people like that willing to help! I love the shot of the eagle coming with the branch. That is so neat. Beautiful story!
Thank you nilla I am going to take a look.
Yes it was Sharon, have you seen the Eagle Lady in Alaska site? I think i found it on www.baldeagleinfo.com she is truely amazing, there are picture of her with hundereds of Eagles she feeds... Sharon you would be in heaven...LMAO
Vicky, WVGAL, you've got mail!
Jo my DSL modem came yesterday, looks real easy to hook up. I am off tomarrow SINCEEEE it is my birthday..lol Oh Jo NO comments on camping out under the tree so we have sound next year with a microphone???
Thanks, NILLA:It's great to think we humans can help mother nature out in such a beautiful way. These guys deserve a lot of credit for what they did for those NY eagles.
Yes, Nilla, I would be in heaven. I will go to that when I finish working. Doing a little overtime tonight!
Sharon do you also get the feeling Jo is avoiding answering about her under the tree next year??lol She is prolley bustin bubbles again...LMAO
The stress is probably getting to her, Nilla. It will take a rather large umbrella to keep the poop shoot material off of her while she is sitting there. Oh, wait a minute, that is her favorite part, isn't it!
I'm going to pop your bubble! My answer is I don't think so We need to think of a good fund raiser - like someone win the Mega Millions or something like that and put the money up front for sound! Me under a sycamore with an unbrella & a mic ain't going to happen. But - just how much would that job pay?
I get we could round up maybe $5.15 an hour for you and all the poop shooting you could carry home in a bucket!
LMAO Now Jo wants paid you beleive that Sharon..lol I thought she do it out of the goodness of her lil pea pickin heart... I said earier that we need to get in touch with R.B. to help with getting sound since he is head honcho..lol
Glo, Jo, Vicky and Nilla - you've got mail!
Geeeesh i offered to provide the very large umbrella and tick spray... Hey Jo ill throw in a plastic rain coat from the water rides at Hershey Park...lol Sharon she driving ahard bargin here..lol
I'm going to check my mail! Might be a job app from FWS/NCTC.....HaHa
Thanks Sharon, wonderful pics and ole' Spidy might miss it to... as for mail i have bundles in there need to house clean it out..lol I will once i get the DSL set up on my Dell home comp, which should be tomarrow.
Hey there Janet, i thought the same thing as you since we saw them soaring like that in the sky!!! Hope things are well with you n have a safe holiday wknd. Hugs, Janet aka Nilla
PS did Mits leave for vacation home or is she still feeling ill? Not like her not to be here, Mits Miss You
Okay, ladies and gents (if there are any), I am going to bed. May the spirits of eagles bless your dreams. Oh yeah, I dreamed I saw an eagle last night that was just walking around on the ground in front of me. Feathers all ruffled and kept looking at me. It was too cool. I can really see that happening in real life!! LOL.
Absolutely, we do miss you Mits!! Hope you are feeling better.
Niter's Sharon as for the dreams i read anice poem about EAGLE dreams will find it and add here.. smiles
Majestic Dreams
Last night, once again, I had a dream
About an eagle in the blue,
And just like all the other dreams,
Right above my head it flew.
In every dream of it I had,
It landed somewhere close by,
And each time, I was so excited
For the beauty that caught my eye.
Our national emblem gracing the sky
For so long I yearned to see,
And envied those fortunate enough
To see him on the wing, being free.
When I awoke from the glorious dreams,
Some disappointment I did feel.
But then I overcame with happiness,
For the dreams had seemed so real
Nilla, this is not a poem but I thought it was interesting. See, you set my mind a wandering again.
Eagle: Dream Interpretation - Eagle
Eagle
The eagle is an important Native American symbol, as well as having a place in the ancient literature of Greeks and Hebrews. All these images exist in our common-day lore on roughly equal terms.
The eagle is a symbol of great wisdom and vision in the lore of Navajo and Crow Native American legend. As such, it is often associated as a sacred emblem that sets the dreamer apart for special uses by the Great Spirit.
In Hebrew and Greek literature, the eagle is a symbol of power. Due to their great size and strength, eagles were able take small livestock from the herds. This gave the bird a persona of majesty, power and fear. To dream of the eagle is to be spiritually validated as a person of great wisdom and insight concerning both this world and the spiritual realities beyond.
Source: iVillage, http://www.ivillage.co.uk
Oh, Sharon Did you see my comment to you on Thurs evening after you said goodnight & then came back..Too wierd... My comment is right above Moving"s.. It blessed you with eaglet dreams... OhOh.....I have a power... You did dream about an eagle......
Sharon - movie was excellent..You need to publish them on YouTube as Shepherdstown WV Eagles......... You even flipped the one picture the entire way around.....So cool!
Now i lay me down to sleep, with vision of American Bald Eagles in my sleep... They were flappin and sqwakin and lookin for food..Oh but what to my wondering eyes appeared the parents to feed "OUR" darling dear's.. Now settled all safe and warm for the night.. Branching some wheres out of site.. Tomarrow will come at dawns early light... "OUR" eagles will soar to new unabounding heights.. seeing so much of this land of ours.. No wonder they are the American National Eagle of our wonderful skies...
HaHaHa i figure if my mind is wondering so should everyone else be..lol
Sure do like that one, NILLA. LOL
Mema Jo, You are powerful!! I didn't even realize that!
Beddy bye time!! GN!
Absolutely breathtaking photos! I've got goose-bumps (or should I say "Eaglet bumps"?). What an unexpected but gloriously splendid surprise...
Thursday evening I joined Glo's LOOP - I want to repeat my message & hope some of you will do the same..........
JOIN THE LOOP If MemaJo can do it - anybody can!
Go to GLO Blog:http://gloandtheeagle
momsters.blogspot.com/
Click on a pic on the moving LOOP
Screen will say:GLO has invited you to join the loop "June with our eaglets"
Scroll down to the bottom & install Film Loop Setup Exe.(FREEBEE) onto your pc.
You will fill in 1st name, email,zip,gender & age bracket
You now have joined The Film Loop
Go back to GLO's loop, click on a pic, and FilmLoop will come up asking you what you want to do--Click on comment> Format is simple & you can see other comments.
Click on OK at the bottom when you finish.
GIVE IT A TRY
Time has come to say good night and end this day of being with you friends. I think we all have gotten to be more relaxed knowing the kids are about to leave us and move on. But we all know they will be fine for they have prayers and wishes from all of us parents here on this blog created for us to touch and reachout and share so many memories not only of the eagles but some of us have shared stories of loved ones we have lost. Man i dont know what brought that on..lol Ok Nighty Night,,, Hugs 2 all, Nilla
OH JO i am sadden you didnt sing "Happy Birthday To Me" lol
Wow, thanks again!
Monday, I'm hanging with them until the light goes. Wish me a blue sky!
Todd
INCREDIBLE - Gorgeous images captured by skillful and carefilled hands! Thank you Todd for sharing the pictures and Steve for posting them! Incredible - oh I said that already... So wonderful to see them in their glory. Best wishes for wonderful weather and great eagle/eaglet flights and stills to capture!
Nilla: Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow..
Todd - Where are you going to publish all these fantastic photos you're going to shoot??? We really want to see them - They are awesome & mean so much to all of us.
That would make an excellent fund raiser! I know I would gladly pay a generous amount to have a cd of Todd's pictures and possibly some footage from the cameras that NCTC has been able to capture that we haven't been able to see... a nice progression of photos/stills chronicling the eagle family's story from start to present... proceeds to go to NCTC to help offset the costs of the cameras/bandwidth/sound/perhaps a second camera giving a 'sky' view near the tree to capture branching and early fledge activities?? What's everyone think? Also I am still interested in a T-shirt with a 'family' shot of all 5 eagles the year and their names on the back? Better than a concert t-shirt any day!
LOL Thanks for the plug for the Loop again Jo. It is pretty fun. You know once you join, you don't have to send pictures to me anymore. You just drag them right in there yourself. I have it set up so anyone "In the loop" can ad to the Loop, so go for it. At least I really do think that is how it works. Try it and let me know.
I have had such a long and busy day. Did get by each time to quickly say hi and see these great pictures though. I can hardly wait for Monday except i have to work. Tuesday however I am off so I can enjoy watching them get posted, Right Todd. Hey todd if you join the Loop you can post them right on there too. Oh tomorrow is July 1. I need to make a loop for july tomorrow. I will do that!!!
Good night everyone. CYA around the BLOG tomorrow!!!
Good morning all- have to work this morning, off to market.Hope there's lots of eagle activity for everyone to watch today.Todd-Your pictures are amazing-can't wait to see more- need someone to carry your camera bag on Monday??Hope everyone has a good weekend. 5:48 am-MT nest.
Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear Nilla, Happy Birthday to YOU and many, many, many more!!!
7:20 a.m. MT nest!
Off to the flea market now. Will be back later! Make a good day, everybody!
Good Morning all. Happy Birthday Nilla
Yes once again I too would be very interested in purchasing a fund raising item or two in realtion to this eagle family we have so enjoyed.
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