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4/24/24 Bella/crow
The crow picked on something there to the right and it scared. It to make him go in the Bush. Scared a cat LOL I thought crows were tough LO...
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New thread on a pessimistic note. But, remember Maine!
Yes Sandy, "REMEMBER MAINE!"
Sandy, I love Norman Rockwell. The post is nice. Remember Maine, Yes I will Vicky. When did the cam get fixed and what WAS THAT THING IN THE NEST? donna
Sandy, I will be remembering Tom in prayers today and tomorrow(and all days until he is better) If you know the exact time I will get my Sunday School class on it. When does your sister have to go home? Is she in health care? I know you hate to see her go.
MT nest ours
They are there at norfolk.
Those eaglets are staring at the tree climber like "What the heck is that?"
They are too cute. All 3 sitting in the nest looking at the guy in the tree.
One is yelling at him with wings spread
Guy in the tree looks like he might be ready to roll now....pulling up the rope, pulling pulling....
Here comes guy #2
2 chicks sitting, 1 laying down now.
All are laying down now. They are still getting their ropes just right.
I see a guy #3 in the tree next to them
Looks like they are going to bag them and lower them. there goes the big chick into the bag, won't go in.
Hi guys! I just tuned in in time to watch the happenings at the VA nest. Is there an adult eagle in the next tree, on the far left side of the tree? Poor Mama!
Sunny that was another climber.
They have one eaglet down and the are doing beak measurement. Now measuring the eaglet, feet? No wing and body maybe.
Banding right leg/ankle
Belle is back.
No hood or anything on eaglet - did something else, not sure what, blood draw, maybe. Now eagle paparizzi are taking pics.
How do the VA eaglets compare in age to the BW's?
I think they are around the same age. MIght be same birth week, I'd have to go back and read their blog, which I can't do right now.
Returning first eaglet back to nest.
Eaglet 2 going down.
I want their cam :)
Thanks Paula - that's close enough for me!
Do you see who is laying in OUR nest???
I saw someone laying in our nest! Could it be?
I guess Miss Belle doesn't like that the VA 'lets are getting all of the attention right now! LOL!
Those birds in VA must be scared to death. It looked like when they took the first one back, he was getting ready to do a #2. I probably would. LOL.
Well she sure has my attention!!!
When did you see her Vicky
2 going back in the nest.
He looks pissed at tree guy. LIttlest eaglet went right in that bag, and down he goes.
Does she have fluff pulled up by her breast?
She is up again.
GOOD AFTERNOON EAGLE BUDDIES----I'm trying to catch up my email & read the blogs-----I HAVE A BEAUTIFUL GRANDSON!!!!---ENJOYED FL----Missed you all----HELLO SANDY--VICKY--(I remember Vicky too!)---MAULEY---PAULEY---SUNNY---& SHARON----Did you all see the VA banding?---I'll never catch up---Did see those 2 "fuzz balls" in CO nest---Beautiful!!!----I swear---I think LIB & BELLE are playing games with us!!!!----I hope not!!!
Another fake out by Belle
Third eaglet is really calm
Another thing this has taught me is how big they are. when I see them in his lap I get a better perspective.
Good to hear from you Norma! Missed you too! When did you get back?
They are pretty big, arent' they?
I MISSED THE BANDING---Thanks Paula for the play by play---HELLO SERENA---Sorry, I missed you--& SANDY--will certainly have your family in my thoughts & prayers----
NOrma, they are just finishing banding right now.
3rd one going up
Another guy on the right too.
WoW. I looked just in time. What an experience. Question: The little guys were handled and petten by allot of people. How do the parents react to that? they have human sent all over them.
THANKS PAULA----At least I saw the men risking their life---ho!--I watched the PA group band the falcons last year----But we didn't see them gathering them up----
Eagles do not have a very good sense of smell, so that won't matter. But they sure did allow a lot of people to touch them. I kinda thought that was a no-no.
Rats! I got home just in time to miss the banding. I tried to get it on my computer at school, but only got into the site. The pic remained black. Reading all about it through sounded as if it were exciting. If anyone finds out that they have a video of it, please let me know. Thanks
Does anyone know what time our cam came up and see what happened to what was in the nest? Our nest is empty now. Hopefully they will come back around 6 or 7pm.
Hey Paula, I was hoping that you would have a movie camera up to the screen for us poor souls that missed the banding. Didn't sound like it tho. :)
Candy - I have video of the banding. Will you be able to go to youtube at school so the kids can watch it, or should I put it right on the blog for you?
thanks Paula, back to work.
Candy, Cam came up about 10-10:30, The dark thingy in the nest was gone.
Chicks look no worse for the wear.
Well, folks, my sister, Mattie and I are going to Virginia Tech this evening for the candlelight vigil. Just feel the need to go. Will talk to you all later.
Oh Paula, I was only joking, but how great you have it. I'll go to utube with the others and watch. I'll check with our technology coridinator and see if we can get into it; I've never tried there. If not, I can maybe send it to myself in an email at school. I don't want to put you to any trouble.
I am soooo excited. I did just get in on time to see the last man sliding down the ropes. :)
I have been watching the chicks and they sure do look all tuckered out. That was quite an experience for them. Parents are probably tuckered out too from all the excitement. :)
No trouble at all Candy. I probably won't have it done until late tonight, though. The long videos take forever to process, and this may be a 2 or three parter. It was an hour on the internet, but alot of that was rope setup time.
Thanks for the commentary, Paula!!!
Sharon
Give a couple hugs for us while you are there. And light an extra candle too.
HiEveryone,
I'm Bonnie From Norfolk, Va..I have been a lurker for a long time..I'm pretty upset that they bothered the little eaglets today. Haven't seen the parents care for them in hours. Does anyone have any insite on that?
They band the eaglets so they can track them through life and monitor there progress. I am sure the parents will return shortly. Cant be as traumatic as returning to the nest in CA to find out you have babies in there.
Two eagles in our nest!
I wonder if they are just stopping by on a date, or here for the night. Time will tellllllllll.......
Belle seems to be scooting over to the right place in the nest. Liberty is still keeping watch. There is no nest fixing; just two eagles in the nest.
The poor eagles are here to put on another show and no one is watching. I think everyone is all tired out from watching the Norfolk eagles getting banded
Carolinabeachmom, I hope they're not just teasing us. Go, Belle!
Been on nest 20 minuted and counting!
Hi Sandy! I just wish this time they would suprise us with an egg. They have sooo many false labors. :)
Just one little itty bitty egg.
There is now a parent near the norfolk nest. Seems to be just watching chicks
Whoopsie, look out Liberty. Don't fall off the nest!
So glad to hear that their is a parent near the nest in Norfolk. I should be getting dinnertime for those chicks.
Why is it that the Norfolk is dark but WV nest its still daylight? Arent they in the same time zone?
Norfolk is in the eastern part of the time zone/ Our nest is further west.
My son lives in Winchester, Va. and it stays light longer there than here too.
Liberty went out for a snack.
thanks, I'm going home. hugs to all.
Good bye Belle. Another false alarm.
Have a good night Heidi
Well no action on nest, so I guess I'll call it a day for today. Can't wait to see Paula's UTube presentation on the banding of the chicks in Norfolk. Thanks Paula for doing that for all of us; especially for those of us that missed it.
Hope all you eagle watchers have a nice night and have news on the blog for me about our eagle pair when I get on after school tomorrow. You never know, one of these days........
Good evening, everyone...
Of course, Steven is right, the window is closing. But Liberty-Belle are doing everything in their nesting program that their instincts dictate; so I think that if they are still able to produce fertile eggs this late in the Spring, they will do it.
Jim
Yes, Jim, we are still hoping, but, I'm not too optimistic.....Good Night Everyone
I am working on the banding videos - glad to hear adults returned to the nest. They have been off of the nest most of the time now, anyhow....except for feeding, it seems.
Good evening all. Just got home from Virginia Tech. What an experience that was. It was such a spiritual and sad time. The Norris Hall building is right beside where we were for the Honor Band Concert. There are police guarding the building and yellow tape all around it. There were so many people there. The press was everywhere but at the end, there was silence for a long time. It was just beautiful.
GOOD WEDNESDAY MORNING, EVERYBODY!
Paula...definitely not trying to push you, but I tried to click on your name to view the videos today, but I did not find one. Did I look in the wrong place, or did you get as tired as I am and crash?
Have a great day.
Jim
Good morning, eagle world. Running late today, couldn't get it together this morning for some reason. I see our cam is up, wonderful to see! MT though, and I see Steven's note that it may already be too late. Here's still hoping. BW Parent in nest with chicks, she's awake and kind of looking around. Of course the chicks are sound asleep. Sorry to see our osprey nest is MT, so guess nobody spent the night. Sure hope they have a clutch soon! Too dark to see anything else.
May try to go back and read blogs.
All have a great eagle day.
Eyes to the sky, see the raptors fly!
Nothng much happening. Looks like BW parent might have gone for breakfast, but it's a bit early, maybe just on one of the branches. The chicks have taken over the nest, and there ain't no room in the inn. Osprey nest still MT, no visitors yet, and our nest MT. Still no video on the osprey cam in WA, what's the deal with that? They get an egg, then turn the cam off. Bummer!!
It's daylight now, or getting there. We have 1 osprey in the nest, BW chicks still snoozing waiting for breakfast, and our nest is MT. Still not light enough to see if those unknowns are still there, but there is something white next to the tree, looks like a very large buckle of something. Falcon is on eggs, dad is not on the bar.
Geesh, osprey gone. Didn't stay long.
But Lib is in our nest! Or Belle.
Oh my goodness... sitting on egg cup! Could that be Belle, and could it be???
Well, no now she's up. Fooled me!
NOW THEY'RE BOTH THERE!!!! Lib has his head in the egg cup. Guess he wants to see if Belle just laid an egg. No, Bell has her head in cup. Now both looking around.
Osprey is back. Lib and Belle still there.
Lib just left, Belle still there.
She's sort of standing over the egg cup, facing 2ish.
Now she's gonna stroll around the nest.
Or sit there and look around, facing 5.
Breakfast just arrived for BW chicks. Belle still standing in nest. 1 Osprey still in nest.
BOTH IN NEST NOW.
Wow, huge fish!
Lib looking at egg cup, belle looking off behind nest.
Dang, Belle just left. Lib standing over egg cup.
Both BW parents in nest to feed chicks.
Standing on take off point, I presume he's gonna leave.
Nope, just getting a better view.
Feed switch at BW, parent that caught fish is gone, other parent feeding chicks.
Osprey on edge of nest looking around.
Lib or Belle still standing at launch pad, but looking around.
Still there standing, just looking around.
Wow, got a couple pics of Lib practicing flapping. thought they were gonna mate for a minute! He took off, Belle still there.
Belle's doing nestorations. Both osprey in nest watching sun come up. BW chicks still eating. PA falcon awake and looking at cam.
Wow, must be a beautiful sunrise. Ospreys are beautiful in sun, so is the falcon. Belle just this second left. Bw kids still chowing down.
Ok, now I'll go retype my pic names, cause I was in a hurry, and have no idea what they really are on a lot of them. Typos!
Both ospreys sunning themselves, and one chick has his own hunk of fish.
Well, there is a huge stick laying across the egg cup. That would have to be moved before Belle could make a deposit. Big chunk of fish for BW chick!
Looks like both chicks have their own chunks of fish. Part is still under parent, and they're watching to make sure the chicks don't get stuck pulling and eating.
Sent pics around. That stick you see in the nest, Liberty brought in. He put it on the launch pad, and Belle moved it to where it is now after he left. Since she's got the egg cup covered with the stick, I wonder if she's trying to tell him something. I think he wants babies, and she doesn't.
Uh oh, cam is going fritzie! Help!
Phew, it cleared up! Getting all kinds of lines and double exposures.
Paula, just read the blogs from yesterday. What an awesome commentary about the VA banding! Sounded exciting, and I felt almost like I was there! That would have been terrific to see. Thanks for posting step by step!! Felt like I didn't miss a thing.
Our nest still MT, BW chicks snoozing, both ospreys still hanging out in nest, both falcons there, female on eggs, male on bar by nest box, and of course, still dark out west.
Good Morning, Suzanne and Everyone..have a good Wednesday.
Just checked the James River Bridge falcon nest and either they are hatching are some of the eggs did not make it, some broken shells in view. She had 5 eggs.
Mid-morning snack time for the BW eaglets, and they are less than interested. Parent in nest eating, they're sleeping! Both ospreys still hanging out at platform.
Morning, Mits! Hope the eggs are hatching and not broken!!
You go to the zoo today, don't you?
Was just downstairs and FOX news said they are evacuating Burruss Hall, next door to Norris Hall, where the shootings occurred yesterday. They have dogs, police, and SWAT teams making everyone get out of the area. They don't know if it's a bomb threat, or someone else is inside. Geez, what next?
OMG, only 1 chick inBW nest. Where did the 2nd one go? Anybody see? He is NOT in the nest.
1 osprey still hanging around.
Oh wait, maybe he is there, phew, very very far right, on the edge. That's where one of them does their poop shoots. Oh, phew, that was it, he's back. Scared me to death for a minute!
Yes, Suzanne, today is zoo day:).
feeding time for VA chicks...really flapping those wings.
Getting dawn in Kent.
Just read where Wing of BRI is heading out to the Maine nest to work on Internent connections..MT nest there right now.
Mits, sun is coming out, but it's awfully windy. Stay warm this afternoon!
Wave hi to Tai for all of us. I would say pet him on the head, but I know you can't do that. Bummer! And he's way too big to put in your purse and walk out... Hummmm, maybe a change of clothes, hold his hand, and off you go...
Good morning, Eagle Lovers,
Look at that 6 X 6 Liberty hauled in this morning!
They must be planning major improvements ... maybe a new roof.
Jim
WEAGLE ALERT!!!!
Nest activity... more grasses it looks like.
And the stick has been moved over to the side.
NOW BOTH!!!
Weagle alert!
This is unusual.. a mid morning visit!
Good morning everyone. Hope you all have a wonderful day!
Belle leaving...
Poor Lib, all by his lonesome again.
Kent cam3 is down, went down last night.
Morning, Megan and Sharon. Lib still hanging around.
GOOD A.M. EAGLE BUDDIES!---HELLO--JIM--SUZANNE & MITS----Maybe today will be the "DAY"---SUZ--sent pics this a.m.---LIB & BELLE are moving sticks around!!---MITS---Give TAI my "love"-- ho! ho!---First thing I checked when I got back was TAI!------ADOREABLE!!!
off he went....
Dang, both gone again. But what a surprise to see them at this hour! I see they moved that large branch off the nest cup!
I can just picture it now...me and Tai riding down Conneticut Ave. with his head hanging out the window of the car. Bet, I would get stopped by D.C.'s finest:).
New Thread.
Two Harbors is feeding chicks.
Jim
GOOD A.M. MEGAN & SHARON!!---SUZANNE---That little "black ball" isn't leaving mama's place yet--ho!
I don't remember SPUNKY & his group being that black!!!---But we have a closer view of this crew!---SHARON---I bet that was quite an experience---Will probably stay with you for a LONG--LONG time------MEGAN--Have been worrying about you too!---Hopefully this weather will settle down for you to plant & not have to use heaters every night----Are you still working in the day time?----This weekend will bring warmer weather!!!---STAY COOL!
Mits, give Tai a big baseball hat, and DC's finest won't know the difference. Just think he's a large guy... And yeah, just like dogs, he'll probably want to hang his head out the window! Oh too funny when you picture this...
Beautiful pics this morning, Suzanne. Thank you.
Jim
Cam #3 at Kent froze up again last night...in case you missed that exciting event and were sleeping instead.......
Jim
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