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9:03 a.m. n Scout comes to the nest solo has a wad or a ball of bedding in his Talon it is dark in color must be the rain 9:11 a.m. NN he le...
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11/4 526 PM visit a short one min video 617am Bella arrives first Trills from the attic before landing Then Shep show Lots of sti...
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Well, I'm going to say...GOOD NIGHT TO YOU ALL
Another looooong day. Gonna call it quits.GOOD NIGHT EVERYONE....
SLEEP WELL.
Good Night Mits!
Hi Wanda!
The F&F cam is back.
Good night Wanda!
Gonna say good night too. Long day here as well. Sweet dreams, everyone!
Morning, Suz!
Oh, one more thing. JILL, sorry you haven't been feeling well. Hope you are on the road to recovery now.
NITE
Now the cam is up & both chicks are in view & it is indescribable the feeling you have when you see them...
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I think they are both goners.. I go with the heat & lack of food & sure have not seen Frodo there very much.
Hope our cam comes up with the sunshine!
Good Night Everyone
Good Morning Early Birds..
Suzanne - Check out the emails concerning our Open House - Dinner - the Train Ride......
Well, I sent an e-mail to Greg asking which was the cause of demise. But it wouldn't transmit from the site, so I used an old eAddress from a previous question to e-mail it directly.
I am sure this is the same Frieda as last year, and she and Frodo were successful with all three eyasses then.
Frieda is standing over the dead chick now as the sun is moving over it... I'm not sure she has realized the situation 100%.
Jim
Frieda continued to stand over the dead chick (not shading though) until the sun completely covered the ledge... I heated some spagetti for dinner... When I came back she's shading the live chick.
I got a couple of pics, I'll send them to you.
Jim
GOOD NIGHT, EVERYONE/GOOD MORNING TO SUZ, WANDA, NORMA AND THE OTHER EARLY BIRDS....
JIM
Hey folks...
About the chick that didn't survive: sometimes the parents will consume the remains, sometimes they will remove it from the nest so that the carcass doesn't attract pests and/or predators. Usually, the dead chick(s) will not be near the nest too long after death. The surviving chick appears to be fairly strong; when I was watching early this am and discovered that the chick had died, I saw the live chick turning around to watch the parent.
I don't know if any of you read my previous post (above). This may not be Frieda after all; she could be a young female with no previous experience. Some birds are born to parent, and are very good at it; some just aren't.
As far as the parents' reactions, it's not atypical for a bird to mourn -- yes, they DO mourn -- the loss of a chick/chicks or mate. We had a rehabber friend who had a pair of ravens who were from different places, but who bonded after being taken in for rehab. After several years, Poe died (yes, Poe) and his mate Sarah (I know, I know) stopped eating, stopped talking, stopped playing. She nearly died. Granted, ravens are extremely intelligent birds, but we have seen this same behaviour in other, less intelligent, species.
Only about half of all baby birds live to adulthood, and even less to reproduce.
I have seen for myself that a chick can be doing wonderfully, and then just die. We see it alot, unfortunately, and every time it pains us the same. You'd think that after doing this so long, we'd get hardened to it; we do get attached more to some birds than others, and their loss hits harder, but we feel sad to lose ANY of them.
One of the positive things that will come of this is, the surviving chick will be that much stronger and healthier. At some point, one of the parents will most likely remove the dead chick; but they will focus all of their efforts on only one now, so all of the food will be given to it that would have been shared between 2 (or 3, had that 3rd egg been viable).
If anyone has any questions, you know where to find me ;-)
As always, I am
Your very own,
Bird Girl
I just happened to peek in of Frodocam, and the surviving chick is standing up and even moved around the parent to get into the shade! I think this one will do just fine....
I was signed off, but then I saw more at Brisbane....
First, Frieda moved one or other of the chicks so she could shade them both for a while. Then some cloud covered the sun, Frodo brought some dinner, and Frieda eagerly fed the alert, healthy, bright-eyed remaining chick.
In the interim, the cameraman gave us a long shot, and the Mother and chicks are close to the far end of the ledge from where they were hatched (surprises me...same end as pic bottom left of site).
It's 4:30 there, the clouds are still blocking the sun, and the chick is sleeping off the feed with its head against the wall. (The other one is still close by).
Things seem back to normal for the remainder of the family.
Jim
Here it is going on 3 am just got back from a trip to Wal Mart and i am washing cloths.. just fed Brutus and i hope he is down for the night.. Oh Brutus and Sugahhh got along just fine Sugahhh wanted to play and Brutus growled and barked which sent Sugahh a scootin..lol So i checked on OZ cam awww the surviving chick is laying close to the dead one i have the 10 second cam up and its got its eyes open now...Now has head into wall sleeping..lol Remember how Buta Buta use to get in that corner and try to bury her head...Actually with the close up of the camera this chick now looks fat and healthy , which is good news so far was worried like Mits was...Well its sleeping now up againist the wall, so all is well in Oz for now... Time to throw cloths in dryer and soak in tub as my legs are very painful tonight, lol i rode the motor cart at Wal Mart and Thank God for Handicap tag...lol Nighty nite and heck Suz will be coming soon i might be up still...
PS i am setting here in my night gown does that make me a member of the PJ Club now??? Jo hope you let me know about the baking soon as i am ready to make the bread and pies and tator candy maybe some gingerbread since its this close to Halloween....
Good morning, world. Beautiful night out, bright quarter moon and lots of stars, till I got to Falls Church, and the fog is so thick here you can cut it with a knife! Was I surprised! But warm, 62° in PA, 71° in VA.
We have a beautiful pic on our cam, so hopefully Lib and Belle will pop in this morning.
SD birthing den is totally MT, kids are camping out this morning. Nice night for it.
See where they updated the Frieda and Frodo web page. Hope the last chick makes it and lives and long and healthy life! My pic is in color, love that! Beautiful pics. Frieda is on her baby.
Will try to go see what I missed after I left yesterday.
All have a great eagle/panda day.
Eyes to the sky, see the raptors fly!
Well my beautiful color Frieda is now my beautiful B&W Frieda. Nice while it lasted.
Didn't see her delivered, but Squiggles is in the birthing den sleeping. There is something small in there that is glowing white with the infrared light. Right by Squiggles butt.
Ho Ho Ho as our beloved Norma would say and Howdy Suz.. Yup still up but heading to bed really soon... Checked OZ cam and mom is on the baby looks like but i dont see a sign of the dead baby so maybe it was removed or down the ledge a piece My oh my time to hit the bed... meds kickin in ... Ya'll have a great day... Jo was there something about dinner in those e-mails?? Geez i better go back n look... Hugs 2 all
Morning, Nilla. Hope you feel better, and can get back to sleep. I'll have to go read the blogs, not sure why you're on meds, but hope they help.
Not sure they're gonna remove the chick, it may scare the other one. They weren't really clear about that on their webpage. So sad! I sure hope we don't lose any more babies this season!
Guess Nilla went back to bed. Sleep tight, Nilla.
Be back in a few...
Was just outside. If possible, fog has gotten heavier than it was. Unreal.
Something was on the BW cam, in the corner, but couldn't tell what it was, just showed up very white on the infrared. Gone now.
We have a fuzzy spot directly in the very center of our cam. At least it stops the glare.
Frieda is standing over her one chick, the other one is still there in the back of her. Darn.
Squiggles is still sleeping, with whatever that little white dot is.
Got this from Steve the other day. Talking about the white glaring spot reminded me.
Once we get the fuel cell in place the guys will deal with the "hot" white levels on the cam signal, which should give a crisper photo.
Steve
Well, gonna step out for a minute, but not sure we'd see anything if the kids did show up this morning. Whatever that grey splotch is in the center of the cam, it's gotten bigger, and is now covering our nest.
Well, this refresh it went away, so not sure what's going on...
GOOD MORNING SUZ--
It is time for a visit. Cross our fingers.
eagle in our nest
I watched the remaining chick of F & F last night for a while and it didn't look very healthy.
SUUUUUZZZZZZZ- Come see!!
BOTH IN NEST!!!
both in nest taking pictures and no i cant sleep
Morning NILLA--
Hope you are feeling better.
Hi Nilla and Wanda. Was on the phone, but see them now! Beautiful!!
Grrrrrrr, what's with the squiggly lines?????
GOOD MORING EAGLE BUDDIES. Was that Liberty and Belle that were on the nest this morning when I just turned it on!
Well, it's nice to see them there, but those squiggly lines are making me crazy!!!
Morning, Candy. YUP, that's our Liberty and Belle...
GOOD MORNING SUZANNE, WANDA AND NILLA. I just got to school, got the room in order and decided to check in on the nest. What a thrill to see them both there if only for a moment.
snappin pictures every 30 seconds
Speaking of Squiggly lines, our Squiggles is nursing.
Swiggly lines or not i am taking pictures for Jo
Lib just left, Belle still there.
I haven't been able to get on the last two days so this is a real treat. What is going on with Frieda and Frodo's chicks; only one left? It sounds like another sad story in nature is happening in Brisbane.
I hope Mits has calmed down a little bit from all her excitement of being a new grandmother. My thoughts have been with you Mits. Hope all are still doing well.
Haven't had a chance to check even the blogs in two days, so I am way behind. Will try to do so tonight after school.
Have to go for now and finish getting ready, but I am going to leave that beautiful pic of our nest up so I can still peek in as long as one is there.
You all have a GREAT Thursday. Only one more work day to go. Yeah! Suzanne, you have a safe trip home and give Gypsy a hug for me. I guess with my allergies, I will never have another pet. BBL
WE HAVE A NEW THREAD LADIES, COME ON OVER................
Isnt she patient with him ... flying off leaving her
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