Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Tuesday

Fresh thread.

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Danelle said...

what's the website for the zoo with the pandas?

Danelle said...

SPLIT SPLIT SPLIT

Suzanne said...

Check out the Tesoro cam! Think one of the eaglets hit the cam with his/her wing! We're looking at the ground now.

MITS said...

Norma, read the update from the 17th at Atlanta, this guy is reporting from China

MITS said...

Danelle, just google Smithsonian National Zoo

Suzanne said...

Norma, my kids are too young to watch this! I had Gypsy taken care of after her kittens were weaned, and had the kids taken care of as soon as they were old enough! Don't need more kitties!!!!
Mei looks like she's just gonna take a nap. Or looks like she wants to. Tian is sure gonna sleep well tonight!

movin said...

GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE!

Suzanne, I hope you have a safe trip home and a beautiful, almost-Spring-Day.

C(°?°)3

Jim

Suzanne said...

Scarface is laying down in the snow.

Danelle said...

Goodness! You all are right! He is relentless!

Suzanne said...

Morning, Jim, thanks! Was chilly a few hours ago, so hope it warms up some. You need to check out Mei and Tian! They're trying to make a baby. Or several hundred...

MITS said...

And she is not in heat yet, but pretty close

ROCKING CIRCLE R said...

AT THE ZOO---DO THEY DO THIS ALL DAY? POOR THING! AM SURE SHE WISHES HE WOULD STAY IN THE POND A LITTLE LONG TO COOL OFF

movin said...

BW is feeding, VA has both in the nest...

C(°?°)3

Jim

Danelle said...

BBL, time for PBJ.

normabyrd said...

HELEN----I did misread "BIG TIME"!------Mistook LI LI for LUN LUN---I scanned & didn't read!!!Thanks for the correction!!!

MITS said...

they already have Lun's sperm ready Norma, but will probably let them mate too.

Suzanne said...

Helen, if she's not quite in heat, then this is just practice for Tian?????? Good grief, that poor girl! And he's gonna work himself up to being too tired when she DOES come in heat. But that should be in a day or two, though, right? I read the updates, just don't remember, and now it's time for me to leave.
Gonna have to go home and take a nap, watching those two made me tired. All have a great eagle/panda day. Phew, Tian and Mei too!
Eyes to the sky, see the raptors fly!

MITS said...

Rockin, they will probably separate them after lunch like they usually do

MITS said...

see ya, Suz

Suzanne said...

Helen, if they separate them after lunch, bet they both sleep the rest of the afternoon. Too funny! Ok, outta here...

MITS said...

practice run for sure, but he will be ready when the time is right

MITS said...

and they will AI for added insurance

MITS said...

I'm ready for a panda nap

normabyrd said...

HELEN---DON'T UNDERSTAND!---Do you mean MAI is not in heat?---Why would they allow them to get together if she wasn't ready!!----In my watching----I was thinking he is the one that needs a sex-ed class!!---Thanks!----She seemed to be so nice & more than patient with him!!!---Keep me updated!!

wvgal_dana said...

Mits how do they know "exactly" when she is ready "in heat"??

wvgal_dana said...

Starting to rain here (10 minutes flying time from nest to here)

paula eagleholic said...

Looks more like the Tesoro cam is having problems...I don't see them searching for an eaglet...

MITS said...

they check her hormone levels. it is ok for them to mate even though she is not in heat.....my real player went off for eagles

normabyrd said...

ROCKING CR---I thought the same thing about MEI getting into the water when I first began watching!!---This as been going on for a long time---& she did go into the water early on---he went in too!!--- This has certainly been a learning process!!!

wvgal_dana said...

Mine went off also Mits for some reason. I just clicked it back on the link. It opened right up...

MITS said...

NORMA AND DANA, just sent you the page with the pregnancy 2008 update, it is found on the panda web page. Now they say she is in estrus, my secret contact at zoo must be a tad behind

MITS said...

trust me when Mei gets tired of this she will put a stop to it!!

MITS said...

mine went back on too.

paula eagleholic said...

Looks like our nest has been fairly quiet today?

paula eagleholic said...

It's chilly and breezy outside today....and cloudy, mostly.

normabyrd said...

GOOGLE & LEARN ABOUT PANDA REPRODUCTION-----
Just read that the female PANDA only ovulates once a year! They ovulate in the spring---for 2--3 days! They usually have 1 offspring every 2 years----

normabyrd said...

THANKS HELEN!---Didn't know you had sent me info!!----I was reading the PANDA REPRODUCTION SITE ON GOOGLE!!

wvgal_dana said...

Feeding time again our nest chicks visible

Eagle-Eyed Sharon said...

And the little one is being fed as well.

MITS said...

think the little one is going to be okie-dokie

glo said...

I am home sick today so to answer your question from yesterday Norma it was probably too soon for me to go to work, think we are all taking turns being sick or well enough to at least go in for a while...not so good right now. Anyway got up to fix some tea and took a peak at the cam . Got to watch a feeding. I think we have Big Brutus, Little Brutus and Baby Believe. I hope the littlest one has got lots of that same spunk in its bllood. If it does it will be OK but those two big ones goodness me. Hope they spend most of their time bothering but not really hurting each other.

Eagle-Eyed Sharon said...

Well, isn't that the cutest little bowl of eaglets you have ever seen?

movin said...

Both chicks are peeking out from under Dad at the world in the BWE nest.

C(°?°)3

Jim

paula eagleholic said...

Thanks for the heads up on the feeding...yes the eldest surely likes to pick on the middle one.

paula eagleholic said...

Interesting...the eldest didn't peck nearly so hard on the baby as he did the middle chick...more like a touch than a peck.

paula eagleholic said...

Tesoro cam is straightened back out...on the nest now

paula eagleholic said...

Did you all just see that switch?

paula eagleholic said...

BWE eating again...

paula eagleholic said...

I mean the one that occurred around 1 ish....my RP didn't like the rewind on that,,,pictures froze...but did see parent appear at 6 on the nest, then the bowl was empty, then new parent on the chicks

paula eagleholic said...

LOL, I think they start fighting everytime one of the eagles gets off of them!

paula eagleholic said...

Eagle at BWO

wvgal_dana said...

Eagle off our chicks again

paula eagleholic said...

Looked like feeding time, but I guess not...

wvgal_dana said...

hee hee not all the way down on them and they are popping out the sides lol

normabyrd said...

Oh it has started to rain here---I hope it by passes our NEST!!---Don't want those 'little dears' to get wet----yet!---They can sometime later--a month or two--ho!---

paula eagleholic said...

Hmmm, time for Mom to eat - and of course she always shares.

wvgal_dana said...

aww fed the littlest hee hee

paula eagleholic said...

OK, stuff the biggest first...

Eagle-Eyed Sharon said...

That didn't look good. It looked like she picked up a limp eaglet. Did anybody else see that?

paula eagleholic said...

No, but I'll go back and look, I am recording, also.

glo said...

Oh Lord Sharon do NOT say that

Eagle-Eyed Sharon said...

Well, that made my heart fall and start thumping. I guess it is okay though.

Eagle-Eyed Sharon said...

I am sorry, I am so hoping I was wrong. My cam froze up on me right after that.

Carol_in_WV said...

Hi, eagle and eaglet lovers! Aren't our bobbleheads just the sweetest little things - even when they are pecking at each other? I noticed that one (probably the oldest) doesn't bobble nearly as much now. It holds that little head straight up, looking for food.
I looked at the new picture gallery at BW. I saw both adults in the nest and more food in the nest than I have seen whenever I look at the webcam. That made me feel better for those BW babes. This morning, driving to work - I saw a "raft" of wild turkeys on a hillside (must've been 25 or 30 of them) and a "wake" of buzzards in some trees along the road. Remember when someone (Birdgird, I think) sent us that list of collective nouns for birds a while back? - that's where I got "raft" and "wake". I got such a kick out of watching those NZ pandas. Had half the office in here laughing at them.

paula eagleholic said...

OK, when biggie was eating, he pecked the baby. So the baby was laying down, then Belle went to pick up a piece of food, the baby either got moved with the food or moved as she was moving also....I did see baby move OK after that...and then second chick was laying on baby after being pecked again.

paula eagleholic said...

At least that carp isn't staring at us any more...see he lost his head! :)

glo said...

ok I can actually see and feel the newest gray hairs and wrinkles.

Eagle-Eyed Sharon said...

Thank you, thank you, thank you Paula. I was going nuts here!

Danelle said...

NEW THREAD!

Danelle said...

Holding the door open for ya'll

movin said...

Both chicks are peeking out from under Dad at the world in the BWE nest.

C(°?°)3

Jim

ROCKING CIRCLE R said...

LIB SEEMED AWFULLY CONCERNED ABOUT SOMETHING AND OFF THE NEST HE WENT

ROCKING CIRCLE R said...

IS IT RAINING THERE?

ROCKING CIRCLE R said...

GLAD TO SEE THE PANDA'S ARE SLEEPING--AM SURE THEY NEED IT!!!

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