Monday, April 21, 2008

Wow, lots of rain. No internet at my house.

New thread.

117 comments:

normabyrd said...

MORNIN' STEVE---THANKS for the new thread!!---Hope your house repairs are moving along----Keep you & family in my thoughts!!---Will bring 'em over!!!!

deb said...

Thanks, Steven, for the new thread and thanks, Norma, for the announcement.


Osprey in Finland.

normabyrd said...

MORNIN' GLO!!---How is weather in IL?---I think it may clear here today----SUN is coming up!!!--Wee EAGLETS survived the rain!!---Most of their bodies where under BELLE'S wings & parts were hanging out!! ho!

MITS said...

Thanks for the new thread, Steven, and the heads up, Norma....you are #1:):):)

normabyrd said...

DEB---I still haven't gotten on the FINLAND site---I was checking the site everyday---no problem--Then the day it came back--I GET ADS ON LEFT & BLANK PAGE!! I am still unable to pull it up using all sites SUZ & HELEN have given me!!----Do you have any suggestions???

MITS said...

we have 2 osprey Finland sites, Norma, you can get onto the one overlooking the water, correct??? Its Finny's you can't get on right? Finny's take awhile to download, are you waiting long enough for the cam to come on?

glo said...

Weather in Illinois where I am today anyway is to be in mid to upper 70's. I am out to work in the yard :).

On breaks though I will pull up the nest. I so want to see some dried out eaglets smiling with their weather.

deb said...

Do you mean the Finland nest where the sea eagles were for awhile, Norma?

Costume Lady said...

Costume Lady said...
I have been trying to post some photos on my blog and someone has made a comment and I assume it is Freeloader. I have to try to remember how to remove it.
Photos are all screwed up; can't get them in order. They make no sense if they are not in the proper sequence. I'll keep trying.

Costume Lady said...

Wish Steve would let us know how repairs are coming along on his house. STEVE, WE ARE TRULY CONCERNED; LET US KNOW.

Mauley said...

Good Morning dear friends, We have a new lurker. I am trying to get her to join in. Her name is Loretta, and she is my only sister in law. I put NCTC as a favorite for her. She is so excited about all the wild cams. She is a new computer owner, and she is doing great figuring out things. Blessings to all of you today. donna

normabyrd said...

HELEN & DEB----It's the FINNY site--I can't get now!!---Watched it last year---HELP!!---Same one you couldn't get for a while HELEN!!

Mauley said...

Wanda, I, too would like to know how Steve's repairs are progressing. Steve, you are our number 1, and our go-to guy. Praying for you daily, too. donna

deb said...

I don't have the Finny site, Norma. I know I saw it on here one day, but I must not have saved it.

normabyrd said...

MORNIN' MAULEY---Tell LORETTA to just start by saying HELLO!!---I am still a NOVICE---but lots of knowledge on the blog & all are more than willing to help!!

WELCOME LORETTA!!

MITS said...

Norma, try it again, if you get the writing on the left, sounds like you are good to go, do you have high speed internet, if not let it run for awile should come up....maybe:)

normabyrd said...

DEB--You all are watching the site---FINNY was our nickname for the surviving OSPREY in the nest last year!! HELEN had trouble with it too for a few days---but she has worked it out!!---Thanks for offering!!---

normabyrd said...

W/DO HELEN!!

deb said...

This is the one I watch, Norma.


Finland nest


Is that the one you can't open?

Mema Jo said...

Norma

http://www.saaksi.fi./

This is the one I think you are speaking about. Not active yet

Mema Jo said...

Good Morning Everyone
It sure is another WET ONE!

Was so anxious to spot our hump of eaglets! Looks as though they have
really bonded.

Mema Jo said...

Turkey Gobbler in the PA woods.
They are sooooooo large! Doesn't look as though any rain has been there.

Mema Jo said...

I see the rain is down at Blackwater

I was so happy to have had Belle there with her little ones during the rain last night. Norma gave her credit for being a WV MOM!

MITS said...

Adult eagle back at NCTC, I have no idea who is who there

normabyrd said...

Thanks DEB!---I have that one---The other one is high up in a tree & we can see other animals (which look like that are an inch high) down on the ground!!!---Beautiful HUGE nest---(which we found later was an artificial nest)

normabyrd said...

That's the site JO!---Are you saying that site isn't ACTIVE yet??

MITS said...

there are no eggs there yet, Norma, but the osprey are back

MITS said...

are we eating nestovers at the nest???

normabyrd said...

Thanks KIDS!---I'll just do what my ole' friend 'SCARLETT' would do---"I'll worry about it tomorrow"--

normabyrd said...

HAPPY TIME at the nest!!!----FOOD!!
LIFE IS GOOD---even when it rains!!!

MITS said...

Norma, can't even send pics from Finny's nest this year:(

Mema Jo said...

Tiny is a hoot! Wants to tuck the head under something - anyone - does not like the rain I suppose.

normabyrd said...

BELLE flew away!!---Did you all notice---During the so called feeding---#3 reached across & pecked on #1---& he didn't peck back!!!!---She is WOMAN--TOO FUNNY as SUZANNE says!!

MITS said...

Pearl is maturing

normabyrd said...

DEB--reminded me of the one she is watching & I have that one --- I am good!!---

normabyrd said...

Checked the STORKS earlier!!---MOM is on the nest with a clutch of 5!!
She is so beautiful---all those white feathers covering the nest!!

Mema Jo said...

BBILW

normabyrd said...

Anyone seen DANA---I don't remember her being here yesterday!!---She has been having back trouble!!

MITS said...

can't beleive how big the one chick in OK is already, do we know how many actually hatched from that clutch of 4??? might have asked this before but my mind is mush this a.m.

MITS said...

osprey back in Finland nest....maybe ready to get down to business

normabyrd said...

"ESTRUS HAS officially started for LUN LUN" at the ATLANTA ZOO!!----Haven't see our 'LITTLE BEAUTY' this am----But read she has gained weight!!!----SHE'S ADORABLE!!---

NatureNut said...

Hello Everyone. See chicks were huddled together and don't look too wet. Hope we have a drier day.
Tornado was spotted in our MD county about 10 miles outside DC. Place called Chillum.
Mauley, my name is Loretta too! Have your sister-in-law join---there aren't too many of us!

MITS said...

GOOD LUCK TO LUN-LUN!!!!!

MITS said...

I saw that report, Loretta....

deb said...

I was watching earlier and saw 2 chicks there. Since the cameras were down for so long, no one knows how many hatched.

Mema Jo said...

Belle has arrived to protect her kids from the forces of nature......

Mema Jo said...

She looks as though she has dried out

normabyrd said...

MORNIN' NATURENUT!!---LORETTA---That was scary last night---Our county in WV was on that tornado list too!!----But was removed about 9:00!---Thank goodness!!

Bird Girl said...

Hey all...

Watched the Kelly Clarkson video, she did pretty well..I would have preferred that she sing the entire song in Latin; I sang classical and medieval music in an all-girls acappella group in high school and college, so I guess I'm biased ROFL

TY for the wood duck link...24 eggs!??! OW! Haha.. I like the other cam links too, pretty cool -- maybe the chimney swifts will show up, I've never seen those before.

hope all is well with everyone! gorgeous morning here in Phoenix, I have the front and back doors open and listening to the neighborhood birds (the mockingbird dominates) and my birds...

Bird Girl said...

Parent covering the wet eaglets in our nest.

all together, now: awwwwwwww!

normabyrd said...

JO---I saw 2 BURROWING OWLS this am---Did you see them?

normabyrd said...

MORNIN' BIRD GIRL -- and my "FAVORITE CHICK"!!--She looks so happy she makes one SMILE too!!---
ENJOY YOUR GLORIOUS DAY!!

deb said...

I lost my live feed. :(

Sun is out in Oregon!!

normabyrd said...

SAFE JOURNEY HOME SUZANNE---LOVE PATS TO GYPSY & HER FUZZY FRIENDS!!!

hope i haven't missed you!---we missed you on the blog today!!

normabyrd said...

JUST LOST LF!!

MITS said...

lost mine too.

MITS said...

well I would e-mail Steven, but since his address is fws.gov, and I can't get into any of their sites, doubt if he would get my mail

movin said...

Safe trip home, Suzanne. Good day.

Jim

[:~)]

Jim

Suzanne said...

Hate to do this, but hello everyone, and good bye everyone. Busy day today, and think tomorrow is gonna be worse. Good grief!
Anyway have a guy coming to the house this afternoon to give me an estimate on some 2x4s and potting soil or dirt or something, and I have to beat them there. This should be fun in the pouring rain! All have a great eagle/panda day. Oh, Belle just arrived with our soaked kids. Osprey turning his eggs, and poor BW kids are drenched. Did they eat today? Been on other computer and can't even watch. Ok, outta here. Eyes to the sky, see the raptors fly!

Suzanne said...

Thanks, Jim, you have a great day too. I'm gone...

Mema Jo said...

BBL

deb said...

I sent an e-mail about live feed.

MITS said...

thanks Deb....

movin said...

Mits, you should try to email Steven anyway.

If it gets through, you will know the cause of the site blockage is something else ... e.g. your security settings or privacy settings in "Internet Options."

[:~)]

Jim

MITS said...

Jim, I have tried to e-mail him before, and no response from him

MITS said...

all my settings are fine.

MITS said...

I see the head of eagle laying in KENT nest #2

movin said...

You have a real mystery block, Mits.

Have you tried reinstalling your browser, Explorer or FireFox? Sometimes that will fix a lot of problems, and your "Favorites" will be saved.

[:~)]

Jim

deb said...

LIVE FEED IS BACK WITH SOUND!

MITS said...

thanks for update, Deb

deb said...

Look at Pearl, she took the fish from Belle and is trying to eat by herself.

paula eagleholic said...

OMG did our eaglets sprout in all that rain?

Live feed is up with sound?

normabyrd said...

THANKS STEVE!!!! --YOU ARE #1---SOUND too!!-----

MITS said...

both adults at the nest

MITS said...

well they both were there

NatureNut said...

Hooray! Just checking back & we've got sound! Saw entire family eating lunch awhile ago.
Now looked like Lib was rearranging fluff---getting dry blankets?

normabyrd said...

BELLE & LIBERTY---Both in nest!--Think I hear THUNDER there!!---LIB does love to move sticks----Might protect our little explorers!! Aren't they a RIOT!!!

normabyrd said...

LIB must think they are ganging up on him!!----He keeps moving backwards---- ho!---Is it feeding time?

MITS said...

poor Lib, had enough and left...

normabyrd said...

STILL SNOWING in OREGON!!---Poor EAGLE MOM has snow on the end of her beak----

normabyrd said...

FUNNY HELEN!!---He looked down at those THREE FACES & he knew he was out numbered!!----ho!

indiana nesting eagles dave said...

Good Afternoon; well it's time
for me to head home and to check
on the eagles.I have posted more
photos on webshots page 9 and 10

Indiana Nesting Eagles----Dave

See ya tomarrow

normabyrd said...

FALCON in PA NEST!!---Looks like a spider visited her???

MITS said...

thanks for the pics, Dave:)

normabyrd said...

OSPREY on nest at CONN site!!---Windy ---

Chrissy Beahan said...

Hi all,

I hope you are all as well as you can be at the moment.

Just a flying visit at the mo,, about to feed the humans.

It's all go isn't it nest sitting,, Ospreys in Scotland doing well and with 3 eggs All I can say is WELL DONE OLD GIRL,, 52 eggs in a lifetime is something to be proud of isn't it.

I've got a new bird site for you,, it's in ECUADOR,, and its full of humming birds and loads of others too.

http://www.wildlifefocus.org/?gclid=CM-Ekbi5yZICFQVjMAodjT0bQw

I hope you all can get it, I think its wonderful.

Right back to the salt mines,, whip, lash and orders feom the humans.

love and hugs
Chrissy
XXXXXXXXX

paula eagleholic said...

Eaglets all snoozing in the nest...Tiny's dark feathers are starting to show more and more. The oldest one's tail feathers are really starting to grow....just lurking today, busy Monday....but I did get a short video done from visit to NCTC yesterday. I'll try to get pics posted soon...I was disappointed, I had a wrong setting on the camera at the end, and the later ones didn't turn out :(

NCTC Visit Apr 20

short name for clickable link

paula eagleholic said...

Please ignore the second blue link above that say "short name for clickable link"

paula eagleholic said...

Belle at the far end feeding, I didn't see her arrive, my RP went down for a moment. Lib stopped by too, don't know if he brought food or not...

paula eagleholic said...

NOpe he brought fluff I think!

paula eagleholic said...

Belle is feeding Middy, Oldie is laying in the middle playing with fluff

paula eagleholic said...

Now 1 and 3 are at the back

MITS said...

ready, aim ,fire!!!!!!

Mema Jo said...

WHOA! Adult back in nest with a big one (?) Both are there now &
Belle is mantling while Lib takes off and while the little ones sleep
on with already full crops.

Mema Jo said...

Really a gimpy leg walk to get the prey over to the serving table.

paula eagleholic said...

Lib in with a fish....listening to that peeping!!

paula eagleholic said...

Belle is a happy camper!

paula eagleholic said...

I love the way she does that too, Jo. Reminds me of a person walking with one shoe on, one shoe off.

paula eagleholic said...

LOL is she really offering those stuffed little piggies food...teenagers!!

paula eagleholic said...

Nope, middy was full...Belle's turn for some lunch, that's nice :)

paula eagleholic said...

Belle took off to the left

TroubleInWVa said...

Awww... the little ones are almost as big as Liberty and Belle. Just wish they would stay away from the edge!

Merina

ceil said...

Male must be in Oregon nest. He is pulling everything out of the egg cup.

deb said...

Welcome, Ceil and Merina!! The male in OR is definitely a re-arranger, isn't he? I think it is snowing again.

I got the heron cam to open today. I haven't been on it for awhile. I want to see how big the heronettes are.

ceil said...

Deb my son just moved to Oregon I will have to see where the nest is to him will send him to shovel the snow off

deb said...

All I could see was a big ball of fluffy gray chicks, the sun is in the wrong place to see any detail. Maybe later today will be a better view.

deb said...

They certainly need a snow shovel this year. I can't believe it is still snowing so much.

paula eagleholic said...

Ceil - Hope he has his hiking boots on!

deb said...

Hiking boots and snow shoes!!

MITS said...

chicks do not like the rain, started to cheep and adult came a-runnin

paula eagleholic said...

Mom is back...I think the rain has started again.

MITS said...

not sure if my nephew is the hiking type, likes the outdoors, but don't know if he likes it that much

paula eagleholic said...

She did the exact same thing yesterday too....

deb said...

Herons are changing places, I see three heads, trying to find #4.

deb said...

There they all are, they are so cute.

MITS said...

one of these days I will see the heronettes

Sunny said...

Steve started a new thread! COME ON OVER!!

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