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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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Weekend thread, a little late...
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1 – 200 of 241 Newer› Newest»GOOD MORNING EAGLE BUDDIES!!---Thanks STEVE for the new thread on this dark windy am----will bring the crew over!!!
Good morning Norma. Thanks for coming to get us!!
Thanks Steve!!
GOOD MORNIN'---MARGIE---SISSY & WANDA!!---It has been a COLD WINDY night & am----here in the MT. STATE!!---still dark -- but temp at 39°---Didn't get a glance at the 'lil one'---BIG FREEZE!---I thought those days were over---maybe soon!!---MISSED you BLUEFIELD FOLKS yesterday!!---Looking forward to a HAPPY---WONDERFUL---GLORIOUS DAY TODAY!----LET US REJOICE & BE THANKFUL------Sending good thoughts & prayers to BETTY--DAN--& DEB'S FRIEND!!----
Both adults in our nest now!
SISSY---What kind of 'thing is he standing on?---Maybe I am seeing things---ho!
It isn't a fish?
Good morning Sissy and Norma and everyone coming on. My friend Betty is doing much better. Thank you all for your prayers. She is still a sick lady and it is going to take awhile to get her better.
Margy I would love to do the 5K walk. I do about 4 or 5 a year. Betty usually does them with me. Not this year for her. Start in May with the March of Dimes, then dibetis(sp) and Komen and the small Down Syndrome. Have a wonderful day I better get started.
It is shaped kind of funny for a fish but I reckon it probably is.
Looks windy our nest
I can't see the NORFOLK site!!
I thought it looked like a naked bird. Hard to tell without it's clothes on:)
CEIL it's WINDY---WINDY & MORE WINDY here---daughter called---no electric----thanks for the update on BETTY----
Yes, Ceil, it is windy here and it's 41°. Ceil, while I have your attention; would you want the photo back of Margy's Floor Show at the train station?
Looks like panda treats at NZ. My NBG cam is down too, been down about 45 minutes or so I guess.
Gone for coffee. BBL
WANDA---I think that's what it is too!---but I haven't seen many 'naked birds'----ho!
Hi Wanda. I have a copy. If you want to keep it that will be fine.
Love you all and thanks for being such great friends. Yesterday at the hospital the nurse had to ask Betty a personal question and asked if Jim and I were family and Betty said yes. That is how I feel about all of you. Thank you God for these terrific people. BBL
BOB has some 'COOL' photos on the BWE site----As usual---HARD TO PIC A FAVORITE!!----I like the EAGLE with the wing down---(HECK!---I LIKE THEM ALL)
CEIL & SEAL!----LOVE you too!--You are such a 'caring person'---Any one who has you as a friend---is a very LUCKY person-----take care!
FINNEY WATER SITE---A DARK BIRD just flew away????!---
LADY NORFOLK---so serene on her nest---Read---both parents have been feeding the EAGLETS---making sure all 3 get fed!---ho!---MALE EAGLE feeds the FEMALE---which helps to bond the pair-----
PA SITE----TURKEYS!---TURKEYS!---read yesterday 4 wks from today---SPRING GOBBLER SEASON COMES IN!!--MD & WV---
Good Morning Everyone!
Our fuzzball is getting breakfast. So sweet!
Gotta Reunion meeting this morning, so BBL.....
Ceil, glad your friend is getting better, prayers for her & Lolly's BIL & everyone else.
MORNIN' NATURE NUT!!----Good luck with your meeting this am-----I was reading LISA'S note --- check out the EAGLET'S 'large yellow talons' COOL-----
Should say a prayer for the folks in the FARGO area---forecasting a BLIZZARD in that area this am----
Good morning fowl friends! Slept in a bit this cloudy, windy am. Keep remembering more critters from yesterday.....a kookaburra, a 4 mo. old joey, that they didn't take out of the pouch that the handler was wearing, a macaw, and a parrot. Hanna said that he has taped an episode of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader--says it probably won't air because he only got 2 questions right, and that the kids aren't really 5ht graders...they are miniature MIT grads!! LOL.
Sissy.......video of Mattie ready??????
MORNIN' HEDGIE!!---Sounds as if you had a GREAT time yesterday!!---I bet it was fun!---Did he have his daughter with him?---!!
Interesting facts learned from Jungle Jacks' slideshow:
A group of RAVENS is called a MURDER.
A blue whales' tongue is as long as an elephant; it's aorta is so big that a man could crawl in it, and the heart is the size of VW Beetle!! An elephants' trunk has 40,000tendons and muscles!! Amazing nature!
No, Norma, Kathleen wasn't with him. He actually has 3 daughters, and there was a video of him and the three of them in Rwanda viewing the lowland gorillas behind their home there. He also has a home in Montana. He was born outside Knoxville, and apparently stills calls Columbus area home, even though he is usually on the road 260 days a year.
GOOD MORNING ALL
Early for me - but glad you all are still here!
Bob's pics are so good! Make sure you take a look-see!
Time for a bite to eat, and read the papers. BBL.
HEDGIE---I'll try to remember that a group of RAVENS is called a MURDER! I enjoy learning those things!!--A group of DONKEYS is a PACE!---ho!
MORNIN' MEMA JO!----Are you all having this WINDY weather??--temp feels much colder with this WIND!!
Still remembering....a cheetah and a penquin also!!
Osprey at BWO!
Working on that video right now, Lynn!!
That so FUNNY!----Yesterday -- I told NATURENUT that she should go see JACK HANNA----mentioned that he might have a PENQUIN!----ho!---You must tell her----
I knew we could count on you SISSY!!----Bet she won!!!
I got kicked out of here!
Was mentioning the new sprig of pine in the BWE nest
and
the snow again in the CO nest!!
Morning, all!
Looks like our eaglet is being kept toasty warm!!
Good Monday a.m. everyone
Osprey at BWO
Wow look at those BWE eaglets!! So big...
The 'ORIGINAL' SCOTLAND MALE OSPREY has returned to the nest & the OSPREYS have mated---expecting an egg in 10 days---(way to go!!)
MORNIN! PAULA & HELEN!---Wondered where you folks were----have missed you--
SNOW in both the FINNEY WATER NEST & FINLAND NEST still has snow!!
Bob's pics from BWE and O are as usual wonderful
JO---LISA also pointed out the size of the EAGLETS' YELLOW TALONS!!----so cute!!
As you said - Bob's pics are quite a variety and are superb captures!
Going over to emails -
Will return later.....
Fishing cat is in view at NZ...
My brother-in-laws' Mom passed away Saturday, please keep him and his family in your prayers, Thanks:)
eaglets are cuddling with parent at BWE
update on Mei Xiang...
Subject: MX still going up
Hi all: Her progestagens continue to rise, so there is little doubt
she is in the secondary phase. Just waiting to see when it peaks now.
So it is a wait and see mode now...
Good morning, everyone. Ceil, glad your friend is doing better. Prayers for Helen's BIL and family.
The bird who flew across the theatre was an African Crowned Crane...if you get a chance, look it up! A real beauty!
That is exciting about MX, Mits.
I have been through Bob's pictures and they are so beautiful. I need to go through one more time.
I think we are still hoping for pregnancy watch to start sometime middle of April....but miss Mei will let us know...
HELEN---Good thoughts & prayers for your brother-in-law & his family----
Mits, sorry to hear about the death in your extended family....prayers, of course!
Norma, no snow in nest at Finney over water....and almost completely gone on shoreline, but yes, there's still alot at Saaksi.
MORNIN' DEB!---Have missed you too!----Morning news---BLIZZARD forecast for FARGO!---Certainly need prayers for those folks----
Yes, it is still bad in Fargo. Already blizzarding in the Black Hills, everything is closing down.
both osprey, BWO
2 osprey at BWO
Still two chicks and one egg at CO.
looks like they are having a no'easter up in Maine...very windy
** GooD MoRNING **
** EVERYBODY **
One Hummingbird has fledged, and from the way the other one is acting, it must have just happened. And the second one is perched on the side of the nest looking ready itself.
Jim
WOW!!--HEDGIE---I goggled your AFRICAN CROWNED CRANE----very true----It is a BEAUTIFUL BIRD!!!
update from OK.....
30 March: We are investigating camera or transmission problems, perhaps weather related.
We hope to have it working again soon.
An extraordinary number of fans are now viewing the eagle cam daily, resulting in some
delays and connection problems with the video. Please bear with us as we try to remedy this situation.
Cam is on now, very windy there too.
feeding NBG
MORNIN' MOVIN'JIM!---I haven't seen your humming birds----
Mother H.B. feeds the second chick, and about a second later is up at the flight line running its wings at full speed for brief periods, and now it's going through the rest of its preflight checklist.
Jim
Mits, excitement building re: Mei...fingers and toes all crossed!
Jim, cool hummer news!
The GUSTY WIND has slowed down---& some of the older folks in Romney would say 'the wind has laid'!
HELEN---I received the same message at OK earlier!--
I think the second Allen's Hummingbird is practicing the wing beats so frequently that it might fledge any second now.
Jim
Really beautiful Black Water photos this week also, Bob.
We get a much better view of what's going on around there than with just the narrow nestcam shots.
I think there has been more material added at BWO this morning, although I haven't seen the Ospreys there.
Both osprey have been to the nest this morning.
still 2 eggs at HI
looks like a fish and coot at OK nest.
Our eaglet is getting some fresh air and sunshine...
HA - parent covering up eaglet now!
I believe it, Deb. As I said it looked like material had been added.
Unfortunately, when I next looked, there appeared to be less material...that root ball which had been on or near the right hand edge is not visible now.
Could be the wind today blowing the stuff around..or some dirty bird is stealing the stuff! Hahaha.
I'm glad there could be a pair getting ready to nest on the box. The last pic I saw of the female looked familiar, but I wouldn't swear without comparing to last year's pictures that it was 2008's female.
Jim
There is a small spot on the egg at CO, can't tell if it is dirt or the beginning of a pip hole.
scottish osprey has something red in her nest.
2 EAGLES OUR NEST
Jim, I think that in 45 seconds we are probably missing some in and out visits of the osprey. A lot can happen in the time it takes to refresh. The wind could be blowing, too
Now just one...hard to tell who came and went w/ the freezing...
Kinda looks like Belle there now, tho.
BWO NEST WEATHER....
This Afternoon
Partly sunny and windy. Highs around 60. Northwest winds 25 to 30 mph with gusts to 45 mph.
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Tonight
Clear. Lows in the mid 30s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph...decreasing to around 5 mph after midnight.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
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AMEN
Looks like something furry for lunch
Osprey,, BWO
Wow, our eaglet looks huge...
Good afternoon everybody. I have been lurking with the cam this weekend but haven't been on the blog at all! Been lazy I reckon.
And yes, our eaglet does look huge!
Don't know if this has been reported or not, but I did see both the other eggs in the nest either yesterday or the day before.
Is our chicklet 3 weeks old???
BIRD GIRL----said her DIAMOND DOVE did not live 24 hours---doesn't know what was wrong & may try to get another one!!---so sad!
2 weeks old this past weekend, I think?
MORNIN' SHARON!---we have missed you----
WAX SHARON--
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uomRRm71_BU
Finally, there is the link to Mattie's Talent Show!
I forgot to mark the calender...I think chicklet hatched on the 7th???
Still very windy here... a few intermittant rays of weak sun...brrr!
Deb, are you included in the blizzard warning area??? Sure hope not!
blogger cop knocked me off-line....grrrrr
Nope...had to be the 14th....
I'll go mark the calendar now...
Yep, 2 weeks old...hatched on the 14th!
So...happy 2nd week for our eaglet....this past Saturday...
Thanks, Hedgie...
Very cute, Sissy. Mattie and her friend did a great job!
Way to go, Mattie!!!! Looks like it was lots of fun! Thanks, Sissy...we've been waiting!! She's a doll!
No, Hedgie, I am in a Winter Weather Advisory starting at 7 tonight.
I just saw the remaining Hummer chick, which was belly down in the nest again, wind up its wings and hover over the nest at low altitude and then alight on the far edge of the nest. So it's actually flying now, and it may leave the nest very soon.
Everything accelerated as soon as the first one fledged.
Just saw a first---mourning dove sitting on and pecking at the salt lick/block!
Sure hope the forecast doesn't get worse for you, Deb!!
Whole family at BWE
I see 2 fish at BWE
COOL MATTIE!---You & your friend were great!!----I thoroughly enjoyed watching you all with your PEACE signs!!!----Thanks SISSY!
MATTIE has always been a favorite of mine---1st time I met her--she came up & took my hand & asked me to share a seat with her on the bus!!!----She is COOL!!!
i checked on the status of Nethy, the Loch Garten chick... they have a satellite problem (temp.), and there is no current report on her.
BUT!! The guy had just posted that info when somebody phoned to say there was an Osprey near the Loch Garten nest.
It turned out to be EJ, the female from the past seven year, returned. She had caught a nice trout and was feeding on it in the tree next to the nest when Richard saw her.
You might read the recent entries in their blog to get a feel of how the new season is developing there.
[:~D]
Jim
I see the two fish, Paula...to the right of the chicks. But there is a third, which the family has been feeding on, to the left of the chicks.
[:~D]
Jim
Osprey in nest at BWO.
[:~D]
Jim
Well, the Osprey female sat in the center of the nest for 3 or 4 refreshes, and then she flew off.
I think she's there to stay, and the missing material might be due to wind gusts. They are experiencing high winds today at Blackwater.
[:~D]
Jim
cute video, Sissy, thanks...Mattie did good:)
update from BWO....
Nest Update
03/30/09:
Despite having ospreys bring sticks to the cam nest, it now appears they're removing them. Possibly to inhabit another nearby nest.
not the wind,.
Not sure whether BWO sticks are gone, or just scattered about the box from the wind or possibly a visitor who did some kicking.
the osprey are moving the sticks out of the nest, per: Lisa
Oh...so they saw them carrying them out, huh? Interesting....do they have other boxes erected? I guess with no cams, right?
I see Lisa beat me to the punch and posted a link to this weekend's photos. I finished them up last night after midnight and figured no one would be on the blog.
There was surprising very little osprey activity at BW this weekend. I was there both Saturday and Sunday. Some of the platforms seemed to have had no activity at all. I looked through last year's photos and it was much busier by this time.
The eagle sitting on the ground in the photos grew tired of me and flew off and landed on the BWO cam platform. It was there quite awhile before an osprey eventually chased it off. But afterwards that osprey just disappeared. Not exactly sure what is going on.
I hope another pair decides to use the platform!
Loved that ground eagle photo, Bob.
Left comment on your pic page his am, Bob....great shots!
Yup, Jim, saw that 3rd fish too...
3 Whooping Cranes joined the Sandhill Cranes somewhere in NE this past week. Here is a video of them:
Migrating Whooping Cranes
Cutest pic in our nest...parent w/ chicks head out from under it...so adorable.
Thanks, Bob, for the information. I loved the picture where it looked like the eagle was peeking over the hill to check you out!
There are three other osprey platforms along the BW drive that are easily visible from the wildlife drive (there's a lot more but off the beaten path or too far to see what's going on). I've only seen regular activity at one of them.
The peeking eagle was a differnt angle of the one that was on the ground with the turtle in the foreground.
Hey Deb, you might enjoy this one also....
Dancing for Joy
Hey Bob, were those diamond back terrapins?
Looks like a big ol fat fish in our nest...
Lecture coming up at NCTC
Jim Malone
Biologist
"Adventures with Birds of Prey"
Thursday, April 16, 2009 at 7:00 pm
And Mark Your Calendars!
NCTC Annual Open House
Animals, programs, games, environmental education for families
Saturday October 17, 2009 from 10:00 to 4:00 pm
And one more...
Film Screening: A Sense of Wonder:
Rachel Carson's Love of the Natural World and Her Fight to Defend It
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at 7:00 pm
Co-sponsored by PVAS
good evning eagle buddies
BWE eaglet has a fish pillow :)
Hello ciera!!
Thanks, Paula, I did enjoy it! Yesterday we saw a pick-up with a tracking antenna on it and we guessed they were tracking the Whoopers. When I watched the video, I noticed no bands, telemetry equipment. I e-mailed the man who made the video and none of the birds in the western flock are tracked. So much for our guess.
Hi Cierra!
Hi, Ciera.
Thanks for info, Paula.
Looks like suggestions for NOT having Open House on Apple Harvest weekend fell on deaf ears.
Short notice conference call scheduled for retiree group leaders w/ GM corporate at 4--see if there's another ax aimed at our necks...MTBR. Argh!
Redoubt is spewing ash, but not higher than 20,000 feet. You can see it today on the webcam:
Redoubt
Wow, Deb, lovely image at Redoubt today!
wow, Deb
thanks, Deb and Paula for the wonderful whooping crane videos:)
Can see the dud egg now...at the far upper left of the egg cup..eagle on far right bottom
More eating at BWE
Parent back,,,,my Gosh, Bell looks Ginormous!
probably putting on a few lbs, not as busy as if she had 3 to take care of
Paula, did you get my answer to you email from several hours ago:)?
I was thinking the same thing. That is a BIG BIRD!!!
Yes, I did, Mits :)
okie-dokie
plop.....
Hello all my eagle momsters and dadsters.
How is eagle land today?
Our eaglet is enjoying the sun. Pretty quiet at the nests and on the blog.
Feeding at our nest
Getting a message that Hornby IS 2 wide angle cam's broadcast does not exist anymore - just the close up
I haven't checked in on the hawks lately, they are both incubating. I saw the two eggs in Tulsa, no egg roll yet in Portland.
NM Owl cam is down.
Colorado Chicks are Visible...and wiggly ☺
Kentucky One Osprey, Puleston also.
Going to do my nightly reading, and see what I missed.
Hello Everyone ☺
Bird Action Our Nest ☺
Eagle Din-Din
Wow that's a big fish ! Bet Baby is drooling.....
Yes, that's a nice one...sure bet eaglet would drool if he could!
WOW Margy! Our eagles came to see you!
Gotta feed the dogs...bbialw
Sure is nice, seeing the happy hungry family all together !
Hi Gals !
looks like Miss Belle feeding her fack again.
She is tearing that fish up !
And I did not see the Baby get a nibble !
Night light is going to come on soon...
Beautiful Crescent Moon tonight, pretty high....
and Venus has sunk pretty much out of our nightly sight now...but I think it is back out in the very early morning...will check on that and repost. Also, ISS tonight, pretty sure, got to check those times too..
Both parents at BWE -
And a feeding coming up at our nest it appears....☺
That baby just might scootch over and get some on its own..
Hey! Where is Megan ??
Feeding at Okla
Mits
I am sorry to hear of the death in the family...brother-in-law's mother....how is that, can you fill me on which brother in law that would be ?
Prayers for the family...
Very encouraging news about Ceil's friend Betty.....
Oh cute, baby wiggling our from under in Colorado
ISS out tonight and the nest few nights ☺
Got to hit a few of the blue links that were posted earlier and check out Mattie's Performance!
Back in a little while xoxox
Lots of nestovers for tomorrow!
Fed the doggies and myself...now time for a walk....bbialw...again!
And I spy spidey's nest...Hidey is hiding under Mama!
Margy, it is my husband's sisters' mother in law, but we are real close to our brother in law whose mom it was, everything seems to be under control, viewing on Wed night funeral Thursday a.m....off to watch house
I can understand, Mits ...family is so precious...wonderful how "sisters and brothers" are added through Marriage: "Instant Relatives"
xo God Bless All.....
..... Wow ....
Deb's New Photos......
Wait until you see those "Common Loons..." - -
... Sigh....
Great Job, Deb ! xoxo
Yep - Venus is pretty much all but gone in the evening sky and working its way around to the Twilight in the East....will be some good views as April progresses, also Jupiter is big and bright in the east before sunrise as well now... ☺
yes Margy, I am blessed, love my sister-in-laws, and brother-in-laws:)
Two adults at Colorado....
...With fresh food....
Time to Split.....
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