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2 little birds. Can you find the one one is ? It's on the lop Posting a picture of the nest with the platform underneath it that way. ...
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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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Weekend thread, a little late...
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 400 of 920 Newer› Newest»Maria - that may be the best place to post reports... Thanks for suggesting it.
Heather holler at us before coming
TEAM LIBERTY Here we come!
I will. Is there a particular spot that's best for viewing the nest? I saw some shots taken near what looked like the entrance to the facility, is that a good place to be?
Ok!
Thanks JudyE for a great reply you answered every question !
Sounds wonderful
Jo and PammySue - Thank you for going, dress warmly it is kinda bone-chillin' cold with or without the sun
Get yourself a Scotty Trailer and take the trip JudyE
loved the travel reports on here !
If we have a parade I can play the camera !
Hi Heather,
I live in No. VA too, and was thinking of doing the same thing. I'm a total novice, but I thought it would be interesting.
Been to Vancouver and made that trip across the Northern US
also been across through Kan-Okla-Colo-Utah and California and up the Pac-Northwest Coast...
awesome, all of it !
we also had that period of time between Dec 10 and Dec 26 with absolutely no sighting at the nest cams of the eagles...
maybe they were trying to figure out that new cam placement and if they were going to return
appreciate that insight and reminder about the distress calling Megan
Lynn
Good report, sort of, of the hearing, more to be revealed, and hopefully, more punishment to be metetd out...
Hi All: the group seems to be growing here...Eventually there will be something other than a empty nest to observe...
inspection went ok. Squeaky sounds was torsion bar that needs to be greased from time to time.
I think I have a few torsion bars that need to be greased from time to time
You can view the eagles from the side of the road, about 1/4 mile past the NCTC entrance. The nest is straight ahead.
turtledove, where are you in NoVa? I'm in Warrenton. I'm a novice as well, but I've been following here and trying to learn what I can so that I'll have a better chance of distinguishing between the eagles once I'm there. Borrowing my dad's good binoculars. :)
I am, so far, OFF on April 3 and will do my very best to be at the Grand Opening for the Farmer's Market !!!
Yay the sun is finally out on that poor Decorah eagle! If anyone deserves some sun it's that poor bird!
Good afternoon everyone, cold and damp today, ick!
Finally got some much neglected housework finished and just tried to catch up over 200 posts *sigh* Hard to keep up at times.
Well another day and still no Lib with Belle, not sure what he is waiting for and if he took a sligt beating from the intruder I hope Lib is formulating ways to bring him down and get rid of the intruder. As much as I want Lib to return to Belle the strongest will survive this ordeal and help breed strong chicks for next season. I haven't accepted the intruder yet but what will be will be :(.
Scott I have the map for you to get to dam 4 I will send it to your FB pvt msg box, look for it in the next 30 min.
Oh
Judie and Shirley teamed up for an Eagle Release two years ? ago...
hope they will have some time to talk about that one of these days, it was their first meeting as Momsters, in Northern Virgina...
they loved it !!!
I'll have to make a list of questions for my visit to the raptor center tomorrow. I'll ask about burying the eaglet also and see if they've ever seen or heard of that. If anyone has any other questions they'd like me to ask let me know. I probably won't be able to ask about this specific situation unless I run into someone who has been following along with the rest of us.
Yes MemaJo I think it would be the easiest place to find out what's going on since here we have to scroll through so many posts.
Megan. Re previous intruders at the nest area, I said I'd seen a couple weeks prior to laying eggs. Shd have been intruders in the area a couple wks before hatching. Hard to keep up from work. Too darn many interruptions hahahahaaa
Dana and others:
there is a little slipover our neck harness you can get, probably at a sporting goods supply store, onto which you can hook your binoculars...I have one if you want to test drive it sometime
Christine, would you also post what you find out from the raptor center on the Facebook page?
that would be "your neck" not "our neck" though we tend to share many things amongst us
If Jo calls me before I get off work, I will post what I can on here and Facebook.
WV sUSAn:
did you get some Samoa cookies yet ???
got to disappear for awhile,
you folks take care
Bless This Nest, and all the Nest Watchers
xo ♥
Sharon, Happy Trails and Safe Travels, and if you make a trip to Romney let us know !!!!
That's a command, not a recommendation ! xoxo
Excellent description of the eagles Paula.
Heather, I'm in Mclean near Tysons Corner. I don't have powerful binoculars, though, so I don't know if I'd see anything I could actually make sense of.
Sharon, wish you WOULD go to Romney and get Norma's computer straightened out!! Just can't figure out why she doesn't get a techie in to do that!
We used to camp, too, but never got the opportunity to travel the way so many of you have. Never enough vacation time from work and school. We had a 27' Prowler by the end, but started out tenting when Carolyn was 9 mos. old! And now, when I have the time....well, I could never maneuver an RV! No fun alone anyway.
Jo, I could post your observations, but not sure you want to call me. Just let me know. I can make a point of being on at 3, my time.
Now to try to do a little house cleaning.
Sure, I'll post whatever I can find out on here and facebook. I don't know how easy it is to talk to someone over there, but I can be pretty persistent :) I just need to make a list of questions so I don't forget!
If you like Samoa cookies Don't worry they are made by Kellogg's and you can buy them at Walmart Super centers and probably other stores They are called Coconut Dreams they are a smaller cookie but they are somas check it out right now on rollback from 298 to $1.98 most people don't know that Kellogg's makes them so keep on low down don't want to hurt the girls sales so buy from them when its the season and the rest of the time you can buy at your local store
When you say post on facebook is that the Nctc Eagle Cam one that Pam handles that you are going to post on?
Just spoke to Jo, I am hopping in shower and heading to the nest to catch up with her... I have the droid and if we are in a spot with service I will keep everyone updated
Yes, JudyE, I can post there.
Very good Robin because I will be leaving at 3.
Cool that Jo and Pam are nestbound!!! Looking forward to their review of the current situation.
Duh....what did I miss??? Loretta's Dad lives in Pinellas? I don't remember seeing anything about that before....and don't think I've ever heard her mention her Dad!!!! That is great that she still has him!
Heather---easy trip for you to make to nest!
I am originally from DC/Falls Church/Annandale. And Judie lives in A'dale, too!
6:15 still on my cam Odd that I haven't had to refresh the page at all maybe because not as many viewer?? I should know not to question technology LOL
I didn't get a FB message, Jo....was it just a regular post?
It is supposed to be down in the 20's tonight.....no fair! It is quite raw out there already, tho' it is 39. Think it's time to build a fire again!
Margy, I'm still jonesn' for Samoas!!!
Lynn. I've been a tent camper for a long time. Seems I can get into and stay more off the beat places in a tent. Camping and fishing and bird watching can entertain me indefinitely.
This is NCTC's directions page:
http://raceforthebirds.org/directions.html
From the sound of it, you drive past the entrance gate 1/4 mile and stop there. Is that correct?
@turtledove----Shirley can give you directions on how NOT to come up here!!! LOL---she has tales to tell! She comes from Fredericksburg!!!
Shirley is stronghunter.
Had to buy a GPS to get home last time.
@Robyn...Thanks!!!
Hedgie this is the orginal posy by NatureNut ""
Gadzooks! Been checking, videos, etc & the news is almost over.
Read that JudyE, I believe, is in Pinellas Park!! When my Dad retired, he moved to Dunedin, outside of Tampa~~near Clearwater, & Treasure Island, & St. Pete nearby. Love that area. Post was 11:33
JudyE---that's very interesting about the GS cookies! Who would thunk it?? Don't recall the name anymore, but back when I was in scouting lo those many years ago, they were baked by a company in Richmond, VA.
Sissy, I am so sorry that you are fearful about tomorrow. Please don;t be! Everything is going to be fine. Shar, I am just really relieved that you will be there with her. BTW----don't let Mattie miss school tomorrow. Big new crack down on absences.....at 5, some kind of action and at 10 without a drs. excuse they are going to start truancy proceedings against parents!
Alright, Robyn's going to the nest, too!!! Three musketeers can cheer: TEAM LIBERTY!
Somebody is there.
Thanks, JudyE---I did miss that post completely. Not sure that she meant he is still alive...we will have to ask her when she gets back on!
My Mom lived in Port St. Lucie from '89 until '05 (Robyn's folks live there now!)....but after the '04 hurricanes, she just couldn't cope anymore, so we gave her the option of moving here to WV near me, or MO near my sister....she opted for MO. She is almost 92!
Somebody was right near the cam and calling out but appear to be gone now. :(
I just got a response to my email I sent to the raptor center. I'm trying to set up an appointment to talk to her face to face tomorrow. Pammy, any information you can give me today/tonight on what you see will help me formulate some of my questions for tomorrow! I'm already planning to ask about the "feedings" we saw and about burying Paddy and why the other eagle kept trying to unbury him/her.
OMG, I'm so excited!! :)
It is SLEETING here....ugh!
I just heard something. Think they are still close by.
It is cooler here today. Got down to upper 40's this morning.
Did you hear that? They are still there!
Thanks for the info and directions! I think I'll make the trip tomorrow. Hope I can report back something worthwhile!
Yes I did Lolly. I hope they hang out until Jo, Pam and Robyn get there.
Got mixed up. Said it would be 3 here. duh! It is 1 here and they should be there now and someone is in the tree. who?
Hurry, girls!
I hear them too, and switched to the nest view right in front of my co-workers LOL!!
Hi,
Thanks for the comments about what is going on.
Can't listen right now. My students are taking a mid term.
Uh oh! Careful Christine!
LOL Yeah, they can listen to loud rucus music while studying! Do not disturb them with a bird chirp.
Another call!
Nah, they're pretty cool!(That sounded like Belle) They know what an animal nut I am.
Who is that
LOL, Lolly.
Some of them get distracted if I walk by their desks. Teenagers are strange creatures.
Hard to tell but I am going to say Belle.
Has anyone ever heard TRudy's cry? I don't recall ever hearing it.
Well, talk to you all later...
There's quite a bit going on elsewhere...
Lily and Hope are playing and rasslin again.
The lumber is really being delivered at BWO.
Chicks are growing new feathers and lying in a clump at BWE.
TH nest is due to hatch it's remaining egg, but the cam is down and they have a pic of two Eeuuwies on instead.
Pandas are being cute and lovable at both SD and Atlanta.
Phoebie's chicks are really growing and are starting to show a lot of rufus in their feathers.....
Hoping for the best for both Lib & Belle. Have a great day.
C(°Ù¿°)D Jim
Ok another stupid question the three people going to the nest do they get close enough to it like we could see them on the ground under the the cam ??? or do they keep their distance??
JudyE, it's my understanding (and someone please correct me if I'm wrong, I'm still a newbie here) that you can't enter the grounds of the facility, you have to view the nest from the street.
Ok, I have a 1:00 appointment tomorrow with an eagle specialist at CRC!!
Christine, that's so exciting! Good luck!
@Magpie, You mentioned Dec 10-26 the eagles were not seen around the nest? How odd. I wonder if that was what I was trying to remember. I thought I remembered someone saying Lib wasn't acting like himself in December sometime.
It would be so nice to have my mind back!!!!!
Judy E = we're not allowed within 300 feet of the tree during nesting season. I'm sure they will be out on the road where they can still see the tree though.
Someone is still in the nest. Has anyone heard from Jo?
Christine, that is exciting! I'm anxious to hear from you tomorrow.
Nothing from Jo yet.
I am HAPPY TO BE ME TOO, James. What a sweet kid. Margy has influenced him in such good ways.
GRANDMAS ARE SPECIAL♥
Yes Iris
those were the dates...the new cam was installed on Dec 10 - one bird I think Belle came to the nest very briefly that day and then we did not see anything on the CAMS until Dec 26
can't remember if anyone at the NCTC grounds gave us a report of seeing anything or not...
okay Coconut Dreams, JudyE
thanks.
will share that with Susan...
Welcome Back "Home" Wanda !
Thanks for your kind words...♥
Wanda!!! Welcome back!
Did you see my post. My WV columbine is going to bloom. I have two plants and they both have stalks coming up with blooms!! I am so excited!
Lolly, in the nest or the tree? Nest is MT
she sounds so close
Christine, you may want to ask the folks at CRC what Savannah and Derek did with the second chick that hatched. It didn't survive.
and yet we can't see her she is a big tease LOL
JO and Robyn and ...PammySue are headed to Shepherd Grade right now and might already be there ...
that msg for you Wanda...
For all who use your picture phones for sending and posting photos....please heed this serious warning in regard to your children and grands!!!
WARNING
Just heard a call.
Never have heard a peep out of the intruder.
Big clunk, someone's up there
Truder in the nest.
Bird in nest.
And of course it has to be the Turdy Bird.
Looks like Truder.
Would someone please refresh me as to any differences noted between Liberty and TRudy's appearance (other than the spot on the head)? Thanks in advance!
Moving furniture.
Truder! In the nest?! Moving sticks!
T moving sticks
stopped to preen real quick got a good pic of the back
Still moving sticks
I'm so happy, Lolly! You will love them...hope they are planted near you yellow ones. That dark purple and yellow together will be beautiful. And, of course, save your seed if you love them:)
My TEXAS ones survived the winter, a little early for buds here, but I'm watching anxiously!
I's doing still cam screen grabs
know someone else will get better
On boy Finally I c one n the neat and it's TRudy
Truder has very long middle toe
Not near as handsome as our Lib! Surely she will NOT pick him!
Sorry, Paula, about the earlier post. Meant to say tree, not nest.
just finished skimming through all comments.
Have been catching up on my falocns.
May be and egg at Maine eagle nest???
Glad someone is going out to nest
INtruder arranging sticks
Was that its little squeal or the one we were hearing form Belle when she was on nest
That's OK Lolly,
Yes, on his left foot. His middle toe is very long. That is a good identifier.
zooom would not be such a bad idea right now
just say'in'
There are three out there watching the nest. Hope jto get a good report if anyone is in the tree or nearby.
Hedgie thanks for the phone thing SCARY I posted on my Face book and also emailed the link to all my address book I don't have a phone like that I just have a trac phone for ER when I have my grand daughter
had to turn off all my other cams so I could bring this one up.
Not sure why???
He is really arranging the sticks
Heard another little sound
Just lost live feed.
Thanks again, Paula and Lolly. Wonder where Belle is?
I can't help but wonder if the spot on his head is an injury, or feathers. I am thinking injury.
Shredding the pine branch?
Both feet, Paula, have long toes.
Another clunk
Looking up
Was that noise someone on the cam?
I think Belle is in the tree. Did you see Truder look up?
had to let doggies out.
I am hoping they get along soon. I will get nothing done
hear trilling off nest.
Ha
Lolly. And I meant to say nest and not neat
ooops
That TRudy sure is a tidy one.
Can see the dark feathers on side of head from time to time
I got some stills too, Margy
Yeah, I have really been studying him. First time I have been able to do this. Got a couple of pics. Are you taping, Paula?
getting some awesome views of this bird even on STill Cam.
Shirley, OF COURSE they get nervous when you walk by their desks---they're afraid you'll see their cheat sheets!!!!
I hear someone. Belle in the tree, or Truder?
Now just standing in the middle, facing 3, looking around
K Lol and Paul
Thanks for that rundown, Jim!!! Very informative. We all have let other sites slide lately!
I tried to call Jo and Pam both and get no answer. I was hoping they would get there while he is in the nest to see where Lib and Belle are.
LOL Lynn, I have not even been reading the newspaper. It is all a matter of priorities.
cell phone coverage can be really poor there, Sharon
JudyE, even when we can get on campus, there is a specific radius around nest tree that is off limits. Signage warns everyone away. No way to see people from cam unless they climb the tree!
I have been taking pictures and blowing them up(well not exploding them LOL) and there are 2 marks but hard to tell.
I hear soft eagle sounds and maybe they are coming from Belle. they are similar to the sounds when she was on the nest
Have to reboot again
I am not on facebook and have no desire to go on, so will the reports be put here also???
I did get some video, Lolly. Waiting for bird to move
another big clunk
Eagle above must have left and then returned, couldn't tell when they left, or that clunk might have been them leaving
Tree Shaking...another Eagle landed?
Bev, have checked facebook. They have not put anything on there.
can't get back in ******
So if Belle is in the tree above the camera, I wonder if she's hanging WITH T or just keeping an eye on him to make sure he doesn't do anything she doesn't like.
you could go to the nest Lolly,
paint some toenails
paint them GONE
Iris, my suspicion on the 12/10-26 time frame is that the birds were suspicious of the tree changes. Remember they cut off one limb and trimmed some branches....Between the difference that made and them knowing that an invader (human) had been there made them too wary to come in for awhile---JMO, of course.
Can hear someone above and Benendict Arnold looked up
LOL Margy...how about we just use white out!
Poof! Gone!
Battle in the tree?
Eagle calls and camera rattles...
Oh man! Wish I was there!!!!
Funny Lolly ! It worked !
going to try to put some pics up
Ah, what's going on!!
and poof.
Clunk, above and you can still hear little calls. I am thinking Belle.
Maybe someone else landed also???
Well, the three that are there should have seen the show. Really anxious to her the report.
JudyE---my phone could do that if I wanted it to, but I don't! We are on a fmaily plan---daughter and gd have internet on theirs but SIL and I don't, nor does his mom!
Tru looked a little panicked before taking off...looked all around really quickly and then flew off. I'll bet whomever was on the tree took off after him.
Jo just tried to call....but no one there when I answered....guess she lost the signal.
The way he was looking around I'd say I think Belle was in the tree and Liberty was flying around.
Lolly, I haven't opened today's paper, either!!!
Paula, I tried to get a pic of him preening because you could really see the dark feathers under his wings----but he was faster than SnipIt was!!!
Okay, I am logging off, packing up and heading to WV. Will check in along the way when I make a stop.
Can hear the trills off nest if you really listen. Lots of them
someone up top moved
Jo, just called.
They saw Truder fly out of the nest. Belle is up in the tree. Truder cam back and is in a branch above Belle. No third eagle has been seen.
Call was a little broken, we lost connection once. She called back.
I f I had a Lear jet ,I would be there.
Drive safely, Sharon!!!!!
It sounds like Lib is out of the picture, at least for now. I sure hope someone sees him so we know he's still in this thing.
NOT what we want to hear.....I want to know that Lib is there FIGHTING for his life back.
TEAM LIBERTY!!!
That was the other clunk we heard.
Yes, we WANT Lib!!!
Heard another clunk...adjusting or leaving tree??
LOL You and me both, Bev. Not only would I fly there, but bomb Truder!!!!
Eagle calls?
Since people have seen Lib flying around and he's OK, it's really puzzling that it seems like he's not putting up a very big fight. Unless he got hurt just enough to need time to regroup.
Team Liberty.
No news is good news. Wish he had a tag so you would know if he was somewhere else close by right now.
have to get something done, like maybe try and do a supper LOL
Heard a truck? horn blow around 2:45.May have been Jo and Pammy. At that time, Truder was in the nest.
Listen to that mockingbird sing!
LOL TRudy. My dad was a bomber pilot in war. Maybe we could enlist him.
You all keep watching I am putting and removing extras out of the album, was supposed to be somewhere at 2 pm ! LOL
bye
Jo, just called but lost the connection.
Anyway, she did report that Truder and Belle left the tree, flying together toward the campus. No eagles in sight now. They have been searching for a sign of Lib, but no luck.
sorry Lolly .
well there is a little more or less duplication/similar views but think I will leave them as is, in the album
Yeah, Bev, do not mix me up with THAT bird! LOL
probably the mockingbird that Lolly thought might take her YARD this morning...☺
LOL okay bye
Good job, Margy!☺
so the 2 flying together , the other day were probably Belle and Benedict , and the other one maybe Liberty.
Who knows
Got to run
Team Liberty
God bless everyone here and Liberty
I must say this.....Jo, I loved hearing your voice! Wow! Good times, good memories! ♥U
thanks Lolly...just a little contribution, there were some great views of different body parts and feather things...
Maybe Gene and I will go down after Supper. Don't want to risk running into anyone with my bloated, blotched face. Might get lucky and see eagles coming in to roost at that time.
LOL "Benedict" <--- I like that!! :)
Great Wanda! Hope you can go. Not one person on here would think anything about your face and recent medical attention. We all go through something like that some time or other.
I like BENEDICT, too, Christine...but was thinking she was talking about Lib!
Oh, Lolly this series of 'removal' is horrendous. I've stayed in my office all day:(
Bless you!
If Belle takes up with T this soon after he contributed to the loss of her babies, then I don't know what to think. Poor Lib, no babies, no Belle.
When we were at the nest last wkend, cell service was almost non-existent when standing at the gate. You can move around the area and it comes and goes.
TEAM LIBERTY!!
WE WANT LIB!
WE WANT LIB!
WE WANT LIB!
Well, the phone calls were iffy but we managed to get some information. Sure wish I was there! And, nothing like phone calls to Texas from WV to have it reported on the blog. LOL
Lynn. It's really bad right at the gate.
Amen, Irene!!!!
Lynn, whatca doin' today? Wanted to show you photos of Police stop on Monday on King Street overpass.
If you double click and blow up the photos, you can see one person (maybe female) placed against the drivers side of a police car and mayb being searched. Also, in another photo, looks like another suspect.
I think I'm watching too many police shows. Trying to find something interesting:)
We never did see three together last weekend at the nest or three flying together. We THOUGHT one may have been Lib, but realized later that it was not when it was confirmed that Belle was on the nest.
SPLIT
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