Saturday

Snowin' here in Wyoming.

New thread.

Friday

I'm in Wyoming today. It is warmer here than in WV.

New thread. Hopefully we'll have a fix for the cam soon.

Wednesday

Snowy Day thread.

Tuesday

New thread. Cold day with colder winds.

Monday

New thread.


We're looking into the access problems that several folks let me know about.

Saturday

New weekend thread.

Friday

New thread.

Thursday

Nice day, fresh thread.

Wednesday

New thread.

Tuesday

New thread. I'm out today again, hopefully back tomorrow.

Sunday

Snow, sleet and freezing rain thread. Still sick and it is loads of fun.

Saturday

New thread.

Friday

I'm sitting home with some nasty flu bug. Glad to see the cam online.

Thursday

Cam's up thread.

Wednesday Update

I'm starting to sound like a broken record...the guys are doing what they can to alleviate these continued problems. The control boxes are not accessible due to the ice and they are afraid to make a big ruckus under the nest right now. I'm pushing as hard as I can...

Tuesday

New thread. Been away from the computer for a couple of days... Looks like some of the snow is melting in the nest. Thanks to the guys for the continued tech support.

Sunday

New thread. Give the sun a chance to charge up the cold battery and we should be back online.

Saturday

New thread. Should warm up next week so some of that nest snow and ice will melt.

Frozen Friday

Finally got our picture back today. The very low temps have raised havoc with the battery. I'm working on status of the live cam.

new thread.

Frozen Friday

Finally got our picture back today. The very low temps have raised havoc with the battery. I'm working on status of the live cam.

new thread.

Wednesday

NCTC is closed today due to the snow and ice. They just now plowed my street, which has a layer of snow and then 3/4 of an inch of ice on top. I suspect that the cam transmitter is ice covered, thus the problem.

Snowy Tuesday

New thread.

Monday 12 Feb

New thread.

We're working to fine tune the picture as it looks a little overexposed right now.

three eggs. wow.

Sunday Night

Been away since Friday afternoon. Looks like we've made progress.

Friday

new thread.

Thursday

New thread. Still waiting for a fix, but still no disasters.

Snowy Wednesday

Ok, Here's the update.

First off, I know this has been a painful wait, and for that we apologize. The guys have been working with a series of technical challenges that don't seem to stop. Some are related to boxes going bad, and others to the high winds we have faced the past several weeks.

Yesterday, we worked all afternoon to get the cam started, and it didn't work. We were concerned that the camera had succumbed to the elements. This morning, the guys were at the tree and hooked a monitor into the cam cable and voila, they saw the female in the nest, very likely sitting on eggs.

They now have to do some additional work to make the microwave link work. If they succeed, the cam should be set and online. This still could take a few more days...

They will be back out there today working. If they do see the female up when the monitor is hooked in, they'll give us a report on how many eggs.

Kudos to Keith, John, and Mike for their perseverance on this problem. The technology used here is different from other cams that we look at and unfortunately has presented challenges that none of us wanted to have to tackle. We still need to keep our fingers crossed, we are not yet out of the woods.

Tuesday 6 February

Wicked cold today. Good to have some winter finally.

News soon.

Sunday 4 Feb

New thread.

Sunday 4 Feb

New thread.

Thursday

Still waiting for the crummy part :>(

new thread

Tuesday Jan 30

We went out to reset the faulty voltage box this morning and as you can see it would no longer reset. The new box has been ordered and hopefully will come soon.

as always hang in there. The new equipment should fix this once and for all.

New thread.

PM Update

Still cold.

Monday January 29

Cold.

New thread.

Sunday afternoon

All I can tell you is the box has been ordered and it's being shipped fedex. Hopefully we'll see it early next week. I'm sure the eguys will get the cam up tomorrow antil we can get that box installed. ALso, the software that solves the live cam lockup was ordered as well.

Enjoy your sunday.

Friday

New thread.

Lunch in the Snow

Thursday 25 Jan.

New thread.

Wednesday january 24

Basically what's happening is our voltage regulator for the cam microwave feed is going bad. We have ordered another one. Seems like we are in the process of replacing things in the cam system one by one. We're working on it...

New thread.

Tuesday 23 Jan

Back from DC. New Thread.

Monday 22 January

New snowy thread.

Sunday 21 January

Sorry about the continued technical problems. We're all pretty frustrated. I was out at NCTC yesterday but did not have the ability to fix the problem... I guess there's always Monday.

Update

Friday January 19

Sorry, been trying to put up a new thread for almost 3 hours and blogger has been slow as molasses.

That tree has really been shakin with the wind.

New Thread.

Thursday january 18

New thread.

Lunchtime

Wednesday Jan 17

Cold and Bright morning thread.

Tuesday 16 Jan

New thread.

We are continuing to troubleshoot our technical problem,s. Looks like it's the battery (we've ordered another one) or the voltage regulator (may need a new one. Stay tuned.


Saw one of the eagles perched down at our boat ramp Friday afternoon.

Tuesday 16 Jan

We are continuing to troubleshoot our technical problem,s. Looks like it's the battery (we've ordered another one) or the voltage regulator (may need a new one. Stay tunes and new thread.

Saw one of the eagles perched down at our boat ramp Friday afternoon.

Monday January 15, 2007

New thread. Had a very difficult time with Blogger yesterday, would not let me in. Couple that with the cam issues, and the MLK holiday, and we'll likely not be back up to speed until tomorrow.

Saturday 13 january

Weekend thread 1.

Friday Afternoon 1/12/07

First chance we've had to check the blog today. Busy busy day.

Friday thread.

Thursday January 11

Just looked at the cam and saw the problems. Will get back with you once I understand what's up.

update: back up!

Wednesday January 10

Coming in a bit late today, so I checked the cam.

Looks like the high winds last night messed up our microwave link. Hang in there while they fix it.

more later.

Tuesday Jan 9

Almost seasonable out there thread.

Update 4:50 PM see photo above.

Frisky Monday Update

Lots going on in the nest today with our eagle pair, looks likely that they definitely intend to use the nest again this year. ;>)

Monday 8 Jan

Wet monday. Live c am is up and eagles are in the nest.

SUNDAY 6 Jan

Sunday thread.

Saturday 6 Jan

Hot enough for you thread.

Friday January 5

Another wet day thread. They forecast in excess of 70 degrees tomorrow!?

Thursday January 4

Here's a link for WV Wildlife Magazine on Bald Eagles in WV. A little outdated now, but interesting nonetheless.

"West Virginia Status: The first documented bald eagle nest in West Virginia was discovered in 1981. Eleven nests produced 21 eaglets in 2001. These nest sites were located in Grant, Hardy, Hampshire, Pendleton , and Mineral counties. In 1999, a pair nested in Hancock County but were apparently unsuccessful in producing young. In 2001, a pair nested on Blennerhassett Island in the Ohio River near Parkersburg , but no young were hatched. Twelve nests were active in 2002, but not the nest on Blennerhassett Island. Non-breeding eagles have been seen in most areas of the state."

Wednesday January 3

New thread and live feed is back on

Tuesday January 2

Fresh thread.

Tuesday January 2

Fresh thread.

Monday January 1, 2007

Happy New Year thread.

Saw an adult Bald Eagle close up along Goose Creek in VA yesterday. We figure there are two nests along a 20 mile strtech of the Creek.


Update--One wet eagle at Blackwater

Sunday 31 December

Back from CT thread.

Thursday December 28

New Thread.

Tuesday December 26

2nd day of Christmas thread. Heading to CT today.

Tuesday December 26

2nd day of Christmas thread. Heading to CT today.

Merry Christmas

I see that the guys have some work to do with the cam. Let's leave it today and enjoy the holiday.

Merry Christmas.

Christmas Eve 06

New thread.

Happy Christmas to all.

Saturday December 23

Too darn warm for Christmas thread.

Friday before Christmas

Wet day thread

Eagle at the Osprey Nest

Everybody talks about the eagle in the osprey nest at Blackwater NWR, thought I'd take a look. You're right--there it is!

Thursday 21 Dec

New thread.

Wednesday December 20

New Thread.

PM Pic

Tuesday December 19

Fresh thread.

PM Pic

Monday 18 December

New thread and back in business. The live cam is also working.

Thanks for your patience.

Friday Update

I checked with the folks this AM and they told me they were headed out to work on our problems. I just got back in the office and see that the cam is still not up to par. I'm investigating further...

Update

The cam is now live, but they are still working on the static problem. This all has to do with the microwave link.

On a brighter note, the live cam is now online full time. Once we get the static fixed we'll be happy.

Thursday 14 December

Tech update: Sorry for the continued glitches. The problem is in our production building control room. We're meeting with folks here at 2:00 to get to the bottom of this.

Also, it looks like we will be activating the live feed in short order, not in January as we said earlier.

hang in there. it's so warm here today, and the forecast is for continued 60 degree days--our eagles are probably out soaring in the warm air anyways.

Wednesday December 13

Feed is down in our Production building. They are working to fix, should be up soon.


New thread.

Tuesday December 12

New thread.

Midday Pic

Monday 11 Dec

Monday thread. In DC today.

Sunday 10 Dec

Sunday thread.

Saturday December 9

New thread.

Friday Update

Here's an update on the cams. Good news and less than good news.

First the good--the transition work is complete and the still cam is online.

now the less than good--the video feed was on yesterday. That was only a test. As I mentioned earlier, the video feed will start full time after the first of the year. Sorry. I got pretty excited too when the cam was up yesterday.

thanks for your continued comments of support. We really appreciate it.

Friday 8 December

A little snow last night.


On the live link, click here. This will give you the realplayer link. Once it's downloaded on your desktop, doubleclick on it and that will open the live feed link. If any of this info changes I'll get it out to you folks ASAP.

As I write this at 8:48 am, the feed is down.

Afternoon pic

Update--

The locked up still cam shot is being dealt with in Denver!

Also, the live feed is up. Access the realplayer file through the link here on this blog. The link will be put up on the eaglecam webpage soon.

Thursday December 7

New thread.

Hang in there. The cam will come back on. They are working on the transfer to Wheeling.

We're Up and Running

update: We still have some cleanup work to do on webpage text, and on our connections. The site is currently running through Denver. We will make the transition to Wheeling tomorrow.

None of us can believe that an eagle was in the nest when we finally went live.

Wednesday December 6

Cold morning thread. The guys are working on the cam problems today.

Up and running, almost

By now you've probably seen the new web page for the cam. Note-- to actually get to the cam it's one more click as we are hosting the cam offiste to preserve our bandwidth.

Picture still is not quite right, but the guys are working on it.

Thanks to our contracting and technical folks for making this happen so quick (by our standards here at least).

more soon.

Tuesday December 5

New thread.

Monday December 4

New week thread.

Sunday December 3

New thread.

Friday

New thread.

Saw an adult bald eagle flying low over the Shenandoah River near Berryville, VA this am.