Monday, January 07, 2008

Monday PM

You know, I grew up skiing and sledding. I love winter and snow. The weather today is ridiculous, 70 degrees. I went up to Mercersburg to drop my daughter off at school and you could see the snow melting at Whitetail from miles away...

The eagles love it though...

Monday

New thread.

Friday, January 04, 2008

Saturday, December 22, 2007

Saturday

New thread. Biggest shopping day of the year, let's be careful out there.

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Sunday, December 16, 2007

Sunday

New thread. Lots of rain here last night.

Yesterday, we turned south onto a road called the Snickersville Turnpike near our house. Up in a tree I saw a bird, likely a hawk I figured, perched 30 feet over the road. As we got closer, we saw it was not hawk, but an adult bald eagle. We stopped the car and watched it for a while. The bird didn't seem the least bit bothered by us...

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Friday, December 07, 2007

Thursday, December 06, 2007

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Sunday, November 25, 2007

Sunday

New thread. Got back from Delware last night, now off to CT for a few days.

Thursday, November 22, 2007

Thanksgiving

Turkey Day thread.

Steve has been watching our eagles closely and decided to set up the exclusion area around the nest because of all of the nest activity. A good sign.

Thursday, November 15, 2007

Thursday Update


Jo Sent Steve W and I a few pics from this AM. Above is one of them.

Steve is pretty convinced now that the bird hanging out yesterday is one of the original fledges from the NCTC nest, probably a male. He will likely set up a territory with 5-10 miles of here, find a mate, and work to build a new nest.

Thursday

New thread.

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Wednesday



The shot above was captured this AM. Steve W. and I have discussed, and it seems like there are a couple of things that could be going on. First off, it is one of our adult eagles that has been eating carrion of some sort, like a dead deer and has not cleaned up yet.

It could be an adult that has gotten into a scrap with another critter.

Steve's first impression is that it may be a new eagle, and if so, because of the mottling on the head, could be one of the eaglets hatched four years ago in this nest. We'll need to keep a close eye to determine if this is the case. If it is a juvenile, it will be chased off by the adults.

There are other scenarios as well, but these seem the most likely to us.

Update 1:27 pm:

Steve W. just stopped in and said that he is more confident that the bird this AM is a four year old eagle. There's an eagle perched over the nest now, so we'll keep watching.

Saturday, November 03, 2007

Thursday, November 01, 2007

Thursday



I looked at 7:10 and nothing, so I was ten minutes to early...new thread with snapshot from Suzanne.

Monday, October 29, 2007

Monday




New thread.

Addendum:

It was quite a scene this morning as major construction was done by the eagles on the nest. It is sure looking good for another nesting season.

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Tuesday

Finally some rain thread.


Update:

Thanks for continuing to keep our cam at number one on Birdspeak!

Sunday, October 21, 2007

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Visiting the tree



Jo sent these pictures she took today when she visited the base of the nest tree. John was there installing our fuel cell for the cam system.

Thursday

Eagles in the nest thread.

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Tuesday

Its been an extremely hectic day. The guys are still in the midst of the fuel cell installation, but as you can see the cam is finally back thanks to a fix out in Denver.

We have been working hard on the Open House, scheduled for this weekend here at NCTC. Make sure you all come out. Lots of critters to see, and the Momsters will have a table.

Monday, October 15, 2007

Monday

Regarding the FIX, the guys are working on getting the fuel cell installed that will eliminate this problem with the battery that we have been dealing with forever. Keith tells me they are trying to get it done today.

I had FOX on the brain yesterday because the Piedmont Hunt rallied in front of my house Saturday morning. Nobody likes to see any foxes killed, and they rarely are, but the spectacle is really neat.

Saturday, October 06, 2007

Saturday

New thread.

I know we're all frustrated at the lock up again. I'm guessing this has to do with the fact that we must send the cam signal through another site to get it out to you, and the security issues that swallow up everything we try to do.

We are trying to get a solution that allows for good security while providing a consistent picture. Obviously not there yet...

Saturday

New thread.

6/26 RJ fledged

607 today RJ fledged we are all excited that she finally left the nest 11 days after her sibling did which was the 15th way to go RJ she was...