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Tuesday
Sorry, the tornado and subsequent power outage stalled my posts. Power cam back on at 2 AM.
Fresh thread.
Fresh thread.
Saturday, June 11, 2011
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Thursday, June 02, 2011
Thursday
New thread. The cam hopefully will be back up tomorrow. The original problems were caused by a huge carpenter ant infestation in the box that had all of the electronics. It has taken some timw to get the system stable after the ants were dealt with...
Wednesday, June 01, 2011
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Saturday
New thread.
Thanks to Blogger for their superb software, which failed so miserably in automatically posting the new posts I had prepared for the week.
Thanks to Blogger for their superb software, which failed so miserably in automatically posting the new posts I had prepared for the week.
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Thursday
I am headed up to NW Maine for the annual canoe trip. Updates will be automated for the next week or so.
New thread.
New thread.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
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Thursday, April 28, 2011
Thursday
Was out yesterday.
We have additional news that could relate to our missing resident male. A few days ago, our land manager found the remains of a bald eagle near the waste water treatment plant. The bird was not in good shape, so performing a post-mortem on it is not really possible. The degree of decomposition and proximity to the nest indicates to us that there is a good chance that this is our missing bird.
We will never know for sure though.
Wanted to let you folks know about this as soon as I could. It has been a rough season for bald eagles around the Region.
Everybody please take care.
New thread.
We have additional news that could relate to our missing resident male. A few days ago, our land manager found the remains of a bald eagle near the waste water treatment plant. The bird was not in good shape, so performing a post-mortem on it is not really possible. The degree of decomposition and proximity to the nest indicates to us that there is a good chance that this is our missing bird.
We will never know for sure though.
Wanted to let you folks know about this as soon as I could. It has been a rough season for bald eagles around the Region.
Everybody please take care.
New thread.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
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Thursday, April 21, 2011
Thursday
New thread.
Update:
The eagle we brought over to the rehab center in MD on Monday is still at the Vet. No broken bones, but blunt force trauma (hit by a car), that caused some internal injuries. We are told that the eagle is being fed by a feeding tube right now, and will likely be moved back to the rehab center tomorrow. We'll keep our fingers crossed that it is recovering.
Also, a Pittsburgh paper published this article a little more than a week ago.
Update:
The eagle we brought over to the rehab center in MD on Monday is still at the Vet. No broken bones, but blunt force trauma (hit by a car), that caused some internal injuries. We are told that the eagle is being fed by a feeding tube right now, and will likely be moved back to the rehab center tomorrow. We'll keep our fingers crossed that it is recovering.
Also, a Pittsburgh paper published this article a little more than a week ago.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Tuesday
Here's a rather grainy and dark snapshot of the injured eagle yesterday.
New thread.
Update: The bird was sent to the Vet last night. No news today on it; the folks at Trego said "no news is good news."
Monday, April 18, 2011
Monday
New week thread.
Update: This morning a gentleman dropped off at the NCTC gate an injured adult bald eagle. The bird had been hit by a car near Harper's Ferry. We brought the bird over to a wildlife rehabilitator in Keedysville, MD. The bird stayed calm in the car, and was able to hop out of the transport carrier. Looked like a leg injury, but it could not fly.
Update: This morning a gentleman dropped off at the NCTC gate an injured adult bald eagle. The bird had been hit by a car near Harper's Ferry. We brought the bird over to a wildlife rehabilitator in Keedysville, MD. The bird stayed calm in the car, and was able to hop out of the transport carrier. Looked like a leg injury, but it could not fly.
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Saturday
Rain thread.
Looks like the eagle found across the river will be examined by some FWS folks from Chesapeake Bay Office. We'll let you know what they come up with.
Looks like the eagle found across the river will be examined by some FWS folks from Chesapeake Bay Office. We'll let you know what they come up with.
Friday, April 15, 2011
Friday
New thread.
Update: The bird found at Antietam did not have a brood patch, confirmed now. We will do our best to still get the bird "sexed" once it is in Denver.
Update: The bird found at Antietam did not have a brood patch, confirmed now. We will do our best to still get the bird "sexed" once it is in Denver.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Thursday
Update.
There is a new update up on the NCTC Eaglecam site.
Yesterday we were contacted by the National Park Service at Antietam. They recently found a dead bald eagle near the Burnside Bridge parking lot and wanted to let NCTC know. We went over and examined the bird, which had been dead for about two weeks , they are estimating. We took a series of measurements, and those show that this could very well be a male bird. Final identification is not possible without a necropsy. The standard procedure for this type of thing is to transfer the bird to the FWS Eagle Repository in Denver. This will happen very soon.
We will never know if this bird is our missing male, but it could be. I will post more as we get more info.
There is a new update up on the NCTC Eaglecam site.
Yesterday we were contacted by the National Park Service at Antietam. They recently found a dead bald eagle near the Burnside Bridge parking lot and wanted to let NCTC know. We went over and examined the bird, which had been dead for about two weeks , they are estimating. We took a series of measurements, and those show that this could very well be a male bird. Final identification is not possible without a necropsy. The standard procedure for this type of thing is to transfer the bird to the FWS Eagle Repository in Denver. This will happen very soon.
We will never know if this bird is our missing male, but it could be. I will post more as we get more info.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Monday, April 11, 2011
Sunday, April 10, 2011
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Sunday, April 03, 2011
Saturday, April 02, 2011
Saturday
To answer the comment "Do we have and eagle expert at NCTC?"
NCTC has several bald eagle experts, as does the Fish and Wildlife Service Region, which NCTC is in.
The Service has a long legacy with this bird, including the Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge, south of DC, which was the first National Wildlife Refuge established for an endangered species--the American Bald Eagle. Also the Bald Eagle Repository in Denver, that helps prevent any trade in bald eagle feathers.
Fresh thread.
NCTC has several bald eagle experts, as does the Fish and Wildlife Service Region, which NCTC is in.
The Service has a long legacy with this bird, including the Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge, south of DC, which was the first National Wildlife Refuge established for an endangered species--the American Bald Eagle. Also the Bald Eagle Repository in Denver, that helps prevent any trade in bald eagle feathers.
Fresh thread.
Friday, April 01, 2011
Friday PM
Latest message from NCTC, should be posted on their site soon:
Fresh thread.
April 1, 2011
This morning we confirmed a sighting of two adult eagles in a tree located near the nest tree. While we do not know the current whereabouts of the original male resident eagle, he was seen on March 21st and was not injured. We have not seen the male resident since.
The new eagle, we now believe to most likely be a male, has been making trips to the nest on a daily basis. This indicates to us that the resident male eagle has either moved on or is not willing to come within a certain radius of the nest because of the new bird.
The resident female is still occupying her territory and is keeping quite close to the nest site.
It is very difficult to determine whether an adult eagle as male or female; typically the female is larger (we initially assumed the new adult eagle was a female because of its large size). Without capturing the new adult to examine it- which would pose a potential risk to eagle - it has been difficult to confirm whether it is male or female. One method we’re exploring is listening to the eagles’ calls: some females have a much lower pitch relative to males.
We will continue to provide information as the situations changes. Meanwhile, we encourage those of you who are interested to learn more about eagle biology. (For example, this Cornell University Web page is a good resource: http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/506/articles/introduction.)
We have a fascinating piece of eagle biology playing out at NCTC. We are glad that you are able to experience this along with us.
Fresh thread.
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