Snow at Berry College Day 12&14, Bald Eagle HK and Sterling, Ocean Life Video, Unlikely Friends

I've got lots of s'caps from today from the Berry College nest. I was grabbing a s'cap of the babies and at that exact second Mom landed in the nest. I couldn't get this shot on purpose if I tried!

A short time later, Dad brought in food (a Coot) that he had already dined on. It was a bloody mess... The babies are peeking out from under Mom. So cute!

Mom fed the babies, both getting bites.

Then she did a big stretch.

I saw the first snow flakes at 2:56, not even visible in this s'cap.

But this was the scene 10 minutes later:

Here's what the radar looked like at 3:45. I put a red star where the nest is (in the center of the s'cap).

And this is the radar at 8:40PM, they are still in the thick of it:

Here's a link to a short video from today almost an hour after it started snowing. This shows how well-insulated birds are. The snow piles up on Mom Berry. If she were losing body heat, the snow would melt. Instead, it just piles up, then slides off when she moves. And she's keeping the babies warm and dry underneath her.

Here's what the nest looked like at 6:55PM this evening, right before the IR cam turned on. The snow is piling up and it's still snowing pretty hard at this time. (The cams are currently down...)

Pam Monahan visited Bald Eagles HK and Sterling on 2/22 and has a bunch of great pictures and commentary on her blog.

Here's a link to a pretty cool video featuring ocean life.

And check out this story about two unlikely friends. I believe that's a Belgian Malinois, like one of my dogs.