Hatch watch continues at the Berry College Bluebird nest.
Mom Dyfi was doing her best to shade her chicks today. She was panting, trying to keep cool.
The Scottish Wildlife Trust's Loch of the Lowes Osprey got some new bling today. All three were ringed (banded) yesterday and two got transmitters. You can see the rectangular box of the transmitter on the left-hand chick. You can see the blue band on the left leg of the center chick. You can see the antenna coming off the back of the right-hand chick. Here's a link to their blog post about ringing and placing transmitters on the Osplets.
The White-bellied Sea Eagles let us view the eggs during a nest exchange.
They had a Squonk-A-Thon! These pretty birds have the funniest, harshest call...
I grabbed some video of the Squonk-A-Thon (1:09):
Here's a later nest exchange.
Are both of the White Rock Eaglets on branches here? I think maybe so...
I mentioned in a previous post that the Catalina West End chick died in the arms of the biologist while it was being banded. The necropsy results are in. Here's a link to Eagleholic's blog post about the necropsy results.
I keep forgetting about the Hog Island Osprey nest. It's a beautiful nest and I blogged about it once in 2014 and once in 2013. I keep meaning to follow and blog about this nest, but then forget after a year. They had tragedy strike this year. A Bald Eagle raided their nest and stole the two babies. They were about a month old -- about the size of the Dyfi babies. Sad for them. Maybe next year I'll remember to watch this nest. The host of the web cam explains what happened and includes a video of the Bald Eagle taking the babies. It's amazing how it scooped up a baby the same way it scoops a fish out of the water. Don't watch though if you are sensitive.
The oldest known Bald Eagle in the nation was banded 38 years ago and was recently found deceased -- likely hit by a car. Here's the story.
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