Right on time, the Northeast Florida Bald Eagles laid their second egg today. They usually only lay 2 eggs. We'll know in three days if that's it.
I'm addicted to this online jigsaw puzzle site that I found. You can solve puzzles that other people have uploaded and you can upload pictures and turn them into puzzles for people to solve. (And did I mention that it's free!?) I did one of Bald Eagle Buddy when he was at Wild Birds Unlimited. Check it out!
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Showing posts with label Bald Eagle Buddy. Show all posts
Thursday, November 19, 2015
Thursday, September 10, 2015
Africam Black Eagle Day 105 Fledge Watch Continues, Big Sur Condor Day 118, Harrison Bay Eagles, White-bellied Sea Eagles Day 36, Dyfi Osprey Dad Leaves For Migration, Loch of the Lowes Osprey FR4's Travels, Bald Eagle Buddy News!
These are the Africam Black Eagle s'caps I couldn't find yesterday. The chick is hopping up onto the rocks. I guess this qualifies as branching...
These s'caps are from today:
Look at how pretty!
I caught the neatest looking frame of this chick wingercizing! It is facing 8 o'clock...
The chick caught a lot of air. The chick was actually higher in the next frame, but I like this one because you can see the legs in this one.
The chick spent time back up on the rocks.
It seems more comfortable today on the rocks. They perch on rocks, so this is a good development.
The IR Cam turned on without a fledge today. Maybe tomorrow...
I think the parents are doing fly-by flights, maybe with food, to encourage the chick to fledge. And the chick is paying attention. Check out the animated gif below:
I think this is Mom feeding the Big Sur Condor chick. Isn't she pretty!?
I have yet to see this chick poop. I don't know if the walls of the cavity look lighter at the bottom from poop or if it's from the wings rubbing. I'm thinking... poop! The Africam Black Eagle doesn't always shoot over the side, so what are the odds that this chick is aiming out that little opening?
I'd like to see a better angle on this cam. And the ability to pan/tilt/zoom. With a zoomer at the ready to pan, tilt, and zoom...
One of the Harrison Bay Eagles made a brief stop at the nest this evening:
But it looks like they have both settled into the large pine for the night.
Some togetherness.
Still cute!
It's easy to tell them apart since SE16 has more feathers showing than SE15. And of course, there's the size difference...
The Dyfi Osprey folks have posted a great blog entry. Monty, the male resident Osprey, has begun his migration. There are some great pictures and charts and videos. Check it out!
The Loch of the Lowes Osprey folks have posted that FR4 is off the coast of Morrocco! FR3 is still puttering around in France. Here's a link.
I found a post that the Wildlife Center of Virginia made about Bald Eagle Buddy's 7th Hatch Day Celebration. There's a really great collage and a slide show. I also found the page where they are posting his training updates. I used to post about when there was a new entry, but the moved the page and I couldn't find it! Well, here it is, and there are several new entries, the most recent from last week!
These s'caps are from today:
Look at how pretty!
I caught the neatest looking frame of this chick wingercizing! It is facing 8 o'clock...
The chick caught a lot of air. The chick was actually higher in the next frame, but I like this one because you can see the legs in this one.
The chick spent time back up on the rocks.
It seems more comfortable today on the rocks. They perch on rocks, so this is a good development.
The IR Cam turned on without a fledge today. Maybe tomorrow...
I think the parents are doing fly-by flights, maybe with food, to encourage the chick to fledge. And the chick is paying attention. Check out the animated gif below:
I think this is Mom feeding the Big Sur Condor chick. Isn't she pretty!?
I have yet to see this chick poop. I don't know if the walls of the cavity look lighter at the bottom from poop or if it's from the wings rubbing. I'm thinking... poop! The Africam Black Eagle doesn't always shoot over the side, so what are the odds that this chick is aiming out that little opening?
I'd like to see a better angle on this cam. And the ability to pan/tilt/zoom. With a zoomer at the ready to pan, tilt, and zoom...
One of the Harrison Bay Eagles made a brief stop at the nest this evening:
But it looks like they have both settled into the large pine for the night.
One of the White-bellied Sea Eagle chicks did a big stretch. Look at those little tail feathers! On the wing tip, you can see the shafts (gray color) and the feathers (black) emerging from the ends of the shafts.
Some togetherness.
Still cute!
It's easy to tell them apart since SE16 has more feathers showing than SE15. And of course, there's the size difference...
The Dyfi Osprey folks have posted a great blog entry. Monty, the male resident Osprey, has begun his migration. There are some great pictures and charts and videos. Check it out!
The Loch of the Lowes Osprey folks have posted that FR4 is off the coast of Morrocco! FR3 is still puttering around in France. Here's a link.
I found a post that the Wildlife Center of Virginia made about Bald Eagle Buddy's 7th Hatch Day Celebration. There's a really great collage and a slide show. I also found the page where they are posting his training updates. I used to post about when there was a new entry, but the moved the page and I couldn't find it! Well, here it is, and there are several new entries, the most recent from last week!
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
White Rock Eagles Day 1&2 Second Hatch!, Berry College Eagles Day 67&69, Harrison Bay Eagles Day 23&25, Loch of the Lowes Osprey Had A Crow Intruder, Bald Eagle HALi
We have a second hatch at the White Rock Nest! I've got a ton of s'caps... As the baby squirms around in a circle inside the egg, the egg tooth on top of the beak scores a crack all the way around and the shell breaks open. It looks like the crack is at least halfway around the egg.
Twenty-three minutes later and it looks like the egg has broken in half.
Both halves of the shell are visible in this s'cap. It looks like the baby is out.
Mom notices part of the shell on her foot.
She moved it out of the bowl, but it fell right back in.
Dad landed in the nest and immediately started eating the nestovers.
Mom takes off for a break now that Dad has arrived, giving the first good view of the new hatchling. It's so weak all it can do is lay in a pile.
The dark spot is its beak. you can see the face of the older chick closer to the adult's leg.
The older one is looking up and the younger one is crumpled at its feet.
Look at the size difference that just one day makes.
The baby is too weak to do much more than wiggle around.
The first hatch is getting some pretty good bites.
Woah! Belly up!
Mom just took the shell out of the nest bowl.
The family.
I can finally see two faces!
The face is the youngest chick.
This is the older one getting lots of bites.
It looks like they are hugging.
The youngest is starting to get some strength back after the hard work of hatching.
The Berry College eaglets are catching some pretty good air now when they wingercize. The other eaglet has the squirrel that was delivered to the nest for breakfast.
A little later, they are all trying to get a piece of that squirrel.
Dad is nearby keeping watch over his family. They have some really good zoomers at this nest!
I recorded the Scottish Wildlife Trust's Loch of the Lowes Osprey nest overnight (for me but daytime for them) to try to get a look at the three eggs. These are the s'caps that I got.
The best look that I got of the three eggs was when a crow intruder caused Mom to suddenly come up off of the eggs. Crows are a real threat. A crow stole an egg from this nest last year... You can see the crow at the top of this s'cap. Here's a link to a video of the encounter with the Crow Intruder. (1:14) Osprey eggs are so pretty!
Mom took a couple of steps while flapping to scare away the crow and stepped right onto one of the eggs. She kept her talons curled in, so hopefully she didn't do any damage.
The Osprey are very fussy about their nest, constantly moving clumps of nesting material around. That's a mouthful!
A family s'cap with the cam pulled back a bit.
HALi:
Twenty-three minutes later and it looks like the egg has broken in half.
Both halves of the shell are visible in this s'cap. It looks like the baby is out.
Mom notices part of the shell on her foot.
She moved it out of the bowl, but it fell right back in.
Dad landed in the nest and immediately started eating the nestovers.
Mom
Mom takes off for a break now that Dad has arrived, giving the first good view of the new hatchling. It's so weak all it can do is lay in a pile.
The dark spot is its beak. you can see the face of the older chick closer to the adult's leg.
The older one is looking up and the younger one is crumpled at its feet.
Look at the size difference that just one day makes.
The baby is too weak to do much more than wiggle around.
The first hatch is getting some pretty good bites.
Woah! Belly up!
Mom just took the shell out of the nest bowl.
The family.
I can finally see two faces!
The face is the youngest chick.
This is the older one getting lots of bites.
It looks like they are hugging.
The youngest is starting to get some strength back after the hard work of hatching.
The Berry College eaglets are catching some pretty good air now when they wingercize. The other eaglet has the squirrel that was delivered to the nest for breakfast.
A little later, they are all trying to get a piece of that squirrel.
The Harrison Bay eaglets look like fluff balls. Mom is in the nest with her babies.
Dad is nearby keeping watch over his family. They have some really good zoomers at this nest!
I recorded the Scottish Wildlife Trust's Loch of the Lowes Osprey nest overnight (for me but daytime for them) to try to get a look at the three eggs. These are the s'caps that I got.
The best look that I got of the three eggs was when a crow intruder caused Mom to suddenly come up off of the eggs. Crows are a real threat. A crow stole an egg from this nest last year... You can see the crow at the top of this s'cap. Here's a link to a video of the encounter with the Crow Intruder. (1:14) Osprey eggs are so pretty!
Mom took a couple of steps while flapping to scare away the crow and stepped right onto one of the eggs. She kept her talons curled in, so hopefully she didn't do any damage.
A few other s'caps. The female has a better defined collar than the male:
The Osprey are very fussy about their nest, constantly moving clumps of nesting material around. That's a mouthful!
A family s'cap with the cam pulled back a bit.
This looks like a beautiful area. I like how it looks in this light.
Check out this Bald Eagle I found on YouTube. Her name is HALi. She has a crooked beak like Buddy, although for a different reason. (They determined that HALi's deformity was genetic while Buddy's was due to Avian Pox.)
Buddy:
HALi:
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