Showing posts with label Sea Lion pups. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sea Lion pups. Show all posts

Sunday, March 17, 2013

Local birds, Eagle locations, Eagle cams, Sea Lion pups in trouble

The temps are getting warmer and a pair of my House Finches are back! I  also spied two Brown Thrashers hopping across my back deck. They are huge! I don't know what I've done with my little point and shoot, but I need to find it!

Reese has posted new updates for our eagles:
Azalea's location
Camellia's location

Here's a pic from the SW FL Eagle Cam this evening. Stretch those wings! And look at those talons!

I caught feeding time at the Alcoa nest this evening. Here's some screen captures:
Say hi to the world!
Then Dad showed up.
He was trying to help with feeding.
I did some research yesterday on the Minnesota Bound Eagle Cam. They have two eggs, just laid on March 9th and March 12th. I doubt that they will lay another since it's been 5 days since the last egg was laid. I'm really excited about watching this nest since I'm coming in right at egg laying. And the cam picture is really nice.
 
I got a lead on another Bald Eagle nest cam: the NCTC cam in Sheperdstown, WV. They had a hatch yesterday and a hatch today. Very nice, hatching just a day apart! Here's a link to the NCTC cam. Mom finally moved and I tried to get a pic just now. But it's starting to get dark there and the cam picture is very pixelated. The screen capture I took looks horrible. I did see two heads bobbing around. 

Sick and malnourished Sea Lion pups are washing ashore in record numbers in California. Here's a link to the story. I saw a spot on TV about it. Fishermen are reporting that bait fish have disappeared, which Seal Lions rely upon. I hope they can figure out what is going on in the waters off of California.