NX location, Turtle Bay Eagle nest, Sooner Lake Eagle nest, The Critter Window

I meant to wish everyone a happy Spring yesterday. I don't like cold weather, so I'm always happy when Spring arrives.

NX checked in. Just as I'd anticipated, she hasn't gone very far. Check out the map here. And speaking of eagle locations. I said on the Norfolk Eagle Forum yesterday that Camellia hadn't left Virginia. Then today I was poking around looking at the tracking maps and found that Camellia has one dot in Maryland and 5 dots in North Carolina. Then I went to CCB's Eagle Trak blog and looked at the entries for those dates and there's no mention of Camellia being in Maryland or North Carolina. So, I'm not sure what that means. I'm going to ask Reese the next time I see him...

They still aren't sure what happened at the Turtle Bay nest. I know it was heart-breaking for the people that follow that nest. We've had our share of turbulence at the Norfolk nest, so I know what it's like. My heart goes out to the people that follow the Turtle Bay nest. As the eagle population rebounds, we will see more fights over territories, nests and mates... There will be an increase in "intruders" at nests. Resident eagles will be injured or killed defending their nests -- or will simply run away to escape injury -- leaving the remaining resident unable to cope alone with eggs or young in the nest. The increasing eagle population is a success story, but it brings problems with it because there is only so much real estate to go around. It also brings about change, with "Urban Eagles" setting up nests in closer contact with humans and not necessarily near water. As far as Turtle Bay is concernet, they still have one egg and it looks like it has a pip today. The last screen captures I see on their forum shows two eagles in the nest with the egg. And I think it's the resident female and the intruder. I'll post another update tomorrow... Today, I've had to go by what's posted on the forum -- there are so many people looking at the cam that I'm getting "Connection failed: Over license connection limit."

The Sooner Lake Eagle Cam (Oklahoma) had four eggs this nesting season. Three have hatched and the fourth should hatch any day now. I'm going to be checking on that cam tomorrow and hope to have some screen captures to share.

 Some pics from The Critter Window:


These ducks can put away some bird food!

  

I hadn't expected to see birds as big as Cardinals wait on a squirrel...

 

Even this duck was giving the squirrel a wide berth! It wouldn't go in the feeder with the squirrel!



Eventually, the feeder runs empty.



Then, at 2:04PM, it rains bird food! Pretty neat set-up... 


I have found a blog that seems to be a pretty comprehensive guide to the Eagle Cams that are available. Check out this site!



NCTC and Alcoa nest pics, The Critter Window pics, Texas man sentenced, Osprey sighting

I had pictures for yesterday's post, and they didn't get into the post. So here they are:

It was snowing yesterday at the NCTC nest:

And I caught feeding time at the Alcoa nest:



These next two are from The Critter Window. I've seen a great variety of birds and a few squirrels on here. I like to put this one on my second monitor on full screen and it's like I've got a window in my office! In these two pictures are a Squirrel, Cardinal, Mourning Dove, Red-Bellied Woodpecker, and a Chickadee. I've also seen a bunch of Downy Woodpeckers, White-Bellied Nuthatches, Mallards, and Wood Ducks. There is always something going on here.

Many of you may remember the guy in Texas that wanted to grab a baby Bald Eagle because he wanted to train it in falconry. Then he lied about it when he got caught. He was sentenced and it looks like they threw the book at him. Good! Here's the story.

I spotted three Osprey flying together today in downtown Hampton. I still haven't seen any activity on the two towers that I watch where they have previously built nests. Hopefully, I'll see them bringing new sticks in soon.