Showing posts with label cams. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cams. Show all posts
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Thursday, March 14, 2013
Hampton Chemical Collection, HK, Dr Watts, eagle locations, leucistic Bald Eagle, cam pics
Hampton has its first Chemical Collection of 2013 this weekend. We've seen how much our Bald Eagles like to visit landfills. Let's keep all of this yucky stuff out of the landfills! You have to be a resident of Hampton to attend this collection. Here's the ad:
Duane has some new pics posted on his site -- including some new pics of HK in his nest. HK looks so grown up!
Dr Watts has been out on a survey of Bald Eagle nests. Read about his report on the Richmond eagles. Dr Watts has also written about the recent survey on the CCB website -- pictures included.
We have new locations for our eagles:
Azalea's location
Camellia's location
NX has also checked in a few times this past week.
Here's a link to a picture of a leucistic Bald Eagle. This is such a beautiful bird! I love leucistic Bald Eagles and this one is probably the prettiest I've seen. I wish there was more than one pic posted...
Some cam pics from today (see my post of 3/13 for links to these cams):
HOUSEHOLD CHEMICAL COLLECTION
Saturday, March 16, 8 a.m.-noon
Hampton’s first household chemical and electronics collection for 2013 will be at the Public Works Operations Complex, 419 N. Armistead Ave. Bring unwanted chemicals or electronics for proper disposal and recycling. Chemicals include paints, solvents, gas and insecticides. Electronics includes computers, cell phones, stereo equipment and anything that plugs into a wall and uses rechargeable batteries. Additional collections in Hampton will be on May 18, July 20, Sept. 21 and Nov. 16. Information: 757-259-9850 or Hampton Customer Call Center at 3-1-1 or 727-8311.
Duane has some new pics posted on his site -- including some new pics of HK in his nest. HK looks so grown up!
Dr Watts has been out on a survey of Bald Eagle nests. Read about his report on the Richmond eagles. Dr Watts has also written about the recent survey on the CCB website -- pictures included.
We have new locations for our eagles:
Azalea's location
Camellia's location
NX has also checked in a few times this past week.
Here's a link to a picture of a leucistic Bald Eagle. This is such a beautiful bird! I love leucistic Bald Eagles and this one is probably the prettiest I've seen. I wish there was more than one pic posted...
Some cam pics from today (see my post of 3/13 for links to these cams):
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| I love the fuzzy legs on this one! |
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| This is a nice family pic. |
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| A good shot of the Alcoa eggs |
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| Ft St Vrain nest has 3 eggs! |
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Nest cam roundup, Wildlife strikes at ORF and PHF, lead poisoning
Been checking out cams today:
Alcoa cam gave me a good look at two eggs:
Ft St Vrain gave me a look at part of an egg. There's just a little bit of white in front of the left wing:
I caught dinnertime at the SW FL eagle cam:
Here's both Great Horned Owl babies snuggled up to momma:
Sad news. On Virginia's Eastern Shore, several Bald Eagles were poisoned. Four Bald Eagles are dead and another is receiving treatment at The Wildlife Center of Virginia. The culprit is lead poisoning. They are investigating if they were poisoned on purpose or accidentally. A lot of raptors are accidentally poisoned by hunters. If a hunter shoots but can't find the animal, it can die and the lead shot is then consumed by scavengers. Or, if a hunter field dresses an animal and leaves the gut pile where scavengers can get to it, they can ingest lead that way. Lead in the digestive tract leaches a lot of lead into an animal's body, often causing debilitation and death. If you know a hunter, please send a link to this article by The Wildlife Center of Virginia. Voluntary effort by hunters can really make a difference!
Alcoa cam gave me a good look at two eggs:
Ft St Vrain gave me a look at part of an egg. There's just a little bit of white in front of the left wing:
I caught dinnertime at the SW FL eagle cam:
Here's both Great Horned Owl babies snuggled up to momma:
I did some research today at the FAA Wildlife Strike Database. I am going to Vegas in six weeks and refuse to use the Norfolk airport, both in protest over the treatment of the NBG eagles and because of safety concerns at that airport. Today I compiled the data for the number of wildlife strikes at each airport since Mom Norfolk was killed on 4/26/11. Here's the graphs (looks to me like PHF is much safer than ORF):
Sad news. On Virginia's Eastern Shore, several Bald Eagles were poisoned. Four Bald Eagles are dead and another is receiving treatment at The Wildlife Center of Virginia. The culprit is lead poisoning. They are investigating if they were poisoned on purpose or accidentally. A lot of raptors are accidentally poisoned by hunters. If a hunter shoots but can't find the animal, it can die and the lead shot is then consumed by scavengers. Or, if a hunter field dresses an animal and leaves the gut pile where scavengers can get to it, they can ingest lead that way. Lead in the digestive tract leaches a lot of lead into an animal's body, often causing debilitation and death. If you know a hunter, please send a link to this article by The Wildlife Center of Virginia. Voluntary effort by hunters can really make a difference!
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
My first post! An explanation and some links...
I created this blog because the Norfolk Eagles Forum is closing down. There are links and information there that I don't want to lose. And I want to be able to continue to post about the interesting things I find on the internet.
This first post is going to be mostly links that I've found in the past and had posted on the Forum. Here's what I've found that still works.
Pictorial guide to figuring the age of Bald Eagles
Pages of bird pictures I haven't been through all of these pages of pictures. But there are some real beauties in here. I did find one inappropriate pic, so you are forewarned.
Training for nest monitors in Iowa There is some really great info here for anyone that wants to observe or photograph Bald Eagles.
Someones idea of the 3 best national parks for seeing Bald Eagles.
Lawrence Lewis Jr Park on the James River
The SW FL eagle cam (Ozzie and Harriet)
Longevity Records of North American Birds This is a great web site! It gives the oldest ages that have been determined for North American birds. Very interesting. It covers how the age was determined, where the bird was, and if it was dead or alive.
Carolina Bird Club Eagle pics
Articles to read There are two articles here, so scroll down for the second article. Here's a quote, "If I see an eagle, and I've got a gun, I'm taking a shot at it."
Osprey fishing video This video is incredible!
Bald Eagle costume It looks fairly easy to make this costume.
Article of Bald Eagles using a man-made nest
Video (documentary) about restoring Bald Eagles to the Channel Islands
VIMS Osprey Cam They are putting in a new cam for 2013. The cam was taken out by lightening.
The Beauty of Pollination I don't know who Ted is, but this video is awesome!
Video of an owl flying at a camera I like the outstretched feet and talons at the end.
Collective nouns for birds How to refer to a bunch of birds: A mob of Emus. A scold of Jays. A clamor of Rooks.
Three Bald Eagles fight over a fish A story with 2 pictures.
Events at the James River National Wildlife Refuge There is a lot of wildlife at the refuge.
That's it for now. Thanks for looking!
This first post is going to be mostly links that I've found in the past and had posted on the Forum. Here's what I've found that still works.
Pictorial guide to figuring the age of Bald Eagles
Pages of bird pictures I haven't been through all of these pages of pictures. But there are some real beauties in here. I did find one inappropriate pic, so you are forewarned.
Training for nest monitors in Iowa There is some really great info here for anyone that wants to observe or photograph Bald Eagles.
Someones idea of the 3 best national parks for seeing Bald Eagles.
Lawrence Lewis Jr Park on the James River
The SW FL eagle cam (Ozzie and Harriet)
Longevity Records of North American Birds This is a great web site! It gives the oldest ages that have been determined for North American birds. Very interesting. It covers how the age was determined, where the bird was, and if it was dead or alive.
Carolina Bird Club Eagle pics
Articles to read There are two articles here, so scroll down for the second article. Here's a quote, "If I see an eagle, and I've got a gun, I'm taking a shot at it."
Osprey fishing video This video is incredible!
Bald Eagle costume It looks fairly easy to make this costume.
Article of Bald Eagles using a man-made nest
Video (documentary) about restoring Bald Eagles to the Channel Islands
VIMS Osprey Cam They are putting in a new cam for 2013. The cam was taken out by lightening.
The Beauty of Pollination I don't know who Ted is, but this video is awesome!
Video of an owl flying at a camera I like the outstretched feet and talons at the end.
Collective nouns for birds How to refer to a bunch of birds: A mob of Emus. A scold of Jays. A clamor of Rooks.
Three Bald Eagles fight over a fish A story with 2 pictures.
Events at the James River National Wildlife Refuge There is a lot of wildlife at the refuge.
That's it for now. Thanks for looking!
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