Berry College Eagles Day 21&23 Eating A Rodent Tail, Mom Eagle In Pennsylvania Up To Her Neck In Snow, Break-dancing Dog

Mom was trying so hard to incubate the babies. But they are getting so big -- the one on the left just wouldn't fit under Mom. So she pulled some soft grasses in close to help keep the babies warm.

The one in the back is sleeping with its head flopped back and turned sideways.

This prey item was brought to the nest. It was partially eaten already. I think that its head is intact. It's got a long skinny tail. I'm not sure if its a gopher, nutria or rat... But I'm pretty sure it's some kind of rodent...

I watched all day hoping to see what they would do with that long, skinny tail. Here's a video. (13:07)

The babies were intently watching Mom when she hopped up onto the front branch to leave. That gave me an opportunity to get a couple of s'caps.

Here's a news story about the Pennsylvania Bald Eagle nest. Mom was buried up to her neck in snow to keep her eggs warm.

Check out this video of a break-dancing dog.

Snow at Berry College Day 12&14, Bald Eagle HK and Sterling, Ocean Life Video, Unlikely Friends

I've got lots of s'caps from today from the Berry College nest. I was grabbing a s'cap of the babies and at that exact second Mom landed in the nest. I couldn't get this shot on purpose if I tried!

A short time later, Dad brought in food (a Coot) that he had already dined on. It was a bloody mess... The babies are peeking out from under Mom. So cute!

Mom fed the babies, both getting bites.

Then she did a big stretch.

I saw the first snow flakes at 2:56, not even visible in this s'cap.

But this was the scene 10 minutes later:

Here's what the radar looked like at 3:45. I put a red star where the nest is (in the center of the s'cap).

And this is the radar at 8:40PM, they are still in the thick of it:

Here's a link to a short video from today almost an hour after it started snowing. This shows how well-insulated birds are. The snow piles up on Mom Berry. If she were losing body heat, the snow would melt. Instead, it just piles up, then slides off when she moves. And she's keeping the babies warm and dry underneath her.

Here's what the nest looked like at 6:55PM this evening, right before the IR cam turned on. The snow is piling up and it's still snowing pretty hard at this time. (The cams are currently down...)

Pam Monahan visited Bald Eagles HK and Sterling on 2/22 and has a bunch of great pictures and commentary on her blog.

Here's a link to a pretty cool video featuring ocean life.

And check out this story about two unlikely friends. I believe that's a Belgian Malinois, like one of my dogs.

Creative Dog Pictures, Solar Powered Car, Bao Bao's Upcoming Public Debut, Friendship Between a Dog and a Fox

This guy is recreating movie scenes with his dog. Some people are so creative! Make sure you click on the slide show at the bottom to see all of the pictures.

If you've followed my blog, then you know that I am all for becoming independent from foreign oil. Ford has developed a concept model of a solar powered car. This isn't some little tricycle looking thing. This looks like a regular car. Awesome!

Giant Panda baby Bao Bao's public debut is scheduled for Saturday, January 18th. This is at the National Zoo in Washington DC.

Here's a story about a friendship between a dog and a fox. They look like best friends!

Camellia and NX locations, Harrison Bay cam, Alcoa cam, Fort St Vrain cam, SW FL cam, Two Harbors cam, dog howling, Lake Ontario eagles, pics

New location for Camellia! He's staying local for the time being. NX checked in on the 24th. She is still in the same general area as her release.

I got some pictures today of various eagle cam nests:

Harrison Bay, feeding time. These two hatched on 3/19 and 3/21. Look at all those fish -- these two are great providers:

Alcoa, feeding time. These two hatched on 3/16 and 3/18. Both parents were there for feeding. I watched for about 10 minutes. The male was trying to feed but the female insisted on taking the morsel from the male and feeding the babies herself. They passed a tiny piece of food back and forth several time. It took about 5 minutes for the male to finally start passing her the pieces to feed to the babies... Look at the crop on that baby! Very well fed.

The Fort St Vrain eagles are still incubating 3 eggs:

The SW FL eaglets were home today. One was lounging and the other was eating. These two hatched 1/1 and 1/3 and they both fledged yesterday!

The Two Harbors nest had a hatch yesterday. K82 is the female. (K81 is the male...) Feeding time:

And I couldn't resist grabbing this screen capture of fluffy eagle butt:

Eaglets can't thermoregulate until they are a couple of weeks old. So they continue to be incubated. I love it when the babies poke their heads out. So curious already!

I found this video today of a dog howling at a siren. Too funny. When I was a kid, we had a Basset Hound in the neighborhood that would howl at the noon whistle every day. So this is a video of a dog howling at a siren. Then, in the comments, there are two video responses of people's dogs howling at this video. Too funny! I played them all for my dogs and got nothing... Oh well. Still a good video if you enjoy dogs howling!

Bald Eagles on Lake Ontario have successfully hatched two chicks -- the first in decades!

Check out this incredible picture of a Bald Eagle chasing a Great Blue Heron! Run, Forest! Run!

And check out these Bald Eagle pics! Very nice! 

Buddy T-shirts!, leucistic black bird sighting, SW FL eagles, lions, tigers and bears (oh my!)

The Wildlife Center of Virginia is selling Buddy T-shirts to commemorate his 5th Birthday! Order your T-shirt here. They are only making the number of shirts that are paid for by March 31st, so don't delay!

I saw a leucistic black bird today on a cam. It had white on a wing. I was wondering what kind of black birds they have in that part of the country (Indiana) with white on the wing. Then it turned and faced the other direction and there was no white on the wing. Then it flew away without turning back around so I could get a screen capture. I missed it today! But, I'm going to be keeping an eye out for it to return! (Note to self -- take a screen capture, then wonder about the bird!)

The SW FL eaglets are branching.  

And they had a cattle egret for dinner tonight. Seems like it was 95% feathers...

Here's a short video about the friendship between a dog and a lion.

This is a great story about one person's tiger conservation efforts. It shows that one person can make a difference!

Boo the Grizzly Bear makes an appearance. And this pic of Maxi the Brown Bear is too cute!