Africam Black Eagle Day 16/17, Dyfi Osprey Day 12,14&16/13,15&17 Lumber Delivery and Blog Post About Feeding, Harrison Bay Eagles Day 76&78/77&79 Buddies and Silhouette Casting Pellet Videos, Loch of the Lowes Osprey Day 20,22&23/21,23&24, White Rock Eagles Day 54&55/55&56 Fish Delivery, CCB 2015 Mid-Atlantic Fledges

I missed blogging yesterday but still collected s'caps and video to post. This is the Africam Black Eagle on 6/13:

And on 6/14:

We could only see 1 escapee at the Dyfi Osprey nest on 6/13:

But I caught them during a break today, 6/14:

And check out this Lumber Delivery (0:54):

The folks at the Dyfi Osprey Project also put up an interesting blog post about the parent's feeding the chicks: Chick Feeding: An Inequitable Life

The Harrison Bay Eaglets are exploring all of the branches, 6/14:

I've got the two videos from 6/12. They are both kinda long, but so worth watching! First is the Buddies video (9:29):

And the Silhouette Casting Pellet video (14:33):

The Scottish Wildlife Trust's Loch of the Lowes Osprey are growing by the day. They were in a puddle on 6/13:

But I got a better view of the Osplets on 6/14 during a feeding:

Somebody was at the controls at the White Rock Eagle nest on 6/13. We got a nice close-up of the chicks.

Here's a Fish Delivery video, with a cool landing and a cool take-off. And the adult makes a throw-your-head-back call, which I love! (0:54):

It's funny how chicks in a nest become buddies...

 

The Center for Conservation Biology put up an interesting post about  the 2015 Mid-Atlantic Bald Eagle Fledges.

Dyfi Osprey Day 13,14&15 Stingy With View, Harrison Bay Eagles Day 75&77 Trouble With A Pellet, Loch of the Lowes Osprey Day 19,21&22 Feathering Out, White Rock Eagles Day 53&54 Windy Morning

The Dyfi Osprey Mom was being stingy with views of the baby this morning during the limited time I could look. Dad is on the high perch.

The Harrison Bay Eaglets had some nice moments today. I've got some video that I don't have time to process and post today. But here they are being buddies. They had some really nice interactions today. This is HB8 on the left and HB7 on the right. I think HB8 is a male and HB7 is a female. You can't see their entire bodies in this shot to compare. But HB7's head looks much larger than HB8's.

One of them gave some really nice silhouettes today.

...and close-up shots. I wish there weren't any smudges on the camera...

Now for some funny pics. During the silhouette part of the day, the eaglet was actually having a hard time, trying to get a pellet up. I don't think it ever did succeed, but it sure did a lot head shaking and attempts to cough it up.

Spit! So cool in silhouette!

Yes, that's spit flying in both directions as it shook its head...

Working hard to get that pellet up.

I never did see it cast a pellet. But it wasn't for lack of trying. And it may have succeeded, just not visible from this view...

Look at the feathers coming in on the Scottish Wildlife Trust's Loch of the Lowes Osplets. They no longer need to be brooded for warmth, so we will be seeing a lot more of them as long as the weather is nice.

There's the third chick, in case you were wondering.

It was a windy morning at the White Rock nest. The IR cam hadn't turned off yet, I think I was running a little early this morning... The pair at this nest will throw their heads back and call very frequently. I love it!

Berry College Eagles Day 34&36, Male Resident Ozzie of the Southwest Florida Nest Receiving Treatment for Broken Clavicle

Just a few s'caps today of the Berry College nest. Feathers are coming in nicely:

Mom shakes off the rain and the chicks watch her every move.

It easy to tell which chick is the oldest when they are positioned the right way...

I found a few really great videos that someone posted on youtube (of this nest over the past week):
A Fish Tale (2:54)
B5's Close Call (0:47) (B5 is the younger chick of this pair. B4 is oldest.)
B4's Huge Pellet (4:41)
Eaglets Misunderstanding (5:25)
Eaglets and Sirens (3:55)
B4 Eats Coot Leg (7:12)

A word here about pellets. Raptors eat everything. Bones, fur, scales, shells, whatever. They do remove fur and feathers as best they can, but some still gets ingested. The indigestible part of what they consume mixes with some mucus to form a pellet, which they hock up and spit out. Which is what B4 did in the video above.

I haven't blogged much this year about the Southwest Florida nest, but it is a nest that I followed last year. This week, they rescued a Bald Eagle in Fort Myers that was on the ground with a broken clavicle. It turns out that it is the male resident of that nest, Ozzie. He is being treated and I'm hoping he will make a full recovery. Here's the story and video. There is one eaglet in the nest, big enough that it can be left alone while Mom forages. She did bring food to the nest today.

Photography forum, rabid racoon in Hampton, Osprey are back, Panda Bear and baby bears, injured & orphaned wildlife

I found another photography forum. I was looking through the "avian" posts when I came across this picture of a kingfisher up-chucking a pellet. The photographer had great timing getting this picture. This is one of those "critique" forums, so I don't think I'll participate. But it looks like a good forum to poke through. Come back and comment if you find something to share!

A rabid raccoon was found in Hampton, VA. Make sure your pets get the rabies vaccine. Here's the announcement from the city:

RABIES CASE CONFIRMED

The Hampton Health Department has confirmed a positive case of rabies. A family dog came in contact with a wild raccoon earlier this month - on March 9, 2013 - in the Buckroe area of the city near Fire Station 4 on Richard Avenue. The raccoon was submitted to the State Laboratory in Richmond for testing, where it was found to be positive.

A friend told me tonight that he's spotted Osprey at a couple of nests. I've been keeping an eye on the two nests that I watch as part of The Center for Conservation Biology's Osprey Watch program, and so far, no Osprey.

I ran across this story about Panda Bears... It was about how you get captive bears in the mood, for... well... you know... Here's the link.

Here's an article about a bear cub that was wandering around by itself. It's an interesting read, but there's a lesson to be learned here. Check out this article by The Wildlife Center of Virginia on the topic of what to do if you see what you think is injured or orphaned wildlife.