26 January 2024
Good Morning Everyone,
Thursday was simply a gorgeous day. By the time I had treated all over King’s Park and through the entire space of IKEA – well, I had accomplished more than my goal of 5km. Whew! The snow is melting quickly and soon, we will be getting stuck in the muck. But, for today, it was marvellous. The puppies were off to the dog park and everyone had a smile on their face and a big hello. Tomorrow, I hope to find some Short-eared Owls and some Snowy Owls in an adventure north of the City.
It is not Calico, it is Baby Hope. She looks more and more like Mamma every week.
Calico wanted to give Baby Hope a good wash, but unlike Hugo Yugo, Hope wasn’t having any of it!
Missey sat close and watched Calico trying to be a good Mamma.
Hugo Yugo is always a bit of a blur…
When the first thing you read in the morning is the shooting of a Peregrine Falcon, it is hard to put on a happy face.
At Big Bear, Shadow was attacked by an unidentified eagle at 1443 on Wednesday! The worry beads were out, and tears were falling – Shadow has now returned safely to the nest at 1135 Thursday.
Then, the unexpected happened. Jackie laid her first egg of the 2024 season. Tears of joy are flowing around the world for this most beloved couple who fight against the impact of the DDT spraying from decades ago on their breeding success.
Here’s the video!
At Sauces, there are fish gifts form Jak to Audacity. Love this couple whose name should be Tenacious and Persistent.
Gabby and Beau protecting the nest and incubating an egg that is going to need a super miracle if it is to hatch for these two.
Beau had a lesson in incubation today! It looks like he might have gotten it! Thanks, Gabby!!!!!! He is a keeper. Maybe not eaglets this year, but next.
E23 is really noticing what is beyond the nest. And what a change – like the eaglet doubled in size!
There is a surprise and some joy in the Kisatchie National Forest today after the loss of Anna and Andria, their eggs, nests, and mates. The time stamp of 2014 must be an error.
All is going well for Duke Farms. There is a second egg – that should be it!
Here’s the video.
Royal Cam chick enjoys breakfast with Mum.
A tour of the landscape around the Pittsburgh Hays nest occurred on Thursday. You can see the river where the eagles go fishing…gorgeous.
Gracious. Your giggle of the day comes from V2 and DG. Practice. There are no eggs at the Dulles-Greenway nest of Rosa and V2 but practice for incubation is underway and guess what V2 is using? A hambone! Maybe we needed one of these for Beau.
Successful mating at Moorings Park on Thursday with the first egg expected any time.
Cal and Lusa are getting their cute little tail feathers!
No eggs yet for Liberty and Guardian at Redding in California.
Both the new female and Dad were on the ND-LEEF nest today after the snow melted. New female (top) and Dad (below).
‘A’ sends the reports for the past days at the Parramatta River. It appears that SE31 has now dispersed from the nest area.
“Here are the WBSE reports for the past three days (24, 25 and 26 January):
January 24: Early in the morning, one eagle was at River Roost. It appeared to be Dad. On the incoming tide, there was lots of floating rubbish, man-made and natural – leaves, branches, plants. Stormwater carries lots of debris. Only Dad was seen by the river during the day. A drone was seen over the wetlands, delivering routine mosquito-management spraying. Later in the afternoon, again only one eagle was seen. SE31 seems to be out of sight or has moved away from this area. She was last seen flying towards Homebush Bay. The photo below is from the other day, a good catch though our youngster was not there to claim it. Thanks to Jan and all our other eagle watchers and photographers.
RangerJudy1d
January 25: An eagle-free day, it seems, as none was seen by the river all day. Watchers checked nearby bays and the ospreys were sighted.
RangerJudy29m
January 26: A very quiet day today, with no sea eagle sightings recorded. A picture from the past for a memory. We wonder where they all are.
Meanwhile, it was another fish frenzy day with five coming in to the nest for Brad and Gil who are still at home!
So it seems our girl has moved on – apparently, with peregrines, the females disperse much greater distances from the natal area than do the male juveniles. I’m unsure if the same applies with sea eagles. SE29 headed north, up along the coast, a particularly lovely part of the country.”
What a wonderful day! Thank you so much for being with me. Take care. See you soon.
Thank you to the following for their notes, posts, videos, articles, photographs, and streaming cams that helped me to write my blog this morning: ’A’, Raptor Persecution UK, FOBBV, SK Hideaways, Gracie Shepherd, NEFL-AEF, Lisa Yen, SW Florida Eagle Cam, Cody Wayne, Duke Farms, Ondabebe, Bill Kitchen, NZ DOC, Pix Cams, Dulles Greenway Eagle Cam, Mooring Park, Window to Wildlife, FORE, ND-LEEF, Eagle Cam, PLO, and Bart M.
