8 December 2024
Hello Everyone!
Update: Tears. Tears. And more tears. Gabby laid her first egg at 5:56 as called by the American Eagle Foundation. Thank you, Heidi!
There it is!
Welcome to the start of the week. Snow is gently falling in the garden. Once it gets deep enough to be beautiful, there will be some photos!
Waiting for Brock to come for his meal as the gentle flakes get deeper. Perhaps he will stay curled up in his home?? (I gauge the depth by the snow that falls on top of the little table). The forecast says that we will have snow until 0200. It is now 1620.
Do you happen to know what ‘anting’ is? I didn’t.
I wonder if the Crows visiting the garden ever do this?
At the Eagle Country nest of Blaze and Skye, a stunning sub-adult visited on Sunday. What a gorgeous eagle.
Combativeness in the woods over prey. Golden Eagle and Eurasian Eagle Owl. https://youtu.be/_6R6TURUeaY?
At the Port Lincoln Osprey Barge, Mum, Wilko, and Kasse are hungry and they are fish calling very loudly Monday morning!
Still waiting.
This was the final tally for Sunday. What in the world happens to Dad at this nest?
Wilko is going to really jump at this fish as he missed out on some meals on Sunday.
Dad came in with a very small fish and as predicted, Wilko who was very hungry, grabbed it. Please check the Port Lincoln Obs board for the rest of Monday’s activities.
Gabby is nothing short of gorgeous. Beau is in and out of the nest. No eggs yet at NE Florida.
Eagles are home at Decorah.
Someone is at the NCTC nest.
Jackie and Shadow were at the Big Bear nest on Sunday. Gosh they are looking good! I keep wondering if this could be their year again.
FOBBV have a new book on the history of the nest from 2015 to the present. They are still accepting holiday orders.
Liberty and Guardian have been working hard. They were at the nest in Redding, California on Sunday.
Fran Solly posted some information on the Gleesons nest that has Marie, a foster, there. Friends of Osprey Sth Australia have been busy putting on trackers this season. Thank you everyone!
They have also put up a platform at Sleaford and this couple seems to be considering a lease. That would be grand.
GHOs Bonnie and Clyde have been visiting their nest on Farmer Derek’s property in Kansas after 1700. I hope to catch them today!
Has anyone seen Jack at the Achieva Credit Union nest recently?
Beautiful nest with a great camera at Captiva waiting for an Osprey family.
Calico is putting together her favourite bird books for the year. We hope to have her list finished and polished by next weekend! This girl should get some gold stars. She loves story time! We are working our way through several books at the moment.
With the great news about Gabby, I am once again posting early and I will see you on Tuesday morning unless we have another major event such as Kasse fledgling or more eagle eggs. Take care everyone. See you soon.
Thank you to the following for their notes, posts, videos, articles, and streaming cams that helped me to write my post today: ‘Heidi, J’, NE Florida Bald Eagle Cam and the AEF, Sandra Turner and National Geographic, Port Lincoln Ospreys, Bart M and the PLO, Raptor Resource Project/Explore.org, NCTC, FOBBV, FORE, Fran Solly, Farmer Derek GHO Cam, Achieva Credit Union, Window to Wildlife
Wonderful news for our darling Gabby. Now, do we think Beau has perfected his technique and that this egg is fertile? And if it is, how well will Beau adapt to fatherhood? I don’t think I realised how common it is for first-time fathers to kill a newly hatched chick until that awful incident with Tom and Angel. Since then, I have been struck by the fact that there are at least a couple of these incidents every season (your memorial wall contains numerous examples). So now, whenever we are watching what we know or suspect to be an inexperienced dad, I start to worry (though for some reason, it never occurred to me that Finn might be a danger to his chicks with Iris). I wonder how common this really is, and in what species it is most prevalent – again, the explosion in streaming cams has given us the chance to learn so much.
And of course assuming Beau is inexperienced, we are yet to discover whether he will be a good provider for any chicks he and Gabby produce.
So while I am thrilled that there is an egg at this nest, I remain apprehensive about the outcome on this nest. One step at a time. I think Beau has the potential to be a wonderful, loyal partner and father. Time will tell.
Hi Mary Ann, Mikel saw Jack at 17:22 today.
Sorry — it was yesterday, not today, that Jack was seen. Allison
Thank you. I am sorry that I am late in responding. Will put this in tomorrow’s post. Hoping you are well.
Thank you.
Thanks for the wonderful
Update Mary Ann! Congratulations to Gabby and Beau on their first egg.
I wish them a successful season ❤️❤️🦅🦅🥚
So cute about Calico and the books❤️
Thanks for all the pictures and info !
Take care and see you again soon Mary Ann!
Linda
You are so welcome. I am sorry that it took me so long to respond. I wonder if they will just have one egg??
I ordered the Friends book; can’t wait to to see Calico’s list 😻! Thanks for all the updates, (catching up on everything today(beautiful pictures of the swans—never saw so many at one time!
Take care and stay warm! ~~Reets
She is working on it! Calico has a few that we read over and over again. It is very interesting. Would love to talk to a cat psychologist! She really likes the book we were reading when she first arrived. We have read it 4 times now. I think I have almost memorised the words!
When I lived in Ohio, my next door neighbor would have a pet psychic come over. She never liked cats until we visited the SPCA outside the grocery store 😊❤️. I’ve seen the books that you talk about from time to time, but a compilation will have some I might have missed. Thanks again for all you do‼️
Oh, thank you. I hope to get that listing up soon.