I went to the UK as a Commonwealth Scholar in 1990 and received my PhD from the University of Leicester in 1993. After three decades of university teaching, I retired to devote my time to the study of raptor behaviour. I am particularly interested in Ospreys and am working on a long term project on third hatch survival and siblicide in these raptors. My blog is a result of a fascination with my local wildlife and the desire to encourage others to love and care for birds! I live on the Canadian Prairies and prior to the pandemic travelled a lot. I am questioning the use of aviation fuel at the moment as we all strive to help our planet. My early research was in politics and art including British public statues exported to Southeast Asia and Vietnam Resistors that contributed much to Canadian ceramics. Books and articles were published on those subjects over a period of 3 decades. Now I am working on books for children so they can learn about the challenges our raptors face.
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So happy for E26! They had posted a picture of Audacity with her egg and she looked amazed as we did! But I didn’t know it had already cracked.
Thanks for these updates Mary Ann!
Linda
The bitter mixed with the sweet..I’m still going to pray that at least 1 egg doesn’t break and goes all the way to an eaglet fledge / disperse..
You know that F23 is very proud of her eaglet.. Hope you & your family have an amazing day.
Thank you so much for your best wishes…F23 was an incredible mother. Her life was too short-lived, especially with the sadness of losing both of her eaglets last year. E26 is magnificent – and yes, F23 is proud as is M15.
On the Cornell campus, they slow traffic once the hawlets have fledged (Big Red and Arthur’s) on the road where they consistently fly across. I wish that traffic could be calmed around the SW Florida nest (and all nests in areas with high traffic during the breeding and fledging seasons).
So happy for E26! They had posted a picture of Audacity with her egg and she looked amazed as we did! But I didn’t know it had already cracked.
Thanks for these updates Mary Ann!
Linda
Oh, it was a beautiful flight! Yes, sadly, Audacity appears to have stepped on the egg.
The bitter mixed with the sweet..I’m still going to pray that at least 1 egg doesn’t break and goes all the way to an eaglet fledge / disperse..
You know that F23 is very proud of her eaglet.. Hope you & your family have an amazing day.
Thank you so much for your best wishes…F23 was an incredible mother. Her life was too short-lived, especially with the sadness of losing both of her eaglets last year. E26 is magnificent – and yes, F23 is proud as is M15.
On the Cornell campus, they slow traffic once the hawlets have fledged (Big Red and Arthur’s) on the road where they consistently fly across. I wish that traffic could be calmed around the SW Florida nest (and all nests in areas with high traffic during the breeding and fledging seasons).