Andor is a master angler, Pip Watch for Jackie and Shadow…Late Tuesday in Bird World

31 March 2026

Good Evening Everyone,

It was a lovely day on the Canadian prairies. After all the snow, everything began to melt. The sky was a beautiful Azure blue with soft cotton clouds. The garden was full of birds, squirrels, and a Ginger cat that came to visit. Brock was down the street napping after a full dinner at Jane’s and the world seemed right. The Girls and Toby are fine. Ann took Don and Ann for a long walk while I finalised the details of the door alarms and the new doorbell video camera. Hopefully installation will be soon. Those security measures will ease some anxiety.

On the Cornell campus, the rain came down in a fury late in the day. Big Red will do anything to protect those precious eggs!

A red-tailed hawk sitting in its nest made of twigs on a balcony railing, with a view of a street and a blue bus passing below.
A red-tailed hawk sitting in its nest on a ledge, with a view of a street and parked cars below. The scene is partially rainy, and there are trees and buildings in the background.

Shaking off all the rain like Toby does!

A red-tailed hawk perched on a nest made of twigs and greenery, with a view of a rainy urban landscape and street below.
View from a live cam showing a red-tailed hawk nestled in its nest on a balcony, surrounded by branches, overlooking a street scene with wet pavement and trees.

It felt pretty quiet in terms of UK osprey arrivals.

‘J’ sent the following notes from naturechat.org:

Hatch occurred today for 2nd egg at U.S. Steel Eagle Cam.

Alla laid 3rd egg this morning at at Northern Goshawk in Estonia.

Pip watch begins for 1st eggs at Big Bear Eagle Cam, Fort St. Vrain Station Eagle Cam, Glen Hazel (Hays) Eagle Cam and ND-LEEF Eagle Cam.

When will Frannie lay her 1st egg at Eastern Bluebird Cam in VA?

If you have not checked out this site, you will find live cams, information on dates of eggs, arrivals, hatches, etc. for many streaming cams around the world.

A young woman using ‘Raptor Stories’ as a handle created a lively little video on YouTube announcing the beginning of pip watch for Jackie and Shadow’s eggs. Here is the link: https://youtu.be/QVZM43Ys00U?

I am truly excited. Those eggs are intact. The Ravens have been kept at bay. Hope reigns in our house for one healthy eaglet in this nest! Send all your positive wishes.

Baiba has Shadow bringing in a nice fish for Jackie as pip approaches. They should be hearing those eaglets. https://youtu.be/F0N83Ivj98o?

KTLA, along with other news outlets, are getting excited for Jackie and Shadow, too. https://youtu.be/-nZBWJcBYCw?

Telyn is home at Dyfi, but no Idris. Look closely. She is on Monty’s perch eating a fish.

A wide view of a grassy field with a large osprey nest made of branches in the foreground, and a tall wooden pole with a perch above it in the background.

No one at home for Elen at Glaslyn either. At Loch of the Lowes, Dark Knight shows up, but where is Blue NCO?

Thank goodness CJ7 has her mate Blue 022 home!

A close-up of an osprey resting in its nest, surrounded by twigs and branches, with a scenic view of trees in the background under a clear blue sky.

Can you see all the fish Andor is bringing in to Cruz and the kids? You’d think there were a dozen little bobble heads being brooded under Cruz’s feathers!!!!!!! Looks like it is big sis, Sasha, and second hatch, Zuma.

A bald eagle sitting in its nest, with remnants of fish nearby and a wooded background.
A bald eagle standing over its nest with two fluffy eaglets visible in the nest below.

In PA, Irvine is going to need lots of prey – US Steel 9 hatched, US Steel 10 has hatched and there is another to go.

A close-up view of a newly hatched bald eagle chick resting beside two eggs in a nest, surrounded by straw and twigs.

Pix Cams has Stella on video feeding the two! https://youtu.be/QO0GawHAjdo?

Two fluffy bald eagle chicks resting in straw next to an unhatched egg in their nest.

Ellie and Harvey at the Kansas City Bald Eagle nest have two lovely eaglets who are getting their feathers.

A bald eagle standing guard over its nest with two gray chicks, surrounded by branches and grass in the background.

Just a quick check in. We are doing great and the air even smells like spring. This is a real boost to my spirits. Take care everyone! See you soon.

Thank you to everyone who created videos! Thank you to those that posted on FB and to the owners of the streaming cams that let us see the highs and lows of these amazing raptor families.

Close-up of a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel resting its head on a soft blanket, with its eyes looking directly at the camera.

Dyson was here today. Bless her.

A gray squirrel sitting in the snow, holding food in its paws, with a bushy tail and a snowy background.

Published by maryannsteggles

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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  1. Linda Kontol says:
    11 stAmerica/Winnipeg-05:0031America/Winnipeg03bAmerica/WinnipegTue, 31 Mar 2026 21:01:41 -0500 2021 at 21:01

    Thanks for all the updates Mary Ann!
    Amazing how many there are coming and going everywhere. I enjoy watching all I can of them! Congratulations to all the new little chicks and all the eggies!
    Have a great evening and see you soon on here !
    Linda

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