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More Eagle eggs…tributes to Flaco…Sunday in Bird World

25 February 2024

Good Morning Everyone!

It is +7 C in Winnipeg and everyone seems to be outside, smiling, walking their dogs or cats. The squirrels and Black-capped Chickadees were out at The English Garden. It really was superb despite my angst over the fact that we need the snow, we need our normal winter.

I am smiling. 4.8 km. It was a good day for a walk. Limited ice, lots of sunshine!

At home, Missey and Hugo Yugo found the store room. Quilts piled high on storage bins in case they wanted to look out. It is awaiting spring cleaning, but these two did not care! Well, not quite true. Hugo Yugo raised her head. She did not want her nap disturbed by me.

Lewis and Missey spent hours at this window next to one another, watching the Chickadees that had a nest there. Life goes on. Hopefully Hugo Yugo will spend time there with Miss.

It has been a horrid week. Trees were cut down, Hugo Yugo was ill and is now well, and ‘The Boyfriend’ disappearing topped it all. He did return. And then he was gone again. Not like him! A few of us feared the worst, but then he showed up at 1620 Saturday for food, and as I am writing this, he is eating kibble from the dishes left by my neighbour. Turns out he was locked in her garage for a few days. So…please check to ensure no kitties are locked in yours if you leave for a few days. Things turned around. I cannot do anything about the trees, but plant more in my garden or move which I don’t wish to do — I really couldn’t leave the garden animals. So, forward!

First, there is a correction. I had originally posted that Stella and Talon had their first egg on the 21st. Then I heard that they had three and thought I was wrong. It appears that the second egg was laid yesterday -Saturday- at the Florida-Gainesville nest, so let’s rewind. If there is to be a third, it should be in the nest on the 27th.

Andor and Cruz have their first egg of the 2024 season at Fraser Point in the Channel Islands. You may recall that they are Lillibet and Victor’s parents. Victor was rescued and treated by the Ojai Raptor Centre before being rereleased to the wild in 2023.

The first egg for Dad and the new female at ND-LEEF (ND17’s nest) was laid Saturday evening.

The Centreport Eagles have egg number 2. It feels like the sky is raining eagle eggs as of late.

Jak and Audacity teach us the meaning of love and hope. It has been three years since they fledged a single eaglet. Will we dance for joy on 8 March – we certainly will – if this egg survives to hatch!

PB sent a great image of Meadow this morning. Unless something changes, it appears that we no longer have to worry about Meadow’s survival. Isn’t that fantastic?

They are both rather itchy at Eagle Country.

Beau and Gabby also teach us about love and endurance and accepting one another’s learning curves. The couple returned to their nest after abandoning their egg on Saturday working away. Maybe they will have eaglets next year, maybe not. For now, the two are keeping their territory out of the hands of intruders and living their lives.

Tiny bobbleheads at Superbeaks.

JBS20 has had nice crops all Saturday. The arrival to the nest of the second adult made for some happy moments. AE sent a screen capture of that happy reunion.

Are you holding on to the edge of your seats? Today is the 25th of February. We are four days away from pip/hatch watch for Jackie and Shadow. FOUR.

Shadow has been up to his old stick trick to try and get some incubation time – and when the exchange happens, we get to see three intact eggs.

At the Captiva Eagle nest of Connie and Clive, their surviving eaglet, Cal, is getting proficient at self-feeding!

Ron and Rose are having R6 feed himself most of the time, too.

Chase and Cholyn’s precious egg at Two Harbours.

A view of the two eggs at Duke Farms.

And two eggs at Decorah North!

Royal Cam chick watched over by parent LGK followed by some good feedings. It is always hard to see these little ones left while the adults are out foraging. I wonder what kind of a gardener this one will be?

Giliath is doing well. Making the rounds and catching Puffers, too.

Bonding taking place at Lake Murray Osprey Platform. Lucy lost all her chicks to the GHO last year as well as her mate. I am disappointed that the protective guards used at Cowlitz PUD successfully in 2023 were not tried at this nest.

It is touching that so many are grieving over the death of Flaco, the Eurasian Owl. Tributes poured in from everywhere – the major newspapers and stations as well as a myriad of FB groups.

People and news crews gathered to remember this remarkable owl. Poems were written, tears were shed.

The Guardian carried Flaco’s story.

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The personal testimonials about how Flaco inspired them to change jobs or to even live are very touching in this New York Times article.

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Could there have been other factors contributing to that collision?

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My inbox has been full of the same question – how do I feel about Flaco’s death? The simple answer is I was both sad and conflicted when I heard about his death. I am glad that out of his fourteen years (13 in captivity), he could live one of them freely, being an owl, learning to hunt and flying freely. This will conflict with many people whose opinions I respect and who I contact for help if a raptor is in danger in their area. My thoughts come from seeing our local eagle, Majestic, sitting in a 10 x 10 ft cage – it is a cage, come on. She did this for years and years before an enclosure like the one Rita has was built. Majestic cannot fly and cannot live in the wild. There was nothing wrong with Flaco – he was, as all animals in small enclosures in a zoo are, nothing short of a display object. I cannot even imagine what it would be like for a healthy owl to be confined. So…I am so sad he has died, but I am so glad he was able to fly free.

I just received a message that the ospreys from West Africa are beginning to arrive in Spain! We are less than three weeks away from UK arrivals if they are as early as Maya was one year. Gosh, golly…..And remember. We are FOUR days away from pip/hatch at FOBBV with Jackie and Shadow.

Thank you for being with me today. If you want more images and discussion about Flaco, I urge you to check out Bruce Yolton’s blog. He is a photographer and has followed Flaco from the beginning. I know that he preferred that Flaco was safe in his enclosure, so we will agree to disagree. He is, however, talented and observant of all wildlife in the area. Take care everyone. There are too many Bald Eagle eggs, and the Ospreys are coming online. It is going to get busy. Take care. See you soon.

Thank you to the following for their notes, images, posts, articles, and streaming cams that helped me to write my post today: ‘AE, EJ, MP, PB’, IWS/Explore.org, Trudi Kron, ND-LEEF, Eagle Country, NEFL-AEF, Superbeaks, JB Sands Wetlands, FOBBV, Window to Wildlife, Duke Farms, Bald Eagles of Centerport Live Stream, tulsaducati, PLO, Laurie Spencer, Brendan Hall, Stella Hamilton, MandaPanda73, Pauline Ludwig, Janet Walker, Ian Ingle, The Guardian and The New York Times.

Tuesday in Bird World

20 February 2024

Good Morning Everyone,

Monday was a holiday – Louis Riel Day – in Manitoba. Oh, everyone loves a long weekend especially when the weather is fine.

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It was gorgeous weather, and loads of people people were at the nature centres making bannocks, at the Festival du Voyageur, and at many other celebrations across my city. My blog is ‘thin’ today because I wanted to spend as much time outside as I could! Walking is so much easier when the sky is blue and you don’t have to wear a jacket rated to -40 C!

After doing the daily ‘cat and bird chores’, I headed off to the nature centre for a long walk in what snow remains. It was -2 C, and lots had melted. There were so many people that the birds and deer had escaped to quieter parts of the park! Then, it was home to clean the cat’s teeth, check on the nest at Eagle Country, and see if ‘The Boyfriend’ was about. He has been missing since Friday. There he was this morning – he must have gotten locked in someone’s garage or found a steak dinner elsewhere. What a worry. When I left the nature centre, I did not feel very hopeful for little Meadow.

As I write this, I am closely watching the Eagle Country Nest of Abby and Blaze. It is true – we cannot ever take anything for granted. Our friends and family have heart attacks and die quickly and we didn’t even know they were having issues. Meadow went from a lovely eaglet on a nest where both were being fed nicely to a full 24 hours of rain on the nest, little food, and an irate Swampy. Meadow has not had much to eat for at least 24 hours at the time I am writing this and then, the miracle we all hoped for. Swampy got full and Meadow was fed – from roughly 4:32pm to 4:55 pm. This is a huge relief. I really thought we might lose this little eaglet.

Swampy eating.

Meadow being fed after Swampy goes into a food coma.

Thank goodness, Meadow had a good meal. Swampy was back bonking hard at 1734.

Ah, I am just not a fan – a believer that the species should cooperate to thrive.

Still, Abby and Blaze are amazing parents and Meadow had at least two good feedings on Monday. Tears of joy.

Hatch is in progress at Superbeaks. That great microphone has picked up the cheeping of the eaglet. The banner says it is coming from egg 3. As I write this, we are 37 hours since the pip was first seen. Will there be an eaglet when I wake up? And will only one egg hatch? We wait…there is a lot of waiting with raptors!

And that little one was free of that shell this morning. Congratulations Pepe and Muhlady – you have a baby! We hope it thrives.

At Little Miami Conservancy in Ohio, Bette has laid her first egg of the 2024 Bald Eagle Season. The time was around 15:35ish.

It was a relief to see Gabby and Beau both on the nest at NE Florida Monday afternoon. I had started worrying about Gabby.

Not sure what to do about that egg. Looks at it, incubates for a bit, and then goes up to the Sunset branch.

No eggs for Talon and Stella at the University of Florida-Gainesville campus.

Annie is feeling the love at The Campanile.

At Great Spirit Bluff, Julie might be wanting to win the affection of Newmann since Savannah is no longer with us.

It is difficult to watch Cal with Lusa’s body still on the Captiva Eagle Nest. On Monday, Connie arrived early, at 0717 with a nice whole fish, which her and Cal shared. Clive arrived around 0900 with another fish that Connie fed to Cal around 10:35. Nice to see fish coming in on the nest…stay away from the birds and the rights, alright?

Part of the day was spent exercising those big wings.

Liberty and Guardian have two eggs and the streaming cam is back on line!

It looks like Harry did such a good job last year that Sally thinks they can go for three in 2024!

Good news for Albatross lovers.

Hatch is in progress at Superbeaks.

Cameras are up and running in the Channel Islands.

Fraser Point: Home to Andor and Cruz.

West End: Home to Akecheta and Thunder. It is a little wet there on Monday. Incubating three eggs.

Two Harbours: Home to Chase and Cholyn. Still on Highlights.

Sauces Canyon: Home to Jak and Audacity. Incubating one egg. Still looks good. Raining there. Lots of nesting material!

Let’s move over to Big Bear Valley with Jackie and Shadow. Pip watch is now 9 days away…that’s right. Thursday the 29th. Will there be 10,000 people watching?

I don’t know about you, but I hold my breath every time I see those eggs. Send all positive energy – every bit of it, please.

Rain started. Jacki only takes a second to get a stretch and back on the eggs. They are being ever so careful.

The eaglet at JB Sands Wetlands can easily be seen now. Thermal down is appearing along with the mohawk!

At Port Lincoln, both fledglings are doing well. Here is today’s posting of Giliath’s tracker.

An article in The New York Times asks if the demise of the dinosaurs allowed our feathered friends to flourish.

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We are expecting egg 3 at Farmer Derek’s Bald Eagle nest if it is to happen and egg 2 at Berry College today.

The Girls wish everyone just a fantastic day!

Thank you for being with me. Please take care! We hope to see you soon.

Thank you to the following for their notes, posts, images, videos, and streaming cams that helped me to write my post this morning: ‘H, J’, LouisRielDay.com, Eagle Country, Little Miami Conservancy, NEFL-AEF, UF-Gainsville, SK Hideaways, Ashley Wilson, Window to Wildlife, Sharon Pollock, Moorings Park, Holly Parsons, Superbeaks, IWS/Explore.org, FOBBV, JBS Wetlands, PLO, and The New York Times.

First egg second clutch for Missey and Pa Berry…Sunday in Bird World

18 February 2024

Good Morning Everyone,

Thank you for all your good wishes for Hugo Yugo. She was fed with a syringe every 30-60 minutes until 1300 on Saturday when we went for our long walk at the nature centre. The sky was blue but, strangely, the temperatures had risen to a lovely -4 C. It was a fantastic day to be in the woods – and it really helped take away the worrying for the little ginger kitten for a bit.

Instead of going through the regular paths, I cut in and out of the forest area. There were lots of people doing things – tobogganing, sitting by the outdoor fire pits, ice skating, bike riding – because of the good weather. Even so, it was so quiet in the trees.

On the way home, we stopped and got special cat food – a gentle chicken and rice. I was curious to know if Hugo Yugo would eat. She has refused food – except for about a Tablespoon on Friday morning. I hoped the ground-up kibble and kitten milk syringe feeds would strengthen her and create an interest in food – and play. — And it worked. She ate. 2 T for the first feeding, which increased to the point where she ate three small portions of the chicken and rice food. I was literally in tears.

Ah, the one that causes all the worry. Ragged and missing whiskers, curious about everything, and getting better. She will cause all my hair to fall out!

But, oh, she is so adorable. I would do anything for this little one. She is the life of the party – the heart beat of our house.

Baby Hope’s face is changing a bit. She looks more and more like a cat and less like a kitten. She is a real little sweetheart. This girl is big and strong.

Missey found another high hiding spot. She seems to be able to plot where to get away from Calico if Calico is cranky.

As I finished checking on the birds at midnight on Sunday morning, Baby Hope and Hugo Yugo were playing. It is the first time now since Thursday that Hugo Yugo has played.

Sunday Morning Update: Hugo Yugo ate all of her chicken and rice food and drank her kitten milk. Then her and Baby Hope proceeded to ‘clear’ the island. I think she is now fine!!!!!!!!!!!

So on to these birds…

Please go and vote for the name for New Guy at Cal Falcons! ‘B’ did some searching and found some very interesting information about one of the nominated names in addition to the information circulated the other day by Cal Falcons. This is for the name Archie. The high school in Marin County that was named after this Archie is known as the “Home of the Peregrine Falcons”, the name for their athletic teams. And their logo features a peregrine falcon with aviator goggles (Archie Williams was a pilot who during WW II was an instructor at the school where the Tuskegee Airmen trained, and himself flew missions in WW II and Korea):

I am not suggesting one name over another but I do love that logo!

Everyone at Berry College is more than excited. Pa and Missey have worked on their nest since their first clutch failed. Nothing was going to deter them from having a family this year. On Saturday the 17th around 1911, Missey laid the first egg of their second clutch for 2024. Let’s wish them well. Congratulations!

The cams were down, and during that time, the folks at the WRDC nest of Ron and Rose took the opportunity to band R6. He or she is fitted out with the normal green and black band for the nest with “the sequential number 5/6 green/black”. ‘H’ tells us that a feather sample was taken to do DNA sequencing. By the end of the week, we will know whether R6 is male or female.

In the second photo, look at R6 standing tall and strong!

Ron Magill posted some images that he took of Rita during the opening celebrations of her enclosure at Marathon. Notice Rita’s green and black band also.

In Florida, band colours can be confusing. The Audubon Centre for Birds of Prey uses this: “The band color indicates the type of nest the young eagle hatched in: green for nests in trees and black for nests on artificial structures.” So what if they have a black and green band?

Blue is also a colour used in Florida.

But the Green over Black in Florida is for Brian Mealey, the bander. See PDF below.

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Swampy and Meadow continue to do well, also. They are growing leaps and bounds. At the moment you can easily tell Swampy because of its darker plumage, darker and more shiny black bill, and s/he has fewer dandelions on their head.

Someone asked how birds hear. You can clearly see Swampy’s ear in the top photo. Look at the corner of the mouth and go straight back…that is the ear. It will be covered with feathers eventually.

Swampy and Meadow being fed before the rains begin.

29 February is officially pip watch for Jackie and Shadow. That is 11 days away. The eggs look good. Jackie rolls them ever so gently…she is completely aware of what could happen. 11 days. We are all so anxious for this loved couple…imagine a hatch. The news agencies around the world will be celebrating.

Bonnie and Clyde have their second egg at the Cardinal Land Conservancy Nest.

It’s raining at Superbeaks – and we are now on hatch watch for Pepe and Muhlady and their second clutch.

We will be looking for egg 2 at Decorah North on Monday.

There might be a problem at the Dulles-Greenway nest of Rosa and Lewis. Rosa calls Lewis to incubate the egg. Will he? There is snow, and it is cool. The leg has been left on and of for periods of time so Rosa could eat and have a break.

Egg 2 is due today. Will this new partnership work out? We wait.

The egg has been left several times. Rosa is an experienced female with a new inexperienced male (or not the same male at all). We will just have to wait and see how this turns out but best it be eggs that become non-viable than eaglets on the nest suffering.

And then, Rosa laid her second egg, right on time.

I have been looking for studies about the life expectancy of the males versus the females in terms of Bald Eagles living in the wild. I haven’t found anything good to post for you – the answer to whether the males live longer than the females is unclear. We do have some older females this year – Gabby, Rosa, and Ellie (below)- who have younger mates. We know that M15 has a younger female partner. Maybe we should start keeping a list and come up with our own data.

There is a new Bald Eagle couple on Farmer Derek’s land in Peabody, Kansas. They have a nest now with their first two eggs. The banded female is Ellie and she is ten years old. The male is named Harvey. He was there with her on Saturday when she laid the second egg at 13:39:52.

Dad and the new female at the ND-LEEF nest have been very busy.

The first female Bald Eagle I ever saw buried in snow as this same female at Duke Farms. She has a new mate this year. Wishing her the best.

If you are watching the new couple at the Kistachie National Forest nest E-3 (Alex and Andria’s old nest), there is a fishing line and lure tangled in the moss bedding of the nest. Neither eagle is tangled. There are no eaglets on the nest. But does this pose enough of a threat to the birds for USFWS to allow Cody to remove it? Let’s hope so – before there are eaglets.

We still have only one egg at the nest of Jak and Audacity (Sauces) in the Channel Islands. The track record is dismal for this super pair of eagles – all due to the continuing presence of DDT after what? 75 years?

The following material is intended for classroom use for students ages 11-12. However, I find it really informative about the impact of DDT on the Eagles in the Channel Islands. If you are not aware of why Jak and Audacity continue to have difficulties – as well as Jackie and Shadow – have a read. (Note: Many areas of the US were sprayed with DDT including Big Bear Lake).

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There are many articles.

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Osprey fever is beginning to happen. Geemeff sent me a link to an Osprey nest in Mallorca that I did not know about! And also an Osprey chat space for the off season. Have a look! Thanks, Geemeff.

To the live feed camera:

To the Osprey Fanatic chat page. Adam has two young daughters…you might enjoy this space.

https://walkingwithdaddy.com/osprey

Harry and Sally laid their third egg of the Florida Osprey season at their Moorings Park Nest in Naples at 10:59 on Saturday, the 17th! If anyone can raise three, these two can.

Sally obliged cam watchers by showing us her labour…She raises her back slightly and spreads her wings out. Like eagles, ospreys will allow the egg to cool and harden after laying. Sally will surely being hard incubation now.

The Peregrine Falcons are getting busy. It is almost egg time in California.

She certainly has beautiful under fluffies. The third egg is shiny and wet. All three appear to be darkly speckled.

Bolivia rehabilitates three Harpy Eagles so they can return to the wild.

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Everything you need to know and more about the world’s largest eagle, the Harpy.

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Thank you so much for being with me and for all your positive energy for Hugo Yugo. She is doing so much better. We hope to see you soon! Take care.

Thank you to the following for their notes, posts, images, articles, screen captures, photographs, and streaming cams that helped me to write my post this morning: ‘A, B, Geemeff, H, J, SP’, Cal Falcons, Berry College, WRDC, Ron Magill FB, The Centre for Conservation Biology, Eagle Country, FOBBV, V, Superbeaks, Raptor Resource Project/Explore.org, Dulles-Greenway, Gracie Shepherd, Duke Farms, KNF-E3, Farmer Derek Eagle Cam, Phillip Josse, Return Flight, Column One, SEO Birdlife, Walking with Daddy, SK Hideaways, Moorings Park, and BBC Discover Wildlife.

Saturday in Bird World

17 February 2024

Good Morning Everyone,

It is never a good morning after we lose a raptor, and waking up on Friday and finding that Lusa had died during the night was incredibly sad. Indeed, all went to bed after seeing her/him eat feeling much more optimistic about the situation at Captiva.

At the same time I was reading a note about Lusa, Hugo Yugo was vomiting, had diarrhoea, and was lethargic. She was fine when she went to bed but, by morning, he was not playing and didn’t want any treats – sure signs that something was not right. We spent the afternoon at the vet. It is a long weekend in Canada, the vet clinics are packed, and we have to go to a different vet than we usually use. After tests for any poisons (they came back negative), she had an IV for hydration and an injection to calm her stomach and had the Flora-Flora powder to sprinkle on her food. If she does not improve, then we move to X-rays, etc. The diagnostic end of it all. For Hugo Yugo to not eat is unsettling, just like with Lusa. For her not to play is just not right. Again, the same goes for the eaglet. Our condolences go out to Lori Covert, the folks at Window to Wildlife, but most of all Clive, Connie, and Cal.

When Connie and Joe lost Hope and Peace to rodenticide poisoning in 2020-21, it was a real tragedy. The parents knew what had happened. They stood over the dead body of their second eaglet in quiet disbelief. The eaglets had consumed less than a whole rat, but it was a designer poison, and Lori has spent years trying to get people to stop using rodenticides on the island. Joe never returned to the nest after the mourning period. And I will say it clearly and loud – he felt guilty for bringing that rat to the nest that killed their kids. Ask Marc Bekoff, Professor of Avian Behaviour at the University of Colorado at Boulder – animals have feelings. They care. They are sentient like we are.

So far, Cal looks good. They cannot, for safety and legal reasons, remove the body of Lusa. The adults might try to shove the body off the nest, even carry it and drop it in the ocean, or Lusa might wind up as part of the nest. There is no fear of Cal eating its sibling (yes, I have had multiple questions about that). I would have concerns if Lusa had highly pathogenic avian influenza. But that seems highly unlikely because Cal is doing so well. We saw siblings die close together on other nests if it was HPAI.

Connor stated that getting on a nest after four weeks is hard because the other eaglet might get spooked and jump off. That is the last thing we want to happen to Cal. So keep sending positive energy to this nest – it would be grand if Connie and Clive fledged an eaglet this year. With Connick having issues and falling off the nest last year and now going to the Smithsonian, it has been a while since Mum Connie saw a baby fly free.

Angel and Tom are both at their nest. The Blue Jays are apparently not bothering Tom but are aggravating Angel. If they continue to come to the nest, the camera will go live.

I have not done a lot of nest checking today so this post could be ‘slim’. I did head to Eagle Country to check on Swampy and Meadow. Indeed, all of the eaglets that have survived on the nests this year are a miracle. There were so many incidents of DNH…

Blaze was on the nest feeding his eaglets and did a splendid job of it. Both got lots and lots to eat! Gosh, Dad was very even-handed in that feeding. Those two are getting their thermal down. See how dark they are getting, and the soft, fluffy baby down is coming off., Darlings. Just little darlings.

A little bit of a mohawk coming.

E23 is looking good at SW Florida. Just keep all good wishes coming to every nest with babes – we never know what can happen. I am not saying this to worry you, but rather to appreciate those who are healthy and to stay vigilant should something be amiss.

It is very hard to see the eaglet at JB Sands Wetlands, but there are many watching and fingers crossed for this one to fledge. JBS20 certainly does take up more nest space than it did a few weeks ago! Only eaglets have the advantage of having all the food to themselves.

The only eaglet at WRDC continues to grow and thrive, but only after we had to hold our breath a few times. What a year it has been! We will not forget it soon, for all the wrong reasons. That said, the streaming cam is down, and, of course, right before that happened, R6 was fed another pigeon with bands on its legs. ‘H’ tells us, “The cams went down about 4.5 hours ago. R6 ate another pigeon band this afternoon, and we are supposed to be on pellet-and-band watch! Not only that, but the pigeon had a band on each leg, and we were also waiting to see which eagle would eat the other band! Rose ate a pigeon band on 2/11.’

I don’t know about anyone else but seeing these healthy eaglets eat leg bands and nappies and possibly poisoned rats is getting to me. We have so few eaglets this year…ah. Each is precious.

We are a day away from hatch watch at Superbeaks. Pepe and Muhlady should be hearing their chicks inside the shell. Oh, let us hope these eggs are viable. They are such good parents and just got on with life and had a second clutch. Fingers crossed along with toes.

Jackie and Shadow are looking pretty confident. We are now 12 days away from the hatch at Big Bear. You best get the worry beads, the stomach upset medicine, or whatever works for you. This will either be the day we leap out of our roofs in happiness or sit and fill a bucket full of tears. I am thinking of eaglets this year…the champagne is ready.

A look at how Friday went for Jackie and Shadow.

You need to get your votes in! This is the news from Cal Falcons about naming The New Guy.

“After over 200 suggestions and hundreds of votes, we have our four finalists:

Archie, after Archie Williams
Galen, after John Galen Howard
Morgan, after Julia Morgan
and
Mulford, after Walter Mulford

Vote for the winner here before Monday at 5pm:

https://bit.ly/NewGuy2024

Here’s a little more about each of our candidates:

Archie Williams was a successful Cal athlete and engineer. He won gold in the 400m race at the 1936 Olympics, became a highly decorated pilot and instructor, and was an influential teacher in California High Schools. Archie Williams High School is named in his honor.

John Galen Howard was one of the most influential architects at UC Berkeley. He designed many of the most iconic buildings on campus, including the Campanile, where Annie and New Guy live! He also designed Sather Gate, California Memorial Stadium, and many other buildings.

Julia Morgan was the first woman to earn a degree in Civil Engineering at UC Berkeley. She became a prolific and celebrated architect. You can see her work on campus in the form of the Greek Theatre. However, her most well-known design is Hearst Castle.

Walter Mulford was a long-time forestry professor at UC Berkeley, serving as the first Dean of the School of Forestry (now a part of the College of Natural Resources). He encouraged students to gain hands on experience outdoors and founded the Forestry Field Camp in Plumas National Forest.”

Please go and vote. Thanks SP for all that great information!

Wow. Talk about a miracle. Have a look at what happened to this crushed falcon egg! We see these when there is high humidity…and we hold our breath. This gives hope.

When I get sad, I always head to the Royal Albatross Colony. Why? Because I know that the NZ DOC Rangers do everything in their power to ensure that these chicks fledge!

Look at this cutie.

The two osplets at Pelican Bay appear to be doing rather well.

Thunder and Akecheta taking turns incubating their three eggs. Oh, I so hope that this nest is full of little eaglets just like at Big Bear.

One egg at Sauces. Dr Sharpe will be conducting a survey of the nests on the Channel Islands on the 24th according to the moderator of chat. We should be able to find out more about the other nests that we cannot see on cam after that visit.

No egg at Two Harbours for Chase and Cholyn, yet.

Andor and Cruz were both working on the Fraser Point nest – between the camera going on and coming off.

I missed this great video shot with the Centreport Bald Eagle Mum a few days ago. Stunning footage!

At Redding, Liberty proudly stands above her egg delaying incubation and awaiting the arrival of the second egg.

Fireworks. Anyone reading my blog knows that fireworks are dangerous for wildlife as well as for domestic pets. Why we as a society continue to allow millions of dollars to literally go up in smoke is beyond me when there is so much to be done for the environment, wildlife, human health, education, and housing. So, the fact that there are plans for a firework display in a nature reserve in Spain is incomprehensible.

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For a smile, a close up of that Puffer Fish that Bradley was eating on the ropes on the 16th at Port Lincoln.

Thank you so much for being with me today. Please send your good wishes to all the nests and, also, to little Hugo Yugo. She is just not herself yet. She ate a few bites of food and then wanted in her carrier to be alone and sleep. I do worry about her so much. After losing Lewis, I am perhaps a bit sensitive, but Hugo Yugo has had such a rough start in life and she is so tiny – well…I am concerned.

Thank you to the following for their notes, posts, videos, screen captures, articles, and streaming cams that helped me to write my post today: ‘A, H, J, SP’, Window to Wildlife, Heidi McGrue, Jenna Lynn Dorsey, Eagle Country, SW Florida Eagle Cam, JBS Wetlands, WRDC, Superbeaks, FOBBV, SK Hideaways, Cal Falcons, Elite Falconry, Royal Cam Albatross/NZ DOC, Sharon Dunne, Ildiko A Polk, FORE, the IWS/Explore.org, PLO, and The Guardian.

Thunder and Akecheta go for triplets…Thursday in Bird World

15 February 2024

Good Morning Everyone,

I hope that each of you had a very good Wednesday. That you found time to marvel at nature or read a book or connect with a friend, a family member, or even a stranger. ’The Girls’ and I thank you for your Valentine’s wishes and also for sharing your beloved pet friends with us and their stories. I marvel at how much love there is for wildlife and our fur families. I do not own a television and only get streaming channels I rarely watch. The news in the world is dire, so – it is time to just focus on the life around us, treasure the moments, find joy, and marvel at our feathered friends.

Gosh, there is a lot of good news in Bird World today. It just makes you feel the joy and love. So before even going anywhere near eggs, let’s talk about Ron’s former mate, Rita, at the WRDC Bald Eagle Nest. ’H’ wrote to tell me that she is now in her new enclosure at the Marathon Wild Bird Centre, Crane Point Hammock Museum, in Marathon, Florida. That is in the Keys.

This is a stunning enclosure for Rita. Well thought out in terms of size and height. She can no longer fly wild and free, but she can move about easily and there is even a pond for her to have a refreshing splash on a hot day in Florida.

Here she is – isn’t this beautiful?

Wednesday was lovely. It was the perfect day to go to the provincial park for a nice walk amidst the Chickadees. The roads were snow-covered, and big flakes were dancing down. A few cross-country skiers were heading to the trails, but no one was feeding the birds. As a result, there were hundreds and hundreds of chickadees ready to hit your hand and take a seed! We went through four pounds of Black-oil Seed! Seriously.

I will bore you with photographs of these amazing little songbirds that flit their way through a Canadian winter, just like some do with grandchildren and vacation pics.

Look closely; you can see some in the bare branches, too. I only had my iPhone with me. For some reason, I have been leaving the big lens at home – cumbersome in the winter – so I do not have any good shots of the hundreds in the trees. Well, I have images, but you can’t see the birds…so that is why I am explaining the phone camera.

It was just a beautiful day. Several miles away, in a protected area, deer were feeding.

‘The Girls’ had a few more little treats and got to hear their Valentine Story again. I know they don’t like it nearly as much as the book we are currently reading, 12 Birds to Save Your Life. Nature’s lessons in happiness by Charlie Corbett. More about that later. They do, however, love treats. Those are very limited because of Calico’s need for a diet and you won’t see Missey there – she doesn’t like treats at all. Go figure.

Calico’s nose was a tad out of joint – she gets overrun when Hugo Yugo and Baby Hope are together. They dive in after those little calorie-laden morsels.

Not a great image, but you can see that Hugo Yugo’s face is still that of a kitten and you can see her tiny paw. What you aren’t seeing is a lot of whiskers. Hugo Yugo and Baby Hope play so rough that the whiskers get broken off!

And, gosh, it is time to get into the news from Valentine’s Day. There is so much, and I might miss something! Rita is just such good news. It took a long time to build that enclosure for this very special eagle, but thankfully they made our home safe and large so she could move about.

In California, Thunder and Akecheta are going for triplets.

Trudi Kron has it on video…the first sighting when Akecheta was rolling those eggs. We know this pair can do it – still remember that remarkable year with the trio. Akecheta was amazing.

Congratulations to Rosa and Lewis at the Dulles-Greenway Bald Eagle Nest on the Potomac River. Their first egg arrived in the late afternoon on Valentine’s Day.

Sally and Harry at Moorings Park have their second egg – right on time on Valentine’s Day, too. Will they go for three?

I you missed the ABC news broadcast on Jackie and Shadow, here it is:

It is nice to see the weather has dramatically improved for our much-loved Bald Eagle Couple. Today is the 15th of February. We are a fortnight from the hatch. I am holding my breath like tens of thousands of others. I think I told you. There is the tiniest bottle of champagne waiting for their hatch. I bought it last year, and sadly, there are no hatches here. My fingers and toes are crossed, but mostly, I am holding my breath and not breathing for fear that one of those sharp talons could nip one of those eggs or all of them. Can you imagine how careful these two must be with those wet twigs and the snow melting?

Everything you wanted to know about hatching and more from Elfruler. There are good reminders here as we twirl the worry beads for the next two weeks hoping that one or more of these eggs are viable and make it to hatch.

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I love Pat Burke’s comparison captures of R6 and just how quickly those little eaglets grow once they hatch.

They put a lid on the Egyptian Geese at Rutland, starting a nest on Maya and Blue 33’s Osprey platform! We are seriously on a countdown for these two superstars of the UK Osprey World, and there will be no goose eggs there instead!

The latest publication on Ospreys will be released in precisely two weeks. Tim Mackrill is no stranger to the Osprey World in the UK. This will be his third major publication. I love the volume he wrote for the RSPB both for its thorough and excellent content and the price point. Will compare that one to this one when it arrives in Canada.

Annie is into the ‘new guy’. Wonder what his name will be? After not seeing them bonding in the scrape, it seems like that is all they do. So happy for Annie…but, missing Grinnell, Alden, and Lou.

There has been some concern for Lusa in the Captiva Bald Eagle Nest. There are some cuts and blood on the Right Digit IV talon. It is unclear what has caused this but the eaglet has appeared lethargic on Tuesday and better on Wednesday. Rodenticide causes blood not to coagulate. This doesn’t look like that. If you look closely it appears to be an injury to the talon. Cause unknown. I hope that is what is happening. Window to Wildlife staff are monitoring the situation and ready to move into action if required.

In Canada, at the Surrey Reserve in British Columbia, a young intruder was looking for a free meal.

This is now going to be a quick run through a few of the nests before I call it lights out for today.

Meadow and Swampy continue to do well at Eagle Country. I am not seeing any bonking. There is always big chunks of food and I suspect some of the old prey is hidden underneath the nest materials. It was nice to see Blaze on the nest checking on his chicks. He is a fantastic provider.

The eaglet at JB Sands Wetlands is growing and so much easier to see.

Despite all the hope, not seeing an egg at Redding for Liberty and Guardian yet.

Kansas City eagle pair, Ellie and Harvey, have their first egg of the season.

Put your suggestions in for a name for Annie’s new mate in the FB thread for Cal Falcons. Who knows – you could just suggest a winner!

At Port Lincoln, ‘A’ sends us news of Bradley’s fishing efforts. ”

The boys at Port Lincoln were off doing their own thing today, with Giliath MIA. At 13:47, Bradley flew in with a monster live fish, which he then spent 67 minutes eating on the ropes. Did he catch it himself? It definitely appeared so as I watched him fly in over the water and land on the ropes with his fish. He did have some initial problems controlling it on the ropes, as it was pointed backwards, but once he got it the right way around, he had no difficulties in eating it.

Are we not SO very proud of our wee lad? By the size of that fish, and the way he managed it, I suspect this was not Brad’s first catch, but it’s the first one we can definitely confirm. We can be very sure, I think, that Giliath is also doing some fishing, on his travels around the local fishing spots with Dad and Ervie. What a triumph for PLO this season after last year’s tragic outcome. We could make the observation that this nest definitely needs the help of the fish fairies.”

‘A’ also brings us news from Orange: ”We finally have a live stream nest camera back on line at Orange, which allows us to see that the beautiful Madame Diamond is sleeping in her scrape, on her Cilla Stones (she moved to the Cilla Stones around 10pm local time, when it started raining). Ah, Diamond is in her house and all is well with the world. She had a bonding session with Xavier at 16:43 – he is such a darling. Diamond spent last night sleeping on the Cilla Stones too.

Report from Cilla:

Both Xavier and Diamond have been seen hunting at night this week. Here is a clip: https://youtu.be/pLynezfGb6A. Marri has not been heard or seen now since early this month, so it looks as if she may have dispersed. It’s about the right time. I cleaned the nest box last month, retrieved and ‘candled’ the egg (held a torch underneath to see contents), and it appeared to be unfertilised.”

Birdwatch looks at the not-so-shy Albatross—a short, ‘nice’ article to give you a smile.

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Bird Flu has caused havoc amongst seabirds in the UK and the real numbers might never be known.

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Some more news about the stolen Peregrine Falcons coming in from the RSPCA via Raptor Persecution UK.

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Thank you so much for being with me today. Please take care. We look forward to having you with us again soon.

Thank you to the following for their notes, posts, articles, screen captures, videos, and streaming cams that helped me to write my blog today: ’A, H, J’, WRDC Chat, Lloyd Brown, Jann Gallivan, Trudi Kron, Dulles-Greenway Eagle Cam, Moorings Park Ospreys, ABC News, FOBBV, Elfruler, Pat Burke, LRWT, Tim Mackrill, SK Hideaway’s, Window to Wildlife, Sandy Williams, Jerinelle Wray, FORE, Eagle Country, JBS Wetlands, Cal Falcons, Port Lincoln Ospreys, Charles Sturt Falcon Cam and Cilla Kinross, Raptor Persecution UK, and The Guardian.

Jackie and Shadow make the news, E23 self-feeds, and Hope and Chandler lay the first egg…Saturday in Bird World

10 February 2024

Good Morning!

I wish I could replace my battery with Hugo Yugo’s. I think Calico does, too. I seriously don’t know how she can get from the very back of the conservatory into the sitting room and disturb Hope in a couple of seconds and run back and leap on top of Calico putting her nose out of joint without even taking a breath!

This morning she was intent on watch the Blue Jays. They arrived right after a big pile of peanuts was put on the big table feeder. It looked like Hugo Yugo’s eyes were going to pop out of her head!

It’s the baby Blue Jay. Well, not such a baby anymore but the youngest of the six that hatched in the summer. It and Junior are still here. Their tree across the lane is still standing but the other Blue Jay family lost theirs this week when the City went on a cutting spree. My lovely treed neighbourhood is not lovely anymore. If I did not feel responsible for the garden animals, I would pack it up and move to a large wooded lot.

She is also fast – Dyson! She was getting peanuts, too. I ran to get the camera, but she was already hurrying off with her nut down the top of the fence. I worry about her, too. When they cut the 122-year-old Elm tree on the boulevard, she cannot go up, leap to the tree branches across the lane, and down to safety. She will have to cross the lane, which can be busy sometimes. Is there a proactive City that plants a small tree near a big one that they know might get disease and have to be cut down???

The big cat tree is taking a beating this year from these four. Thankfully the man who built it considered how one might need to replace some areas with new carpet and not others. But it is heavy! Made out of 3/4″ plywood – I wonder if I can learn upholstery.

She is chasing her tail on the top of the tree. Seriously, she is either going at 100% power or 0%. there is nothing in between. I get tired watching her.

That little square measures 20.3 cm or 8 inches square.

Today, Calico decided that she wanted to watch the little birds, too, in the vines.

On March the 13th there is going to be a Zoom presentation sponsored by The International Osprey Foundation by Dr Alan Poole, US Osprey expert. For a $10 US donation, you will get a link to attend. It will be on line from 7-8:15pm EDT. Here is the information to register.

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You can also listen to Sir David Attenborough tell about the return of the Osprey to the East Midlands – . What a great history. It is on YouTube and is titled ‘Ospreys – Flying Home to Rutland Water (2004).

This is all to get you in the mood for those little ones with the dark eye stripe and all that bonking!

Despite the snow, various species of wildlife in Latvia are now working on their nests and looking forward to spring egg laying. Acacias and Rasene, the White-tail Eagles, were busy.

Goshawks are visiting their nests!

The Red-tail Hawk at Cornell, Arthur, was also visiting the nest he shares with mate, Big Red, bringing sticks anticipating March eggs.

What an image to wake up to – beautiful Jackie being kissed by the morning sunlight incubating and protecting the three eggs that her and Shadow hope will hatch in 20 days. Twenty-days. Leap Year eaglets! (More on them later… You just had to see this gorgeous image early! Jackie is soooo beautiful)

Highlights are still playing at the Channel Islands nest of Jak and Audacity. We are thinking there could be a second egg today.

Two Harbours was back on line Friday morning. There is certainly evidence of either Chase or Cholyn being at the nest, but nothing so far as to visits Friday morning.

There have been at least four feedings for Swampy and Meadow at Eagle Country and it is only 1120! Most often, I see Swampy’s head. I want to be hopeful that Blaze and Abby are reaching down and making sure that Meadow is getting some good bites. I will check throughout the day.

Meadow seems to be getting bites at Eagle Country. It should be highly improbable that any eaglet would starve on the nest of Abby and Blaze. It is loaded with stacks of fish that remind me of dear Louis of the E1 nest he shared with Anna. That first season, they brought in – wasn’t it 20 fish – and had them stacked for the wee babe. Oh, how we will miss that pair in the coming years. But, I digress. Meadow is getting its share.

Finally!

Just look at those huge hunks of fish everywhere. That nest must smell…good, gracious.

Shadow and Jackie exchanging incubation duties.

FOBBV NightBot reminds us: ”Standard Incubation Period is 35 days. Pip watch begins on 2/29. In the past, our eggs hatched ~38-39 days.Learn more about the hatching process, go to this link:

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And our beloved couple made the news again…everyone adores them. We are all holding our breath til those eggs hatch!

I lost count. There was a strange piece of prey and at least two fish and I could not tell you how many feedings. M15 and F23 must be afraid that E23 is going to try and fly! Not ready, of course, but goodness. Every time I checked someone was feeding that eaglet who now has almost its entire juvenile plumage. Check the time stamps in the top left.

And then…an Armoured Catfish arrives. E23 self-feeds for the very first time – what a fish to start. My goodness.

Not only did E23 feed itself for the first time, but s/he also stood on the rails! Two milestones in one day. Wow.

Cal and Lusa can feed themselves. They can sleep standing up like the adults with their heads tucked under their wings, but, of course, they prefer Mamma to feed them. It has to be so much easier when you are really hungry. Beautiful eaglets.

The eaglet at JB Sands Wetlands has grown so much we can now easily see it. How wonderful. It is growing and growing.

No egg at Moorings Park. I can put that on rewind, right?

It’s raining in Gainesville, Florida and Stella and Talon don’t have their first egg either.

Many wonder about that third egg at the Achieva Osprey nest. It seems highly improbable that there would be 11 days between eggs one and three. That would be a much-needed relief if it had just been overlooked and not seen until the morning of the 8th.

Remember I mentioned the metal ring on a bird. Well, Gracie Shepherd gives us the video of Rose feeding R6 the pigeon leg with the band attached.

Egg #2 arrived at the Venice Golf and Country Club as expected on Friday.

‘J’ sent me something funny. It is the Raptor Resource Project dictionary on nesting language. Print it up and use it if you go on chat! ”Eagle Time – throw your clock away, we are on eagle time…” I will be saying that about the Ospreys when they start nesting.

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Hope and Chandler have their first egg at Port Tobacco. Congrats.

The bird of the day comes from a short article in The Guardian. It is the American Bittern. We have them in Manitoba in the spring and summer and it is glorious to see them searching for prey around the wetlands.

“Bittern-0001” by Phil Fiddes is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

All About Birds says, “You’ll need sharp eyes to catch sight of an American Bittern. This streaky, brown and buff heron can materialize among the reeds, and disappear as quickly, especially when striking a concealment pose with neck stretched and bill pointed skyward. These stealthy carnivores stand motionless amid tall marsh vegetation, or patiently stalk fish, frogs, and insects. They are at their most noticeable in spring, when the marshes resound with their odd booming calls that sounds like the gulps of a thirsty giant.”

They are not listed as endangered in the US, but are of ‘high concern’.

Cool Facts
- American Bitterns are heard more often than seen. Their booming, clacking, gulping calls have earned them some colorful nicknames, including “stake-driver,” “thunder-pumper,” “water-belcher,” and “mire-drum.”
- When field scientists want to trap American Bitterns for study, they take advantage of the males’ aggressive territoriality. Knowing that the birds will respond to other males’ calls from as far as 1,600 feet away, or to the image of another male, the researchers use recorded calls and mirrors to draw the birds in.
- The American Bittern’s yellow eyes can focus downward, giving the bird’s face a comically startled, cross-eyed appearance. This visual orientation presumably enhances the bird’s ability to spot and capture prey. The eyes turn orange during breeding season.
- The oldest recorded American Bittern was over 8 years, 4 months old, when it was found in Ontario where it was banded as an adult 8 years previously in 1940.

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At the Dulles-Greenway Bald Eagle nest, they are expecting the first egg any time. Rosa’s new mate has been named Lewis.

Thank you so much for being with us today. Take care of yourself! See you soon – and the very best for the Lunar New Year to our friends celebrating around the world.

Thank you to the following for their notes, posts, videos, articles, and streaming cams that helped me to write my blog today: ’J’, TIOF, Rutland Water, Latvian Fund for Nature, Arlene Beech, Cornell RTH Cam, FOBBV, News at 12, IWS/Explore, Eagle Country, SW Florida Eagle Cam, Androcat, Window to Wildlife, SK Hideaways, JB Sands Wetlands, Moorings Park, Achieva Credit Union, UFlorida-Gainesville, Gracie Shepherd, Diana Lambertson, Raptor Resource Project, Trudi Kron, The Guardian, Open Verse, and All About Birds.

Sunday in Bird World

4 February 2023

Hello Everyone,

It was a real workday around the house – the girls helped. Of course, they helped! Hugo Yugo, Missey, and Hope were climbing all over everything. Meanwhile, Calico found a toy and decided it was much more fun. In the process, we found a couple of hand-felted ‘cat rocks’ that had belonged to previous cats. Baby Hope was very interested in this one.

Oh, I do adore this beautiful girl, the only surviving baby of Calico. She loves to relax on the wicker and she will pose. It is her eyes that always ‘get me’.

The Black Oil Seed shells have gotten out of hand. They were too frozen to be shovelled today. If the forecast holds, it will be +5 next week and they can be cleared up. It is the worst part of feeding the birds in winter. Today, Little Red and Dyson called a truce with Little Red on the feeder and Dyson eating peanuts below.

We listened to Ferris Akel and his tour and were delighted that he saw Arthur while hunting for probably his last meal of the day. I remember everyone being shocked when Big Red picked Arthur – he didn’t have his red tail yet – to be her mate and replace Ezra. Well, Big Red picked a good one!

Big Red was spotted on Saturday, too!

There have been a lot of tributes to various feathered personalities this week, and the New York Times even covered Flaco.

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In California, Jackie continues to carefully incubate the three eggs. Just watch Shadow and Jackie change turns and you will see how very careful these two are. Even when rolling the eggs, they are so delicate. They are determined to have an eaglet this year…let’s send them all the love and positive wishes we can.

I was concerned about Jackie and not seeing her eat. She had a big meal! Thank goodness.

Jackie and Shadow make the CBS news.

The bowl is deep at the West End nest of Thunder and Akecheta. There should be two eggs in there now. Dr Sharpe and his team at the IWS got that camera back up and working!

There is plenty of food at Eagle Country. The oldest is doing fantastic and can stretch its neck out and get food from Abby. So why am I so worried about the second chick?

I wish that nest bowl was not so deep! Is Meadow getting fed?

Frustration has set in. There are a lot of feedings at this nest and Abby is experienced, but is Meadow getting any of that prey?

Lucky R6 doesn’t have any worries. S/he is growing and getting their thermal down – changing before our eyes. The top picture with its leg stuck out just reminds me of the legs of the prey they have been munching on all day.

R6 is going to be able to use that crop for a pillow Saturday night.

Across the state, E23 likes his Lapin for dinner.

Cal and Lusa are both self-feeding at Captiva. Lusa is doing better than Cal so far. Will Connie come in and save the day?

Yes!

No egg yet at Dulles-Greenway.

Food gifts coming into Pittsburgh-Hayes.

They may be thinking about eggs but not one is on the nest at Moorings Park – yet.

Diane has been incubating two eggs. Will she lay a third Saturday night? We wait – and I hope not~. The third chick does not fare well here. Best no egg.

The only surviving Eaglet at J B Sands Wetlands is doing fine.

Gosh, the water looks high at the Redding Eagle nest. Is it an illusion? or is the area really flooding that much due to the Atmospheric River that hit the area?

‘A’ sends us the report for WBSE 31 at the Parramatta River in Sydney:

“February 3: Early in the morning, no eagles were seen by the river or at Goat Island. Then around 9am, SE31 was seen hidden in the mangroves near River Roost. Later, just after midday, she was seen in flight checking the river west of River Roost and on the western side of the wetlands. Then she was lost to sight, up very high over the prison. She flushed waterbirds from the wetlands as she flew over. No further reports at the end of the day – maybe update in the morning.”

At Farmer Derek’s, Bonnie was in the nest bowl most of the day. Rain came late and it looks like there is no egg. Owl up on branch. Nest empty. Look hard. She is there!

The owlets at SW Florida are cute. I just wish their parents weren’t so protective and would leave M15 and F23 and their chicks alone…Knock on wood.

At The Campanile, Annie was in the scrape calling the new male. Is he shy?

Someone was home at Monty and Hartley’s new scrape at the San Jose City Hall.

It is always a pleasure to see either Diamond and Xavier and a real gem to see both together after fledging. Diamond looks out over the landscape in the early morning light. I understand that Marri is still seen in the area chasing the parents for food. Fabulous.

At Taiaroa Head, the TF Royal Cam chick is adorable. The parents come and go and have not gone far to forage. The chick’s weight is good.

These gentle giants of the Southern Ocean need us to protect the fish that they depend on for their lives and to muster the world to make the long line fishing factories responsible – by using safe measures to bait their hooks so that no albatross is beheaded!

Do you eat canned tuna? Here is an article to make certain that you are selecting sustainably caught fish. Please note that ‘Dolphin Safe’ does not mean that the fish were sustainable caught!!!!!!!

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It is not just albatross that get caught in these long lines – in fact, maybe long line fishing should just be banned. This article is a few years old, but it is well-written and really can open your eyes to the threat those huge boats have on the mammals and birds that depend on the sea for their lives.

It is a topic that really rubs me the wrong way. To save the albatross is an easy fix (which many refuse to do!) but what about the other animals?

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Did you know that parrots use their beaks to swing like monkeys?

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Urgent conservation is needed if Hen Harriers are not to go extinct in Ireland.

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One of our favourite eagle dads, Murphy! He sure looks happy in that bath.

Apparently New York and Verizon do not want Ospreys nesting on their cell towers.

Still watching Diane at Achieva and hoping that she will only have two eggs, but is she laying another?

Thank you so much for being with me today. I do hope that you find something worthwhile in my blog! Take care. We hope to see you soon.

Thank you to the following for their notes, posts, tours, videos, photographs, tweets, articles, and streaming cams that helped me to write my blog today: ’A, Geemeff, J, R’, Ferris Akel Tours, @Cornell Hawks, The New York Times, FOBBV, Cali Condor, @CBS, IWS/Explore, Eagle Country, WRDC, SW Florida Eagle Cam, Window to Wildlife, Dulles-Greenway, PIX Cams, Moorings Park, Achieva Credit Union, JB Sands Wetlands, FORE, Eagle Cam, Farmer Derek Owl Cam, Cal Falcons, San Jose City Hall, Charles Sturt Falcon Cam, NZ DOC, Sharon Dunne, Seafood Watch, The Guardian, Raptor Persecution UK, WIVBTV, Trudi Kron, and Achieva Credit Union.

1st egg for Thunder and Akecheta!…Wednesday in Bird World

31 January 2024

Good Morning Everyone,

It is summer – just joking – but Tuesday was an amazing day to stand outside and sniff the fresh air. The snow is melting in areas where the sun shines, and the streets are full of puddles. Sadly, some people are not aware that if they drive like Ayrton Senna, they will splash everyone in sight! One of our local nature centres is having a contest to guess the arrival of the first Canada Goose, and we are getting ready for one of the major festivals in our city, Festival du Voyageur. I wonder if there will be any snow or if it will be too warm for the international ice sculpture contest? I love the Maple Candy – pouring hot Maple Syrup over clean snow. It is delicious and stiffens up like the best taffy.

I had tea with my best mate today and outside her window was a doe and fawn. Got the doe right before she was going to crunch a munch one of the plants. There are 8 deer that live in the park. In the spring, my friend has a pond and there is at least one pair of ducks that make it their home. It is lovely to visit and get to see them.

I am glad that this deer is not being hunted. For several years we have been taking about the disastrous effects of lead poisoning in our raptors. Hunting, fishing, military weapons all contribute to the high death rates. Hunters kill the deer and clean out their innards, leaving those in the field full of lead shot. The raptors or carrion eaters feast on this and they can die.

The wildlife rehab that took care of our little sweetie ND17, Humane Indiana Wildlife, has a sad story for us – with lots of information. Please spread the word to anyone you know that hunts and fishes that they should not be using lead in any form. Educate them nicely as to why. Be your best persuasive self.

Oh, gosh, golly. We have the first egg of the 2024 season in the Channel Islands. Thunder laid it today and that precious egg was seen at 1539. Congratulations!

And a big shout out to Dr Peter Sharpe, who retired, took the transportation – the car, the boat, climbed up the cliffs – and installed a fanatic camera!

I wonder how long it will be until Thunder’s parents, Chase and Cholyn, lay their first egg at Two Harbours.

At Sauces, Jak and Audacity are hopeful and working away. They should be an inspiration to all of us to never give up!

There is chirping at Eagle Country for Abby and Blazer. We will have a hatch soon! You can clearly hear that gentle cheeping…how exciting. This one may have hatched by Wednesday morning.

There is not a lot of bird news. A huge male eagle, quite a handsome fellow, landed on Gabby and Beau’s tree today. Thanks ‘J’ for the image captures.

Gabby just kept on incubating that egg. Today is day 39.

E23 is working on standing steady, using its wings for balance. There were several hiccups on Tuesday, but the little one is determined. E23 is also working its wings and looking over the rails to what lies beyond the nest and the Pritchett property. A huge fish came into the nest, but E23 was not hungry, having a large crop that had lasted most of the day.

Cal and Lusa had big crops, too! It isn’t easy to see them in the shade of the nest tree now. Those gorgeous and shiny espresso juvenile feathers blend in well with the dark shade. But check out those feet – look at that deep, bright chrome yellow. Clive and Connie’s eaglets are extremely healthy. This is the colour you want to see on the feet of all your raptors. Look and remember.

My goodness. After the ‘fish drought’ at the WRDC nest, you would think fish were falling from the sky. The nest had no less than two large whole fish today along with a bird. R6 appears to be doing just fine. Hopefully he got rid of any human garbage (aka the nappy) when he cast that very large pellet.

The WRDC issued the following statement on Tuesday, the 30th. A very thorough and reassuring post on the happenings at the nest.

You can now see both eaglets at the John Bunker Sands Wetlands nest. The first hatch is doing quite well and is much larger than the second one. I sat and yelled at Mum to feed it mid-afternoon after it woke up and wanted food. She kept feeding the big one and herself. If you are watching this nest really close, please let me know how the wee one is faring. BTW. The sound at this nest is first-rate. You can hear the little squees quite clearly. They are so cute.

If you haven’t marked your calendars, pip watch for Jackie and Shadow begins on the 29th of February. That is 35 days. In the past, Jackie’s eggs have hatched between 38-39 days. Hold your breath. Let’s all send the most positive wishes we can to our Big Bear couple.

I missed posting the news so thanks, Geemeff. Bluff City had its first egg on the 28th.

If you are looking for Owlvira, it appears that she has made her nest this year in a nearby hawk nest and not the nest she used in 2022-23.

If you are having ‘Owl Withdrawal’, I suggest you keep an eye on Bonnie and Clyde at Farmer Derek’s nest. These two kicked out a young pair of Bald Eagles several years ago to raise their first two owlets – Tiger and Lily. Today, they have been heard hooting and mating and Clyde brought Bonnie a food gift at 18:28 on the nest.

Clyde is in the nest cup. Look at that great camouflage!

In Latvia, the White-tail Eagles are returning. What a joyous occasion. The YouTube video for the 30th of January is from the Kemeri National Park. It is the third largest park in the country with numerous water features and lakes. 57% of the area is covered by forests – these are two perfect considerations for the White-tail Eagles when looking for food or nesting sites.

Did you know that there are five different types of eagles that live in Latvia? They are the Golden Eagle which is the most common. Then there. is the Short-toed that breed in Latvia. Sadly, many are shot when migrating to Africa over Malta. The Lesser-Spotted, and the Greater Spotted along with the White-tailed. The White-tailed Eagles are the largest and are easily identified by their entirely white tail. They eat fish and water fowl – the latter of which – caused the HPAI outbreak in 2022. Some charts also identify the Osprey as an eagle in Latvia so you will see titles like ‘Six types of eagles live in Latvia’. I do not include Ospreys with eagles but some do!

My favourite Latvia White-tailed Eagle is Milda. I watched her nest when she was with her late mate, Ramis. She is now bonded with Voldis and they fledged two eaglets in 2023. Milda arrived at her nest in Durbe County on the 30th of January, too!

Sally is beginning to look a little ‘eggy’ at Moorings Park but, as of 1900 Tuesday the 30th there was no egg. Sally and Harry spent time at the nest on Tuesday.

The Royal Cam chick is really growing! We can clearly see it during feedings.

Checking on Annie at The Campanile. She was calling from the scrape. You could see her on the ledge cam and then from inside the scrape. I am waiting to see if this new mate shows up. No. Annie left the scrape at 1701.

More Hen Harriers were illegally killed in 2023 than at any other time. Outrageous.

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Thank you so much for being with us today. Please take care! We hope to see you soon.

Thank you to the following for their notes, posts, videos, articles, and streaming cams that helped me to write my blog today: ’Geemeff, J’, Humane Indiana Wildlife, IWS/Explore, Eagle Country, NEFL-AEF, SW Florida Eagle Cam, Window to Wildlife, WRDC, John Bunker Sands Wetlands Eagle Cam, FOBBV, ETSU Eagles, Owl Cam, Farmer Derek, Cal Falcons, LDF, Trine, Moorings Park, Lady Hawk, Cal Falcons, and Raptor Persecution UK.

John Bunker Sands Eagles have first hatch, hunger at the WRDC…Saturday in Bird World

27 January 2024

Good Morning Everyone,

Yesterday, the 26th, I ate a very special cake for my late Dad. It is his birthday. He had two favourite cakes – a fresh Coconut and, the other, a fresh Orange Cake. Some who live in the Southern US might be familiar with these – a nice white layer cake (sturdy and only handmade) filled with either freshly grated coconut with a buttercream frosting or freshly grated oranges mixed with some sugar, spread liberally between 5 or 6 layers, and let to sit. If anyone is responsible for my feelings for abandoned animals, it is certainly him. Happy Birthday, Dad.

Hugo Yugo would have loved to have some of that cake. My goodness that little cat can get into the most trouble without even trying. She is sooooo curious. This coming week, she goes back to Dr Greene for her check-up. I think the vet will be pleased.

Watching bird videos with Hope.

Hope is very patient with her little sister.

‘The Boyfriend’ enjoyed the Friday evening feast of organic roast chicken. The neighbourhood rallied around and showed their love for him – and the others – when it appeared that one individual would call the pound. I am joyful and grateful to live in an area with such compassion for animals.

Congratulations to the John Bunker Sands Wetland eagles on their first hatch of the season!

‘M’ sent me the video of Mum joyously calling Dad to tell him about the egg.

Jackie has been taking good care of the first egg at Big Bear laid on Thursday the 25th. Shadow brings his gal a nice fish lunch at 11:01. Mark your calendars for a Leap Year pip/hatch. Shadow actually brought in three fish on Friday for Jackie. Way to go….the reason nearly 10,000 people love this couple and wish them success this season. They are adorable.

If Gabby’s egg is to be the miracle of the breeding season, it should show signs of a pip Friday and hatch on Saturday or Sunday.

There seems to be a prey problem at the WRDC nest. For unknown reasons hunting seems to be difficult. Ron has not brought prey for a week, and Rose seems to be having a prey drought the past couple of days herself. Both parents seem healthy, but I’m sure they are hungry. We have not seen Rose with a crop, and Ron ate some of the fish on the nest yesterday. They have run out of scraps for Rose to feed R6. The eaglet ate well Thursday, and had a small crop after a morning scrap feeding early Friday. PS are still okay.

Late afternoon on Friday. There is still no food delivery and everyone is getting worried, even if they are not saying it. Something is very much amiss here.

Rose flew in after dumpster hunting with a child’s pull-up nappy and what appeared to be a piece of red meat (an organ) attached. R6 was fed. We must remember that eagles are carrion eaters. Their stomachs are made to digest the most horrible dead, maggot-eaten prey. Hopefully, this will keep R6 from starving, but imagine that the eagles have to eat garbage in one of the wealthiest neighbourhoods in Florida. Rose was plucking the plastic off the nappy. Then Ron flew in with a partial fish at 1730. What a relief. It was left on the nest and rightfully so – Rose doesn’t know when the next meal will come and R6 did eat – whatever it was.

We all need to learn something from Port Lincoln. They dared to provide fish for the family during the crucial period when one or both of the osplets might have perished. Their plan worked. It did not stop the adults from bringing fish to the nest. Five fish have been arriving daily, on average, for the fledglings, Gil and Brad. Three individuals with big hearts realised that it was time to help – so I say to those who are the administrators of the WRDC nest: the feral cats in my neighbourhood have more empathy and food than these beautiful eagles at the WRDC. Tonight ‘The Boyfriend’ had his normal organic chicken dinner. So, please, Help the eagles! Get them over the hump.

When we know there is a crisis, it is our duty, if we can in any way, to help the animals through the rough patch. Weather, overfishing, loss of habitat and thus loss of prey can now be linked to humans. There is your cause for intervention.

Rose appears to be feeding R6 some of the fish. Remember – these parents are hungry, too. They will protect the territory, feed themselves, and then feed the eaglets. Let us hope that tomorrow is a much better day and that the wind, or someone, gets this nappy and its plastic off this nest.

Here is the incident in question in video.

It appeared that R6 ate some of the plastic from the nappy…those stomach acids should do the trick. At the same time, the darling almost choked.

We know that our beautiful birds around the world hunt in landfills. The storks of Western Europe, the General Adjutants in Assam, etc. What a testament to our mismanagement of the land that the animals and fish they need to survive are not abundant. One of the big threats to all of our birds, eagles included, is the growing abundance of plastic – as trash, as microplastics, fishing lines, etc. and now nappies.

The live stream went down at 2050 Friday night and returned at 0915 Saturday morning. The plastic has been removed from the nest with permission from USFWS. I hope that some fish were delivered as well.

It appears that Ron has been able to deliver a fish Saturday morning. Let us hope that the dry spelling in prey at this nest is over. And then Rose brought in a big fish. Lovely!

Royal cam chick is being fed and weighed.

Unfortunately, the amount of food the Royal Cam chick is getting is not sufficient and the Rangers – doing great diligence – have switched chicks with another family. They do amazing work, the NZ DOC rangers – everything they do is to ensure that these chicks survive to fledge. Swooping chicks, supplemental feeding, misting, you name it, they do it. Let us hope this attention to the care of these endangered seabirds spreads to other nests throughout the world.

The Royal cam chick was returned to the nest!

No shortage, so far, of prey items at SW Florida. E23 does get impatient and wishes Mum would get those bites a bit quicker to its beak!

Clive keeps the fish coming in at Captiva. These two are adorable, Cal and Lusa. Some think the plumage patterns on their backs look like turtle shells while others see them as bulls eyes.

Do you know what Doris Mager’s contributions to Bald Eagles was? If you do not know the name, have a read – and even if you do, refresh your memory!

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Here is Condor Chat in case you missed it on Thursday. The missing birds will be added to the Memorial Page for 2023 in the new few days.

Dr Sharpe is out fixing cameras at the Channel Islands nests! Retired? Doesn’t seem so.

Please join various wildlife groups – such as Cornell and Audubon – for the great Bird Count on the 16th of February. The more that count, the more we know about the declines and gains in bird populations.

Bird Count is on this weekend in the UK and will there be winners such as the Waxwing? We wait to see.

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Concern for the population of seabirds in the United Kingdom is growing.

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Want to know more about the winter bird visitors to Scotland and their migration? Have a read!

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We are 7 weeks and counting til the Ospreys return to the UK.

Thank you so much for being with me today. Please send positive wishes for a good prey day at the WRDC and if you can produce a miracle for Gabby and Beau, please do so! Take care everyone. See you soon.

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Thank you to the following for their notes, posts, articles, zoom chats, photographs, videos, and streaming cams that helped me to write my blog today: ‘A, M’, John Bunker Sands Wetlands, FOBBV, Marylu Pitcher, WRDC, Eagle Goddess, NZ DOC, Lady Hawk, Sharon Dunne, SW Florida Eagle Cam, Window to Wildlife, Saturday Evening Post, Audubon Magazine, Ventana Wildlife Society Condor Chat, Gracie Shepherd, National Audubon Society, and The Guardian.

R6 hatches, hatching underway in NZ…Monday in Bird World

15 January 2024

Good Morning Everyone,

We are still experiencing life threatening extreme temperatures with the wind chill. Without the wind, it is -25 C now as I am writing – fifty degrees difference between Winnipeg and Melbourne!

Hugo Yugo has been watching television ‘again’. Isn’t she adorable?

The others are fine, and so is ‘The Boyfriend’, who is snug as a bug in his super-insulated home.

The Starlings had been in the garden, nearly 30 of them in November and December. Today, there were eleven that returned. They were eating snow and the solid suet cylinder on the big table feeder (it had fallen off its holden and broken).

I have a heater for the bird bath, but there was a problem with the closest plug, and the instructions say not to attach the cord to an extension cord. So I wait…I feel bad because studies repeatedly show that the birds need water more than seed, and if you feed seed in the winter, water should be provided.

The Pritchetts reported that it was a fish hook in E23’s mouth that M15 worked and got out. Was it that or a fishbone? Whatever it was, it was a miracle that M15 got it out. CROW was monitoring the situation. Thankfully, it was resolved by the hard work of M15 and F23.

Here is the video of that removal!

E23 is OK. What a relief. E23 is eating well later. As so many of you must be thinking – the best parents, lots of food, still do not protect these babies 100%. This precious little one, the only child to the new bonded pairing of M15 and F23, must thrive! That is all there is to it. I am so grateful that the Pritchetts and CROW monitor these events and will respond immediately if help is required.

It is 13:29 Sunday and the pip has turned into a pea size hole at the WRDC nest of Ron and Rita. Everyone is waiting for R6 to arrive safely.

Missing fish. Ron took it. Rita not impressed. Hopefully he will bring some back!

Pat Burke aka gr8lakes and all those staring at the screen waiting for the hatch are celebrating Sunday night. R6 is here!

HeidiMc made the best hatch video of the bunch and my system is not letting me post it directly. Please click on the link below and have a look at a nicely edited concise video from pip to hatch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSgwj-F6AwY

Rose talking to R6 as she appears to remove the last part of the shell.

So where is the food, Dad?

Good Morning Gabby.

Beau came and gave Gabby a much needed break in the afternoon.

Bella and Scout keeping a close watch over their nest and territory.

We so want Sauces Canyon to have an eaglet this year…8 eggs last year Audacity laid with no luck due to the lingering impact of the DDT sprayed and remaining in the area after fifty plus years. Send this couple positive wishes.

Both eagles were at the Dulles-Greenway nest today…Rosa and her new mate.

C10 and C11 are changing from little eaglets to getting their full thermal down and losing all those dandelions. Before we know it, they will have their juvenile feathers.

How many of you are checking out the Bald Eagle nest at Seagoville, Texas? You might just want to put this one on your watch list. It is in the John Bunker Sands Wetland Centre which is 25 SE of Dallas, Texas. The nest is 26 metres (85 feet) off the ground on the tower shown in the image below. The Eagles returned on the 10th of September. They are called Mum and Dad and both are believed to be approximately 19 years old.

The female is believed to be the one that was here in 2014 but there is a divided opinion on whether the male is the original or not.

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It is so nice to get some news of dear Ervie!

Meanwhile, it was very rough at Port Lincoln today. Mum, Dad, and Gil were spotted on the old barge while Brad stayed at the nest.

Brad got the first two fish deliveries with Gil getting the mid-afternoon one at 1529.

The two oldest eggs at the Royal Albatross colony in NZ are hatching!

News coming from The Gambia of Rutland fledglings. 2H2 from 2022 seen!

Also caught on camera was Arthur, mate to Big Red, on the Cornell Campus. You could be fooled into thinking this is Big Red until you see the apron across the breast. Not Big Red but our darling Dad.

Some interesting nest building happening on Kauai this year. Will there be torrential rains to impact the eggs? Let’s wait and see if these Laysan Albatross are better predictors of the weather than the meteorologists!

The climate crisis is killing some of Scotland’s wildlife including the smallest raptors, the kestrels.

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Remember, the news at the bottom is not the least important. Often it is what comes to me right before I hit ‘publish’. A gamekeeper and his son pleaded guilty to selling wild peregrine falcons on the market in the UK. What is going on with their sentencing?

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She is a special person and that is why I am including this today. You should remember Sacha Dench for her efforts in finding the answers to conserving the Ospreys and the flyway from the UK and Western Europe to West Africa. Some of her interviews with local people were linked to my blog – the goal was to get the people of West Africa on board with conservation efforts, and to do that, they needed education about the ospreys. 4K was the bird being followed at the time – the subject of Simon Curtis’s new book. That journey was undertaken after a horrific accident in the Scottish highlands. She is known as ‘The Human Swan’ because of her earlier 7000 km trip tracking the Bewick Swan and their migration from Russia’s Arctic region to the UK in 2016. A crowd funder to get prosthetic legs for Sacha Dench has been opened. Here is the information.

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Thank you so much for being with me today. Take care. Stay safe. See you soon.

Thank you to the following for their notes, videos, posts, articles, and streaming cams that helped me to write my blog today: ’A, H, J, M’, SW Florida Eagle Cam, SK Hideaways, WRDC, Heidi Mc, Pat Burke, Gracie Shepherd, NEFL-AEF, NCTC, Deb Stecyk, Dulles-Greenway, John Bunker Sands Wetland Centre, PLO, @TimMacKrill, @CornellHawks, Sharon Dunne, Holly Parsons, Raptor Persecution UK, and Conservation without Borders.

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Jackie and Shadow make the news, E23 self-feeds, and Hope and Chandler lay the first egg…Saturday in Bird World

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R6 hatches, hatching underway in NZ…Monday in Bird World

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