26 January 2025
Good Morning All!
Update: Second egg for Jackie and Shadow!
So many of our friends in Bird World are beginning to prepare for or celebrate the Lunar New Year.
The Seattle Times had an informative article for those wanting to learn more about this important Asian tradition.
The Pine Island Ospreys incubating eggs have had an audacious GHO knock Mum off the nest several times and now there are Red-shouldered Hawks! https://youtu.be/YMVY4Ct7U0Q?
Life doesn’t get much better than the Bald Eagle nest at The Hamlet. Beau has observed Gabby, learning every step along the way. It was a huge learning curve for a first-time dad, and I did not know what to expect. Well, Beau continues to amaze me. 31 is strong, and it won’t be long til Gabby has it crawling out of that egg bowl to get its meals up in that corner that she likes to use for feedings.
The sun came up nice and bright over the nest.
Watching for that second egg at Big Bear as Jackie and Shadow look over their territory amid shift changes.
Waiting for that first egg at Redding.
There is a new Bald Eagle cam in Northern California at Humboldt Bay. Dr Sharpe was busy in installing it this past week. Here is the link – there are already eagles coming to the nest! It will officially be called the Faye Slough Eagle Cam.
https://www.youtube.com/live/bp2wEYiTYWQ?si=xHxdurUz6oYltJGa
This is a Bald Eagle nest near the Redwood Zoo. Did you know about it? Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/live/bp2wEYiTYWQ?
Saturday is Ferris Akel. With the construction near to Big Red and Arthur’s nest on Fernow Tower, I have not seen the Red-tail Hawk couple at the nest. This spring Big Red will be 22 years old; she was ringed in October 2003! On Saturday, Ferris caught both Big Red and Arthur along with a juvenile RTH.
It was so very nice to see them and that they were safe!
Big Red was on the scaffolding on the clock tower.
Arthur.
The juvenile with its Baby Blues.
Thank you so much for being with us today. 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: ‘J, L, SP’, SK Hideaways, Ferris Akel Tour, Seattle Times, Pine Island Ospreys, NEFL-AEF, FORE, Redwood Eagle Cam, Humboldt Valley Eagle Cam