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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 4:11 pm
Poor mama on NE eagle cam is all covered with snow whilst sitting on her two eggs.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - 12:11 am
Okay, so this morning there was an article in our local newspaper about a bald eagle nest that almost overhangs Interstate 5 just north of our town. And it mentioned it is time for eagles to be laying eggs and how this nest has had eggs for at least the past four years. Bigdog and I went to a movie today in a town south of here, and on the way back I saw a HUGE nest that had to be a bald eagle nest just off I-5, maybe 40 miles south of the one in the newspaper. It is easy to spot the nests right now because the trees have not started to leaf out yet, and the nests are big. So I am pointing at the nest, and Bigdog sees the big bald eagle sitting next to the nest. I totally missed seeing the eagle. LOL. And that reminded me to go check on Star and Spirit on the eaglecam (Kent, WA, the one we all watched so avidly last year), but I forgot to do it before it got dark tonight. So I did the next best thing. I went to the message board where people who watch the nest post. http://pub22.bravenet.com/forum/1841773557/ And several people at the message board were reporting that Star has laid an egg tonight!!!!!! About 5:30 p.m. board time. Yay! Isn't that exciting! Yay spring!
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Mygetaway
Member
08-23-2000
| Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - 2:38 am
Yey!! Can't wait to check it out tomorrow.. Thanks Juju..
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - 10:01 am
Haven't seen the egg yet, but here is a picture on an eagle looking like it is sitting on an egg in that nest:

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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - 10:06 am
NE eagle is still sitting amid a nest full of snow. It breaks my heart, but what a wonderful mother!
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Mygetaway
Member
08-23-2000
| Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - 1:03 pm
Not sure, but is this the egg at the feet of Star/Spirit?

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Mygetaway
Member
08-23-2000
| Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - 2:32 pm
 
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - 2:52 pm
MGA, that is just bizarre. Look at the photo I just came here to post!!!

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Mygetaway
Member
08-23-2000
| Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - 3:53 pm
LOL Juju... I was sad to see that Star had to leave the nest... But it look's like they are both "home" right now. I really hope Spirit has learned some more fathering techniques this season!
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Reiki
Member
08-12-2000
| Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - 4:14 pm
I hope Star and Spirit's eggs are able to make it through this time. It is sad to see the NU eagle sitting in all that snow. Poor thing. And there is more coming. Hoping for the best.
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Hippyt
Member
09-10-2001
| Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - 4:36 pm
I thought this is cute. Hope some angry eagles don't wake the little bear up! Bear Hibernating In Eagle's Nest POSTED: 10:52 a.m. EST March 17, 2004 There's a bear hibernating in a tree on the Chippewa Flowage in Wisconsin. Natural resources officials said bears normally hibernate in caves, hollow trees or culverts. But this one is in a bald eagle nest at the top of a 45-foot aspen. A couple snowmobiling in Sawyer County first saw the eagle nest Dec. 31, and thought there was something inside. Jennifer Ehrlichman of Hayward said they returned the next day and her boyfriend climbed up an adjacent tree to snap some photos, determining it was a bear. She notified Department of Natural Resources officials. A retired DNR bear ecologist, Mike Gappa, suspects it's a young animal because they're smaller and more inquisitive than older bears. He said that the animal may have chosen to climb the tree because it had some disturbance on the ground during a previous hibernation. The DNR wildlife supervisor for the Upper Chippewa area, Ken Jonas, is worried that people will find out the bear's exact location and try to wake it up. He noted that it's against the law to disturb a hibernating bear. Entering the den of a bear in hibernation carries a maximum penalty of nine months in jail and a $10,000 fine.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - 11:39 pm
Just checked the eaglecam message board. People there are reporting that Spirit is taking his turn on the egg this year. Yay! And then somebody else asked how you can tell which is which and the reply was: Everyone says that Star is the one with the "V" on her neck. It took we a while to figure out what they meant by that (Duh!), but the "V" is in the front where the white head meets the brown body, there is a "V" shaped spot where the white feathers are missing. And then here is a photo of Star that they say shows the V pretty well:
Edited to add: and then somebody else added this about the "V": Teresa is right, it is a V but we call it an inverted "V". It's not hard to miss, this is what Loraine said about it; Mom Eagle has an inverted "V" under her chin in the white feathered area.
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Cathie
Member
08-16-2000
| Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 1:26 pm
Okay, with the new TVCH format this is the area for nature cams, but the nature I found doesn't involve animals. If there is a more appropriate place, please direct me there. This is a neat webcam for the Aurora Borealis: http://www.aurorawebcam.com/
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 2:07 pm
Thanks to everyone for the updates and thanks to Cathie for posting that link to the aurora site. It's beautiful. I've posted about a couple interesting wildlife cams in the Science & Nature area but don't know if anyone else has looked at them. I'm pretty much the only person who's ever posted there and since I have a knack for killing threads anyway, I don't suppose it ever had much of a chance. (Really don't mean to sound so self-pitying there.)
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 10:04 pm
Calamity, put the URL's for your sites in here.
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Mygetaway
Member
08-23-2000
| Friday, March 19, 2004 - 1:19 pm
Here's a nice shot of the egg and Star I believe.. I think she's waiting for lunch..lol

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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Friday, March 19, 2004 - 2:11 pm
Per Juju2bigdog: National Geographic's Crane Cam Live from Nebraska February 29 - April 17 Witness via remote camera half a million sandhill cranes - and other bird species - descend on the Platte River. Then take in multimedia shows, a photo gallery, and more to learn about one of the world's greatest avian migrations. This cam is only in operation during certain hours of the day. Link Monterey Bay Aquarium Cams Has 6 live cams available for public viewing – Kelp Cam; Penguin Cam; Otter Cam; Outer Bay Cam; Shark Cam; Monterey Bay Cam Link
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Friday, March 19, 2004 - 6:23 pm
Thank you, Calamity, for this link. It is great!
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Lucy
Member
10-08-2002
| Friday, March 19, 2004 - 8:14 pm
I'm not sure if this is the male taking his turn, but I'm worried that the egg isn't being protected enough. I don't remember seeing that much of the egg when Star sits on it.
Edit**-The Kent discussion board says that a second egg was laid around 5:30 this evening. Has anyone seen the second egg?
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Mygetaway
Member
08-23-2000
| Friday, March 19, 2004 - 8:39 pm
Wow... I was watching for that Lucy, but missed it. Hope we'll see tomorrow. Every time I looked today Star was on the egg, no egg showing, except for the time above when I snatched that picture. I did see her get up and do the headstand thing a couple times though (where she looks under herself).. I hope there is a second egg, that would be cool.
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Lucy
Member
10-08-2002
| Friday, March 19, 2004 - 8:41 pm
Hi MGA, It sounds like the discussion board people saw the second egg and that Spirit is mia as usual. I hope everything goes well this year!! Tomorrow morning can't come fast enough.
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Mygetaway
Member
08-23-2000
| Friday, March 19, 2004 - 8:55 pm
Maybe Lorraine at ECHQ will check in with an update.. She's pretty good about answering when she can, and taming them over there when they start to go crazy. (Hope that doesn't sound bad, I don't mean it to be..) That post that Juju copied and brought over here said something about Infra-red, but I guess that would be expecting too much..LOL!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Friday, March 19, 2004 - 9:34 pm
Way to go, Lucy! I was over there checking for the second egg right around 5:30. I must have missed it by minutes! I would say that is Spirit on the egg in the screencap you took today. Yay!!!
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Lucy
Member
10-08-2002
| Friday, March 19, 2004 - 11:44 pm
Talk to you tomorrow!!! Whooohoooo!!!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Saturday, March 20, 2004 - 10:36 am
Lucy and MGA, I haven't been able to find the manual cams for taking pictures this year. I have been doing okay doing printscreens and then cropping out all the extraneous stuff, but it is more complicated. Have y'all found the manual cams? Got a printscreen this morning of Star turning the eggs maybe, but the eggs did not come out clearly enough to be able to tell that's what they are, so not posting. Lots of folks at the message board have seen the two eggs by now, though.
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