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Lucy
Member

10-08-2002

Tuesday, March 22, 2005 - 8:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Miz, You can find quite a bit of information about the Kent nest from looking at the WildWatchCams(Main Page). I'm thinking they must use a cherry picker to put those cameras up there...if you find out let me know! Just wait until the eaglets hatch next month, that's when it gets really exciting!!http://www.wdfw.wa.gov/wildwatch/eaglecam/index.html

Wendo
Member

08-07-2000

Wednesday, March 23, 2005 - 7:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Aw, they laid two this year. That's great.

Three eaglets to look forward too! Yeah!

Mizinvanccouver
Member

02-22-2003

Thursday, March 24, 2005 - 3:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm not sure if anyone has seen this yet, but it's pretty cool.

THE BIRTH OF A HUMMINGBIRD
This is truly amazing. Be sure to click on NEXT PAGE at the bottom of each page; there are 5 pages in all. A lady in CA found a hummingbird nest and got pictures all the way from the egg to leaving the nest. Took 24 days from birth to flight. Because you'll probably never in your lifetime see this again, enjoy; and please share.
http://community-2.webtv.net/hotmail.com/verle33/HummingBirdNest

(I didn't know they would eat each other??)

Ophiliasgrandma
Member

09-04-2001

Thursday, March 24, 2005 - 5:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
They don't. Most likely a jay, crow or some other nest raider got it.

Ophiliasgrandma
Member

09-04-2001

Saturday, April 02, 2005 - 10:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    

This is the first time I've ever seen both eagles in the nest at the same time.

Their lone baby should hatch either today or tomorrow.

Skootz
Member

07-23-2003

Saturday, April 02, 2005 - 10:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
OG, is this the Kent Eagle #1 or #2? I have been watching Kent #1 and there are 2 eggs there. when are they due? I saw 2 Eagles there this morning just as the father was leaving the mother then went back and laid on the eggs.

Also, earlier this week, another eagle came to the nest and ate a piece of meet that the Kent eagle had probably gotten earlier. there was quite a rukus between the 2 of them. I am not sure if it was the father or not as the mother was quite angry.

Ophiliasgrandma
Member

09-04-2001

Saturday, April 02, 2005 - 1:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Skootz, my eagles are the NW Utility eagles back east somewhere.

Ophiliasgrandma
Member

09-04-2001

Saturday, April 02, 2005 - 1:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
...Barton Island, Mass.

Skootz
Member

07-23-2003

Sunday, April 03, 2005 - 8:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
What is the link OG to your eagles..would love to see the birth

Ophiliasgrandma
Member

09-04-2001

Sunday, April 03, 2005 - 9:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Skootz, it is at the top of this page.

Skootz
Member

07-23-2003

Sunday, April 03, 2005 - 10:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks..how dumb can I be...just so many to watch..Now I have that one streaming and have the owl and kent eagle I am watching. These are addicting..but so cool to be able to watch

Ophiliasgrandma
Member

09-04-2001

Saturday, April 09, 2005 - 9:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    


We finally have a baby today. I'd truly given up hope as this chick is several days late.

This is the NW Utilities nest.

Skootz
Member

07-23-2003

Saturday, April 09, 2005 - 2:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I just saw the mom fix up the nest and I could see the little guy. He/she is standing up and moving head around etc. So cute.


Ophiliasgrandma
Member

09-04-2001

Saturday, April 09, 2005 - 4:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I am so excited to see it turned out to be a successful nest. The egg was actually 4-5 days late hatching. Whew! I was so relieved to see that baby. I'm considering myself an honorary auntie.

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Saturday, April 09, 2005 - 9:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Good work, Auntie OG!

Ophiliasgrandma
Member

09-04-2001

Sunday, April 10, 2005 - 11:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    


As you can see, my little neice/nephew is sitting up begging today.

Halfunit
Moderator

09-02-2001

Sunday, April 10, 2005 - 11:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
OG, your niecephew is adorable! I'm so glad it hatched!

Eeyoreslament
Member

07-20-2003

Sunday, April 10, 2005 - 12:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Next thing you know, it will be asking to borrow the car....go out on dates....money for college....

Ophiliasgrandma
Member

09-04-2001

Sunday, April 10, 2005 - 12:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well, what's an auntie for any way?

Ophiliasgrandma
Member

09-04-2001

Monday, April 11, 2005 - 1:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    


Too cute, the whole family.

Skootz
Member

07-23-2003

Monday, April 11, 2005 - 1:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
How sweet is that...just got a still pic of the Kent Eagle...no babies yet...I am getting impatient lol

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Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Monday, April 11, 2005 - 3:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Good capture, Skootz.

Yippeedoodle, look what I just found out at pandacam:


quote:

BLACK-AND-WHITE INFO: Panda viewing at the SBC Giant Panda Research Station is 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. . . . For the second time in the San Diego Zoo’s history, two adult giant pandas have naturally mated! (See video) With the successful pairing of Gao Gao and Bai Yun, researchers are optimistic about conception. Over the next several months Bai Yun’s behavior and hormone levels will be monitored; however, pregnancy will not be determined until just days before she gives birth.

Based on physiological monitoring, researchers believe Bai Yun began ovulating April 7. The next morning she was completely receptive to Gao Gao’s mating attempts, and they successfully mated at about 10:15 a.m. April 8.

Since female giant pandas go into estrus for only two or three days a year, the opportunity for successful mating is very limited. Researchers have been carefully observing both the male and female pandas’ behavior. As a result, Gao Gao and Bai Yun are off exhibit to the public. However, panda youngster Mei Sheng is on exhibit and can be seen on Panda Cam (below).




I LOVED the baby panda two years ago. And the one before that, of course, which just had her own twins in China. The baby panda is unbelievably tiny when it is born.

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Monday, April 11, 2005 - 3:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Here is more and some duplicate information from the pandacam website:

quote:

“We may have additional matings over the weekend,” said Don Lindburg, Ph.D., San Diego Zoo’s giant panda conservation team leader. “Although we cannot guarantee a pregnancy, the proven fertility of our adult pair provides hope for a birth later this year.”

In 2003, shortly after he arrived from China, Gao Gao was matched with Bai Yun. Their mating resulted in the birth of a male giant panda cub, Mei Sheng, in August 2003. The cub was Bai Yun’s second offspring. She gave birth to Hua Mei - the first giant panda cub to survive more than four days in the United States - in August 1999 after being artificially inseminated. Hua Mei has since been sent to China where she gave birth to twins last year.

Based on physiological monitoring, researchers believe Bai Yun began ovulating Thursday night. On Friday morning she was completely receptive to Gao Gao’s mating attempts, and they successfully mated about 10:15 a.m. The pair were brought together Saturday morning and again mated successfully.

Since female giant pandas go into estrus for only two or three days a year, the opportunity for successful mating is very limited. Researchers have been carefully observing both the male and female pandas’ behavior. Additionally, the panda team has been monitoring Bai Yun’s hormone levels through urine samples.

During this time, the pandas are very closely monitored by researchers. As a result, Gao Gao and Bai Yun are off exhibit to the public. However, Mei Shung is on exhibit.

The 100-acre San Diego Zoo is operated by the not-for-profit Zoological Society of San Diego. The Zoological Society, dedicated to the conservation of endangered species and their habitats, engages in conservation and research work around the globe. The Zoological Society also manages the 1,800-acre San Diego Zoo’s Wild Animal Park (more than half of which has been set aside as protected native species habitat) and the department of Conservation and Research for Endangered Species (CRES), and is working to establish field stations in five key ecological areas worlwide.




Ophiliasgrandma
Member

09-04-2001

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 9:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hear ye, hear ye one and all. The NE eagle has been named by his loving auntie. From this day forward he shall be called ALEXANDER.

Skootz
Member

07-23-2003

Thursday, April 14, 2005 - 6:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ok, I am getting impatient here with the Kent Eagle..would you eggs hatch already. But, if you look at this picture I got this morning, I wonder who is being more impatient lol
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