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Hippyt

Wednesday, May 28, 2003 - 02:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Very cool,myjohnhenry!!!!

Mak1

Wednesday, May 28, 2003 - 03:25 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I followed these peregrine falcons last year. The mother's name is Mariah. There were 2 babies last year, Isis and Freedom. I stared at the empty nest for a few days after they flew away....so hard to let them go <sigh>. This morning I caught a good view of all 5 babies lined up waiting for breakfast to arrive. The discussion board at the site is worth a visit....some VERY serious birders there.

I'm going to peek at the loons now and hope I don't get too involved with them....only so many hours in the day, lol.

<edited to add: The lone egg in the eagles' nest makes me feel sad. I'm glad to have been introduced to this site, though, and hope to see it again next year.>

Tagurit

Wednesday, May 28, 2003 - 03:53 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I have to admit that I too became addicted to this thread. I didn't have much time to post and only lurked for the past week or so but always came to this thread. I am sad to see the one egg left.

I have been having my own bird watching fest at home. lol Every year a bird family makes a nest in one of my hanging baskets. Previous years they left before the eggs ever hatched (broke my heart) but this year they seem to be sticking around and there are 6 eggs in the nest! I haven't been able to get a good look at mom or dad. So I am unable to look up what kind they are.

My only concern - the hanging basket they picked is one we have to pass in order to get out of the house. Do you think we are going to encounter problems when the eggs hatch? I know mommas are protective but I don't want her flying at any of us to hurt us.

Grannyg

Wednesday, May 28, 2003 - 03:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Tag, some red birds built a nest in my Mom's carport and the back door was completely on the other side but Mama still took dives at us everytime we went in or out of the house. Never real close but just enough to make us duck, just in case!!

Grannyg

Thursday, May 29, 2003 - 06:54 am EditMoveDeleteIP
For anyone interested here is a link to some .avi videos that someone on the eagle board posted. I had to right click and download the target and then open up my player and find them for them to play. You can really see Miracle moving about in the last two. Still made me sad but I could never quite pick out Miracle in the nest but in this video you can clearly see movement. I wasn't sure about posting this because of the sadness and yet this thread brought so much joy to my life, I decided to let folks decide for themselves if they wanted to see them.

edit: forgot to add link
Eagle's Nest

Lucy

Thursday, May 29, 2003 - 08:17 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Grannyg, I enjoyed looking at the video clips you found. Thank you..

Myjohnhenry

Friday, May 30, 2003 - 02:25 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
WDFW Eagle Report

This takes you to the official update page and then if you click on "report from Down Under" on that page you get a pop up page from Garry and Lorraine.
The WDFW is in the process of adding an Owl Cam and soon will be adding a Coastal Eagle Cam. :)

Juju2bigdog

Friday, May 30, 2003 - 02:36 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks, MJH!

Kristylovesbb

Friday, May 30, 2003 - 06:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
For those of you that missed my earlier post today (got deleted when the clubhouse had a problem} I was watching the www.nestingeagles.com cam today and ROTFLMAO. The baby eagle spent the entire morning ripping apart the nest, he removed one twig after another. Well when the mother returned she immediatley started repairing the damage and while she was repairing baby was ripping them back out again. This was soooooooo funny. I wish you guys could have observed it.

Juju2bigdog

Friday, May 30, 2003 - 08:40 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
awwww, sounds really cute, Kristylovesbb. I'll try to remember to check it tomorrow when it is light again.

Kristylovesbb

Friday, May 30, 2003 - 11:07 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yes it was very cute Juju, I love watching God's creatures. I used to spend hours and hours every day watching the animals, at the watering holes in Africa, on the Africa cams.

Whoami

Sunday, June 01, 2003 - 03:55 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Just went and visited nestingeagles and NU sites.

On nestingeagles, baby was "in the corner" while mom was picking up the place. Looks like that little bugger was at it again! OK, I know nests are round and technically don't have a corner. But baby was way off to the top side of the screen, just like he'd been put in the corner.

I got to see Mom feed baby on the NU site. First time I've managed to log in and see a baby get fed. Pretty cool.

So, is the Kent nest offically abandoned? Eagles don't migrate, do they? Where have Star and Clueless gone? Will they come back to the nest next year? Or is that one of those "we won't know till next season" things? Hopefully Star is off teaching Clueless how to be an eagle. I can just see her now, "look Bub, if you want to be my mate, here's how it's gonna be...."

It makes me sad to see this thread dropping down the list. We do have NU and NE (nestingeagles) to still talk about. Maybe if a Mod took off the "are we there yet" part of the thread title, it wouldn't be so depressing and detracting to come to this thread? Maybe links to NU and NE at the top of the page, where the pics to Kent nest used to be?

Juju2bigdog

Sunday, June 01, 2003 - 08:21 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Good idea, Whoami, dropping off the Are We There Yet and just leaving Eagle Cam.

I still have never been able to get anything other than a black screen at the NU website. I haven't tried it in a couple days, but I did try it during daylight.

Moderator

Sunday, June 01, 2003 - 08:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
As per normal policy, renaming a thread requires the originator's request. Looking back, that would be Mygetaway. Also, it would be helpful if you could provide the links you would like to see at the top of the thread so they are easier to post there.

Thank you. (22)

Edit to add this suggestion: Perhaps a title such as "Nature Cams" to reflect not only Eagles, but other cameras as well.

Juju2bigdog

Sunday, June 01, 2003 - 08:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Whoa! Hey eagle watchers, new stuff!!!

I just checked the Kent message board, and there is an unofficial update on there from Garry (the homeowner under the nest), dated today:

Hi this is Garry again:

I will probably get in trouble again for posting. Boy did I make a big, big mistake by writing the last letter and putting Pat and Larry when it should have been Jonetta and Larry. I am so sorry for that. Now you see why I am not in the chat room at nights.

Anyway I thought you all would like to know what is happening at the nest. This is not one of Loraine’s Official updates. It is just me, writing to the forum because I like this forum and all the people here. You all have been asking a lot of questions and instead of going to each question in the forum and writing a little answer I thought I would put it all in one message.

First off, what is happing at the nest right now? Last Thursday and Friday Star and her mate where doing some high soaring. That is when they get in to thermals up drafts and do circles and climbing higher and higher. If you watch the movie “The Great American Divide” they state that is how eagles mate. Some books claim that too and yet others say that is just courtship. From what we have seen here this is only done just before mating begins. They have been spending a lot of time close together out on the branch. This is the activity they do just before the eggs laying. Do not get all excited just yet. We have not seen them mate once. I guess we just keep watching. This is all new to us and we really do not have a lot of answers. You all are learning a long with us.

Two: What happen to Patriot? We do not know for sure. All we can tell you is what we have seen here. At or near the end of the nest season last year Patriot was attacked by two eagles at once. They all came crashing down in the yard. Even though all the eagles got up and few off we were not sure if he was hurt. We did not see Patriot for about two weeks and then only for a few days. Please remember these birds are not tagged or marked. When we say Patriot we are referring to a bird with his behaviors. This year a young bird showed up at the nest. He did not have a full white head and tail. He and Star started setting up the nest. Then we did not see him for a couple of days. Then a full white headed male showed up and he started taking over. We watched and he sure had the personality of Patriot. The next thing that happen just before mating started was there was a big fight in the nest between two eagles. They both came crashing down in the yard again and few back up to the nest and fought some more. That was the last time we seen the eagle that acted like Patriot. This new male took over the nest. He is marked with one dark spot on the top of his head. Could this be the first one Star was with at the start. We checked with Jeff and he informed us that Freedom got her final white head and tail all most over night. Now you see why we really have not answered the question of where is Patriot. We do not know.

Could the eggs have been Patriots? We do not believe they were. The fight was before mating began.

And finally am I really sorry for calling Jonetta, Pat? Boy am I every!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ever Sorry
Garry


Here is the link to the message board: http://pub22.bravenet.com/forum/show.php?usernum=1841773557

Ant then this message was posted by either Garry or Lorraine less than an hour ago:

"As many of you may have seen... the remaining unviable egg disappeared (during one of their little squabbles over deliveries of food he brought in, grass was pulled over top of) but this morning it was there again. And once again it's gone! Late this afternoon both Star and mate were doing some renovating and housekeeping & during so, covered the egg with grass and sticks but this time on purpose. "

So ... what I think Garry and Lorriane are saying is there is some possibility we could yet have more eggs this season from this same pair in this same nest.

The fact that they are even still around AND coming to the nest seems to me to be a hopeful thing. Eagles don't normally use a nest for anything other than raising young. They don't normally sleep in it if there are not young or eggs. Last year as soon as the baby eagles flew (August, I think) the nest was empty until March when Star and the male/s returned to mate.

So, lets' be sure to keep this thread alive to remind some one or more of us to go over and check both the nest and the website.

Whoami, to answer your earlier question, yes, they most likely will use this same nest again next year.

Myjohnhenry

Sunday, June 01, 2003 - 09:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I like the suggestion of the title of Nature Cams as I have found some other cams that I am enjoying watching now. There is a really cute one with baby squirrels and I am closely watching the Peregrine Falcons and the Loon too and anxiously awaiting the owl one on WDFW too. The Peregrine Falcon babies (eyeasses) are being banded on Wed.

I keep checking the Kent Eagles, WDFW page and the Forum for info...at least once a day usually.

Myjohnhenry

Sunday, June 01, 2003 - 09:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks Juju :)

Theowl

Sunday, June 01, 2003 - 09:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
HOOO HOOOO????

Lucy

Sunday, June 01, 2003 - 10:39 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks, Juju!!!

Mygetaway

Sunday, June 01, 2003 - 10:42 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Mods (22) please go ahead and change the title of the thread. I was going to suggest it earlier but didn't. I've been offline all/most weekend.
<Renamed Thread - still need links when someone has a moment to compile them. Thanks.> (22)

Mygetaway

Monday, June 02, 2003 - 10:38 am EditMoveDeleteIP
WildWatchCams: (Main Page)
http://www.wa.gov/wdfw/wildwatch/eaglecam/index.html


Northeast Utilities Systems (NU) ((Main Page))
http://www.nu.com/eagles/default.asp

Kent Eagle Forum (Discussion Board about several different wildlife sites)
http://pub22.bravenet.com/forum/show.php?usernum=1841773557

These are the only ones I have right now on my favorites. Maybe someone else can add some more.
As far as I know the new sites at WDFW haven't been added yet.
Also, I know that some people have links for a pony cam too...???

<Thank you Mygetaway. See the top of the thread!> (22)

Whoami

Monday, June 02, 2003 - 02:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Here's the nestingeagles.com cam:

Nesting Eagles
<Thank you, Whoami. It's been added.> (22)

Mygetaway

Monday, June 02, 2003 - 03:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I think this is the same link as Who posted, but it opens in your own player instead of theirs. (MJH posted this one on the previous page)

http://www.eagles.org/eaglecam.htm

(Now it's not working. I think I have a glitch in my player, once I close it, it won't reopen unless I reboot.. so never mind on this link)

Mygetaway

Monday, June 02, 2003 - 03:18 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Let's try this.
Here is a link to the Live Peregrine Falcon Cam. It gives you the option of which Real player version you are using.
((22), Not sure how you want to list this one.)

http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/falcon/video.htm

Myjohnhenry

Monday, June 02, 2003 - 03:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
The Eagles.org link works fine for me...in fact I have been watching mom and eaglet eating a fish. :)