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| Chat - Friday June 5, 2009; WE Banding Today | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jun 5 2009, 03:27 AM (455 Views) | |
| Harpo516 | Jun 5 2009, 03:27 AM Post #1 |
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Eaglepedia Revisited January 23, 2008 Young eagles often seem larger than adults and in fact, they are. Although their skeletal size is similar, young eagles have longer wing and tail feathers than adults, which gives them different aerodynamic properties more conducive to soaring on thermal air currents and to a nomadic lifestyle. Unlike adults which hold territories, juveniles are not tied to a particular area and wander more. As an eagle matures, it swings become shorter and narrower, and its tail becomes shorter with each successive molt. http://www.evostc.state.ak.us/Universal/Do...N_baldeagle.pdf ![]() The adult plumage on the left is not attained until at least 5 years of age. Juveniles have an all-brown plumage (right) which takes on a blotchy appearance as the birds mature and gradually replace feathers during molt each summer. By the time an eagle is four years old, it is almost indistinguishable from an adult but retains some brown spots on the tail and head. Visit Eaglepedia DISCLAIMER: Information here has been gathered in good faith from the internet and cannot be guaranteed to be totally accurate. |
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| Harpo516 | Jun 5 2009, 03:37 AM Post #2 |
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For the very latest in cam links since Dr Sharpe may have to change the online camera feed provider - you can always check at:![]() Click on photo above and in the upper left hand is an eagle head - roll your mouse over it and you'll see Eagle Nest Cams - Click (this is where you'll find Twin Rock Nest link) or IWS Eagle Forum Eagle Cam Page Click on either link and be in the know! |
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| Harpo516 | Jun 5 2009, 03:39 AM Post #3 |
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World Environment Day
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| Harpo516 | Jun 5 2009, 03:47 AM Post #4 |
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Have you sent in your donation yet - June 15 is fast approaching - the IWS 2009 Nest Adoption Challenge will be ending soon - you gotta play to win! One of the prizes to be distributed to the participants of the NAC is a tour of Catalina with one of the IWS biologists - visiting nests and looking for eagles! ![]()
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| Harpo516 | Jun 5 2009, 04:00 AM Post #5 |
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Name The West End Chicks ![]() Is you name Flapper - nope - Is it Flyer - nope - well what is it? Hmmm, I don't have a name - yet! Come on Cruzers - some great names have been suggested for the upcoming WE Name The Chicks polls - have you added your thoughts? You still have time .... Click on the Title above and go there!
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| Naturegal | Jun 5 2009, 04:40 AM Post #6 |
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.........................................GOOD MORNING FROM EAGLELAND ![]() DECORAH .........................................................................DELTA STAY SAFE LITTLE ONE ![]() HORNBY ..........................................................................................MAINE II ................. ![]() OKLAHOMA ............................................................................OREGON ...................![]() SAANICH "3 EAGLETEERS"............... |
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| Harpo516 | Jun 5 2009, 04:48 AM Post #7 |
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Love the Oklahoma capture this AM Carole! |
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| Topa Topa Hikers | Jun 5 2009, 04:48 AM Post #8 |
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Institute for Wildlife Studies Bald Eagle Cams We thank those who diligently watch our eagle live cameras and post nest observations all throughout the day. The main purpose of our cameras is to help us monitor the nests without having to travel to the actual sites, which are very remote. This allows us to monitor the population and the other nests that are even more remote and have to be physically checked by us. ![]() If you have not watched our cameras yet, now is the time to start watching! By becoming a Supporting Member* of the Institute for Wildlife Studies you help sustain our efforts to study and restore wildlife populations around the world. Become an IWS Supporting Member http://www.iws.org/bald_eagles/new_donation_page.htm Learn More About Becoming an IWS Member. You can now join online and spread your dues out over 12 months. http://www.iws.org/bald_eagles/new_donation_page.htm Edited from IWS |
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| Naturegal | Jun 5 2009, 05:34 AM Post #9 |
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Jeanne - Thank you for your sponsorship of the TH and WE nests today in memory of your sister Linda ![]()
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| Naturegal | Jun 5 2009, 05:41 AM Post #10 |
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Deb - Thanks, there's something to be said about a wideangle camera, you get a great perspective of what's going on. |
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| Topa Topa Hikers | Jun 5 2009, 06:10 AM Post #11 |
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It's raining, it's pouring, the old man is snoring! PH Nest
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| peetie | Jun 5 2009, 07:09 AM Post #12 |
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heeeeeey cruzers......good morning to you.... here it is almost dinnertime..... have a nice day |
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| Topa Topa Hikers | Jun 5 2009, 07:20 AM Post #13 |
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Hi Peetie, Time for me to get ready for work.It's 8:20 am for me..
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| Artsy Mom | Jun 5 2009, 07:25 AM Post #14 |
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PeepsHope we all have a great banding day to view. Regarding the Delta nest, this is what David Hancock is going to do to try to prevent another tragedy.....Delta 1 Update: June 4/09 What a dilemma! This nest is in a sad state of repair -- or non-repair. How to best save the remaining chick is the challenge. Background: This is the nest that produced two young last year - 2008. One chick fledged normally and the other fledged - or more likely fell out of the nest - about a week early and was rescued, after notification by our viewers, by Bev Day of OWL. The happy ending was that the OWL team rehabilitated the bird successfully and it was later released with full ceremonial colors. Most of the 2008 viewers will recall that the incident that probably prompted the early fledging was the collapse of the north-west face of the nest structure. Almost 1/2 the nest had simply rotted and fell off the supportive cottonwood branch. The remains of the nest, about 1/2 the surface area was all that was left for the 2009 season. This 2009 Seson: As we watched the various pairs of eagles in the region move back into their territories in the fall of 2008, many initiating rebuilding their nests that fall, and then undertake more nest building activities through winter and even more intensively in January and February, this Delta 1 nest had no adults present. We concluded that the Delta 1 pair had not returned. It was then that we moved the encoder from the Delta 1 landowner's shed and installed it at OWL. As you know we were wrong. Several of our viewers, including Bev Day, Karen and I, saw the Delta 1 adult sitting on the nest on April 4. It was then the logical happening for us, once the OWL bald eagle pair failed to hatch their young, to move the Delta OWL encoder back to Delta 1 where it had been in 2008. The surprising event was not just seeing Delta 1 brooding but she was doing so on a nest base that had not been added to that fall or spring. The female simply laid her eggs on the remains of the 2008 season's nest. The first tragedy was the landowner then finding one of her eggs on the ground. This was a couple of weeks before replacing the encoder in the building and hooking up to the cable. Then as you know we were delighted to find two more eggs in the nest, both of which hatched. Then today's tragedy. One chick fell off the nest rim. Surprisingly when we spoke to Bev this afternoon she said the chick had fallen off the eastern side on the road edge. This was the better side in terms of a natural structure. However, on reviewing the nest from the ground today, it is still apparent that the parents have not added any meaningful amount of new materials to the west side that had fallen or sheared off. So now what? We, by law, cannot go and rescue the chick. Furthermore I would not enter the nest as in further review with the landowner today shows his great love of having the nest there. And of course my assessment is that by going into the nest we will cause the birds to abandon the site for next year. So between the law and the landowners wishes we are not going into the nest. Another option does seem possible and I gather several people have proposed some version of what I have decided to do after today's detailed review at the site. I have just assembled the materials to assemble a "catch net" around the tree base. If the other chick should prematurely fall, hopefully this net will break its fall and Bev will be there in minutes. It is interesting how the first phone call Bev got this AM was from an Arizona member -- thank you. The sad part is that the chick's fall had killed it. Hopefully tomorrow we will construct this 'catch basin. We will not be entering the nest or even be close to the nest. Our efforts will not endanger the nest or nest tree or, I believe, increase the parent eagles' concerns as we will be well below the nest. Every day many people go to this nest and stare up at the parents and young. Once the chick is fully feathered and ready to fly we will remove this emergency support. This will be a good compromise. We will not be entering the nest and performing any alarming acts to disturb the birds any more than the eagles seeing any one of many daily visitors. Let's hope the net is not necessary. If it is let's hope it works. Cheers David Hancock |
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| Artsy Mom | Jun 5 2009, 07:29 AM Post #15 |
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Here is HK before he fledged when the youngest eaglet was returned to the nest at Norfolk.....![]() ![]() Both images by Henry Lapo |
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Hi Peetie, Time for me to get ready for work.



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