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Chat - Tuesday August 4, 2009; Another Lazy Summer Day ......
Topic Started: Aug 4 2009, 03:52 AM (387 Views)
Harpo516
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eaglepedia revisited

January 28, 2007

Immature eagles have a proportionately larger wing and tail to body ratio than adults which make them more adapted for soaring. The immature easily soars in the thermals and updrafts, searching for columns of adult eagles which will lead them to food sources, mostly carrion. Adults are able to flap their shorter wings faster than the younger eagles, covering 32 miles in an hour. The adult is also more efficient in hunting live prey.

"Field Guide to the Bald Eagle"



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May 3, 2007

The eagle's large wings are made for soaring but can make landing and takeoff a bit difficult (as witnessed on the nests that we watch). The grace of an adult arriving into a perch takes long practice. Observing a newly fledged eagle in the air can give real appreciation as to what an adult eagle has achieved. They will normally face the wind to maneuver for a landing while an eaglet may try landing with the wind behind it only to discover that he has too much momentum to land successfully. Instead of land, he may fly on or lose his grasp and fall or may hang on but not be able to keep his balance, ending upside down like a bat!

"The Bald Eagle"

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Hit the brakes ............................................................................... HIT THE BRAKES! ... Oops!

WE girls landing almost at the same time - on top of each other - right off the back of the nest they go - 8/3/09 - Cumbrian

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DISCLAIMER: Information here has been gathered in good faith from the internet and cannot be guaranteed to be totally accurate.
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lookinig for an update on the Topa family! so exciting......
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<::: Buddy Update: July 27, 2009

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Buddy in the large outdoor flight pen in June

The Center’s veterinary team examined #08-887. At this point, the eagle is not having difficulty eating, and additional dremmeling/trimming is not necessary. The eagle continues to be housed in one of the Center’s outdoor pens.
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HORNBY'S HOPE......................................................................................NORFOLK'S AZALEA.............

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SAANICH'S TINY TINK IN OLD NEST..........................................................TINY TINK IN NEW NEST...................

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MAINE ADULT WITH EAGLETS...........................................................OKLAHOMA EAGLE FAMILY WITH SOONER..........

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Braveheart is flying regularly now. Next she'll be.....................MA HORNBY WAITING FOR HOPE....
working on her fishing skills before she migrates
to South America in September.
Edited by Naturegal, Aug 4 2009, 05:54 AM.
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Topa Topa Hikers
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The Israeli Topa Hikers arrived safely in Boston yesterday.

They had a three hour delay in Philly that caused a family
meltdown my son said making the intire trip 17 hours.
Should have only been 14 hours.

The little boys showed their Boston Nana their swimming skills in her pool.

Everyone is exhausted but happy they made the trip.. :D

Only 10 more days until they are with us..

I talked to Boston Nana too and she said that I'm not going to want to let them go.. <3
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Julia, My DD future MIL is planning an engagement party for the kids.

She made this invitation. I blocked out the address ect. Isn't it cute. :D

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Topa - What an adorable invitation, very original and looks like it is going to be a fun party. :**: :**:
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Julia is fun, I'll have to invite her to a Cruzer event. She'll fit right in.. :D

She is an artist and childrens book author...
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Artsy Mom
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So glad to hear your family arrived safe and sound Cathy :)^ Phew...17 hours is an eternity with all those young children cooped up on a plane :o

What a cute Engagement Party Invitation :clk: :clk: :clk: please :D

The end of Eagleland for the season :'( :'( :'(
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Since we are going to be making a trip down to Minneapolis soon, I thought it would be great to stop in at the University of Minnesota Raptor Center while we are there. They have an up-close experience with live raptors which is presented from 1-2 pm every Saturday and Sunday. We hope to be able to get reservations for that one :D

In March there was a story about a Golden Eagle which The Raptor Center rehabilitated and outfitted with a transmitter before releasing it into the wild.

Whitey the Golden Eagle

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Researchers are tracking a golden eagle found in southwestern Wisconsin to learn if this western bird is broadening its range.

By Jim Williams, Special to the Star Tribune

Last update: July 7, 2009 - 1:13 PM

A golden eagle from the prairies of southeastern Minnesota and neighboring Wisconsin is taking some researchers on an Arctic adventure.
Golden eagles are relatively unknown in Minnesota, infrequently seen, counted in small numbers and for a long time thought to be lone wanderers from the west.

These huge brown birds do winter here, however. They hunt for prey on the steep grassy slopes in the driftless area. Any given winter, about five dozen golden eagles cross the Mississippi River from Minnesota to Wisconsin and back.

Goldens are essentially birds of western North America. They nest all the way up to the Arctic coast in Alaska and Canada. Their range maps show nothing along the western edge of Hudson Bay. But that's where Whitey is.

Whitey is the name given to a golden eagle by Scott Mehus, education director of the National Eagle Center in Wabasha, Minn. Mehus kept seeing a light-headed bird in a Wisconsin valley. He called it Whitey. When Wisconsin game officers delivered an injured golden eagle to Mehus last November, he knew he was looking at the bird he'd nicknamed.

Whitey's timing was perfect. Mehus and Mark Martell of Audubon Minnesota had been trying to trap a golden so they could attach a radio transmitter to it. They wanted to know where goldens that winter in Minnesota and Wisconsin go in the spring, where they summer and possibly nest. Their efforts to trap a golden eagle failed. It was a leg-hold trap set for a coyote that caught the bird. And that's how Whitey came to be the most studied golden eagle in this part of the country.

If and when Whitey settles down this summer, Canadian game researchers will try to find him. Project participants -- including the Department of Natural Resources in Minnesota and Wisconsin, the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge and Audubon Minnesota -- want to know what he's doing up there, and if he's doing it with other goldens.

It's possible that other goldens are breeding there, although probably not Whitey, because he got a late start this year.

"Ideally, we want to track a nesting pair of eagles to learn if they stay together during the winter," Mehus said. "We'd like to prove that they have nesting territories in that part of Canada. They're not known to nest there."

http://www.raptor.cvm.umn.edu/
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Harpo516
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topa glad to hear all have arrived safely (I'm sure a bit tired) WOO HOO

how cute is that invitation!

some years ago we had friends getting married and I'm all about the unusual if I can - so......... we knew they were taking their boat to Block Island for their honeymoon - I put together a basket with romantic items (wine, snacks, candles, etc.) and a little poem (part I) - shipped it to her home prior to the wedding so it could be put on the boat (to be opened on the boat)

THEN while away, I sent Part II which included a gift certificate to Home Depot (he was remodeling their home and knew it would be handy) and included something else more geared toward her! and of course the rest of the poem ............. to be waiting for them when they got home!

It was great fun - real personal - and enjoyed by all!

Such a fun and exciting time!
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OK I'm tired of being at work - want to go back to the mountains! :**:

It is quiet but that usually means that now I should focus on things that I let sit for time to file, etc.! rofl well now it's that time and I still don't want to do that work ....... :'(
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<::: FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WANT TO VISIT THE NESTS AND FORUMS OF EAGLELAND, HERE ARE THE LINKS
TO THE WEBSITES. JUST REMEMBER TO CLICK ON THE MOST RECENT PAGE IN THE FORUMS TO GET THE LATEST UPDATES.


BLACKWATER OSPREY CAM

http://www.friendsofblackwater.org/camhtm.html

DELTA CLOSE UP CAM

http://www.hancockwildlifechannel.org/stat...eUpCameraStream

DELTA FORUM
http://discuss.hancockwildlifechannel.org/...=3468&start=225

OWL REHABILITATION (WHERE BANDIT IS)
http://discuss.hancockwildlifechannel.org/...2887&start=1375

HORNBY WIDE ANGLE CAM

http://www.hancockwildlifechannel.org/stat...080302140549584

HORNBY FORUM

http://discuss.hancockwildlifechannel.org/...958&start=17875

MAINE II CAM

http://www.briloon.org/watching-wildlife/eagle-cam2.php

MAINE II FORUM

http://hostingphpbb.com/forum/viewforum.ph...3be2f06e4047050

NCTC LIVE CAM
http://www.myoutdoortv.com/explore-the-u.s./eagle-cam.html

NCTC FORUM
http://discuss.hancockwildlifechannel.org/...=3034&start=525

NORFOLK CAM
http://www.wvec.com/cams/eagle.html

NORFOLK FORUM
http://discuss.hancockwildlifechannel.org/...3032&start=2275

OKLAHOMA NEST (WAITING FOR REPAIRS)
http://www.suttoncenter.org/eaglecam.html

OKLAHOMA FORUM

http://discuss.hancockwildlifechannel.org/...=3021&start=600

OREGON CAM (WAITING FOR REPAIRS)
http://www.fs.fed.us/outdoors/naturewatch/eaglecam.html

OREGON FORUM

http://hostingphpbb.com/forum/viewtopic.ph...570&mforum=tdbc

SAANICH/SYDNEY NEW NEST
http://www.hancockwildlifechannel.org/stat...090302200021473

SAANICH/SYDNEY OLD NEST

http://www.hancockwildlifechannel.org/stat...007090415012370

SAANICH/SYDNEY FORUM

http://discuss.hancockwildlifechannel.org/...389&start=14650
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