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| Chat - Tuesday, March 20, 2012; Today marks the Vernal Equinox | |
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| Artsy Mom | Mar 20 2012, 11:17 AM Post #16 |
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She sure is pretty whoever she is    There is a another  flying around above the nest according to ground observers  Possible confrontation in the near future  She is definitely on high alert!!!
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| Artsy Mom | Mar 20 2012, 11:19 AM Post #17 |
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I don't believe it is possible for a mating to take place in the air...must just have been flying in right together??? 
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| circlescribe | Mar 20 2012, 11:26 AM Post #18 |
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NBG monikered poster on NBG Chat confirmed "there was mating". Maybe supporting it is #3? "Shoebutton" said it was #3 but there's still some doubt.
Edited by circlescribe, Mar 20 2012, 11:35 AM.
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| lmorton2001 | Mar 20 2012, 11:31 AM Post #19 |
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No. the camera guy says they were mating. It happened just before I got there. |
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| Artsy Mom | Mar 20 2012, 11:33 AM Post #20 |
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Those NBG nest alerts are so great  Glad there was a Zoomer to capture all the drama I truly hate the timeouts on this cam Grrrr 
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| Artsy Mom | Mar 20 2012, 11:41 AM Post #21 |
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Video of two 'attacks' at the NBG nest   Video and screencap by Deejay You can see the mating at the beginning of this video took place on a branch, not in the air. |
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| Artsy Mom | Mar 20 2012, 11:50 AM Post #22 |
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Female #4 is back at the nest and she is panting...  Must have been some aerial battles going on 
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| circlescribe | Mar 20 2012, 11:53 AM Post #23 |
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Now Dad's in the nest bowl fluffing as if he didn't fly in boinking the intruder!
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| Artsy Mom | Mar 20 2012, 11:57 AM Post #24 |
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Pa came home for a well deserved rest after all the drama... #4 looks pretty determined to oust all intruders  |
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| circlescribe | Mar 20 2012, 12:05 PM Post #25 |
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Penny, I didn't think of that. I assumed the females were doing the off camera battling. Hope no one was hurt.   It was just weird there was "mating" according to observers. Is that a defense strategey among Eagles too?   #4 does seem fiercely determined to defend her man. Okay, dinner's done and I have to leave this drama for now.
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| Artsy Mom | Mar 20 2012, 12:10 PM Post #26 |
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Watching 'As the Nest Turns' is so much more fun than trying to clean up messy raccoon poop  13,906 watching the drama unfold so I'm not alone  Pa attacking female intruder in the nest....  Screencap Deejay Duane posted a of #4's feet and on his it looks like there is fresh blood on them. I think the dark splotches are from old dried blood.
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| lmorton2001 | Mar 20 2012, 12:21 PM Post #27 |
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| jillers | Mar 20 2012, 12:56 PM Post #28 |
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This IS what will happen when we are forced to work after age 70. http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=19THRdXxmaI |
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| Naturegal | Mar 20 2012, 01:41 PM Post #29 |
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| Artsy Mom | Mar 20 2012, 02:15 PM Post #30 |
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 WCV Black Bear Cub Update   March 20 At about noon today, Black Bear #12-0073 was anesthetized for surgery. Dr. Miranda went up to the bear pen with a pole syringe so that she could inject a sedative into the bear’s thigh. She reports that the bear was very wary of her – and it took a couple of rounds of sedative to get the bear comfortably knocked down. The bear still is not vocalizing — though otherwise is acting like a feisty little bear! Once sedated, the bear was carried down to the hospital, where the veterinary team prepped the area for surgery. Dr. Phil Pickett, a board-certified ophthalmologist at Virginia Tech, drove up today to scrub in on the bear’s eye surgery. Drs. Pickett, Miranda, and Adam report that the surgery went well – the small globe of the bear’s eye was removed and the eyelid was sutured closed. Dr. Pickett will generously be arranging for a histopathology of the bear’s eye for the Wildlife Center – meaning that the tissue will be sampled so that the staff will know if this was a traumatic injury or a congenital issue. The only complication the bear suffered was that once mostly awake post-surgery, the bear’s sutured eye began to bleed – at that point, the fast-acting (and strong) vet staff had to restrain the bear while applying pressure to the area for about 25 minutes. Once the veterinary team was satisfied that the bleeding had stopped, the bear was settled into a large, quiet, dark crate for continued recovery. The bear will move outdoors into the bear den later this evening. The bear’s weighed-in at 14.59 kg today. Warning; Some of these 's may be too much for some.Pics of the Surgery |
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