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Chat - Monday April 9, 2012; What Exciting Eagle News Will We Have Today!
Topic Started: Apr 9 2012, 03:26 AM (623 Views)
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Actually - clicking on the "X" above will take you directly to the 2012 Nest Adoption Topic where you can learn about the many ways that you can help the Channel Island Eagles AND how to be a part of the drawings to distribute the nest packages ! See ya there
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Are you a well dressed Cruzer? If you purchase one (or all) of the above IWS items - you can be well dressed - share with the world IWS - AND earn credit for the 2012 Nest Adoption Challenge, qualifying you for the drawing at the end in June!

Place your order today! (or tomorrow, or Friday) :)^

Thanks for your support!

Click on the hoodie above to learn how you can order your IWS gear!
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SEQUOYAH....EAGLETS HAVING A DISCUSSION OF WHEN TO FLEDGE  :<<o>>: ........

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Good morning! Well done on your promo, Deb! I think the 'egg' I remember the most is Limuw's. It was an extremely windy night with K26 hunkered down to protect her egg, we were all so worried, and then he hatched on such a sunny, beautiful morning. All those eagle eggs are making a big difference on the Channel Islands.

The eaglets are growing up so fast, Carole. What a difference in a week. Thanks for spending the time to post and share the changes with us.
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The whales are breaching like crazy off the coast of Maui. Here is a photo taken by Monica and Michael Sweet on Easter Sunday morning. It was posted by the Pacific Whale Foundation. Robert wants to return at this time of year so he can get some breaching pictures.

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Whooper Update:There hasn't been any news about the nine members of the ultralight Class of 2011. They must still be at the Wheeler Refuge in Alabama.

This is a recent article by Joe Duff explaining how the chicks from the breeding facilities will be distributed this year.

There are five breeding centers for Whooping cranes around North America. The largest is the USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Maryland, followed by the International Crane Foundation in Wisconsin. There is also the Calgary Zoo in Alberta, Canada, the San Antonio Zoo in Texas, and the Audubon Center for Research of Endangered Species in New Orleans, known to us as ACRES.

Each year around this time the Flock Managers of these facilities get very busy as the breeding season begins. They use natural pair bonding as well as artificial insemination to ensure proper genetic coupling.

There were only three breeding females in the flock back in the 1940's when only 15 Whooping cranes were left in the world. That bottleneck limited the amount of genetic material available. In order to keep track of that tenuous lineage, each pairing and hatch is recorded in the Whooping Crane Stud Book.

Within the captive flock there are birds that breed well and produce many eggs each season. There is a great advantage to prolific parents, but it does not take long before their offspring begin to dominate the population. The more birds produced by one pair and released into the wild, the greater chance of sibling pairing.

This time of year the Flock Managers and the Co-Chair of the Whooping Crane Recovery Team conference on a call each Monday afternoon. That is when the crystal ball comes out and Flock Managers try to predict how many eggs their charges will produce.


This year, based on those predictions, the Recovery Team expects the five breeding centers to produce approximately 56 fertile eggs. There is also a possibility of collecting another ten eggs from nests at Necedah for a total of 66 eggs.

On average, about 75 percent of the eggs produced in captivity are fertile, and 75 percent of those actually result in chicks ready to be sent out for release. So, if all the guesswork is accurate, and nothing untoward happens, there should be 37 birds available this season.

37 may seem like a lot of chicks, but there are a number of uses for them. The non-migratory population in Louisiana is beginning its third season and the Recovery Team has assigned that reintroduction a minimum of eighteen chicks for 2012. A minimum of twelve have been allocated to the ultralight-led program, and a minimum of six allocated to the Direct Autumn Release (DAR) method.


For several years a Parent Reared study has been proposed by WCEP. By this method chicks would be raised at Patuxent, but rather than collecting the eggs for incubation, they would be raised by their parents. They would be moved to Wisconsin in the fall and released like DAR birds with older Whooping cranes. That project has been allocated four birds this year.

In addition to all of this, there are genetic hold backs. If any birds with more uncommon lineage are produced from parents that are not as prolific as others, they will be held back to ensure those blood lines are protected in the captive population.

If you have been doing the math along the way, you will realize those numbers add up to 40 chicks, not including potential holdbacks. That is three more than the expected total production, so you can see that the egg allocation calls are critical to everyone.

Cross your fingers for a good breeding season.
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cheryl how beautiful the whales are - our first trip to SC on the boat we came across whales WOW luvluvluv

wow what great info on the cranes - I'll digest it better a bit later today when I have more time

however - this jumped out at me "There were only three breeding females in the flock back in the 1940's when only 15 Whooping cranes were left in the world. " what a sad time indeed .... so glad to know it's moving forward but the patience and work it takes to keep it moving in the right direction - thanks Cheryl for taking us on this journey
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Happy Easter Monday Cruzers

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Woke up to :flk: :flk: :flk: ... just a dusting but still :blink:
The high for today will be -1C/23F with more of the same for tomorrow  :wacko:

Hope your Spring day will be a lot warmer :D
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Wow Cheryl that breeching whale looks so prehistoric in that :clk: Must be the barnacles!!!

Thanks for the Whooping Crane information too :chk:
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Apr 9 2012, 06:15 AM
Cross your fingers for a good breeding season.
It does sound like the whooper program is making progress.
Fingers crossed for a good and easy breeding season.

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Great post this morning Deb.
I need to update my membership and gift a T-shirt to DH. :ok:
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Happy Passover from TZVI. Jerusalem Israel
Tzvi eating matza with chocolate spread.


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<::: Norfolk Nest Update

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:clk: for video (:20) Screencap by Deejay

Female #4 did visit the nest and also perched on the love branch for a short time earlier this morning.
DT #3 hasn't been back to the nest since she flew off last night just before #4 arrived back.

Poor Pa he is probably getting fed up with the musical chairs female  :<<o>>: visits :huh:
He seems to prefer DT so I hope #4 leaves again soon :<::
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norfolk is giving me a headache :P poor dad .... ;)
topa what a cute cap <3
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Topa I <3 Nutella too :Yum: :Yum: :Yum:

Carole I always feel so bad when the Carolina ^"^ are taken away to the hacktowers. I wish they would leave them with Derek and Savanah for even two weeks longer :'(

Cute caption for Sequoyah eaglets. Love the littlest flatlet on the Decorah nests :chk:

I was watching the Sauces cam for a bit yesterday and it was 'up periscope' :^: constantly while both parents were on the nest. Almost looked like a little alien life form rofl
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