Sitting on a log in the river in my backyard this morning...
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TidalWave
Professional
Whoa !!!
Nice ! Talk about majestic - hard to beat an eagle !
Boomturtle
Operator
Nice of Freedom to stop by for a visit
jumpinjoe
Hellcat
Since we're on the topic of Eagles, go here to see a real live, real time eagle nest with mama eagle sitting on 3 eggs. I may have seen 4 once when she stood to turn around, but not sure. I've been watching them for a couple weeks now but I don't know when they started sitting, so I don't know when to expect a hatch. Gestation time I think is a little more than a month, so we should be getting pretty close.
Click on the link, it will take you to a 'Youtube' site advertising the eagles, scroll down till you see the still picture of the 2 eagles at the nest. Click on the 'start video' icon to start the real live, real time bird watch. I think you'll like it !!! Let us know what you think.
Link:
www.zoomiami.org
Click on the link, it will take you to a 'Youtube' site advertising the eagles, scroll down till you see the still picture of the 2 eagles at the nest. Click on the 'start video' icon to start the real live, real time bird watch. I think you'll like it !!! Let us know what you think.
Link:
Bald Eagle Cam | Zoo Miami
Enjoy our intimate window into the world of these majestic raptors through the Zoo Miami Bald Eagle Cam. Contact us with any questions!
www.zoomiami.org
BET7
Ronin
Looks like you got photobombed by the Loch Ness monster there Bob-OAwesome. You have a river in your backyard too ?
Water was about 36' higher than normal, but there is something beautiful in the pic. My wife, with her plastic boyfriend.
Keystone19250
SAINT
Being heavily involved in Raptor Rescue for over 35 years it never gets old being around these majestic birds. They are truly the kings and queens of the sky.
With a rescue success rate close to 75% I’ve been so fortunate to spend so much time up close and personal with Eagles, they are a bird that have no quit in them.
With a rescue success rate close to 75% I’ve been so fortunate to spend so much time up close and personal with Eagles, they are a bird that have no quit in them.
Jfal
Professional
With humor fully intended, don't they call bald eagles "dumpster chickens" in some parts of Alaska?
Keystone19250
SAINT
All raptors are carnivores and will eat already dead animals which is why they can be poisoned when eating something that was killed from poison.With humor fully intended, don't they call bald eagles "dumpster chickens" in some parts of Alaska?
To Those using that term I’ll just consider the source.
I’ve had nothing but incredible interaction with birds of prey that I’ve gone out to rescue. They realize very quickly I’m there to help them and never attempted to hurt me.
Keystone19250
SAINT
As I mentioned in another thread I went out on a rescue of an adult Bald Eagle when I lived in Connecticut, the bird was horribly tangled in a snow fence, it took me about an hour to cut it loose, after that we sat side by side in the snow for two hours while it regained its strength. During that time I had an assistant bring me raw chicken and water which I fed the bird by hand. The majestic nature of that bird was incredible and humbling. When it finally was ready to go it looked me square in the eyes as if to thank me, when it flew off I cried like a baby.
Something I’ll never forget.
Something I’ll never forget.
javbike
Hellcat
Boy that is an amazing experience I have tears in my eyes reading that one
jumpinjoe
Hellcat
Back in msg#11 on Dec 24, 2021, I posted a link to a live cam website of an Eagle's nest with 3 eggs in it and a female sitting them. Well, don't know how many if any went to look, but since then all three have hatched. Two at about the same time and one several days later.
Well the last one to hatch (by several days) was killed by the two older siblings, and all through their growing to fledgling, the older one (by just a couple hours IIRC) would bonk the back of the neck of the younger one trying to kill it too. It's a natural thing in a fight for food and survival in the wild.
But they both survived and grew like crazy till the older one fledged a few days ago and has returned to the nest on several occasions. Unfortunately the younger one got caught up in some monofilament line that one of the adults brought into the nest attached to a food fish. It struggled for two days trying to shed the line but it was wound so that it just would not come loose.
Obviously the bird could not fledge, in fact it could barely reach from side to side of the nest. So, the WRSB wildlife rescue folks got a fire dept ladder truck and went up the tree to the nest to rescue the bird. In doing so the bird went totally maniac and finally in the turmoil broke the line and seemed to fly the nest. The next morning the bird was reported to have been on the ground at a nearby homesite over night and was still there. So rescuers collected the bird, took it to the rescue hospital for removal of the last few inches of line still wrapped around one leg and observed it overnight.
Next day with help from the ladder truck they returned the fledgling back to the nest and even though the sibling and both parents have been visiting, resting, sharing food items, etc with the bird, it appears maybe it's been traumatized to the point it just won't attempt to fly from the nest. Fly/jump from side to side or to nearby limbs but just won't quite make the leap.
The link is still active if anyone is interested. Just click to the WRSB site and scroll down about 1/2 the page to a still picture showing a stopped video of two adults, one in the nest and one right in front of the camera. Click to start the video and watch their interactions with each other. I looked a few minutes ago and the younger one was lying in the nest with a belly full of coot I think.
All in all it's been an enlightening experience to watch it all happen ..... sad when they killed the little one, and scary when the older one continued to bonk the younger one ........ expecting it to die at any time. But for Bald Eagle adults to raise two in the same nest and nesting period is a pretty unusual thing according to the WRSB.
Well the last one to hatch (by several days) was killed by the two older siblings, and all through their growing to fledgling, the older one (by just a couple hours IIRC) would bonk the back of the neck of the younger one trying to kill it too. It's a natural thing in a fight for food and survival in the wild.
But they both survived and grew like crazy till the older one fledged a few days ago and has returned to the nest on several occasions. Unfortunately the younger one got caught up in some monofilament line that one of the adults brought into the nest attached to a food fish. It struggled for two days trying to shed the line but it was wound so that it just would not come loose.
Obviously the bird could not fledge, in fact it could barely reach from side to side of the nest. So, the WRSB wildlife rescue folks got a fire dept ladder truck and went up the tree to the nest to rescue the bird. In doing so the bird went totally maniac and finally in the turmoil broke the line and seemed to fly the nest. The next morning the bird was reported to have been on the ground at a nearby homesite over night and was still there. So rescuers collected the bird, took it to the rescue hospital for removal of the last few inches of line still wrapped around one leg and observed it overnight.
Next day with help from the ladder truck they returned the fledgling back to the nest and even though the sibling and both parents have been visiting, resting, sharing food items, etc with the bird, it appears maybe it's been traumatized to the point it just won't attempt to fly from the nest. Fly/jump from side to side or to nearby limbs but just won't quite make the leap.
The link is still active if anyone is interested. Just click to the WRSB site and scroll down about 1/2 the page to a still picture showing a stopped video of two adults, one in the nest and one right in front of the camera. Click to start the video and watch their interactions with each other. I looked a few minutes ago and the younger one was lying in the nest with a belly full of coot I think.
All in all it's been an enlightening experience to watch it all happen ..... sad when they killed the little one, and scary when the older one continued to bonk the younger one ........ expecting it to die at any time. But for Bald Eagle adults to raise two in the same nest and nesting period is a pretty unusual thing according to the WRSB.
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nmedge
Guest
While stationed at Elmendorf AFB in Alaska I saw hundreds of them sitting in trees when the salmon were running. Such a sight to see! Beautiful birds.