Davenport Alcoa ~ 2012

elfruler · **Joined:** Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:31 pm **Posts:** 95

Fish & Fowl Monday!

kittenface · **Posted:** Wed Jan 25, 2012 6:35 pm

I love it (fish & fowl) you have a way with the words
thanks elf that was great

kittenface · **Posted:** Wed Jan 25, 2012 8:12 pm

WOW we have an Eagle here at 7 pm and she/he is laying down in the bowl
HMMMMMMMMM
Are you seeing this Elf it sure is making me wonder now they are both there now

kittenface · **Posted:** Wed Jan 25, 2012 8:23 pm

It says last yr. first egg was the 17th of Feb. but the way the Eagles have been at other nests I bet these 2 will be earlier also

elfruler · **Joined:** Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:31 pm **Posts:** 95

I don't think they are near egg-laying yet, they have been nestorizing for some time now. I don't see anything unusual to suggest eggs are imminent. JMO. If I'm wrong I'll eat my elf cap!

kittenface · **Posted:** Wed Jan 25, 2012 9:40 pm

Oh no I didn't mean that they were going to lay one any time soon just that it might be earlier than the 17th, and that would be something to see you eat your elf hat :hahah

I'd pay top dollar to see that

elfruler · **Joined:** Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:31 pm **Posts:** 95

Thanks for the vid, KF, they had a LOOOONNNNNGGGG stay in the nest this evening and I captured all of it but way too long for me to edit before I had to run off to choir. I'll just leave it with your great video! (And I'm looking for some sprinkles for my hat, preferably chocolate.)

kittenface · **Posted:** Wed Jan 25, 2012 11:54 pm

elfruler wrote:

Thanks for the vid, KF, they had a LOOOONNNNNGGGG stay in the nest this evening and I captured all of it but way too long for me to edit before I had to run off to choir. I'll just leave it with your great video! (And I'm looking for some sprinkles for my hat, preferably chocolate.)

Which do you prefer DARK or MILK CHOCOLATE? :hahah

elfruler · **Joined:** Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:31 pm **Posts:** 95

A juvie is at the nest again, not sure if it's the same one from a couple of weeks ago, but it is wreaking havoc with the crib rails.

kittenface · **Posted:** Sun Jan 29, 2012 1:35 pm

That is the first time I have heard either one of the adults talk that juvie might still be around it looks like mom is trying to eat and scream at the same time

elfruler · **Joined:** Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:31 pm **Posts:** 95

Here is this morning's juvie:

I believe it may have been the same one that came 16 days ago, but I welcome others' opinions. The lighting is very different, you have to look closely at the markings:

kittenface · **Posted:** Sun Jan 29, 2012 11:02 pm

It sure looks like the same one to me but I could be wrong great video elf thanks so much for catching that

obxbarb · **Posted:** Mon Jan 30, 2012 8:56 pm

Hungry and looking for food. Its hard not to wonder if this is an offspring from this nest.

kittenface · **Posted:** Tue Jan 31, 2012 2:04 pm

We have an Eagle laying in the bowl and she's been there a long while now :impat:

kittenface · **Posted:** Tue Jan 31, 2012 2:11 pm

I would say that I think this is egg time but as soon as I say something they do the opposite
now I see she is laying back down and putting fluff around her if I came here and posted and missed something I'll kick myself in the ass

kittenface · **Posted:** Tue Jan 31, 2012 2:18 pm

OK I didn't miss anything yet :wavingsnowgiril:

elfruler · **Joined:** Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:31 pm **Posts:** 95

Mating up close and personal!

Really wonderful sequence of Dad bringing a fish, Mom fussing, Dad starting to eat, Mom stealing the fish, Dad stepping aside, then he jumped her, literally! And they snuggled afterward:

Edited down from 45 minutes to 13.

elfruler · **Joined:** Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:31 pm **Posts:** 95

A different juvie visited the nest this morning. Developing plumage on head and tail and yellowing on beak and feet suggest it's maybe 2-3 years old.

The adults cackled at it a few times but never chased it away. This is all very curious to me. I know that when eggs are in the nest the parents will not allow any kind of intruder near the nest, but since they are so close to egg-laying (we've seen them mate in the nest) I would have thought they would be protecting it actively. It is also curious that this is at least the second juvie to land in the nest in the last month. I suppose since the nest is right on the Mississippi River where so many bald eagles congregate at this time of year, it isn't surprising that some of them might be drawn to an established nest.

kittenface · **Posted:** Thu Feb 09, 2012 3:10 pm

Well you did it again elf great catch :think

I wonder if these juvies are part of the family somewhere in the past it is very interesting isn't it?

kittenface · **Posted:** Fri Feb 10, 2012 12:11 pm

Man if she drops an egg in there we'll never know it :teehee:

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