MISC. USA Eagles ~ 2013

kittenface · **Posted:** Sat Mar 16, 2013 2:23 am

EagleCrest 03-15-2013-NEW GOLDEN EAGLE CAM!!!

mochamomma posted

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 63313

MN

I think they are done..the few times I have checked today...

they were so faithful...such a shame...

kittenface · **Posted:** Sun Mar 17, 2013 12:10 pm

Berry this is all I could get out of 15 min. of video :girlcrazy:

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PattiO · **Posted:** Thu Mar 21, 2013 12:59 am

OK ... you guys just scared the poo outa me!! The DNR nest and the Minnesota Bound nest need to be designated in your posts.

I know DNR is in Minnesota ... and that the MN Bound nest has it 's own thread ... but I got so confused for a minute there!! :girlcrazy:

kittenface · **Posted:** Thu Mar 21, 2013 1:05 am

kittenface · **Posted:** Thu Mar 21, 2013 9:01 pm

Dayton/Boonshoft Jim & Cindy have a little one :sum9:

WE ARE FEEDING AN EAGLET!!!!!!!!

OK, technically Jim and Cindy are feeding an eaglet!

At 6:20PM EST, Jim flew into the nest carrying a fish and after tearing at it once or twice, he left it there next to Cindy as she incubated the eggs, and flew off. I thought “Well that was interesting.” Cindy stretched her neck over and pecked at it a bit and then became quite still again. Ten minutes later she stood, repositioned her clutch and then repositioned herself as she settled back down on the eggs.

At 7:40 PM Jim flew back to that same side of the nest and began shredding that fish. With Cindy well to the left and Jim shredding fish from the right rim of the nest I could see some independent movement through a hole in the wall of the nest! Something was thrusting itself upward from the nest floor and then dropping back down, blocking out the daylight visible through that hole with each thrust! After three distinctive thrusts, Jim began dipping his head towards that area with bits of meat from the fish in his beak. The feeding was still going on as the evening’s darkness claimed the skies.

Again I sit here amazed. Yesterday was the 35th day after Cindy began incubating the first egg. Not only is 35 days the average incubation period for Bald Eagles, each of the last 3 years, Jim and Cindy have begun feeding an eaglet exactly on day 36. Knowing that the exhausted eaglet usually will rest for around a day after struggling to free itself from its shell, their eggs are hatching on day 35 every year. Since they fledged 2 eaglets in 2011 and 3 more in 2013, I expect more eaglets in the next few days.

Now the activity in the well field will greatly increase. Jim and Cindy will need to make many hunting trips each day and they will be very aggressive in defending the nest. In the past years I have seen them chase off Red Tails, Coopers, Turkey Vultures and even Great Blue Herons that wandered into their restricted airspace. I have not seen Pride, their surviving 2011 juvenile this week. I imagine that Pride will now find the welcome mat removed, if it hasn’t been chased off already. In about 10 weeks the feeding trips will begin to slow as Jim and Cindy begin to use a little hunger to coax their eaglets to fledge from the nest.

I will sleep better tonight knowing that the first eaglet has hatched. Jim and Cindy will sleep with one eye open for the next several weeks.

kittenface · **Posted:** Sat Mar 23, 2013 8:25 pm

We have an egg for Indy & Frank at AEF

http://www.ustream.tv/americaneaglefoundation
Here is a video "P" shared

PattiO · **Posted:** Sun Mar 24, 2013 12:37 am

All that noise!!!!!! Shesh! Poor eagles!

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 63313

Columbus...yes, there is an eagle in there somewhere..

bev. · **Posted:** Tue Mar 26, 2013 12:18 pm

Minnesota twin cities

Still on egg just checked

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 63313

Well, well, well...appears there are 2 eaglets at the Berry College Nest...

kittenface · **Posted:** Sat Mar 30, 2013 3:42 pm

Well you definitely got a better pic SGB then I did a couple weeks ago you can barely see them in my picture so I had to circle it so you'd know where to look :teehee:

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 63313

kittenface wrote:

Well you definitely got a better pic SGB then I did a couple weeks ago you can barely see them in my picture so I had to circle it so you'd know where to look :teehee:

I've suspected two for quite some time..but, like you, no pic to really prove it..I just kept the cam open longer today, just to see!!! they should be branching soon (or maybe they already have) Will make it a lot easier to see...

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 63313

MN~

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 63313

From MN DNR...finally our two eagles are free...unless they choose to do this all over again...

The third egg has finally broken. This morning at about 9:30, one of the parents came into the nest and stepped on the egg and it finally broke. Just like the first two, there did not appear to be much, if any, content. The parents have not completely abandoned what has been their post for the last 85 or more, days. Both parents have been seen at the nest today, even sitting where the egg once lay. We will keep the camera on, to observe the eagle's behavior now that the last egg is gone. Will they lay more eggs? Maybe. Is there time to incubate and raise young to fledging this year? Yes! We will have warm, snowless weather for plenty of days for the pair to start all over this year. We will just have to wait and see what they decide to do. This pair of birds has obviously surprised us with their nesting behavior before, and they just might do it again. Again, thank you for all of your kind words and for your donations to the fund. We still hope to install an osprey camera this year, if we raise enough funding. The peregrine camera that is already in a box in downtown St. Paul will go live next week! The pair of peregrines in the box have been displaying courtship behavior and "scraping" in the box. They do this to prepare for eggs. I will fill all of you in on this next week. Then, if you are interested in keeping up with them, please consider signing up for email updates for the new camera. If you have enjoyed this eagle camera, please consider hitting the "donate" button. Your donation is doubled with a matching donation from the Critical Habitat License fund. So, your donation of $50 is really a donation of $100! How cool is that!? Have a great weekend, everyone!!

kittenface · **Posted:** Fri Apr 05, 2013 9:04 pm

This is good news for sure now they can get on with Eagle stuff

kittenface · **Posted:** Sat Apr 06, 2013 3:04 pm

Jim & Cindy on high alert right after this Jim took off like a bat outta he** after something

PattiO · **Posted:** Sun Apr 07, 2013 1:05 am

I think Harrison Bay should have it's own page. :)

gigi · **Posted:** Sun Apr 07, 2013 12:09 pm

PattiO wrote:

I think Harrison Bay should have it's own page. :)

we can do that. SGB has to set it up. I will send her a PM to set it up, then we will have to move all the Harrison Bay posts. Hang in there Patti!

gigi · **Posted:** Sun Apr 07, 2013 10:39 pm

The Harrison Bay Eagles Topic has its own topic within the Misc. Eagles Forum
I think I moved all the appropriate posts! :hapdance:

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