SIDNEY, BC ~ 2011

beans · **Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2011 1:10 pm

I liked that clip because it gave us an excellent close-up look at Mom Sidney. You could see her watching Dad on his trip to the nest. It really takes two to raise eaglets. Do you remember when he brought the fish to Mom in 2007 when she was incubating eggs?

He arrives first thing in the morning. And after he gives her the fish, he takes his turn incubating the eggs! What a guy!

PattiO · **Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2011 11:54 pm

Poor baby was in the back and couldn't get a bite! Kept tryin to climb on top of the other 2! :lollol:

bev. · **Posted:** Sat May 07, 2011 10:01 pm

All is well here. Look at crop on little one.
we always sorry when there are 3 but if enough food , it all works out

Adult came in with a duckling or something like that and they were all too full to eat.

PattiO · **Posted:** Sun May 08, 2011 9:25 pm

Oldest one is getting really big!

bev. · **Posted:** Mon May 09, 2011 1:11 am

Probably a female eh, PattiO

PattiO · **Posted:** Mon May 09, 2011 7:18 pm

beans · **Posted:** Fri May 13, 2011 8:39 pm

Video: The Three Muskateers

May 9, 2011: The three Sidney eaglets spend some peaceful moments together. This is an experiment with “hot spots” in the archives. Sometimes the videos won’t start (buffering forever & then I gave up).

Recorded at 8 PM local time

1st egg: 3/7
2nd egg: 3/10
3rd egg: 3/14
1st hatch: 4/14
2nd hatch: 4/16
3rd hatch: 4/19

beans · **Posted:** Sat May 14, 2011 9:26 pm

Sidney Eaglet Frantically Tries to Free Her Foot

The oldest eaglet, Flyer, has her foot caught in the nest. She tries over and over to free it, but so far she has not been successful. Watchers of the cam report her foot has been stuck since noon today.

Mom calmly feeds the other two eaglets.

Recorded at 5:15 PM local time

1st egg: 3/7
2nd egg: 3/10
3rd egg: 3/14
1st hatch: 4/14
2nd hatch: 4/16
3rd hatch: 4/19

PattiO · **Posted:** Sat May 14, 2011 11:36 pm

ARGHHHHH ........ no more Jean!!! :( :(

beans · **Posted:** Sun May 15, 2011 12:51 am

Patti, I have a bottle of sherry here. I just had a little glass. Wish I could share it with you.

beans · **Posted:** Sun May 15, 2011 3:00 am

Video: Sidney Sleeps after Stressful Day

It's raining and everyone is asleep. Hope Mom moved closer to Flyer (whose foot is still caught in the nest) so she'll be warm and dry during the night.

1st egg: 3/7
2nd egg: 3/10
3rd egg: 3/14
1st hatch: 4/14
2nd hatch: 4/16
3rd hatch: 4/19

beans · **Posted:** Sun May 15, 2011 7:39 pm

Video: Flyer Misses Lunch

Flyer can't reach Mom, who is serving lunch. Then Mom moves over to Flyer, but she doesn't feed her.

Recorded at 12:50 PM

I haven’t seen her fed today, and there are no posts in the Hancock forum about Flyer being fed.

Mick · **Posted:** Mon May 16, 2011 12:49 am

Hi beans, thanks for the videos. I keep coming over here, peeking, hoping for some good news.
:sunblink:

beans · **Posted:** Mon May 16, 2011 2:10 pm

Well, Flyer was fed today! I didn't see it, but videos have been posted.

SusanE · **Posted:** Tue May 17, 2011 12:57 am

This is distressful news. A similar situation happened at a falcon nest in Columbus, Ohio last year and the biologist had to intervene to free the chick. I hope and pray that Flyer can free herself from the nesting. In the Columbus situation, the biologist explained that the falcon chick's natural reaction was to ball her foot which interfered with getting released.

beans · **Posted:** Tue May 17, 2011 7:36 pm

Was that the Columbus nest?? I remember a chick falling out of the nest box...

Here's a video about the desperate plight of the oldest eaglet, Flyer:

Video: David Hancock Interview May 17

You can view the video here or on the HWF home page, which also has a detailed explanation by Richard Pitt.

http://www.hancockwildlife.org/

beans · **Posted:** Tue May 17, 2011 11:43 pm

Link to TV news story today, which shows helicopter view of nest:

CLICK HERE

SusanE · **Posted:** Wed May 18, 2011 12:19 am

beans wrote:

Was that the Columbus nest?? I remember a chick falling out of the nest box...

The situation to which I'm referring was when one of the two chicks got her foot caught in a crevice outside the nest box. She must have balled up her foot and couldn't pull it out. I wonder if the eaglet is balling up its foot making it hard to get released.

beans · **Posted:** Wed May 18, 2011 12:35 am

Yes, I remember that... it was scary!

beans · **Posted:** Wed May 18, 2011 8:36 pm

Video: David Hancock Interview May 18

If you have not yet seen this interview today, here it is. You can also watch it on the Hancock home page: http://www.hancockwildlife.org/

(the video stream stops for a few moments)

Love the bird....

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