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This is brutal....I just unloaded the dishwasher AND swept the floor...

That was the second one ....we missed the first!! ARRRGGHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

I just tried to do that ... saw a little bit of #3. That feed wasn't much better.

The last one was the male NV ..... our babies are free!


WVEC:
Once more we apologize for the poor video quality on this stream. We realize many are disappointed but we will get all the video we have online as soon as possible. When our crew gets back to Norfolk we will encode their raw footage, etc.

This feed wasn't that great....but at least it didn't stop..

Puuuh - I caught the male screenshot and than a PC-Crash....so embarrassing

Great pics skygirlblue - thanks

Too bad about the stuttering live feed. The release of the last Eaglet, NV-the male, was the best part of my recordings.

I found some great video's on Facebook, made by a 10 year old boy who was there with his mother. I will post them on the group page on FB

NX, the female with the transmitter, was not able to gain height. She had been fighting apparently when they strapped the thing on to her and was exhausted and very hot.
She is now back at the Wildlife center and will stay there for a few days to rest. Then she will be released at the same place. Hopefully she is going to be all right with that contraption on her back. I never like it when birds are fitted with a transmitter, always fear that it will cause problems with flying and/or mating and breeding.

There is some information on FB that NX was captured and taken back to rehab. This is the only bit of info I found that looked official...

WVEC: I just spoke with Steve Living of DGIF who confirmed that NX, the eagle fitted with a transmitter, is being returned to the WCV for a little extra preparation time. NX is not injured and flying mechanics were good, but she wasn't gaining enough altitude on two flight attempts. Steve said she was just hot and tired and they decided not to push her any more today. Decision made jointly by DGIF and WCV biologists. More details will be posted soon in a story on WVEC.com.


EDIT; continuing to search for the story.
Here's an update from wvec with video.


Here is part of the article,

"Living said the eagles may have been fatigued from the trip to Charles City from Waynesboro, Va., which was prolonged when a van driver reportedly took a wrong turn.

The decision to return NX to the center was made by scientists from DGIF and the Wildlife Center.

"It was a hot day and she was just hot and tired. We decided not to stress her any more today. We'll give her a chance to get used to the transmitter and try again later," said Living.

Living said the next attempt at release would within the next two weeks after the eagle is evaluated by veterinarians and biologists at the center.

NX was chosen to wear the harness because she tolerated handling better than the other eagles and because female eagles normally grow larger and stronger, according to Living.

Living said that the transition from an enclosure to the outdoors may have been disorienting to an eagle which has spent the last three months under a roof.

"These birds haven't had a whole lot of vertical in their world," said Living. He added that a lack of wind today may have also hindered the bird's ability to gain alititude.

Four of the five eagles released flew well but NX landed a short distance away. She was caught by Dr. Dave McRuer, a veterinarian at the wildlife center, and returned to crate to rest.

"She flew well, her wings looked good and her flight looked good, but she just got tired," said McRuer, who added that NX was handled more than the other birds as the transmitter was attached."


Amazing that they caught her again.


Also thanks everyone for the posts and pics. I could not get the feed but there are plenty of videos surfacing.

It sounds like they made a wise decision. She must have been tired if she was agreeable to being caught!