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    Re: Eaglecam

    Quote Originally Posted by NeoMatrix View Post
    Re: Electronic Surveillance Eggs for Birds of Prey.
    I didn't read the entire article just briefed through it, but here is the link :
    Electronic eggs aid vulture rescue efforts
    Huh, I had no clue someone actually built an egg cam. So my last post was pretty moronic, sorry about that.
    The eagle cams here are just regular video cameras in nearby trees. Turns out birds can't tell the the difference between them and tree branches, so you're right, an actual egg cam does seem a bit much.

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    Re: Eaglecam

    There's two new chicks at the Alcoa site:
    Alcoa eaglets hatch - Story | OurQuadCities

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    Re: Eaglecam

    The chicks at the Alcoa site have shed most of their fluff and now have feathers.
    Looks like the mayflies are bothering them now. At this time of year there are huge swarms of mayflies in that area.
    I hope you don't have to deal with mayflies, they are quite possibly one of the stupidest insects ever. When they are in their larval stage in the the Mississippi river they are actually quite ferocious for their size, but in their adult form they can't sting or eat, they just fly around and mate. And they are the major producers of bug splats on the windshields of cars during this time, which windshield washer fluid technology apparently hasn't advanced enough to clean off.
    Blegh.

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    Re: Eaglecam

    Quote Originally Posted by Iowatech View Post
    And they are the major producers of bug splats on the windshields of cars during this time, which windshield washer fluid technology apparently hasn't advanced enough to clean off.
    Blegh.
    Not to hijack the thread or change subject, I swear by Rain X Bug Remover Washer Fluid for summer driving. Doesn't completely get rid of all of the mess but it's better than anything else out there short of a scrubber sponge.

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    Re: Eaglecam

    I've never seen nor heard of Mayfly's, I had to google it.
    The insect is sort of like a cross between a grasshopper an a dragonfly.

    When the months an butterfly's get covered over the windscreen while night driving, I would pull into a service-station and put bug-remover in the windscreen washer bottle. If bug-remover wasn't available I would buy methylated spirits an put about 1/3 per volume in the washer bottle.
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    Re: Eaglecam

    I just turned on the Alcoa cam, and one of the juveniles is standing right in front of the nest cam, hamming it up as it were.
    The Decorah cams are off until October.

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    Re: Eaglecam

    In case anyone is curious, the eaglecams are on again. There's not a lot going on there right now though.
    For what it is worth, the ALCOA cams are now run by Arconic.

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    Re: Eaglecam

    The first egg this year has been laid at the Arconic site.
    It didn't look like much was going on at the Decorah site yet, but if anything will it shouldn't take too long.

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    Re: Eaglecam

    It might be a false alert from what I've seen, but the local news said that there might be a chick at the Arconic nest:
    One of three Arconic eaglets could be hatching later today - Stor

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    Re: Eaglecam

    Thought I'd throw my two bobs worth into this thread. Here's a link to Osprey House, a wildlife education centre in the estuary not to far from where I live.

    Osprey House Environmental Centre

    Unfortunately not much happening this time of the year as the chicks have fledged and its another few months before the parents try again.

    Occasionally they cruise over the cricket fields where we fly our model planes, riding the thermals and laughing at our feeble attempts to beat gravity.
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