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  • Iowatech
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    #16
    Re: Eaglecam

    Originally posted by blackcat4866
    If you notice that D18, D19, and D20 are shaking their heads a lot, it's because they have a bad case of lice. Earlier today the camera operator focused in close, and you could see them crawling with white lice. The eaglets are two weeks overdue for their first flight. =^..^=
    The long, harsh winter is probably why the eaglets haven't started fledgling yet.
    After seeing the Alcoa eaglet jumping around a few days ago I'd guess it won't be too much longer before these three begin also, though. That's pretty fun to watch. Stay tuned.

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    • Iowatech
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      #17
      Re: Eaglecam

      One of the young Decorah eagles was jumping around and flapping its wings for short flights across the nest this afternoon. One of the short flights had it land right next to the camera. Heh, talk about "eagle eye".
      Once they start jumping around in the nest like this it won't be long before the young eagles start flying to nearby branches, and then off on their own.

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      • blackcat4866
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        #18
        Re: Eaglecam

        Great News!

        D18 and D19 have both fledged today within a few hours! And gracefully, too!
        Here are the YouTube links:

        D18


        D19


        D20 is still at home.

        I can't help it. I just can't stop watching the birdies. =^..^=
        If you'd like a serious answer to your request:
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        5) You are the person onsite. Only you can make observations.

        blackcat: Master Of The Obvious =^..^=

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        • slimslob
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          #19
          Re: Eaglecam

          Originally posted by blackcat4866
          I can't help it. I just can't stop watching the birdies. =^..^=
          That's normal for a cat, isn't it?

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          • blackcat4866
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            #20
            Re: Eaglecam

            D20 left today. No recording posted yet. I'm sure somebody is digging through today's footage. =^..^=

            Here it is:
            Last edited by blackcat4866; 06-21-2014, 02:03 AM.
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            • Iowatech
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              #21
              Re: Eaglecam

              Even Rudy, the young eagle from the Alcoa site has taken off, so all the sites currently show empty nests.
              I'm a little disappointed with the Decorah site, back in the day that camera could pan to the right and show where the young eagles would normally perch when they first fledged. There's actually a pretty large branch over there.

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              • Iowatech
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                #22
                Re: Eaglecam

                Looks like two of the young eagles at the Decorah site just went through some tough times, one down with a broken wing and another down with starvation issues. It sounds like the third one is doing OK, though.
                Luckily, the two having problems were caught by a place that takes care of injured raptors, and while the one with the broken wing is going to be there for a while, after eating three entire quails the other one was fitted with a transmitter and let go.

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                • blackcat4866
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                  #23
                  Re: Eaglecam

                  I was pleased that D19 and D20 are OK. The statistics aren't good though. Only 1 in 5 eaglets reaches adulthood. =^..^=
                  If you'd like a serious answer to your request:
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                  3) if you're going to ask about jams include the jam code.
                  4) if you're going to ask about an error code include the error code.
                  5) You are the person onsite. Only you can make observations.

                  blackcat: Master Of The Obvious =^..^=

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                  • Iowatech
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                    #24
                    Re: Eaglecam

                    I have to give kudos to the guy who safely caught the young eagles.
                    I don't know if you've ever handled anything like this, but years ago I had to help my mom free a red tailed hawk from some electric fencing it had gotten tangled up in (they are birds, so sometimes they can be bird brains). I have roughly a six foot wingspan, but holding the hawk's wings fully extended they went past my hands by around six inches per side. Also, while the hawk was groggy from getting zapped by the fence a few times, it still had the presences (sp?) of mind to reach out with its talons and rip a chunk out of one of mom's boots.
                    So while a zoned out hawk can be somewhat difficult to handle, young eagles that have achieved flight are larger than a hawk (most likely quite a bit larger), so it couldn't have been easy to collect those two.

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                    • slybot
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                      #25
                      Re: Eaglecam

                      Originally posted by NeoMatrix
                      Talk about Eagles and vehicles.
                      Just recently we had to rescue a damsel in distress(okay my wife) from the inlaws place out west.
                      There is a lot of road kill on the side of the road from Semi-trailer drivers who drive during the cool of night.
                      I happend to be in a vehicle doing an excess speed(double limit) along isolated highway, when we broached a corner
                      with fresh road kill in the middle of the road. There was about 30 or so Kitehawks feeding off the dead kangaroo carcass. I think that was the clearest closest view of a Kitehawks rectum I ever saw. He clipped the top of the passenger side windscreen. He lived to tell the tale. I saw him flying away. I bet he told all his hawk mates "those humans are literally a pain-in-the-@ss."
                      Kitehawks are a large bird. Thier wingspan covers across the windscreen of a vehicle.


                      l
                      hey neo, wouldn't that be wedgie's?

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                      • blackcat4866
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                        #26
                        Re: Eaglecam

                        22 November 2014

                        Priscillah is back, and grooming her nest. Hopefully we'll get another batch of beautiful eaglets this year:
                        Decorah Eagles, Ustream.TV: The Decorah Eagle Cam was turned on for the 2014-15 season on October 13th, 2014. Decorah Weather Forecast Large Visitor ...

                        =^..^=

                        22-Nov-2014 Priscillah and Mochamomma.JPG22-Nov-2014 Priscillah.JPG
                        Last edited by blackcat4866; 11-22-2014, 10:14 PM.
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                        • Iowatech
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                          #27
                          Re: Eaglecam

                          A recorded video from around nine hours ago from right now:
                          Decorah Eagles, Decorah Eagles raptorresource on USTREAM. Birds
                          Looks like they've put a new layer on the nest recently, it looks like there's still some snow from the last storm on the upper left hand side of it.
                          (Then again, I just got the last of the pack ice from that storm off my driveway today, too.)

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                          • Iowatech
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                            #28
                            Re: Eaglecam

                            Crap, that didn't go well:
                            Alcoa eagles’ first egg broken overnight | KWQC-TV6
                            It is still pretty early in the season though.

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                            • blackcat4866
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                              #29
                              Re: Eaglecam

                              The Decorah Eagles are staying close, rarely leaving the nest. I expect an egg very soon.
                              If you'd like a serious answer to your request:
                              1) demonstrate that you've read the manual
                              2) demonstrate that you made some attempt to fix it.
                              3) if you're going to ask about jams include the jam code.
                              4) if you're going to ask about an error code include the error code.
                              5) You are the person onsite. Only you can make observations.

                              blackcat: Master Of The Obvious =^..^=

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                              • blackcat4866
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                                #30
                                Re: Eaglecam

                                Priscillah's first egg at 1820 CST, 18 Feb 2015!


                                I just like watchin' birdies. =^..^=
                                If you'd like a serious answer to your request:
                                1) demonstrate that you've read the manual
                                2) demonstrate that you made some attempt to fix it.
                                3) if you're going to ask about jams include the jam code.
                                4) if you're going to ask about an error code include the error code.
                                5) You are the person onsite. Only you can make observations.

                                blackcat: Master Of The Obvious =^..^=

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