Hancock Wildlife Foundation

Wow.

Thanks for letting me know, Bev - and big hugs. I think I need to wait until tomorrow to watch the story.

Zoomed in a bit - both are getting nice bites.

Thanks, Bill!

It's nice to see them back to more peaceful feedings!


5:35 pm

Friday, April 16, 2021

BACA03 is reporting in regularly and has been active in his territory since the end of September.

Here's a current map, but not easy to sort out with three years of data here.

7:56 am A closeup of SR6's head (lower right) - I'm wondering if the dark spot on the top of h/h head is because SR5 grabbed the younger chick there a few times while putting the younger one into submission and pulled out a little of the first coat of down that is covering most of the darker down at...

8:03 am I'm having some internet issues - so if I disappear, that's probably what happened. I'm currently sending the signal for Harrison Mills North to YouTube, so if I lose my connection, the embedded cam will probably switch to black screen. If that happens, I will try to contact Ken and ask him ...

7:45 am Sur was up and calling a few minutes ago, then Res arrived on the nest with food and Sur took off. I tried to log into North to see what was happening, but all was calm by the time I got the cam up, so I logged out again. The food item appears to be some sort of large bird, and this time SR5...

7:40 am
A couple of close-ups of SR5 who is 13 days old - wings are getting bigger, and more dark second down is showing.

Continuing.... I thought Sur brought something, and it looks like one of those flat fish that is dark on one side. He brought that over to the "table" and continued feeding little SR6; SR5 was up and watching, but not being aggressive and not being especially interested when offered a piece, probabl...

Continuing.... Unfortunately something caught Res's attention at that point and she stopped feeding and stood looking around, then called and flew off at 6:01 am. The chicks curled up for a nap. An adult (Sur?) arrived at 6:12 and picked up a piece of food. Little SR6 was up and got a couple of bite...

Good morning, everyone! Thanks for your observations, Bev and gemini, and it's good to see you here, Joan! From the dvr.... Adult (Res?) was back at 5:55, I think with a small food object. She proceeded to feed one of the chicks, probably older SR5. 20210416_001.jpg SR6 got up at 5:59 and cautiously...

My internet was out for a little while, so you'll see a gap in the dvr - everything is back up now, and hopefully will stay up.

8:14 pm
Nest is empty.


Good night, everyone.

RoseA wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 15, 2021 8:09 pm

The West embedded cam is currently frozen at 8pm on the Delta nest.

Thanks, RoseA - I've sent a message to Ken so hopefully he'll be able to restart the stream soon.

Harrison Mills is down. 7:50pm I don't know when it went down however about an hour ago both were on the nest . Thanks, DDuckies. I'm sending the stream for that cam to YouTube, and my internet went down. Back up, but I'm not sure if there are still issues. Delta West is frozen, and I've sent a mes...

5:04 pm What little wanderers - already over at the side of the nest! 20210415_043.jpg Feeding is over, and adult is moving over to dig in the nest around the egg. 20210415_044.jpg I expect the chicks will wander back that way soon. :love: Adult is incubating the egg and looking at the chicks. 20210...

Sorry, Bill - the cam does sometimes lose it's focus. 5:58 pm I went in to move the cam back to either the nest or the view towards the water for the night because I know it will lose focus when it gets dark - but there were eagles in the perch tree, so I left it there. I'll try to remember to check...

5:53 pm
Res arrived a couple of minutes ago and found another bit of food on the carcass, and is over to feed the chicks. I suspect this is older SR5 getting fed - and am still hoping fresh food will arrive.

I need to say goodnight now - stay safe, eagles and people.

5:51 pm
I know there are two chicks there but I have no clue which parts go with whom.

OK - there's the second head - that's a start.

It always amazes me just how long their necks are at this age.

Sorry . I will go now ETA You are welcome Judy ..enjoy your dinner :bye 1: Sorry you had to go too, Bev - I'll check the dvr. It looks as if the feeding ended at 4:09 pm and Res flew off. SR6 moved around the edge of the nest, but never got close enough to get any food, as far as I could tell. It's...

IrishEyes wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 15, 2021 3:59 pm

Sorry Judy I just saw you here

I'm actually leaving now - dinner time here. Thanks for checking in, Bev - and it would be great if Sur arrived with a nice fish or something.

I can see a bit of a crop on SR6. 20210415_035.jpg By the way, when I was looking back, I saw both chicks have healthy poop shots today, so while food is down a bit today, they have both been getting plenty. SR5 saw SR6 moving closer and went after the younger chick, so as of 4 pm, only SR5 has had ...

3:46 pm Not easy to see, but a daring (or foolish) black bird arrived on the nest, looked around and grabbed a piece of nest material. 20210415_032.jpg Not surprisingly, Res arrived back on the nest a moment later - they do keep an eye on things! She moved to the food pile and started working on the...

I did the usual, reboot, cleared cache, etc and hard refresh and am gettng the spinning circle on the HWF website. However, when I clicked on youtube at the bottom of the screen I did get to youtube and the cam is working there. So it is only on the HWF website that we are getting the circle. Added...

3:32 pm Sur was doing some serious calling - looked as if something was flying around. 20210415_030.jpg Things calmed down, and Sur flew off at 3:40 pm. It's interesting how big the chicks look when we're zoomed in - and how small they look when you see them in that big nest! 20210415_031.jpg

3:33 pm Sur is back - I thought with some food, though it's possible he found something on the nest. It looked as if he tried a bite, then walked away from it. 20210415_027.jpg Quick ID check - the shadows make his eye look much darker. 20210415_028.jpg The chicks apparently decided it wasn't worth ...

It's now 3:15 pm The chicks are dozing on the nest, occasionally looking around, preening, and going at each other (younger SR6 sometimes starts things, but SR5 is enough bigger now that SR6 wisely goes into submission quickly if the older eaglet responds). Here are a couple of pictures of them. 202...

Continuing from the dvr.... Res was back on the nest around 9:47, and didn't exactly brood her growing eaglets, but nestled beside them keeping them partly covered and shaded. She got up around 11:19 and did a bit of feeding (I posted a couple of images earlier, though I was more focused on feather ...

2:37 pm First, here's a closeup of Sur, just because. 20210415_017.jpg I wondered a bit about the rivalry - and about the fact Sur didn't feed SR5 while s/he was standing front and center (though not peeping) - so I looked back quickly. It looks as if there have been a couple of feedings today - and...

2:20 pm The chicks were sprawled out on the nest, dozing and occasionally popping up to look around, while Sur kept watch. 20210415_019.jpg And perhaps Sur thought that was a good idea, because he moved around and settled down beside them. 20210415_020.jpg From the South cam - one is in front of him...

1:21 pm SR5 decided to go stand by the adult, just in case there was food to be had. 20210415_014.jpg SR6 looked as if s/he was going to get up and join the party. 20210415_015.jpg And then...well, I think you just have to watch. :) :vid: A Bit of Rivalry (45 seconds) I'm not a fan of rivalry, thoug...