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Sequoyah NWR, OK..Bald Eagle Nest .. 2018 -2019

Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 1:04 pm
by IrishEyes
Welcome to the 2018 .. 2019 season of the Sequoyah Eagles.

This a new cam is HD with IR for seeing the nest at night .. No sound !

Link to Cam

Another link to the cam with almost full screen. ..http://164.58.250.84:1935/live/eagle6.s ... ylist.m3u8


I am posting this with thanks to Judy B......this is all her documentation.

The nest is in the Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, near Vian in eastern Oklahoma, near the Arkansas border. This is the Sutton Center's second nest with a cam (their first featured a pair that nests about 125 miles away, at Sooner Lake in north central Oklahoma; it's currently offline). The refuge is in the Central time zone.

The pair laid three eggs in 2011, the first year with a cam, though one disappeared before the cam came online. The two remaining eggs hatched, and both chicks fledged successfully; the younger was given a GPS transmitter, and you can follow his travels here. The pair again laid three eggs in 2012, and all three hatched, but the youngest chick was significantly smaller and fell behind in development, probably because food was a bit scarce; he was holding his own, and usually getting some food - but sadly died, probably of exposure, when he was about 5 weeks old - there was a heavy rainstorm, and his older siblings had feathers to help protect themselves from the cold rain, and he still had mostly down. The pair has laid two eggs to start the 2013 nesting season, so we are hoping both hatch and thrive.

Well, 2013 was an unusual, and ultimately non-productive nesting season here. There appeared to be an intruder or intruders who disrupted the nesting starting about 3 weeks into the incubation period; adults were off the eggs 30-60 minutes initially, and eventually only incubated for a couple of hours per day; they eventually resumed incubation, but the eggs had been uncovered in freezing weather for hours at a time, and often uncovered overnight, so sadly there wais no realistic chance the eggs will hatch. One egg collapsed January 30 (52 or 49 days after laying) and the adults were last seen on the nest February 2 (and incubated the remaining egg for a while that day). Then a great horned owl started visiting on February 3and appeared to incubate the eagle egg during the night Feb 4 & 5, spent the day on the nest Feb 6 - and laid an egg Feb 7! She laid a second egg two days later, and incubated them and the remaining eagle egg. The eagle egg and one owl egg disappeared overnight Feb 15-16; the second owl egg and the owl were gone when cam came online the morning of Feb 26; as of Feb 28, the owl had not been seen, though there would be no reason for her to return to the nest if she lost the egg. The eagles have not been seen since Feb 2; both owls visited the nest the morning of March 3rd, and one was on the nest as it got dark that evening, though there's no IR, so she(?) may have left as darkness fell. A pair of osprey also visted the nest later in the spring - busy nest!

No one used the nest in 2014 - though a local observer believes the pair had a successful season, though it wasn't clear which alternate nest was theirs, so we don't know how many chicks they raised.
2015 was a sad year - we think there may have been a new pair (chatters felt the female did not look like the one from previous years, and the male seemed very tentative the first few times he tried to incubate their two eggs); I focused on other nests once the eggs were laid and things looked OK, but when I checked back after a couple of weeks, it appeared that only the female was incubating the eggs; the male was in the area, and would come to the nest some of the time when the female left, but we didn't see him bring food or tend to the eggs, which were left uncovered (often for long periods of time, given the chilly weather) while the female was off getting food.. Against all odds, the first egg began hatching but couldn't complete the hatch process and was removed from cam view by the male; it looked as if there was a pip in the second egg, and I'm hoping the hatch process had stopped before the female abandoned the nest. I know new/young pairs often don't get all the necessary skills in the right sequence initially, so am hoping for a better year in 2016.
Rest in peace, little almost-chicks
The nest cams failed in 2016, but they reported at least two chicks; I haven't been able to find out if they fledged. There were two eggs in 2017, one hatched, and that chick fledged successfully.

I will Add 2018
The eagles laid 3 eggs .. two hatched and both chicks were thriving and doing great and when the chicks were almost 4 week old ... we lost the cam and sadly it didn't come for the rest of the season ! I wrote Suttion when the chicks would have been 9 weeks old and this was report
I heard from Dan at Sutton ..

Hi Bev, sorry, we have not been in touch with them for a while. We have not had many severe storms yet this spring, so I would expect that they are doing well. It is possible that the Sequoyah Refuge Facebook page would have some kind of update.
Dan


2019.. Two eggs...One hatched .. that chick fledged successful.

2020 Judy B
February 9 - sad news: it appears that Mom's right leg was injured around 5 pm on February 8 while defending the nest from an intruder; so far she has not been able to move to the nest cup and incubate, and the eggs have been left uncovered for long periods of time, including several hours during the night; today is day 36 for the first egg, and we thought the adults had begun listening, as they do when the preliminary stages of a hatch begin. We're hoping for the best - and don't really know what would be best since we don't know when or if Mom will be able to do more than perch on the nest - as they say, we need to trust the eagles.
February 13 - one of the eggs was damaged in the attacks and the remains were eaten by the female Sunday evening, February 9; the remaining egg has been uncovered for long periods of time, and it's highly unlikely to be viable at this point. We think Mom is doing some of the incubating, and her leg seems better, though it's hard to catch her moving about on the nest (this cam doesn't have an option for dvr). From the actions of the adults, I suspect there are still intruders in the area - and I think the resident pair is winning.
February 18 - the remaining egg was being left alone quite a bit, and I noticed a woodpecker appear to peck at it a few times, though I don't know if the egg was damaged. The egg appeared damaged the morning of February 15, and disappeared by evening; I read that the remains were eaten by one of the adults but haven't found the post where that was observed. In the good news department, Mom seems to be moving well and using the leg that was injured.

Bev/ IrishEyes.. Mom and Dad cont. to visit their nest and even slept on the perch above above the nest.... then on March 21..I saw a critter in the nest'..It was a racoon.....Mom and Dad cont. to visit their nest until the racoons took over..

Update
Tuesday , September 7, 2021

I heard from Sutton Re the Cam

Hi Bev,
It is unlikely that we will try to fix it unless the birds start using that nest again. They abandoned it for another nest last year, which failed, and the tree that the nest and camera are in is dead and therefore could fall over at any time.
We are looking into installing a camera at another nest close to our office, but many difficult to control factors have to all line up for a nest to be used by the eagles, and for a camera to be successful.
Dan
Sutton Center


I wrote Dan back and thanked him and told him we understood and thanked him for the many years we enjoyed this nest . :)

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2020-2921
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Link to last seasons Nest thread... viewtopic.php?p=868#p868

Weather Report...... https://www.theweathernetwork.com/us/we ... ahoma/vian

Facebook .....https://www.facebook.com/SequoyahNWR/

ADDDED

Feb.11 , 2019

I heard from Sequoyah re the fishing areas for this nest :thumlft:

With thanks to Chad Ford

The Arkansas River and Sally Jones Lake are both very close to the nest.
Chad Ford
Visitor Services Specialist
Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge
107993 S. 4520 Rd
Vian, OK 74962
(918)773-5251 ext 23

Re: Sequoyah NWR, OK..Bald Eagle Nest .. 2018 ...2019

Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 1:04 pm
by IrishEyes
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s,caps by Judy B

Mom feeding the chicks March 2 at 5:22 pm
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S'caps by Iris Eyes

Cam went down March 3 and never came back up !

Re: Sequoyah NWR, OK..Bald Eagle Nest .. 2018 ...2019

Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 1:04 pm
by IrishEyes
TIME LINE

[*]Eagles returned ...Male Sept.22.., Male and Female Sept. 23 ..

Note .. Cam is down Nov.1. :( .. Cam is back Nov.16 . :)

[*] Eggs Laid...Jan 2... Egg # 1 seen at 6:22p .. viewtopic.php?p=137382#p137382

Video with thanks to elfruler ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8gxRc5wbNk

Egg# 2 , Jan. 6 at 6:07 pm .. 6:15 was when showed us the egg ..
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Video with thanks to Deb Stecyk .... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfUcPdywR-8

[*]Hatched ... Feb. 9at 8:18a.. Egg # 1 hatched.. 38 days .. and was confirmed at 8:36a ..
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:vid: Video with thanks to Trudi Kron

Sequoyah eagles OK 2 9 19 836am
Eaglet 1st seen during swap out at 836am nest time on time stamp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkO8ZJCbeLo

[*]Branching..... S1 75 days old ...April 25 at 5:02 pm

[*]Fledged .. April 29 ..S1 is 79 days old

May 7 ..S1 ..87 days old spent first night of the nest..Mom and Dad were perched above the nest viewtopic.php?p=195155#p195155

[*]Last seen ..

Dad ..May 18 ..Mom and S1 on the nesting Dad showed up later and left when S1 cane to the nest
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Mom and S1 .May 22
May 22 ... S1 eating in the nest and Mom perched above
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May 23 ..June 1 ..Cam were down /

May 28 .. S1 was on the nest
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Re: Sequoyah NWR, OK..Bald Eagle Nest .. 2018 ...2019

Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 1:06 pm
by IrishEyes
Jan.7 , 2019 ..Cam is down viewtopic.php?p=139223#p139223

Cam was up
at times after that !

January 25, 2019 ..Cam is streaming

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Re: Sequoyah NWR, OK..Bald Eagle Nest .. 2018 ...2019

Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 1:06 pm
by IrishEyes
I am posting this here FMI

Thursday, May 16.. All family is on the nest.. start here
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SAT.. May 18 ..Mom and S1 on the nesting Dad showed up later and left when S1 came to the nest
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May 19 S1 in the nest and there is food and she is eating viewtopic.php?p=200091#p200091

May 20, S1 in the nest
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May 21 ..S1 in the nest eating and Mom perched above
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May 22 ... S1 eating in the nest and Mom perched above
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May 23 to June1.
Cams are down
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May 28.. check here .. S1 was on nest
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Re: Sequoyah NWR, OK..Bald Eagle Nest .. 2018 ...2019

Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 1:07 pm
by IrishEyes
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Re: Sequoyah NWR, OK..Bald Eagle Nest .. 2018 ...2019

Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 1:07 pm
by IrishEyes
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Re: Sequoyah NWR, OK..Bald Eagle Nest .. 2018 -2019

Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2018 5:37 am
by IrishEyes
SUNDAY, SEPT 23, 2018

Good Morning Sequoyah Eagle and everyone and welcome to our new nest thread! :grhug: Looking forward to a successful season on this nest :)



From Trudikk Sept.22
' Sequoyah eagles Oklahoma 9 22 10 645pm Okee (male) was at the nest checking it out this evening just before dark.
1st eagle I've seen at the nest this season stayed over 15 mins before flying off
I do believe it was Okee due to he was using the tree perch like he had used in the past

The cam was blurring up so I edited this video best that I could.. I was still very excited to see that a eagle had flew into the nest :yes:

** There is no sound on this cam ..Sound came from another cam running in the background Sorry about that **
Video
https://youtu.be/aYxbB41q1J0

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Re: Sequoyah NWR, OK..Bald Eagle Nest .. 2018 -2019

Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2018 5:38 am
by IrishEyes
From Bev/ Irish Eyes

Thanks so much Trudi for the s'caps and video ! :grhug:

7 :12am

Eagle perched above the nest
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Re: Sequoyah NWR, OK..Bald Eagle Nest .. 2018 -2019

Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2018 5:38 am
by IrishEyes
From Ferenz
Good morning Oklahoma:

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Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2018 5:44 am
by IrishEyes
Thanks Ferenz for the s;cap!

7:41am
Female still in the nest
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7:42a
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Re: Sequoyah NWR, OK..Bald Eagle Nest .. 2018 -2019

Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2018 5:55 am
by IrishEyes
7:54am
' Female looking over the nest
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8:06am
I missed the female leaving ,nest is empty
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Re: Sequoyah NWR, OK..Bald Eagle Nest .. 2018 -2019

Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2018 8:22 am
by IrishEyes
Weather Report
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10:21am
No one home !
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Re: Sequoyah NWR, OK..Bald Eagle Nest .. 2018 -2019

Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2018 9:29 am
by IrishEyes
11:28a
Nest is empty
12:03pm
Sub Adult in the nest
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12:04pm
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Re: Sequoyah NWR, OK..Bald Eagle Nest .. 2018 -2019

Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2018 12:04 pm
by IrishEyes
2:03pm
Peeking in here... Nest is empty
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