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Re: CHAT-N-BOBBLE

Post by LazyParrot4 » Mon Aug 15, 2022 10:30 am

:faint: Oh, Sumac. That pie looked so good and it turned out to only be a picture! :cry1:

So, for everyone else out there, here is another teaser from the video about Elbe river.
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Three male Black Grouse showing bare red skin above eyes.
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Two Black Grouse males battling for pecking order.
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Female Black Grouse in tree watching males.

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Re: CHAT-N-BOBBLE

Post by lovinnature » Mon Aug 15, 2022 1:32 pm

Afternoon all!
Sue, boy oh boy, that pie looks good ! :) Thank you!

LP, thanks for Elbe river link.
The first thing that came to mind was "Look at da Grouse, look at da Grouse". :mihihi:
Does anyone else remember that ??
Will finish watching it tonight.

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Re: CHAT-N-BOBBLE

Post by LazyParrot4 » Mon Aug 15, 2022 1:42 pm

The red skin on head of Black Grouse is called a wattle. Thought that term was reserved for the piece of "dangling" red skin underneath a chicken's neck? Thus the old expression for droopy skin under a person's neck. Anyone have anything to say about this??

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Re: CHAT-N-BOBBLE

Post by Suemac » Mon Aug 15, 2022 3:30 pm

Welcome Fritz at the Cincinnati Zoo. 🦛
Check out both videos in the story. Some cuteness for your evening.
:love:

https://www.wlwt.com/article/cincinnati ... z/40894484
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Re: CHAT-N-BOBBLE

Post by Grosbeak » Mon Aug 15, 2022 3:41 pm

White-Bellied Sea Eagles -- Sydney, Australia -- Video by Lady Hawk

https://youtu.be/3C-VCwuUlLE

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Re: CHAT-N-BOBBLE

Post by Suemac » Mon Aug 15, 2022 3:45 pm

LazyParrot4 wrote:
Mon Aug 15, 2022 1:42 pm
The red skin on head of Black Grouse is called a wattle. Thought that term was reserved for the piece of "dangling" red skin underneath a chicken's neck? Thus the old expression for droopy skin under a person's neck. Anyone have anything to say about this??
Well you asked-lol! When I hear the word wattle, I think of a duck waddle and then I think of The Duck Song.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jjcAuEYW9M

🎶"Then he waddled away (Waddle waddle)"🎶 :mihihi: :mihihi:
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Re: CHAT-N-BOBBLE

Post by Suemac » Mon Aug 15, 2022 4:23 pm

Mississippi River Flyway Cam:
Mama duck and her ducklings. Maybe a mottled duck? :dunno:
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Re: CHAT-N-BOBBLE

Post by lovinnature » Mon Aug 15, 2022 8:21 pm

Hello night peeps!

It was so nice to come home and see all the links you guys/gals have posted.

Hello Grosbeak ! thank you. The WB Sea Eagles are getting big. I love the black pin feathers on their white bodied :love:

Howdy LP ! sorry but the first thing that popped into my head when you said Grouse was the Three Stooges.
I could see Curly pointing, 👉 saying, "Look at da Grouse". (I'm so bad) :faint:


Hello Sue from down there ! Fritz is adorable ! I could squeeze him all up ! I have always wanted to hug a hippopotamus. (for real).
*Next . I never have heard the :%: Duck Song. :rofl:
You know it's going to be in my head all night. But that's ok, because my favorite flavor is grape. I even have grape Chap Stick sitting next to me. :mihihi:

Thanks for the laughs bobble heads ! :thumlft:
By the way I have nothing to say about Waddle. ;)

One day closer to season 11 :woohoo:
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Re: CHAT-N-BOBBLE

Post by lovinnature » Mon Aug 15, 2022 8:44 pm

Hello again night peeps !
Sunset on the river. MRFW
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:announce: Ok, tall guys in the back. Short guys in the front.
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Then they all meld together. Good night everybirdy.
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:nite: peeps !
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Re: CHAT-N-BOBBLE

Post by JudyB » Mon Aug 15, 2022 10:49 pm

2022 Cam Maintenance
Matching Drive

Hi everyone!

It's certainly been an unusual nesting season - but one thing remains the same:

We need your help so we can be prepared to see what happens next.

The first $1000 in donations toward our cam maintenance fund drive will be matched by long-time supporters of Hancock Wildlife - so the time to donate is now!

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I may take a bit of a look back in another post - but now I'd like to look ahead to our plans and hopes for next year - and how you can help us get there. :thumlft:

While we all miss Dad Trooper at Delta 2, I'm looking forward to watching Ma Delta teach DM (Delta Male) how to be a good mate and with luck a good dad to the little chicks we hope to see them raise together in the new nest we'll be building for them, with big thanks to everyone who donated to our GoFundMe drive.

The French Creek eagles raised two chicks in 2022 - though they didn't use the nest with the cam and, even if they had, the cam went offline before the nesting season got underway. Ever the optimist, I'm hoping we'll be able to get the cam streaming again, and at the very least see the adults and maybe next year's fledglings visit the nest with a cam - and just maybe they'll decide it's time for a change and move to the nest with the cam!

Mom Dimple and Dad Duffer finally produced eggs in 2022 after three years together at Harrison Mills, but were disrupted by an intruder during the incubation. I really want to see them raising little chicks next year - and I think it will happen, and very much hope that we'll be able to replace the cams that are no longer working so we'll be able to see them raise their first chicks together.

A young pair of eagles took over the Surrey Reserve nest for the 2022 season, and weren't ready to nest then, but I think they are now - and we're looking forward to watching SM and SF (Surrey Male and Surrey Female) learn how to raise the tiny chicks we hope they will have. This is the only nest that doesn't need major work - but it would be nice to get the cams cleaned - and to do the preventive maintenance needed to make sure they keep working.

The White Rock pair had a sad year in 2022, losing their chicks when they were a little more than six weeks old - and I'm hoping we'll be able to see them come back with another successful season (they've successfully fledged 14 young eagles so far). One of the cameras at the nest they appear to be preparing for next year is in danger of falling after one of the straps holding it broke, so we are hoping to be able to fix that quickly.

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The screenshot above is Ma Delta feeding her tiny eaglets in 2019 - and I would love to have five pictures like this, one from each of our nests, at this time next year. :love:

Naturally, the eagles will have a say in that - but we need to get functioning cams securely fastened at as many nests as possible in the month or so while the eagles are generally away in search of salmon.

We'll be posting additional information about the work we'd like to do at the various nests soon, but we really do need donations now so we can start reserving lifts and scheduling climbers and hopefully buying a few new cams. And remember - the first $1000 in donations will be matched - so if you adopt a nest for $250, HWF will receive $500!

We've tried to answer some of the common questions about donating here - All About Donating - and please feel free to PM me if you have other questions or concerns.
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Re: CHAT-N-BOBBLE

Post by Grosbeak » Tue Aug 16, 2022 7:34 am

lovinnature wrote:
Mon Aug 15, 2022 8:12 am
Good morning all ! Happy Monday !

Grosbeak, Here you go. Two more things to enjoy in the same day :D
Left is Red Tailed Hawk....... Falcon is on right
Hello, Lovin. Spotted one of these (buteo lineatus) https://www.dpreview.com/challenges/Ent ... ID=1206179
this morning perched on the cable line about three feet above the hummingbird feeder. No hummers around. :D

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Re: CHAT-N-BOBBLE

Post by LazyParrot4 » Tue Aug 16, 2022 7:59 am

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Bald Eagle de-feathering and eating bird
:tea: Good Morning Everyone.
:wave: Grosbeak--thanks for Lady Hawk clip of Sea Eagle nest that I have been watching.
:wave: Hello Lovinnature. The tip about "hooded" appearance of Falcon to distinguish it from Hawk is helpful---thanks. Beak differences I don't get.
:wave: Sue, duck song is cute. Guess wattle triggers your memories from days when you had kids in the house. :D
:yes: We need smilie for heavy fog. Sure have some at the MRFW site this morning.

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Re: CHAT-N-BOBBLE

Post by LazyParrot4 » Tue Aug 16, 2022 8:21 am

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Bald Eagle on foggy morning after eating bird---"always wash your feet after eating"

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Re: CHAT-N-BOBBLE

Post by Suemac » Tue Aug 16, 2022 8:29 am

:wave: :coffee2: Good morning everyone!
Decorah North nest, Decorah, Iowa:
DN16 did not return to the nest area last night and has not been seen this morning.
The sun has risen to a new day. Maybe DN16 has left also to join DN15. :dunno: The cameras
are coming down on Saturday. Have to feel happy and celebrate with the Decorah North nest
followers on a successful season of DNF and Mr. North and DN15 and DN16.
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The neighbor squirrel is frolicking in the branches of the nest tree.
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Re: CHAT-N-BOBBLE

Post by Suemac » Tue Aug 16, 2022 8:32 am

Decorah North nest, Decorah, Iowa:
The hummingbirds are looking for DN16 :love:
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"Listen to the voice of nature, for it holds treasures for you."
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