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« Reply #225 on: March 30, 2010, 02:10:34 PM » |
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It's been 5-10 minutes since I watched part of the squirrel being fed to Stormy. The feeding must have lasted 7-8 minutes. Then the adult moved a stick that was drug over the hole when it moved the squirrel to what I call the back of the nest. The adult then settled back down over Stormy. That's when I quit watching except for quick glimpses.
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« Reply #226 on: March 31, 2010, 07:07:56 AM » |
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Action at the nest today. One adult was off of Stormy, but he was still sleeping. That adult was nibbling on something when the other adult arrived at the nest with a fish that was still alive. He let it go and it flopped over onto Stormy. The other adult grabbed it and pulled it away. I think that woke Stormy up, finally. The adult that brought the fish flew off and the other tore into it and fed Stormy for quite awhile. Icky that it still was flopping when they began munching.  Oh, and now every 10 minutes, a black box appears and asks you if you are still watching - how annoying! |
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« Reply #227 on: March 31, 2010, 05:13:21 PM » |
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Carol, thanks for posting. I haven't been able to watch as much the last couple of days.
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« Reply #228 on: March 31, 2010, 07:56:38 PM » |
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Mr. Spider is back. All I could see just now was part of the spider. I guess my eagle watching is over for the day.
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« Reply #229 on: April 01, 2010, 07:57:37 AM » |
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I saw Mr. Spider last night too.
This morning, Stormy was fed for about 13 minutes. He uses his wings almost like arms, and pushes himself around with them. I guess that strengthens them. He almost fills the little hole he is in. I expect him to crawl out any time - but then I worry how he will stay in the nest. I'm sure the parents will keep an eye on him though.
Well, I just looked again, and he's basically out of that little hole, crawling right to the parent, who doesn't seemed concerned at all!
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« Reply #230 on: April 01, 2010, 11:10:33 AM » |
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I noticed that also that Stormy was out of his "hole" this afternoon.
He's growing up.
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« Reply #231 on: April 01, 2010, 12:48:26 PM » |
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I've seen Stormy poop three times now. He lowers his head, raises his rear end, and it shoots out rather far. I guess that keeps the center of the nest cleaner.
He just got fed again, and the parent is trying to settle him down for a nap, I think.
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« Reply #232 on: April 01, 2010, 12:50:35 PM » |
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We observed an eagle's nest from below when we vacationed in Minnesota. Our impression, based on the way the eagles disappeared from sight after landing on the nest, was that the rim is built up higher than the center. When we watched the one in Minnesota, you would see the birds perched on the edge of the nest, then they disappeared from view as they moved away from the edge. Intinst and I had commented to each other previously that the camera view didn't give a very good impression of the depth the grass is below the rim. It this is built like the one we saw, then Stormy should be safe moving around the nest. The nest in Minnesota was built above a river as it flowed from one lake to another. We used to stop the boat and gaze through binoculars at the nest if it looked like any of the eagles there. Always enjoyed watching them - that makes the web cam even more enjoyable for us.
Stormy was being fed just a few minutes ago. It looked like he was taking the food from the adult's beak instead of it being placed in his mouth now.
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« Reply #233 on: April 01, 2010, 12:52:25 PM » |
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I've seen Stormy poop three times now. He lowers his head, raises his rear end, and it shoots out rather far. I guess that keeps the center of the nest cleaner.
I've been laughing to myself and saying he had projectile pooping. |
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« Reply #234 on: April 01, 2010, 12:53:42 PM » |
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Oh darn, I missed the pooping.
No court tomorrow, so I can be online more.
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« Reply #235 on: April 02, 2010, 03:14:42 AM » |
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The parents have been working on building up the nest this morning.
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« Reply #236 on: April 02, 2010, 10:14:48 AM » |
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Stormy is chowing down right now. Boy is s/he growing!
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« Reply #237 on: April 02, 2010, 10:19:56 AM » |
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Stormy crawled all the way across the nest and is trying to feed herself! I don't know how much success she is having!
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« Reply #238 on: April 02, 2010, 11:58:02 AM » |
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I wondered how long before he would try to feed himself!
They have a new update too, if you scroll down the page a bit.
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« Reply #239 on: April 02, 2010, 12:07:34 PM » |
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Where are the pictures of the baby eagles posted? I couldn't find them earlier in this thread.
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« Reply #240 on: April 02, 2010, 01:20:16 PM » |
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Where are the pictures of the baby eagles posted? I couldn't find them earlier in this thread.
http://www.nhptv.org/NATUREWORKS/baldeagle.htm |
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« Reply #241 on: April 02, 2010, 02:08:59 PM » |
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 2 Apr 10 stormy getting big. looks like he/she was trying to feed it's self on scraps nearby. sure does have a powerful "squirt" which must be natures way of keeping the nest clean. i like to check on the family during the nighttime hours too but that spider seems to like the camera lens. |
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« Reply #242 on: April 03, 2010, 10:39:09 AM » |
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Kindle zen, How do you get that picture? The camera's down - like I have to tell any of you that!  |
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« Reply #243 on: April 03, 2010, 09:44:40 PM » |
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Kindle zen, How do you get that picture? The camera's down - like I have to tell any of you that! Carol or anyone else interested, to do a screen capture like the above all you need to do is press the "print screen/ SysRg" key on your keyboard which on all the keyboards i've seen is somewhere along the very top row, right side of the keyboard. be sure to click the full screen button so the picture fills the screen first. when you press the print screen button it takes a "snap shot" of what ever is showing on your screen at the moment and "pastes" it to the computers "clipboard". open up a program like the built in windows "paint" program and press the "paste" button on the upper left hand corner for the windows 7 version or in XP click on "edit" then "paste" .this opens the screen capture in paint then you save as a jpeg and name it. note that everytime you press the print screen button it will replace the frame grab with the latest. now we have to wait till the camera is fixed. have fun  |
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« Reply #244 on: April 04, 2010, 08:46:28 AM » |
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Thanks Kindle zen. That, along with many others, is a button I would have never thought to push...... I am so bummed the camera is still not working!  |
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« Reply #245 on: April 05, 2010, 06:59:54 AM » |
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I don't know when the camera came back on, but Stormy looks bigger today!
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« Reply #246 on: April 05, 2010, 02:08:26 PM » |
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Interesting, both parents were just feeding Stormy. And it looks like he's trying to feed himself a little too! Something flew by overhead and got the attention of both parents. They tracked it for quite a while, but I don't know what it was. He's alone in the nest now sleeping. One parent could be perched in the tree nearby and you just can't see. Bald eagles have no natural enemies - I looked it up - so I guess Stormy is relatively safe! |
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« Reply #247 on: April 07, 2010, 04:31:24 AM » |
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I have only been able to watch Stormy for a couple minutes each day the last couple of days.
My mom did tell me yesterday that it looks like he's starting to get feathers.
This morning it looks like he's trying to climb out of his hole and look over the edge at the rest of the world.
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« Reply #248 on: April 12, 2010, 10:24:18 AM » |
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I went away for the long weekend. Stormy looks twice the size of when I saw him last!
The update says that even though he is alone in the nest, one parent is always perched close by.
I wonder if he is starting to feed himself yet?
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« Reply #249 on: April 12, 2010, 04:41:03 PM » |
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A few days ago I saw him pulling at some of the meat by himself. I guess mom and dad weren't fast enough.
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