Re: Iowa Bald Eagles ready to hatch their eggs. LIVE!

spd2demun · ‎07-28-2007

How many, two? It's hard to see with that feed today--tried last night, but after dark.

dhascall · ‎04-21-2008

spd2demun wrote:
How many, two? It's hard to see with that feed today--tried last night, but after dark.

Which cam? The Jordan River cam has two eaglets, IIRC. My wife commented that mama had some food hid under her and she would get it out, feed the first, feed the second and then repeat.

Escapee · ‎09-09-2009

removed post wrong lake in area

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hpmsrm · ‎09-14-2009

Just finished watching the eagle cam at the Decorah, Iowa preserve. Great shots. This is the male of the pair that occupy the nest we've been watching for nearly a year.

10:50 AM 1/29/12

Decorah eagle close-up.jpg

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hpmsrm · ‎09-14-2009

Decorah, IA 5:07 PM CST. Mom & dad both in nest doing repairs and adjustments.

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hpmsrm · ‎09-14-2009

A bald eagle story in this morning's Sunday paper. This occurred in the Brussels, Illinois area. I guess there are still some good humans left, SPD.

http://www.thetelegraph.com/articles/eagle-65210-tree-house.html

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spd2demun · ‎07-28-2007

Yup, a few of us left, and about as scarce as a Native-born Houstonian! I admire people who can do the rehab, then release. I could not let them go back into the wild to be possibly injured again.

Great shot you got in the nest! I bet that beak could snap a finger off with one bite?

hpmsrm wrote:

A bald eagle story in this morning's Sunday paper. This occurred in the Brussels, Illinois area. I guess there are still some good humans left, SPD.

http://www.thetelegraph.com/articles/eagle-65210-tree-house.html

skeeterintexas · ‎12-09-2007

YEA! Finally got to see Mom & Dad doing some remodeling on the nest!

mom&Dad.JPG

hpmsrm · ‎09-14-2009

Nice screen shot Skeeter. Been noticing that they are intensifying their fix-up efforts. I swear I've become a bald eagle addict.

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spd2demun · ‎07-28-2007

The look small, just like regular backyard birds...until you realize how big that nest is! Good shot, skeeter!

oufanindallas · ‎02-08-2010

Sequoyah National Forest has 3 chicks. 1st chick hatched 1/24, 2nd chick hatched 1/26, last chick hatched 1/29. All three chicks appear to be healthy.

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dhascall · ‎04-21-2008

Cool - thanks!

hpmsrm · ‎09-14-2009

It's snowing right now in Decorah, Iowa. No place to go. Just sit on the branch of the big tree where the nest is located....and take it.

Snowing in Decorah 2.jpg

Snowing in Decorah 4.jpg

Further more.....there is video available on the site of the two Bald Eagles mating AND another video of them in the nest together doing their repairs and maintenance...then the female gets friendly and makes an attempt to get dear old dad interested in her. All the folks keeping track of the unfolding of events are waiting anxiously for the appearance of the eggs. In 2011 it occurred on about Feb. 23rd.

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spd2demun · ‎07-28-2007

Wish they could come down here and get warm. I would let them come indoors.

dhascall · ‎04-21-2008

Saturday afternoon, Mom and Dad were sitting on the limb, by the nest. Someone was actively controlling the camera. I gave up my Vizio Tablet so that my wife could watch. No eggs, yet. They were panning and zooming in on their faces and feather structure. My wife was fascinated by the sheer number of feathers. Millions, it looked like.

hpmsrm · ‎09-14-2009

Breaking News! We have an egg!!!

7:47 PM, February 17, 2012

Mom is sitting on it now....trying to get some sleep. Next question: Will there be a #2 & #3 like there were last February?

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spd2demun · ‎07-28-2007

I feel like sending out baby announcements! Thanks for letting us know. Is it snowing still?

hpmsrm · ‎09-14-2009

No. I was watching the chats comments which sometimes fly by so fast I can't get them read. But one commenter said he/she lived just 38 miles from the nest and it was not cold there in NE Iowa. Of course what is NOT cold to an Iowan might be frigid to a lot of the rest of us. Another egg probably won't drop for a couple of days or so.

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spd2demun · ‎07-28-2007

I know it's Nature, but I still feel really bad for the wildlife and homeless domesticated animals out there.

dhascall · ‎04-21-2008

I saw the egg drop news on my U-Stream app, for the Decorah camera. Phil is your wife fascinated with the Eagles too? If so, you can put the U-Stream app on her iPad. I have a Vizio 8" Android tablet. I prefer watching them on that than on the PC.

http://www.ustream.tv/everywhere/ipad

oufanindallas · ‎02-08-2010

Not an eagle, but just as amazing. Folks from around the country have been flocking to Rowlett, just east of Dallas for a Snowy Owl that has shown up this far south. Here are some amazing pictures of this beautiful owl.

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spd2demun · ‎07-28-2007

I want one.

hpmsrm · ‎09-14-2009

Amazing. Beautiful creature. I had read a short article on this some time back. I seem to recall that warmer Artic waters have decreased the lemming population and it's a survival effort by the owls to come further south. Canada's loss.....our gain.

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hpmsrm · ‎09-14-2009

dhascall wrote:

I saw the egg drop news on my U-Stream app, for the Decorah camera. Phil is your wife fascinated with the Eagles too? If so, you can put the U-Stream app on her iPad. I have a Vizio 8" Android tablet. I prefer watching them on that than on the PC.

http://www.ustream.tv/everywhere/ipad

Nope. My wife, although interested in the progress reports, doesn't follow the Decorah eagles as closely as I do. I forwarded your suggestion to her and got only a negative shake of her head. But thanks for the info. Some others may be interested.

By the way.....there are two eggs now. We all wonder if a third one is in the works.

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skeeterintexas · ‎12-09-2007

Did you see this screen shot of Mom covered in snow?

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HC9jBa-SRhg/T0O2wTNDGdI/AAAAAAAAACM/roslVtHaxHA/s1600/snoweagle.jpg

Poor thing. She'd just laid egg #2 but she's such a good mommy, she protected both with her body.

spd2demun · ‎07-28-2007

That is SO sad!

dhascall · ‎04-21-2008

skeeterintexas wrote:
Did you see this screen shot of Mom covered in snow?

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HC9jBa-SRhg/T0O2wTNDGdI/AAAAAAAAACM/roslVtHaxHA/s1600/snoweagle.jpg

Poor thing. She'd just laid egg #2 but she's such a good mommy, she protected both with her body.

That is true love, to me.....

skeeterintexas · ‎12-09-2007

Both parents devotion to each brood is inspirational.

I read that their feathers have phenomenal insulating qualities. That's why the snow on her back didn't melt but protected her and the eggs.

hpmsrm · ‎09-14-2009

Hooray! Mom laid her 3rd egg last evening.....2/24/12 at about 8:05 PM. First time we got to see all three eggs was almost 12:30 AM this morning. There is video of both occasions.

When I checked the temperature in Decorah, IA at around 3:00 AM it was 12 degrees with a wind chill of 1 degree. But I guess eggs are like babies.....they choose their own time to come.

This morning pop is taking his turn at keeping them warm and the camera guy zoomed in for some close-ups. Really sharp image:

Proud dad keeping 3 eggs warm - 2-25-12.jpg

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skeeterintexas · ‎12-09-2007

I checked in at 8:30 last night and she'd just laid the 3rd egg.

Poor little thing looked pooped!

ETA: I graabbed a screen shot of the first view of all three eggs: