Clickable Links to all eagle nests:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dHEWuIkYxy-HjNSihTn9rMayqnnCPIQd9KXSqs8vJ8Y/edit#gid=1602657408
Eagle Information
Sunday, January 19, 2014
Saturday, July 13, 2013
From Nest Building to Hatching, Videos
Re-building the Rails: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBlbuSmxvoE&feature=youtu.be
Mating: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUTEzuUFn6s
Laying Eggs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjxWEDtx4wY
How An Egg is Made: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_D1qTNDyJc&feature=youtu.be
Embryonic Development Slide Show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i0Y4k_QvHc
Embryonic Development Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ah-gT0hTto
Pipping and Hatching: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j1tL5yTLM4
Hatching in Progress: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3Jwr-qQd-k
Hatching at Eagle Valley,WI, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BXobqxTGak
Another Hatching (Comanche Nation): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGOwvqj_8S0
Why Eagles Build Alternate Nests: http://www.hancockwildlife.org/article.php/ABaldEaglesReuseOldNests
Survival Rates: As radio telemetry study data increase, it appears that first-year survival is better in some areas than in others, with urban eaglets not faring quite as well as those from rural areas.
Findings from some of these studies (all of which had good sample size):
- Chesapeake Bay: 100% survived from 8 weeks of age to nest departure at 10–12 weeks of age; 100% survived their first year
- Texas: 97% survived to nest departure
- Florida: 93% survived to nest departure; a minimum of 63% survived their first year
- California: 77% survived the first year
- Montana: 91% survived their first year
- Yellowstone National Park: 87% survived their first year
- Maine: minimum of 73% survived their first year
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Eagle Videos
Poop Shoot on Cam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b3ExDtwbcE&feature=youtu.be
Eagle Sounds: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_eOJgd0LwI
Head Bonking: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8pJFkrluz0&feature=youtu.be
Outstanding Collection of Videos: http://www.arkive.org/bald-eagle/haliaeetus-leucocephalus/video-09a.html
Eagle Catching Fish: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPQ1vnS51Y0
Bald Eagle vs Bear: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV3ajQRniNg
Dancing In The Rain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knUQ0jrKAA8
Dancing Eagles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sy69uKWizJo
Duck Lunch Got Away: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5ECChL7OmQ
Eagle Caught on Rope: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJsLbmYdpBE
Eagle Story by Pharmer Dave: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7rRGBXMkck&list=PLB5E84279C986AF05&index=1
Silent Movie by Pharmer Dave: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2qnkX9hn9c&list=UUGDTqBnkGk_WSjnFj2loxjA
Eagle Dance by Pharmer Dave: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNopNDpJP2w
Shenanigans by Pharmer Dave: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciDfP6m9970&list=UUGDTqBnkGk_WSjnFj2loxjA&index=10
Eaglets Learn to Catch Geese: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84bzpx6fbY4
Florida Eaglets Being Cute: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhD7EbB3fjc
Eaglet's First Branch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siQ8As53Yoo
Food Fight: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enDExdG1UQw
Eagle Knocks Osprey Out of Sky and Steals It's Fish: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSGpjz92194
Eaglets Play Teeter Totter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04ggpS2AjZQ
Eaglet on Left Casts Pellet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5WB5HnJuMY
Dad's Obsessive Stick Disorder: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=InxblWXgpqM
Eagle Spiral Dance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYkQOdq3PHw
Eagle Sees Self in Camera Lens: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aijJsYBVpXM
PBS Nature, Eagles Hunting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rq4X5NGUVI
PBS Nature, American Eagle: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/american-eagle/video-full-episode/4349/
Eagle Catching Snake: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KburV5Vti04
Florida's Honor in Bad Mood: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t03DC0RmZBU
Eaglet Poops on Camera: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUOuRgPgol0
Eagle Song by ABBA: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdoSy4ROZpg&list=PLwfqh0eQZ5iZpb9uFT0xSVeB-nciQE56P&index=4
Eagle Poem: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aojnbjY-3Rs&list=PLwfqh0eQZ5iZpb9uFT0xSVeB-nciQE56P&index=42
Fledgling's First Bath: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imH3v642PVE&feature=youtu.be
Poop Symphony: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Azm-kFXsvwo
Injured Eagles Get Beach Day: http://www.kare11.com/news/article/980197/391/Land-of-10000-Stories-Bald-eagles-enjoy-Beach-Day
Hovering: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c44Ws8KqqbY
Patriot, the Eagle, Takes Bath: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWw1zWHyeHE
Hissy Fit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLBv0cWzsWU
Eagle Catches Salmon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hecXupPpE9o
Teddy Bear in Nest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUh4jhHvJbU
Eagles Enjoy Beach Day: http://www.kare11.com/news/article/980197/391/Land-of-10000-Stories-Bald-eagles-enjoy-Beach-Day
AEF Eaglets Removed from Nest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0e-g-as1WU
AEF Eaglets Placed in Hack Tower: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF9lgMeQXLU
MnBound, Wind Flips Harmony: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uobStxnbbj4&list=PLKH9Zgw11XvYKebn8p_eqie_k9xGWisgz
MnBound, Mom Trades Fish for Raccoon:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLmmpepS7RU&list=PLKH9Zgw11XvYKebn8p_eqie_k9xGWisg
SWFL Honor Bites Mom's Toe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNmz6G5M480&feature=youtu.be
4-Foot Poop: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yrEzwPY0TU
Fish Left in Pickup Truck Bed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSQf66rTZvY&feature=share
Eagles in Alaska in the Snow: http://shetzers.com/video-bald-eagles-in-alaska-as-the-snow-flies/
Eaglet cheeping with each bite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1oyimjbKBg
Eaglets Released From Hack Tower on Jul 21, 2013: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfG2nuNRLQU&feature=em-uploademail
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmTN3bbvOLQ
Mn Bound Duck Lunch Contains Egg: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdjRf6qvyWM
Hawk Attacks Eagle Nest in NJ, Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s8anVG-o_I
Hawk Attacks Eagle Nest in NJ, Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjHMxo9XENg
Hawk Attacks Eagle Nest in NJ, Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6GzCjyt1gk
TV Story of AEF Eagle Release: http://www.wbir.com/news/article/282986/2/Eaglets-released-into-the-wild?fb_action_ids=10200468583729650&fb_action_types=og.recommends&fb_r
How NY Brought Back the Eagles: http://vimeo.com/73593168
Birdie of Harrison Mills fledges:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfOw7WjTkqk&feature=youtu.be
Eagles Bathing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l_PvPsDPEk
Happy Birthday: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6SRO3wMhh4
Eagle Sounds: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_eOJgd0LwI
Head Bonking: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8pJFkrluz0&feature=youtu.be
Outstanding Collection of Videos: http://www.arkive.org/bald-eagle/haliaeetus-leucocephalus/video-09a.html
Eagle Catching Fish: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPQ1vnS51Y0
Bald Eagle vs Bear: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV3ajQRniNg
Dancing In The Rain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knUQ0jrKAA8
Dancing Eagles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sy69uKWizJo
Duck Lunch Got Away: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5ECChL7OmQ
Eagle Caught on Rope: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJsLbmYdpBE
Eagle Story by Pharmer Dave: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7rRGBXMkck&list=PLB5E84279C986AF05&index=1
Silent Movie by Pharmer Dave: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2qnkX9hn9c&list=UUGDTqBnkGk_WSjnFj2loxjA
Eagle Dance by Pharmer Dave: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNopNDpJP2w
Shenanigans by Pharmer Dave: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciDfP6m9970&list=UUGDTqBnkGk_WSjnFj2loxjA&index=10
Eaglets Learn to Catch Geese: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84bzpx6fbY4
Florida Eaglets Being Cute: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhD7EbB3fjc
Eaglet's First Branch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siQ8As53Yoo
Food Fight: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enDExdG1UQw
Eagle Knocks Osprey Out of Sky and Steals It's Fish: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSGpjz92194
Eaglets Play Teeter Totter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04ggpS2AjZQ
Eaglet on Left Casts Pellet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5WB5HnJuMY
Dad's Obsessive Stick Disorder: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=InxblWXgpqM
Eagle Spiral Dance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYkQOdq3PHw
Eagle Sees Self in Camera Lens: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aijJsYBVpXM
PBS Nature, Eagles Hunting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rq4X5NGUVI
PBS Nature, American Eagle: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/american-eagle/video-full-episode/4349/
Eagle Catching Snake: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KburV5Vti04
Florida's Honor in Bad Mood: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t03DC0RmZBU
Eaglet Poops on Camera: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUOuRgPgol0
Eagle Song by ABBA: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdoSy4ROZpg&list=PLwfqh0eQZ5iZpb9uFT0xSVeB-nciQE56P&index=4
Eagle Poem: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aojnbjY-3Rs&list=PLwfqh0eQZ5iZpb9uFT0xSVeB-nciQE56P&index=42
Fledgling's First Bath: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imH3v642PVE&feature=youtu.be
Poop Symphony: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Azm-kFXsvwo
Injured Eagles Get Beach Day: http://www.kare11.com/news/article/980197/391/Land-of-10000-Stories-Bald-eagles-enjoy-Beach-Day
Hovering: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c44Ws8KqqbY
Patriot, the Eagle, Takes Bath: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWw1zWHyeHE
Hissy Fit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLBv0cWzsWU
Eagle Catches Salmon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hecXupPpE9o
Teddy Bear in Nest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUh4jhHvJbU
Eagles Enjoy Beach Day: http://www.kare11.com/news/article/980197/391/Land-of-10000-Stories-Bald-eagles-enjoy-Beach-Day
AEF Eaglets Removed from Nest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0e-g-as1WU
AEF Eaglets Placed in Hack Tower: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF9lgMeQXLU
MnBound, Wind Flips Harmony: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uobStxnbbj4&list=PLKH9Zgw11XvYKebn8p_eqie_k9xGWisgz
MnBound, Mom Trades Fish for Raccoon:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLmmpepS7RU&list=PLKH9Zgw11XvYKebn8p_eqie_k9xGWisg
SWFL Honor Bites Mom's Toe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNmz6G5M480&feature=youtu.be
4-Foot Poop: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yrEzwPY0TU
Fish Left in Pickup Truck Bed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSQf66rTZvY&feature=share
Eagles in Alaska in the Snow: http://shetzers.com/video-bald-eagles-in-alaska-as-the-snow-flies/
Eaglet cheeping with each bite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1oyimjbKBg
Eaglets Released From Hack Tower on Jul 21, 2013: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfG2nuNRLQU&feature=em-uploademail
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmTN3bbvOLQ
Mn Bound Duck Lunch Contains Egg: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdjRf6qvyWM
Hawk Attacks Eagle Nest in NJ, Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s8anVG-o_I
Hawk Attacks Eagle Nest in NJ, Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjHMxo9XENg
Hawk Attacks Eagle Nest in NJ, Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6GzCjyt1gk
TV Story of AEF Eagle Release: http://www.wbir.com/news/article/282986/2/Eaglets-released-into-the-wild?fb_action_ids=10200468583729650&fb_action_types=og.recommends&fb_r
How NY Brought Back the Eagles: http://vimeo.com/73593168
Birdie of Harrison Mills fledges:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfOw7WjTkqk&feature=youtu.be
Eagles Bathing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l_PvPsDPEk
Happy Birthday: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6SRO3wMhh4
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Eagle Documents and Pictures
Avian Reproduction and the Egg: http://people.eku.edu/ritchisong/avianreproduction.html
What To Expect, Week By Week (Click to enlarge)
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Plumage 0-4 Weeks |
Plumage 5-11 Weeks |
Actual pix from NE Fl Nest 2013-2014 |
Feathers: Eaglets progress through 3 different sets of feathers, including natal down, thermal down, and juvenile feathers. Chicks are hatched with a coat of natal down. This down is very lilght in color and does not have much insulating ability, such that chicks must be brooded by an adult for warmth. Natal down is replaced by thermal down beginning around 10 days of age. Thermal down has very good insulating qualities and by 15 days hicks are typically able to thermoregulate on their own. The emergence of juvenile feathers, including contour and flight feathers, typically begins on or before 27 days.
Age progression: http://onthewingphotography.com/wings/2011/02/16/bald-eagles-one-to-five-years-old/
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Where are Eagle Ears: http://eaglenest.blogs.wm.edu/2011/03/20/where-are-the-eagles-ears/
Courtship, Copulation, Eggs, and other things romantic: http://raptorresource.blogspot.com/2014/02/courtship-copulation-eggs-and-other.html
Sex, violence, airplanes and comeback of the national bird: http://www.wm.edu/news/stories/2014/sex%2C-violence%2C-airplanes-and-the-comeback-of-the-national-bird123.php?utm_content=bufferf40f9&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Eagle Digestive System: http://books.google.com/books?id=QMauaRiGOVEC&pg=PA27&lpg=PA27&dq=bald+eagle+digestive+system&source=bl&ots=zWJTDg17Hz&sig=GKgJNhZSqjILIkjdsiv3qWT5tbY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=c6hlUdi9CbHJ4AOim4HoCg&ved=0CHkQ6AEwDw#v=onepage&q=bald%20eagle%20digestive%20system&f=false
Stages of Eagle Development, as observed by MsO
Week
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ACTION
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1-2
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Eat, poop,
sleep, grow (1-2 oz every day) Eye sight good at 9 days
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2-4
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Lose baby
down and grow woolly secondary down. One foot high. Grow pin and tail
feathers, get white wig and clown feet. 18 in head to tail, wings 2.5 ft, wt
4-5 lbs (gain 4-5 oz every day)
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4-5
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24 inches
head to tail, wingspan 3-4 ft, weigh 6-7 lbs. More feathered.
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5-7
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Continue
to get dark juvie feathers. Stand upright. Try to self feed.
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7-9
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Wingersizing
and hovering. can self feed. Mantle. Weigh 8-9 lbs
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9-10
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Branching.
Sleep outside nest or standing in nest. Fully feathered
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10-12
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Fledge (many
do not survive first flight) Weight has gone from 2-3 oz to 10-12 lbs.
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12-?
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Practice flying. Learn to hunt prey by watching
parents. Leave forever.
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7200 feathers. Live 20-30 yrs in wild, up to 50 yrs in
captivity
eagles cannot swivel eyes,
but can turn head 270 degrees
Number of eggs: (per Patent,
mod at Decorah)
79% - 2
17% - 1
4% - 3
<1 - 4
Female fattens up before eggs
to prepare for long hours incubating and brooding. Will lose weight caring for
eaglets
Nest Diet (20 nests studied)
(per samour, mod at FL)
Fish 56%
Birds 28%
Mammals 14%
Other 2%
Food order of preference:
Stealing, Scavenging Carrion, and lastly, Hunting
A eagle can lift about 50% of
its weight and can fly with 30% of its weight.
Mortality Rates: 30% die
first year, only 1 in 10 live to be adult.
Study says 90% first hatched
is female
More northern eagles (perhaps
less use of DDT)
Female body length 35-37
inches, wind span 79-90 inches. Male 30-34 and 72-85. Avg weight 10-13 lb (with
northern eagles at high end of range)
Eaglets have nest fidelity.
Males usually settle within 38 miles of birth nest and females within 100
miles.
Eagles can fly at altitudes
of 10,000 feet and at speed of 30-35 mph.Signs of approaching egg laying: Intensified breathing, sometimes with rhythmic opening and closing of the beak. Head is drawn in and body feathers are fluffed out. The tail is kept horizontal or elevated. Then the tip of the tail starts making nodding movements with rhythmic depressions of the rump. These movements are almost invisible to gegin with, but increase in strength and end with a sudden elevation of the rump that marks the moment of egg laying.
Days between eggs: 5% 2 days, 72% 3 days, 20% 4 days, 3% 5 days
Eagles Will Not Abandon Chicks if Human's Touch: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=fact-or-fiction-birds-abandon-young-at-human-touch
Eagle Deadbeat Dads, Cheating Wives, and Nest Intrusions:
www.wm.edu/research/ideation/science-and-technology/reality-show314.php
See, you hold your wings like this |
Pipped and Zipped Egg |
Brood Patch |
Birdie at Harrison Mills Dreaming of a river full of fish |
Eagle Deaths by Wind Energy: http://news.yahoo.com/study-wind-farms-killed-67-eagles-5-years-160226373.html
Info about an Eagle's Weight: The Body of an eagle is made for flying and for catching prey. To do these things, the body must be light in weight and very strong. To make their bodies lighter in weight, eagles have hollow bones. In some places, there are braces inside the bones to make them stronger. But many parts of the bones have nothing inside them them but air. As incredible as it may seem, the entire skeleton of a Bald eagle weighs only a little more than half a pound (272 grams).
When an eagle flaps its wings, most of the power for flying comes from the downward stroke of the wings. For this reason, the muscles that pull the wings down are much larger than the muscles that pull the wings up. The flight muscles are so Important to an eagle that they often account for half of the bird's total weight.
An eagle can fly faster or slower by changing the position of its wings. When It wants to fly fast, it turns the front edges of the wings into the wind and "cuts through" the air. When the eagle wants to slow itself down, it turns the wide surface of the wings into the wind, and the wings "drag" through the air. There is no room for a sloppy landing on top of a tall tree or on a cliff, so eagles have to be good at landing. To slow themselves for a landing, they spread their wings and tall down, and "drag" them through the air to act like brakes.
It is really amazing to see the many ways in which an eagle's body combines low weight with high strength. There doesn't seem to be an extra ounce of weight anywhere. For example, the feathers on a large eagle can be very sturdy but each feather weighs next to nothing. A Bald eagle has more than 7 thousand feathers, but all of them put together weighs less than 21 ounces (586 grams). If you took 30 of these feathers in your hand, they would weigh less than a penny. (Written by Christine Caro Mudd)
State of Virginia Success Story: http://www.vagazette.com/news/va-vg-center-for-conservation-biology-records-more-than-200-bald-eagle-nests-on-james-river-20131023,0,7813364.story
Egg Tooth |
Hack Tower |
Lucy's Foot Much Improved |
Lucy Incubating Egg in Snow |
How eagles can sleep on a tree limb without falling off: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/12/why-birds-can-sleep-on-branches-and-not-fall-off/281969/?utm_source=btn-facebook-pckt
One Way to Identify Male or Female |
National Eagle Repository: http://www.nbcwashington.com/investigations/Protecting-Eagles-in-Life-and-Death-265758081.html?_osource=SocialFlowFB_DCBrand#
Eagle Trasmitter |
Eagle Sounds: http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/bald_eagle/sounds
Beak and Feet: http://www.infovisual.info/02/059_en.html
Eagle Intelligence: http://www.starescue.org/htm/bird-intelligence/bird-brained.htm
Eagle Head Parts: http://s1138.photobucket.com/user/elfenruler/media/About%20Bald%20Eagles/EagleHead_zps6abbfefe.jpg.html
Pin Feathers on Wing |
Feathers: http://people.eku.edu/ritchisong/feathers.html
Nictatating Membrane |
Gender Differences: http://www.ehow.com/facts_5972433_difference-male-female-bald-eagles.html
Eagle Chick Development: http://eaglenest.blogs.wm.edu/2011/04/30/bald-eagle-chick-development/
Threats to Eagle Survival: http://www.eagles.org/vu-study/survival/threats-to-survival.php
Bald Eagle Fact Sheet #1: http://www.baldeagleinfo.com/eagle/eagle-facts.html
Bald Eagle Fact Sheet #2: http://www.learner.org/jnorth/www/critters/eagle/826572782.html
Bald Eagle Fact Sheet #3: http://www.baldeagleinfo.com/
Bald Eagle Fact Sheet #4: http://www.ccbbirds.org/what-we-do/research/species-of-concern/virginia-eagles/facts-about-eagles/
Bald Eagle Fact Sheet #5: http://www.hornbyeagles.com/eaglefaq.htm
And more Eagle Facts: http://www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/eagle/indexCurrent.html
Male Eagle Acts as Foster Parent: http://www.wxpr.org/post/bald-eagle-models-foster-parenting#.UbvMTqIy0Kt.facebook
Links to Other Cameras: http://www.beakspeak.com/
Links to Eagle Cameras: http://eagleholic.wordpress.com/bald-eagle-cams/
Hatching Asynchrony and Brood Reduction: http://www.stanford.edu/group/stanfordbirds/text/essays/Brood_Reduction.html
‘Siblicide’ is the behaviour of siblings killing each other. It’s most commonly seen in large birds – raptors such as the Verreaux eagle, that hatch their eggs a few days apart. The dominant (usually the first-born) chick instinctively kills the weaker one – sometimes by pushing it out of the nest, or by pecking and battering it to death with its sharp little beak. Other times, the weaker chick will die indirectly, from starvation, bullied out of eating by it’s older sibling/siblings…
As awful and cruel as this all sounds, siblicide gives the strongest nestling/nestlings the greatest chance of survival – the complete undivided attention of the parent birds who can then focus all of their energy on the remaining stronger chick (It is likely that the other chick was born as an insurance policy, in case something should happen to the first-born or stronger chick).
How to Handle an Injured Raptor: http://www.vetmed.auburn.edu/home/programs-and-centers/southeastern-raptor-center/about-the-center/injured-raptors2
Bald Eagle Nests: http://www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/eagle/NestAbout.html
Protecting Birds From Electrocution: http://www.publicpower.org/Media/magazine/ArticleDetail.cfm?ItemNumber=10208
Laws That Protect Bald Eagles: http://www.fws.gov/midwest/eagle/protect/
Excerpt from document STATUS OF THE BALD EAGLE
IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
5.2 Canada
Contrary to published reports (Lincer et al.
1979), the Bald Eagle is offered no direct
protection in Canada under Federal law, other
than the prohibition of import or export of
eagles and eagle parts under the Convention
on International Trade in Endangered
Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
convention, administered under the Export
and Import Permits Act. Raptors, including
the Bald Eagle, are not included in the
Migratory Birds Convention Act of l9l6
(C.W.S. 1978). Under the British-North
American Act (B.N.A.), each province has
jurisdiction over the wildlife within its borders, and various laws have been enacted in
all provinces offering some protection to the
Bald Eagle. Two provinces, Ontario and New
Brunswick, have passed Endangered Species
legislation, and the Bald Eagle is listed as
Endangered in both provinces (Brownell and
Oldham l983).
Eagle Watcher's Guide and Fact Sheets: http://www.friendsofblackwater.org/watchersguide.pdf
Nest Building :http://www.dvrconline.org/builder.html
Largest Eagle Nest of All Time: http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/647793
General Info re Nests: http://www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/eagle/NestAbout1.html
How an Eaglet Gets Out of the Egg: http://eaglenest.blogs.wm.edu/2010/03/05/how-do-i-get-out-of-this-egg/
Three Eagles Lock Talons: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1214139/Pictured-Three-eagles-lock-talons-plunge-ground-mid-air-battle-fish.html
Egg Size Comparison |
Pattern For Feather Grow |
Feather Biology: http://askabiologist.asu.edu/explore/feather-biology
Terms for Eagle Watchers: http://www.hancockwildlife.org/forum/viewtopic.php?topic=215183#215183
More Terms: http://raptorresource.blogspot.com/2012/03/decorah-eagle-diction-aerie-and-alpha.html
Eagle Eye Test |
Eagle Cloud |
The Fledgling
I hear a whispering in the wind
An ancient voice beckoning me to come
It unlocks a yearning deep inside
A primal memory of soaring freely
I lean into the wind and feel its power
I stretch my weak wings and feel its caress
The longing grows as the days march onward
I practice and practice anxiously waiting
The voice becomes stronger - urging me on
I face into the wind and I know - it is time
I flap with all there is within me
Suddenly I am free of the nest
I am where I was destined to be
I severed my earthly bonds
And became one with the wind.
More Professional photos: http://ari1982.smugmug.com/Avian/Raptors/Bald-Eagle/26364793_mKB2Rz#!i=2211054108&k=8NTvkRK
and http://sassephoto.smugmug.com/
Non-Eagle Videos and Pix
Baby Owls in Bird Bath: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcI44JywvgA
Baby Owl With Imaginary Prey: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXFlnlrk2zg
Orphaned Hummingbird Placed in Another Nest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_a_tFPjp2M&feature=youtu.be
Parrot Dancing, Gangnam Style: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTl1asCDOgs
Neglected Ducks See Water For First Time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrPajlIsKd0
Ducklings Blown Over By Wind: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEBLt6Kd9EY
Goslings Jump From Nest:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuChn-Y46YE&feature=youtu.be
Bears Eating Salmon in Alaska: http://explore.org/#!/videos/player/feeding-frenzy-at-brooks-falls
Quote from Grizzly Bear blog on Wordpress: When salmon is very abundant the skilled grizzly bears who catch lots of salmon will start only eating the fattiest parts of the fish – the brains, eyes, and skin. They then drop the discarded salmon into the water where it is swept downstream to be eaten by smaller or less experienced bears, gulls, foxes, eagles and other scavenging animals. When the salmon run is strong in July the air above the falls is filled with packs of screaming gulls and the more shy bald eagles wait patiently in the trees.
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Video of Panda Birth: https://www.facebook.com/groups/176763399121906/
Lobster Cam: http://www.novascotiawebcams.com/special/lobster-cam.html
World's Biggest Fart - Hippo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSKQ3ZNQ_O8
Terrific Military Salute by WV marching band: http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=MjPmmCtHmfE
Mormon Tabernacle Choir Sings for Girl With Brain Cancer: http://www.youtube.com/embed/IW8TnskbQiU
Bear cub goes over falls, mom protects: http://explore.org/#!/videos/player/mother-protects-her-cubs-at-brooks-falls
Snapping Turtle Laying Eggs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnyQ-30TYio
Great Spirit Falcons Being Fed and Squeeing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaFrL4YF-tA
Other Birds (Preferred food and nesting)(click on the bird) http://feederwatch.org/learn/common-feeder-birds/
How To Prevent Flash Crashes:
Baby Owl With Imaginary Prey: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXFlnlrk2zg
Orphaned Hummingbird Placed in Another Nest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_a_tFPjp2M&feature=youtu.be
Parrot Dancing, Gangnam Style: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTl1asCDOgs
Neglected Ducks See Water For First Time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrPajlIsKd0
Ducklings Blown Over By Wind: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEBLt6Kd9EY
Goslings Jump From Nest:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuChn-Y46YE&feature=youtu.be
Bears Eating Salmon in Alaska: http://explore.org/#!/videos/player/feeding-frenzy-at-brooks-falls
Quote from Grizzly Bear blog on Wordpress: When salmon is very abundant the skilled grizzly bears who catch lots of salmon will start only eating the fattiest parts of the fish – the brains, eyes, and skin. They then drop the discarded salmon into the water where it is swept downstream to be eaten by smaller or less experienced bears, gulls, foxes, eagles and other scavenging animals. When the salmon run is strong in July the air above the falls is filled with packs of screaming gulls and the more shy bald eagles wait patiently in the trees.
:
Twin Pandas Born at Atlanta Zoo |
Lobster Cam: http://www.novascotiawebcams.com/special/lobster-cam.html
World's Biggest Fart - Hippo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSKQ3ZNQ_O8
Terrific Military Salute by WV marching band: http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=MjPmmCtHmfE
Bear cub goes over falls, mom protects: http://explore.org/#!/videos/player/mother-protects-her-cubs-at-brooks-falls
Snapping Turtle Laying Eggs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnyQ-30TYio
Great Spirit Falcons Being Fed and Squeeing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaFrL4YF-tA
Other Birds (Preferred food and nesting)(click on the bird) http://feederwatch.org/learn/common-feeder-birds/
How To Prevent Flash Crashes:
Lynne Ellis edited a doc.
Computer Maintenance for trouble free eagle watching
So many people watch more then one nest at a time *guilty*!! and with ustream and flash that can cause some crashes and problems... I consulted my computer IT guy (read Geek) who handles all of my work issues and told him and showed him what i do, lol yes he got hooked too! Here is a list of suggestions he gave me for trouble free viewing, well less trouble anyway... I want to pass it along to you!
1. DO NOT USE INTERNET EXPLORER!!! Don't delete it because other browsers use parts of IE to run, but don't use it as your browser!!
2. Download either Google Chrome https://www.google.com/intl/ en/chrome/browser/ or Firefox http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/ firefox/new/
both work the best on reg. computers and laptops... Sorry I do not have a Mac but from what i hear they work the best on those too! Use either one as your browser.
3. Download Adblocker Plus ( I will tell you that ustream doesn't like that because ads make them money but hey, I hate junk mail lol) for Firefox https://addons.mozilla.org/ en-us/firefox/addon/ adblock-plus/ for Chrome https://chrome.google.com/ webstore/category/apps?hl=en
4. Use these items often at least once a week or more if you watch a lot of nests..
a. CCleaner ( disk clean up but better) http://www.filehippo.com/ download_ccleaner
these are all FREEEEEE!!!! you do not need to pay for them ever
b. Malwarebytes (gets rid of spys and bad guys a must) http://www.filehippo.com/ download_malwarebytes_anti_malw are/
again FREEEEEEE!!!!
c. Smart Defrag2 ( a must, to defrag) http://download.cnet.com/ Smart-Defrag-2/ 3000-2094_4-10759533.html
again FREEEEEEE!!!!!
Do these in this order!!!
5. Now, I love FREEEEEE so here is a virus control that works better and behind the scenes then NOrton, McAfee etc...you don't need to pay for a great virus control trust me!!! Microsoft Security Essentials http://www.microsoft.com/ security/pc-security/mse.aspx
6. Check to make sure you have the most up to date Flash player too http://get2.adobe.com/ flashplayer/
uncheck the box for downloading the Google Drive..you don't need that.
Ok there are the secrets to watching eagles and dealing with many windows open...but you have to DO them!!!! I do my computers ( two at work, desk top at home, lap top at home) every other night...but then i am on all the time soooo but you should do all of these things at least once a week...so download the browser or your choice, download the ad blocker plus, then the Microsoft security essentials and then do the items in #4 as often as you think you should!!!
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