Quite the lightning storm going on at the Sooner Sequoyah nest. I’m seeing lightning light up the nest every 20 seconds or so. Pretty amazing to see for a Californian used to seeing hardly any weather LOL.
Video: About 3 minutes of highlights of today’s banding at the IWS Two Harbors nest on Catalina Island (with a little artistry thrown in for fun).
Video: Six goslings at the Hancock Mission nest made the big leap today from the 65 foot high nest, and then traveled successfully to the pond about 100 meters away. Thanks to Mochamama for the video, and of course the Hancock folks, and especially cam zoomers and ground reporters for such a great chance to share this big moment in the little goslings life. While you can’t tell for sure in the video, the forum reports that all 6 (one a little bit of a straggler, but dad kept watch) made it very well to the pond. Two eggs remained in the nest.
Earlier today, the second hatchling arrived and joined its sibling at the Whitehorse Yukon nest! Congrats to all the folks enjoying this beautiful new eaglecam and thank you to Yukon Electrical for bringing us this cam!
We saw a pip in the second egg yesterday, and today you can see the chick moving inside the egg, as it works to hatch. The pip has enlarged significantly, so hopefully soon we’ll see the second chick make its entrance in to the nest! Cam: http://www.yecleagles.com/
They plan to arrive today at the nest between 11 am and 1 pm Pacific Time. They will work to get the camera restarted (cross your fingers) and then we will be able to watch live. If you have never watched a banding or Jim Spickler’s amazing interactions with the eaglets in the nest as he gathers them up for banding, it is a very special thing to see! He and the entire IWS crew do a wonderful job! For a preview of what takes place during a banding on the Channel Islands, here are photos from banding of another couple of nests in the past few days on the islands (nests without cams) http://z7.invisionfree.com/CHIL_EagleCAM/index.php?showtopic=8277and of course the link to the cams and chat for today’s events, http://www.iws.org/interactive_nestchat_allUstream.html
Last I checked, they were up to 4 eggs hatched, with probably 4 more to go (I have seen that there are either 8 or 9 eggs). Why am I reporting geese hatching? Well, they are on an “eaglecam”. This Canada Goose family nested this year in a Bald Eagle nest when the eagles built a new nest nearby. Amazingly the little goslings will drop/float out of the tree to the ground probably with the first 24 hours of their life and then be walked to the nearby water. For more pictures and info you can visit the Hancock Wildlife Forums and the cam link is here: http://www.hancockwildlife.org/index.php?topic=MissionBC#camera-ptz
Woohoo! The first chick hatched sometime early this morning at the new Whitehorse, Yukon nest eaglecam! This is the first hatch since the camera went live, so big congrats and thanks to Yukon Electrical for bringing us this new cam! I am finding it really interesting to compare the daily routine of this pair compared to nests that are more southern. With such a long daylight period so far north, the diurnal cycle signals must be so different! Cam link: http://www.yecleagles.com/
It looks like we have a good size pip in at least one egg at the Whitehorse nest. Hopefully a new bobblehead soon! Cam link: http://www.yecleagles.com It’s fun that with 20 hours of daylight each day so far north, we can watch almost any time!
The IWS crew is looking at doing banding at the Two Harbors nest (1 eaglet) this Saturday, around 11am pacific time. The date/time have not been finalized, but wanted to pass along a heads up. Also the cam there has been down for a little over a week, so I know they will work to get it going when they are there (and should be able to), it may affect their ability to stream the banding live. Lots of “not sure’s” right now, but generally with IWS things do go as planned, so I’ll be ready to watch Saturday! I will update if I get further info or confirmation. (Pic of eaglet from May 3)
