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Sacred Earth => Animals, Birds, and all our other creature friends [Public] => Topic started by: Nichi on May 01, 2009, 12:47:16 AM
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Here is one with an excellent view, from my city, Norfolk, Virginia!
I could do a lot of ranting here, about the Gardens, which I once haunted regularly, but I will instead join the international audience who views this cam and say, "My, the Gardens must be a wonderful place."
The cam is truly top-notch, and you can get a glimpse of our days there -- one minute beautiful, the next minute ominous.
The eagles are pretty cool too, heh. :)
There are 3 eaglets -- 2 seem to be thriving. The third... may be in for some trouble (be prepared for tragedy -- that 3rd one seems barely alive at the moment.)
The view of them is excellent.
http://www.wvec.com/cams/eagle.html
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Oh! I just love these live wildlife cams.
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I just got to see the babies and they're cute!
Here is one with an excellent view, from my city, Norfolk, Virginia!
I could do a lot of ranting here, about the Gardens, which I once haunted regularly, but I will instead join the international audience who views this cam and say, "My, the Gardens must be a wonderful place."
The cam is truly top-notch, and you can get a glimpse of our days there -- one minute beautiful, the next minute ominous.
The eagles are pretty cool too, heh. :)
There are 3 eaglets -- 2 seem to be thriving. The third... may be in for some trouble (be prepared for tragedy -- that 3rd one seems barely alive at the moment.)
The view of them is excellent.
http://www.wvec.com/cams/eagle.html
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Check out how windy the place is today. In the next 4 hrs, if you happen to take a look, looks like you might get to see the ambience of a Norfolk thunderstorm.
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Here is a picture/small video of one of the eaglets.
http://www.wvec.com/news/topstories/stories/wvec_local_052009_eaglet_satellite_tracking.208dacb7.html
I've been watching them on the cam, thinking them small, and was shocked at the perspective: wow they're quite large!
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The other day, 2 of them were taking a nap while the third was hopping up and down, practicing flapping his wings. It was a very windy day, and you could see how he was letting the wind get under his wings. It was a sight! Now that I see how big the eaglets really are, I conclude that the nest must be HUGE!
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http://www.youtube.com/v/EWKDSWQIlZY&hl=en&fs=1
http://www.youtube.com/v/XW-3wAo58Ok&hl=en&fs=1
http://www.youtube.com/v/vxYv7wfmJD4&hl=en&fs=1&
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http://www.youtube.com/v/CG3nlD7KQG0&hl=en&fs=1
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Mom is sitting on her nest - don't know how many eggs there are this year yet.
http://www.wvec.com/marketplace/microsite-content/eagle-cam.html
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Forget "eggs" - there are 3 chicks, alive and well. Mom is feeding them right now, should you see this post anytime soon. :)
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Here is one with an excellent view, from my city, Norfolk, Virginia!
I could do a lot of ranting here, about the Gardens, which I once haunted regularly, but I will instead join the international audience who views this cam and say, "My, the Gardens must be a wonderful place."
The cam is truly top-notch, and you can get a glimpse of our days there -- one minute beautiful, the next minute ominous.
The eagles are pretty cool too, heh. :)
This is 3 February, 2011 - Mom is adjusting the nest before she lays the 3 eggs she did this year.
(Alas, no sound.)
http://www.youtube.com/v/pbLB7bp1xQY?fs=1
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Norfolk garden's female bald eagle killed by airplane
the incident
A US Airways jet struck and killed the female bald eagle before 9 a.m. Tuesday. There were no injuries among the 21 people on board, but the landing gear sustained some damage.
what's next
Wildlife experts are watching the male eagle to determine whether he can care for the 5-week-old chicks without his mate. By Tuesday evening, he was seen feeding the eaglets.
By Cindy Clayton
Debbie Messina
The Virginian-Pilot
© April 27, 2011
NORFOLK
The beloved female bald eagle that has nested at Norfolk Botanical Garden with her male partner for nearly eight years was struck and killed by a jet that was landing at Norfolk International Airport on Tuesday.
The eagle might have been bringing food back to her three nesting eaglets when the collision occurred, because a fish was found near the remains, according to wildlife officials.
The eagle family has been watched by fans on the Norfolk Botanical Garden Eagle Cam, which provides live video of the eagle's nest online. Hundreds of people posted comments and condolences on the Eagle Cam link, found at wvec.com.
"It's like losing one of your kids," said Reese Lukei, who has studied the eagle pair as a research associate for Center for Conservation Biology. "You try not to personalize, but you do."
Wildlife experts from the center and the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries are watching the male eagle to determine whether he can care for the 5-week-old chicks without his mate. He was observed sitting in a tree near the nest for much of Tuesday, and by evening, he was seen in the nest breaking upfish and feeding pieces to the eaglets.
Lukei said a decision could be made as early as today whether it will be necessary to take the baby eagles to the Wildlife Center of Virginia near Waynesboro until they're able to live independently. Last week, the eaglets were removed from the nest, banded and returned.
The female eagle was about 15 years old, according to Lukei, who started following her when she first nested in trees on the edge of the airport about 10 years ago with another mate. That male was struck and killed by a plane in 2002. The female then found her current mate and moved to the Norfolk Botanical Garden.
Lukei said less than 5 percent of eagles live in urban environments like Norfolk's: "They just get acclimated to our daily routines, noises and activities."
Robert Bowen, deputy executive director of the Norfolk airport, said the strike happened shortly before 9 a.m. The US Airways flight from Philadelphia hit the eagle either as the plane was flying over Lake Whitehurst or as it was landing on the runway, he said. There were no injuries among the 21 people on board, he said, but the landing gear sustained some damage.
An airplane struck and killed an eagle just two weeks ago at the airport. Other eagle strikes occurred in 2005 and 2002, Bowen said.
http://hamptonroads.com/2011/04/gardens-female-eagle-likely-killed-norfolk-airport-strike
Very heavy heart.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/awU09RJnnpk?fs=1
I didn't get to attend, but I was moved by the fact that a ceremony was held for the mother eagle who was killed this week in a collision with a plane. This clip was a short one - maybe a longer one will get posted later this week.
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The eaglets were removed from the nest to be cared for by a rehabilitation center, and the really sad news is that the dad keeps coming to the empty nest with fish for the babies. Poor fellow.
There's a lot of criticism around the whole story. Some say that mom was disoriented on the day she got hit by the plane, because the biologists were banding the eaglets at the time at and near the nest. Then, there is criticism over the eaglets' removal, because the dad was clearly picking up the slack, and the eaglets may have survived in the nest.
And finally, there is criticism over the whole ordeal - the webcam invasion of their privacy, the biologists' intrusion into their lives - those folks say that the tragedy stems ultimately from the humans' actions.
http://hamptonroads.com/2011/04/eaglets-removed-norfolk-nest-after-mothers-death
Privately, I hope that the dad will find another mate and continue on with his eagle-life. I think of him now being alone, and I feel sad.
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More from the ceremony for her -
http://www.youtube.com/v/RJfBb3bv64g?fs=1
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And more ... In this video, a complete song is still not recorded ... But you do get to see how beautiful the Gardens are. (I should say "my" because I walked there for years.) Most of all, I was happy to see that they got a very big turn-out for the event.
http://www.youtube.com/v/Wu-ePHPwNZI?fs=1