Title: Hatch # 1 at Norfolk!
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 11-Mar-10, 07:03:28 PM
First eaglet hatched a little after 1 today in Norfolk! 2 more eggs to go! :hatch1:
Picture captured by zoomer4 at the cam controls
NBG Eagle Cam (http://www.wvec.com/marketplace/microsite-content/eagle-cam.html)
Picture captured by zoomer4 at the cam controls
NBG Eagle Cam (http://www.wvec.com/marketplace/microsite-content/eagle-cam.html)
Title: Re: Hatch # 1 at Norfolk!
Post by: Aafke on 12-Mar-10, 05:54:24 AM
:clap: Very nice!!!!
Thanks Ei.
greetings Aafke
Thanks Ei.
greetings Aafke
Title: Re: Hatch # 1 at Norfolk!
Post by: valhalla on 12-Mar-10, 06:03:37 AM
Good news and thanks for the update Ei!
Title: Hatch # 2 at Norfolk
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 13-Mar-10, 09:51:49 AM
#2 hatched sometime overnight...
Title: Re: Hatch # 2 at Norfolk
Post by: Donna on 13-Mar-10, 10:03:08 AM
#2 hatched sometime overnight...
How cute... :hatch1: :hatch1: Thanks Ei.
Title: Re: Hatch # 1 at Norfolk!
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 14-Mar-10, 08:29:28 PM
#3 hatched during the night last night...first all 3 heads visible at the same time sighting wasn't until 2:30 this afternoon...
:hatch1: :hatch1: :hatch1:
:hatch1: :hatch1: :hatch1:
Title: Re: Hatch # 1 at Norfolk!
Post by: Donna on 14-Mar-10, 10:03:54 PM
#3 hatched during the night last night...first all 3 heads visible at the same time sighting wasn't until 2:30 this afternoon...
:hatch1: :hatch1: :hatch1:
:hatch1: :hatch1: :hatch1:
3 in a row!! CUTE!!! Thanks Ei.
Title: Re: Hatch # 1 at Norfolk!
Post by: Aafke on 30-Mar-10, 03:54:56 PM
Eaglets are scheduled to be banded Wednesday, March 31 at 9:00 a.m. EDT. Follow the events in person
at Norfolk Botanical Garden, or online on Eagle Cam.
by 13News edited by PiedmontN8ive at 3/30/2010 5:22:57 PM19:22
at Norfolk Botanical Garden, or online on Eagle Cam.
by 13News edited by PiedmontN8ive at 3/30/2010 5:22:57 PM19:22
Title: Re: Hatch # 1 at Norfolk!
Post by: valhalla on 30-Mar-10, 04:26:15 PM
Eaglets are scheduled to be banded Wednesday, March 31 at 9:00 a.m. EDT. Follow the events in person
at Norfolk Botanical Garden, or online on Eagle Cam.
by 13News edited by PiedmontN8ive at 3/30/2010 5:22:57 PM19:22
at Norfolk Botanical Garden, or online on Eagle Cam.
by 13News edited by PiedmontN8ive at 3/30/2010 5:22:57 PM19:22
Already?? Whoo! Time is flying by!
Title: Re: Hatch # 1 at Norfolk! Banding info
Post by: Donna on 31-Mar-10, 06:33:51 AM
The three eaglets at Norfolk Botanical Garden get a little wardrobe adjustment this week.
At 9 a.m. Wednesday, March 31, each eaglet will be fitted with two identification bands by biologists from the Center for Conservation Biology at the College of William and Mary. The public can watch from a short distance while the process takes place at the Renaissance Court; garden admission is required.
The eaglets, which hatched March 11, 13 and 14, have grown rapidly and are now covered in a soft gray down, according to Reese Lukei with the conservation biology center. He maintains an eagle nest blog at http://eaglenest.blogs.wm.edu and will help do the banding.
"Both parents have been very attentive to their chicks, who have been fed several times a day," Lukei said. "In this rainy weather, the adults are keeping them covered, dry and warm."
During the banding, each eaglet is briefly removed from the nest and outfitted with two ID bands. One is purple to indicate the Chesapeake Bay region, and the other is aluminum and has a number on it that is entered into a data bank at the U.S. Geological Survey Bird Banding Lab in Maryland so any researcher can get information on that specific eagle.
"Banding provides the opportunity to gain information in future years about their migration, age and where as adults they settle to breed their own young," Lukei said. "This is especially important for eagles that are hatched in urban nests such as the one at Norfolk Botanical Garden."
Later in the season, one of the eaglets will be fitted with a satellite transmitter that will allow biologists to follow its travels. Last season, one of the eaglets from the botanical garden, named Azalea for tracking purposes, was fitted with a transmitter, and her wide-ranging travels are documented for the public at http://eagletrak.blogs.wm.edu, Lukei said.
At 9 a.m. Wednesday, March 31, each eaglet will be fitted with two identification bands by biologists from the Center for Conservation Biology at the College of William and Mary. The public can watch from a short distance while the process takes place at the Renaissance Court; garden admission is required.
The eaglets, which hatched March 11, 13 and 14, have grown rapidly and are now covered in a soft gray down, according to Reese Lukei with the conservation biology center. He maintains an eagle nest blog at http://eaglenest.blogs.wm.edu and will help do the banding.
"Both parents have been very attentive to their chicks, who have been fed several times a day," Lukei said. "In this rainy weather, the adults are keeping them covered, dry and warm."
During the banding, each eaglet is briefly removed from the nest and outfitted with two ID bands. One is purple to indicate the Chesapeake Bay region, and the other is aluminum and has a number on it that is entered into a data bank at the U.S. Geological Survey Bird Banding Lab in Maryland so any researcher can get information on that specific eagle.
"Banding provides the opportunity to gain information in future years about their migration, age and where as adults they settle to breed their own young," Lukei said. "This is especially important for eagles that are hatched in urban nests such as the one at Norfolk Botanical Garden."
Later in the season, one of the eaglets will be fitted with a satellite transmitter that will allow biologists to follow its travels. Last season, one of the eaglets from the botanical garden, named Azalea for tracking purposes, was fitted with a transmitter, and her wide-ranging travels are documented for the public at http://eagletrak.blogs.wm.edu, Lukei said.
Title: Banding video (short)
Post by: Donna on 02-Apr-10, 07:08:58 AM
http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-local_eaglets_0401apr01,0,3607899.story (http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-local_eaglets_0401apr01,0,3607899.story) Short video of the banding.
Title: Re: Banding video (short)
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 02-Apr-10, 07:24:38 AM
Short video of the banding.
I made an album of screen captures from the "banding". NBG Eaglet Banding (http://picasaweb.google.com/dumpster.kitty.15/NBGEagletBanding?feat=directlink#) Turns out they were too small after all...only the eldest has bands on as of today. The middle eaglet got banded, but they slipped off in the nest & the climber had to go retrieve them. The youngest wasn't banded at all. They're planning on re-banding them when they go back for a transmitter placement.
Title: Re: Banding video (short)
Post by: Annette on 02-Apr-10, 07:56:30 AM
I made an album of screen captures from the "banding". NBG Eaglet Banding (http://picasaweb.google.com/dumpster.kitty.15/NBGEagletBanding?feat=directlink#) Turns out they were too small after all...only the eldest has bands on as of today. The middle eaglet got banded, but they slipped off in the nest & the climber had to go retrieve them. The youngest wasn't banded at all. They're planning on re-banding them when they go back for a transmitter placement.
Great banding pictures Thank you for sharing.
Greetings
Annette
Title: Re: Hatch # 1 at Norfolk!
Post by: MAK on 02-Apr-10, 08:23:56 AM
:thumbsup:
Title: Re: Hatch # 1 at Norfolk!
Post by: Kris G. on 02-Apr-10, 10:44:50 AM
Great album, Ei! Thanks! :clap:
Title: Buddy from 2008 Norfolk
Post by: Donna on 29-Apr-10, 09:21:57 PM
Eagle from Norfolk with damaged beak to stay at wildlife center
A bald eagle that hatched at Norfolk Botanical Garden and developed avian pox that damaged its beak has a new name and a permanent home at the Wildlife Center of Virginia.
The eagle formerly known as patient No. 08-0887 is now called Buddy.
The wildlife center said Tuesday that Buddy is being trained to sit calmly on a handler's gloved hand. The goal is to take Buddy to presentations and programs outside the center.
Buddy was hatched in April 2008 at Norfolk Botanical Garden. The eagle was brought to the wildlife center in Waynesboro for treatment of a mass on the left side of its beak.
The mass was surgically removed, but it caused the beak to grow unevenly. The wildlife center says Buddy can't be released into the wild.
A bald eagle that hatched at Norfolk Botanical Garden and developed avian pox that damaged its beak has a new name and a permanent home at the Wildlife Center of Virginia.
The eagle formerly known as patient No. 08-0887 is now called Buddy.
The wildlife center said Tuesday that Buddy is being trained to sit calmly on a handler's gloved hand. The goal is to take Buddy to presentations and programs outside the center.
Buddy was hatched in April 2008 at Norfolk Botanical Garden. The eagle was brought to the wildlife center in Waynesboro for treatment of a mass on the left side of its beak.
The mass was surgically removed, but it caused the beak to grow unevenly. The wildlife center says Buddy can't be released into the wild.
Title: Re: Hatch # 1 at Norfolk!
Post by: valhalla on 30-Apr-10, 05:26:14 AM
I'm so happy that they made his name, Buddy official! I am determined to visit him the next time that we visit Keswick Vineyard! :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: Hatch # 1 at Norfolk!
Post by: Donna on 30-Apr-10, 05:34:52 AM
I'm so happy that they made his name, Buddy official! I am determined to visit him the next time that we visit Keswick Vineyard! :2thumbsup:
Mee too..it's a great name for him. :clap: