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Archer on eggs for 2 hours now, MAK looking for Beauty. She's hiding.

 I can post from my iphone, there's no place to hide from myself! 

That's why I put the before this year's fledge as an option!  But we don't want you to stop...far from it! 

Now that's pushing it Ei!  If this were my job, (I'd be rich)!!!

[Event to honor eagle's memory in Norfolk]

Event to honor eagle's memory in Norfolk

NORFOLK

Native American drum group Four Rivers Drum will play a memorial concert Sunday in honor of the Norfolk Botanical Garden's female bald eagle that was killed Tuesday. The event will be 10:30 a.m. in the Matson Garden area at the garden, 6700 Azalea Garden Road.

The bird died after being struck by aircraft heading into the Norfolk International Airport. Three eaglets that remained in the nest were later moved by biologists to the Wildlife Center of Virginia. Scientists were concerned the male bald eagle would be unable to keep up with the baby birds' care.

During the ceremony, the first performance will be an "Eagle Calling Song" followed by memorial songs to the female eagle and other selections to honor the male eagle which still lives in the area.

"It seems appropriate that we as Native American people should pay honor to the eagle family that resided in our midst," event coordinator Vincent Schilling said in a news release. In Native American culture, the eagle is believed to be a messenger of prayers, the release said.

The event is open to the public and is included with garden admission. For info, visit www.norfolkbotanicalgarden.org

 

She deserves it and it's nice of them to pay tribute. 

An unexpected house guest stormed into the home of Erin and Steve Geiszler before dawn last month. And though the guest used the chimney to access the hilltop house, it wasn't an ill-timed Santa.

The surprise arrival was a Barn Owl, which awoke the Geiszlers before dawn on a Monday morning with a loud noise in the entryway of their home. They ran to see what the commotion was and spotted the Barn Owl flying around their home, frenetically darting from room to room.

Steve Geiszler, who was recently appointed to the Mill Valley Planning Commission, knew that Barn Owls find places to roost by hopping into holes, and this own likely hopped into the Geiszler’s chimney assuming it was a two or three foot hole. The bird then fell two stories, and was unable to open its wings in the narrow chimney, leaving it in an apparent state of fright.

“The area around the chimney was completely covered with ash," said Geiszler. "And there was a distinct pattern of the owl’s wing marked in the ash.�

Max Rodel, a longtime Mill Valley resident and bird expert, said that Barn Owls are extremely rare in Mill Valley, usually live in lofts or on rafters in barns, of which there aren’t many around here. Rodel said has seen the Western Screech Owl in Mill Valley and even the very rare Spotted Owl. "But I’ve never seen a Barn Owl here,� he said.

Geiszler said it was still quite dark outside but they had turned lights on inside the house when the owl arrived. They opened every door but the owl continued to fly around frantically. At one point the owl started flying directly toward a large glass window but, seemingly sensing trouble, pulled up just before hitting it.

The bird then tried to roost in some floral and plant arrangements on the Geiszler’s table. The arrangement broke under the bird’s weight. That's when Steve Geiszler acted fast, picking up a tablecloth and wrapping it around the owl in a firm hug.

“I grabbed the talons and held the wings in, and I could immediately feel it relax in my arms,� he said.

Geiszler walked the owl out of his front door and released it to fly away.

“It was about 18 inches tall with a wing-span of over four feet," he said. "It took off and there wasn’t a feather out of place. It was pretty magnificent.�

MillValleyPatch

"Must've been that frijole-waxwing burrito. Sorry, you guys..."

  It looks that way too!

Idon't know if I should congradulate you or extend sympathies

Yeah, I'm with you Janet, should I laugh or cry! I look at it this way, someone has to follow in my footsteps sooner or later. 


Thanks jeanne, chlosmom and Rita.

why in reply #4 does donna's fantastic picture of quest seem to have a silver band?

Thanks Ei, I was just posting that! 

A long-standing tradition returns to Rfalconcam -- the egg brooding chart.



This currently shows the first 12 days of brooding. It will be updated throughout the incubation period.

Thank you to Ei and ginha.

Yes, thanks Ei and Ginha!   

I'm curious to know how Archer's egg brooding compares to his Grandpa Kaver.  I have a feeling there will be a huge discrepancy.

Well done girls. Archer get some A's in my book today. He was determined to stay on the eggs. 

[WOW, these ARE Gorgeous pics. THANK YOU BF for posting them and a big thanks to Ann for a work of art.]

WOW, these ARE Gorgeous pics. THANK YOU BF for posting them and a big thanks to Ann for a work of art.

Not sure about the rest of you but most times the pics on the CPF site take a long time to load. I have a fairly new PC and I can't get them to load. These are taking a long time. 4 minutes and still loading. 

the tough one

Funny, oh how I love their facial expressions!

I'm not even close to 10,000 posts, and I'm no posting slouch!  So, what do you think?

Wow, just goes to show....(I have posting issues). IDK Ei, mine racked up pretty quick. I think it was all the tweets I did for MAK last year,    now she's a big girl and on her own. Not sure I can stop posting as a matter of fact. Even at work, I was posting, there's no end! OBVIOUSLY!   I can post from my iphone, there's no place to hide from myself!  

(What a poll)   

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=st8xPjjLJT0# Eaglets new home

Thanks MAK and ummm...lol..it's there already. It just appeared as I posted my 10K. Couldn't miss it! I'm good with it and it's TRUE!!!

You should see what you're going to get when you reach 20K.

I love it! It's soooo true!!! Good job Shaky you nailed it!  

Thanks.

20K will never happen...I'll probably get DAS BOOT!!