http://youtu.be/qj_eXYaN_IM

SWFL (Video: Lady Hawk): "M15 is incubating the eggs when Harriet arrives for the evening. Seems our new Dad doesn't want to get up off the eggs. Soft sweet chittering from both of them, a beak kiss and finally M15 gets up and lets Mom incubate for the night!!"

http://abcnews.go.com/US/firefighter-rescues-injured-red-tailed-hawk-nyc-building/story?id=36152023 


https://www.facebook.com/aura.rosenberg/videos/10207389089419880/?theater
I'm sorry but that guy in the video was annoying.

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160110-this-bird-will-out-dance-you-because-it-has-a-built-in-tutu?ocid=fbert Poor fella

Ok, fair enough!! It's all good, thanks!! 

I liked the old Cam 8 view,  why change it? Could see FCT and if a Falcon landed on Cam 5. Still a good view but!

I'm not very tech savvy so I can't post the link, but USA Today has some wonderful pics caught by a traffic cam of a snowy owl in flight.  Really great photos!

http://mentalfloss.com/article/73437/traffic-camera-accidentally-snaps-beautiful-photo-snowy-owl

   Awesome! Oh and how this has gone Viral!!!

Eagle Update:
* Reward increased
* Eagle's condition more or less unchanged
In cooperation with the US Fish and Wildlife Service, another local organization, Crime Stoppers of Hunterdon County, has added $500 to the reward for any information leading to a conviction in the shooting of this eagle. The total reward available is now $8000.
Anyone with information about this crime may make an anonymous call to US Fish and Wildlife at 908-787-1321 or 1- 844-FWS-TIPS (397-8477).
Our eagle patient, Lily, remains in unstable condition. Another round of chelation treatment is underway for lead poisoning levels that remain elevated.
Lily has been moved to a larger outside enclosure in an attempt to encourage him to eat on his own. We hope that more space, and perhaps a more natural view of the sky and the outdoors will make him more comfortable so he will begin to eat on his own. The injury to the leg makes it almost impossible for him to grasp and tear food on his own, so we are still hand feeding him daily, which is stressful for the bird.
One bit of good news is that the bone in his fractured leg is healing and the infection has cleared up. Unfortunately we suspect significant nerve damage. Lily is still barely using his leg at all - unable to grasp and barely able to put any weight on it - and we should have seen some improvement by now.
We really can't say just yet what the final outcome will be for Lily. If this nerve damage does not heal, we will have a continued and potentially unsolvable problem. We remain hopeful and we're doing every thing we can. We hope to consult with a small animal neurologist in the next few days about the nerve damage in the leg to see if there are any further medical options to explore.
We thank everyone for their support and all of the various media outlets for helping us spread the word about the reward.

Look who's at The Raptor Trust!
Snowy Owls are occasional winter visitors in these parts, expanding their range during the colder months after their warm summer breeding season in the arctic.
This young male Snowy (Bubo scandiacus) came in recently with an injured wing. The tip of his wing has been severed and pieces of bone are missing. There is tissue and feather damage as well.
Unfortunately this injury will prevent this amazing and beautiful owl from being released back into the wild. He is still healing up post surgery and we're not sure where he will end up, but he may become a permanent resident here at The Raptor Trust. It has been several years since we had a resident Snowy and we know that many people enjoyed seeing them here when they visited.
We will keep you posted and who knows, maybe you'll see this owl on display at your next visit here soon!

Piggot is hanging around again, just came inside from a walk (w camera). Pigott is feeding on a building across from the steakhouse in Hanover Square... She's making a mess... Feathers and parts flying everywhere. I'll try to post photos tonight.

John Anthony DeNicola‎

yay then....
  then...
dark then....
 

Very cool video and pics, Rotarran! Thanks!! Hope she finds a stray male and lives happily ever after!! 

[Dead falcon is Maverick]

Dead falcon is Maverick

  Maverick on Right

By Ed Balint

Posted Jan. 5, 2012 at 12:01 AM
Updated Jan 5, 2012 at 5:21 AM

CANTON
A state wildlife official has confirmed that Maverick is the dead peregrine falcon that was found in downtown Canton.
Maverick, who has fathered falcon chicks since 2003 on a ledge at Chase Tower in downtown Canton, was discovered earlier this week along the side of the road.
After The Repository notified the Ohio Department of Natural Resources about the dead bird on Wednesday, Damon Greer, assistant wildlife management supervisor with the Ohio Division of Wildlife, said the falcon appeared to be Maverick.
Greer said later that the information on the two aluminum bands attached to the falcon matched with Maverick.
“It looks like he’s got some head trauma from probably running into a building,� he said. “And he’s also been run over.�
“... From my estimation, what I would guess probably happened is he probably got in a fight with another bird ... and then he probably hit a building.�
Peregrine falcons were removed from the federal endangered species list in 1999 and were downgraded to threatened on the Ohio endangered species list in 2008.
The ODNR tracks about 18 peregrine falcon nests in the state.

So sad, poor guy!!

[and Welcome!!]

   and Welcome!!

Aren't these magnificent!

http://ocean.nationalgeographic.com/ocean/explore/pristine-seas/galapagos-expedition-pictures-second-update/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=link_fb20160102ocean-galapagosupdate&utm_campaign=Content&sf17961754=1#/galapagos-stringrays-pristing-seas_93473_990x742.jpg