I am often asked about Yarak and how he works. This video demonstration of Colbert's News Veranda works in a very similar manner. In fact, I may be seeking legal action for patent infringement.

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/429705/october-10-2013/because-shep---fox-news-deck---colbert-info-news-veranda

Ok, that was pretty funny! News Falcon....lol, that sounded like a Hawk!! Thanks Shaky, now I know!! 

Miss Perfect is hatching!  Middle egg has a crack now!

A couple updates:

10-17-2011

 Thanks for reminding me. I get so busy here getting ready for winter, that I forget to update the websites. The eagles are doing well. They are still here awaiting a decision by the NYS Dept of Envt Cons. as to their placement. I applied for the permits and they have interviewed me several times. I'm just waiting to hear their decision. If they grant me the permits then I have to apply to the federal govt (USFWS) for the same permits. Government wheels turn s l o w l y. While I am anxious to hear, I am also glad they are being so thorough. Until then the eagles are here. They are starting to accept me not as a threat, but a provider of food. While they still jump off their perch when I enter their enclosure, they also immediately look to see what I have in my hands. If it is food they will start food calling to me. They will also eat in front of me as long as I go to the far end of the enclosure and sit down. This brings my eye level down to theirs and makes me less of a threat. It may not seem like much but it is great progress. Up until a few weeks ago, I was always the evil one who caught them and restrained them and treated their wounds and medicated them. This process was twice a day and it was always stressful and often painful for them. So competeing with this memory has been a real hurdle for them and myself. I'll try to remember to update mroe frequently although if the permit comes you will probably be able to hear me cheering if you just open your windows. :O)

Feb 2012
Here's an update. I have not heard from the USFWS yet on the fate of our eagles except that they did cash my permit checks yesterday. So maybe sometime soon they will act on the permits. Either way, if they decide to permit me or not, I will lobby for them to be placed together regardless of where they ulitmately end up. They are doing well. They are eating us out of house and home. We brought in some road killed deer from the DEC so they wouldn't deplete our food supply for the rest of our birds for the winter. They are doing a good job of cleaning up the deer. We are planning to enlarge their current enclosure to widen it hopefully this summer. My husband Tim and I have been working out the details on how we can accomplish it without reducing the strength of the roof should we ever get snow in the winter again. All of the other birds are doing well also. The Great Horns were singing all night the other night. It was beautiful to hear. Our female will sing back to me if I call to her from the house. She's a real character. I'll update as I hear more.

Nothing after but I wrote to them.

http://blessthebeastsinc.webs.com/apps/photos/album?albumid=15024019  Photos of BB's release. Not sure if anyone saw these!

1 of 9 pics.  She's expressing herself!

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/07/19/138478525/eagle-love-story-injured-mates-reunited-at-rehab-center  Here's a feel-good story.  (Read more) 

"Two seriously injured bald eagles, found two months apart and more than a mile away from each other near the Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge," in Western New York State, "were rescued and reunited in a wildlife rehabilitation facility in Medina last week,"



WOW, what a great story and may they live happily ever after.    Sad they are both injured and non-releasable but they have each other.

Putting this here as per Dana's Tweet

Juvie at Russell Station!  BILLY??

Update from Dash:

Today at 9:56 AM
October 12, 2013 Update

8:00 AM
Yesterday the egg on the far right, # 28, nicknamed for now “Miss Perfect� began to show internal movement. She pipped into the air cell (internal pipping), and you could see her head moving during candling. I do not like to candle for long because the light is so bright for her eyes. I oriented the egg so the head is facing the camera, so a crack (external pip) would be facing your view, about 1/3 the way down from the top of the egg.

I placed a microphone that is leaning on the egg, with the gain all the way up. Because of the fan in the hatcher there is a background hum. But you can hear occasional scratching, pecking and even a chirp, chortle or kick.

The other two eggs have not shown movement in the air cell, so they are a day behind. They are warm/ generating heat, so it’s OK, they are just behind schedule, which is very typical for eggs. It’s not as predictable as the weather J

Also, If you have sound problems, suggestions include clearing your browser cache and reloading the page.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ostrich-egg-cam-live#  Cam

8:11 to 8:20 am djc

Beauty and 1 in flight....DC?? She's looking at him??
2nd falcon in fight!

YAHOOOOO!!


Beauty-ful

(movie) Window washers on Chase?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2316987/Photographer-Niki-Feijens-eerie-images-abandoned-farm-houses.html I find these creepy with a beautiful twist! The Church pic wigs me out a bit.

http://youtu.be/SqmILVE7nPQ Crazy!!   

Here's George Jetson...

Yup, was waiting for the 1st Jetson comment!!   

http://youtu.be/SqmILVE7nPQ Crazy!!   

http://www.weather.com/travel/abandoned-subways-20131004?hootPostID=ac44b09e80014f7708514446f8283917  From the weather channel!