Alcoa Anglesea Peregrine Falcon Webcam 2012
Monday 3 September, 2012
I spy with my little eye something beginning with…..n!  Yes, that is right; after many patrols of the power station structure we have finally found Ava and Havoc’s nest this season complete with three eggs!  However we aren’t counting our peregrine chicks before they hatch, particularly as the pair’s previous nests on the power station structure haven’t provided successful outcomes.
 
This year the pair has chosen a different area of the power station structure to nest on than previous years. Ava has chosen to nest on a ledge just under the seventh floor of the power station.  This location is much more accessible than last year, so we will be able to keep an eye on the progress of the nest and provide regular updates.
 
The power station’s Environmental Scientist Lisa Mills has been keeping a close eye on the pair and recently snapped Havoc providing for his mate. His right claw contains something fluffy, grey and squawking which he passed over to Ava.  He then proceeded to intimidate Lisa out of the immediate area!
Stay tuned...





GOOD NEWS, so far! 

http://www.alcoa.com/australia/en/info_page/falcom_webcam_archive_2012.asp

Both preening! 

  I like this view! THX Shaky

A recent Department of Transportation report says collisions between birds and airplanes occur five times more often now than in 1990, and calls on the Federal Aviation Administration to do more to solve the problem - offering the agency 10 recommendations to ensure it is working to reduce wildlife hazards at or near airports.

http://www.blueskyexecutiveaviation.co.uk/issue_193/DOT_asks_FAA_to_do_more_to_reduce_bird_strikes.htm

Two more red-tailed hawks are soaring over East Tennessee, after being injured then rehabilitated and released.

The juvenile hawks were found injured in Knox County and were taken to UT Medical Center for treatment.  UT vets teamed up with the American Eagle Foundation to get the birds ready to go back to the wild.  Wednesday morning, the beautiful birds took flight at Ijams Nature Center.

They have to strike a careful balance, feeding and caring for the birds, but not making them dependent on humans.

"We try and make sure as much as we can that we have as little contact with them as possible. So, we take good care of them obviously, and every day we go back and feed them and make sure their living space is clean. But we wear full camouflage and we make no noise, so no chatting or gossiping. We don't want them to associate humans with food or with any sort of care,"
said Hannah Start with the American Eagle Foundation.

On Sunday, Ijams Nature Center is hoping to release a barn owl back into the wild at 4:00 pm, weather permitting.



10 WBIR

Even Close Subspecies of Migrating Birds Can’t Agree on the Best Route.

http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2012/09/even-close-subspecies-of-migrating-birds-cant-agree-on-the-best-route/

in Cyprus

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/political-row-flares-over-brutal-slaughter-of-three-million-birds-a-year-in-cyprus-8181671.html  Migrating birds caught in the deadly middle of political spat over responsibility for 'cruel practice' of illegally trapping birds to use in local delicacy!

SICKO'S   

 Morning Beauty



Full crop

  I believe she's done eating! This girl is comical.

Norfolk Botanical Garden Eagle Alliance
Councilman Tommy Smigiel and I attended the NBG Board meeting tonight at the Garden and the board voted to form a task force to study the eagle nest removal issue and asked the city manager's office to delay taking the nest down until their study was complete. Assistant City Manager Anne Odell was at the meeting, too.

This is great news IF the city manager complies and waits to remove the nest.

EAGLE ON, EVERYONE!!! EAGLE ON!!!!!!!!!

http://www.news12.com/articleDetail.jsp?articleId=335007&position=1&news_type=news  Video

The last pic is soooooo Sam when I'm sleeping.    Actually, it's not funny! OK, maybe a little. 

Cute cute cute!! Thanks

http://blogs.scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/osprey/2012/09/27/migration-update-sept-27th-blueyd-in-sahara/#.UGUBq6uSINc.mailto

Good luck to Blue YD in this amazing journey!

Good grief, is he off course! No fishing in the Desert! 

Notice that the "bridge" beneath the metronomes is oscillating in time with them. This is why soldiers break cadence when marching across a bridge.

Ya know.....I did not notice, so now you punish me by watching it all over again!!!