http://www.wvec.com/news/Eagle-fans-create-memorial-to-save-nests-in-Norfolk-170863471.html  Memorial to save the nest

What will tomorrow bring? 

This is so sad! I hope she recovers from what ever ailment she has. Thanks for the update Carly.    Sending BIG healings to her.

B   Looking at DC probably errr looking  at NG! 

[If, in the fall of the leaves in October, many of them wither on the boughs and hang there, it betokens a frosty winter and much snow.]

If, in the fall of the leaves in October, many of them wither on the boughs and hang there, it betokens a frosty winter and much snow.

Fall for 2012 begins in the Northern Hemisphere on September 22, 10:49 A.M. EDT.

Did you get enough pics Carol? Checking!

Swift just left, hope this eggs hatches. It's due like now!!

http://youtu.be/6jCJiO75pxo

Incredible Dolphin Birth at Dolphin Quest Hawaii.
Great underwater video!
Keo and female calf- born Monday, Sept. 17, 2012 at 5:10pm.
www.dolphinquest.com
Video by Mike Peterson, Dolphin Quest Hawaii

September 18, 2012

It's A Girl!   
New Dolphin Baby Is First
Second-Generation Calf Born
at Dolphin Quest Hawaii

A baby dolphin was born yesterday (Monday, September 17, 2012) at Dolphin Quest Hawaii, located at the Hilton Waikoloa Village.

It's the first baby for proud dolphin mom, 12-year-old Keo. Dolphin Quest trainers were in the water during the dolphin birth to observe and comfort the new dolphin mom. Dolphins Pele (the new baby's grandmother) and Noelani (the baby's aunt) were also in the Dolphin Quest lagoon to keep Keo company.

The baby, a female calf, and mom are both well and wonderful. The baby dolphin began nursing within four hours of birth. About 50 people gathered around the Hilton's Dolphin Quest lagoon to witness the rarely-seen event. Keo was in labor for approximately one hour.

The first 30 days of a newborn dolphin's life are the most critical. Dolphin Quest trainers will continue round-the-clock watch over the pair, recording nursing and respiration rates, and making sure that Keo is well-fed and hydrated. Over that period, Keo's new baby will be introduced to the other nine dolphins at Dolphin Quest Hawaii. After the initial 30 day care period, trainers will select a name for the new baby girl.

Visitors can see the new baby swimming with mom at Dolphin Quest Hawaii at Hilton Waikoloa Village.

Keo's calf is the 18th dolphin baby and the first second-generation calf to be born at the conservation and education-dedicated marine park since Dolphin Quest opened in 1988

Q: Did you know that peregrines that breed in NJ do not make long distance migrations? During the non-breeding season they remain close to their nest sites to defend their territories from rival birds. Here's a great capture of the 6 year old female from the nest at Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge. She originated at a nest near New Gretna in 2006, so she's sticking close to home. Pretty cool!!

A: I did not!  


 Howie shares this beautifully lit image of an adult peregrine perched on an osprey platform at Forsythe NWR.




What a way to transport black rhinos, a critically endangered species, to help expand their range in South Africa!
Security and growth of rhino populations are critical parts of conservation.

This is what the Black Rhino Range Expansion Project in South Africa has been working on since 2010. So far, they've translocated nearly 100 rhinos to new homes and better futures.

Learn more about this incredible effort at http://bit.ly/QWXz9d

Don't forget our gathering of hope on Saturday at 5 p.m. at Norfolk Botanical Garden! Meet in the main parking lot in front of the visitors' center. More later but in the meantime please, EAGLE ON!!!!! And thanks!

   



WNS 

Some pics from their site!

My favorite is the Anatomy Prize awarded to Frans de Waal (Netherlands/US) and Jennifer Pokorny (US) for discovering that chimpanzees can identify other chimpanzees individually from seeing photographs of their rear ends.

I wonder if this could be applied to humans. I can envision a killer iPhone app for this: Turds with Friends.

Maybe you should create that app!     

Boy Blue still in France, while others have reached Africa.

http://blogs.scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/osprey/2012/09/20/migration-update-20th-sept-yd-in-africa/

Silly boy, he's just slow! 

See Pigs are good for something besides Bacon! That was sweet, thanks jeanne! 

   Oh my, that was just amazing, thank you Bobbie!