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Other Nature Related Information / Falcon Web Cams / Re: New Peregrine cam in Australia
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on: 06-Oct-16, 04:31:59 PM
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Earlier post by Cilla- Yes, you are right. The third egg hatched at about 0306 h last night, so Diamond now has three mouths to feed, which she is still doing, amazingly.
At a quarter to six this evening, she brought in some prey, already prepared. I suspect she hunted for this last prey herself as she was away over an hour, but something odd happened at lunch time today, when Diamond chased our new male out and then came back with a scrap of prey just three and a half minutes later. I can’t work this out as it would have taken much more time than that to hunt, kill, pluck and mostly eat this prey. Perhaps she is so desperate that she’s taken road kill. Or perhaps he had something in a cache and gave it to her (that’s what I’m hoping).
The other male is quite young; I think only 1 year old as he still has juvenile plumage. (I’m toying with Xavier, not because it means anything, but because it sounds like Saviour in English, but is less pompous, but he’ll need to prove himself first!). He doesn’t seem to realise that she wants him to bring prey to the box….
The reaction between Diamond and ‘himself’ has been interesting. She has basically tolerated him unless he came into the box to start courtship behaviour, and then she became aggressive.
All three chicks were still alive at time of writing and just being fed. And our new young chap hasn’t been seen since about half-past one.
Weather forecast is good for tomorrow and the weekend. I have landcare/conservation commitments tomorrow morning, Saturday morning and all day Sunday, so flat chat, but will do my best to keep you up-to-date, although you seem to be managing quite well without us!Video by Arjen http://youtu.be/zjUeX9M-uhk |
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Other Nature Related Information / Other Nature Web Cams / Re: Atlanta Zoo Pandas
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on: 05-Oct-16, 06:10:56 PM
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From Zoo Atlanta- Monday, October 3
The most common question we get about the twin panda cubs is how do we do the swaps. Now that the cubs are big enough and old enough for Lun Lun to put them down for a few minutes, the swapping is really quite easy. Lun Lun is left with access to an adjacent den to the one you see on PandaCam. When it's time to swap cubs, we ask Lun Lun to put the cub down and come over into the next-door den. We reward her for coming over with biscuits, fruit, and lots of bamboo. As soon as she has allowed us to shut the door behind her, we can safely enter the den with the cub and retrieve it. After that cub has been weighed and put into an incubator, we give Lun Lun some alone time to eat and do what she pleases. We then leave it up to Lun Lun to let us know, by vocalizing or going to the shift door that leads back to the den, that she is ready for the other cub.
Right now the swaps are about every four hours, but we are always keeping an eye out for when Lun Lun is hungry and an ear out for when the cubs start letting everyone know that they are hungry too.
This method is safe for both the pandas and their care team and allows for the cubs to get equal time with mom and some alone time for Lun Lun!
And by the way, in case you’re counting, the twins are 1 month old today! http://youtu.be/AOHCcKok86E |
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Other Nature Related Information / Falcon Web Cams / Re: New Peregrine cam in Australia
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on: 03-Oct-16, 01:50:45 PM
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From the website:
Shep says:
4 October, 2016 at 3:08 am
We have a hatch!
October 4, 2016 Shepnotes
Shortly after 1.30 am in Oz I saw her peep – probly to her chick.
She is wiggling almost continually
2.45 am Oct 4 Oz
11.45 am US edt
There is a shell! Chick #1 has arrived!
Video of baby is posted on BCAW..sad for her if Bula's gone. |
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Other Nature Related Information / Falcon Web Cams / Re: State Capitol Falcon Cam Nebraska
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on: 30-Sep-16, 08:11:03 PM
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Thanks for the link, Kris! After almost four months in rehab, the date and time have now been set for Papa's release. From Fontenelle Forest Raptor Recovery today: Great news. 19/K will be released at the state capitol building on Monday at 10:30 a.m.!Can't wait to see him back home with Alley! I hope everything goes well for both of them from now on. 19/K in care, back on June 20; a very handsome tiercel.  15 yrs old too! Good luck to him and, hopefully, he reunites with his mate! |
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Other Nature Related Information / Other Nature Web Cams / Re: Atlanta Zoo Pandas
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on: 28-Sep-16, 11:51:24 AM
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Expected but bittersweet news..from Zoo Atlanta site Mei Lun's and Mei Huan's next adventure
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
Visit the 3-year-old twins before they embark on an important new milestone
Mei Lun and Mei Huan, the first pair of surviving giant panda twins ever born in the U.S., will depart Atlanta later this year on their way to one of the most important milestones in the life of an American-born panda: a new chapter at their parents’ birthplace at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in China. While their travel date has not yet been set, the 3-year-old bears are currently expected to leave Atlanta in November 2016.
As is the case at all four U.S. zoos housing the species, the giant pandas at Zoo Atlanta are on loan from China. As part of that loan agreement, all of the offspring of adult pair Lun Lun and Yang Yang eventually travel to China when they are of age. Mei Lun and Mei Huan will be the fourth and fifth Zoo Atlanta-born pandas to return to the Chengdu Research Base, the Zoo’s partner in giant panda conservation.
“Mei Lun and Mei Huan have grown up at Zoo Atlanta. The Zoo family and friends around the world have embraced them, and we have been their stewards over three memorable years. In the continuing history of success for the giant panda program at Zoo Atlanta, it’s now their turn for new opportunities and new contributions to a powerful conservation collaboration,” said Raymond B. King, President and CEO. “We’re honored to have shared their formative years, and we’ll now watch with pride as they embark on their young adult years at the Chengdu Research Base, which is an international home base for some of the world’s top experts in caring for and protecting this species.”
Mei Lun and Mei Huan, who have been living apart from their mother Lun Lun since February 2015, are ready for this next step in terms of both age and behavior. Giant pandas are a solitary species and are weaned from their mothers by the time they are around 18 months old.
Born July 15, 2013, Mei Lun and Mei Huan, whose names originate from a Chinese idiom meaning “something indescribably beautiful and magnificent,” are the fourth and fifth offspring of 19-year-old adults Lun Lun and Yang Yang. The pair’s first offspring, Mei Lan (born September 6, 2006), traveled to China in 2010. Their second and third cubs, Xi Lan (born August 30, 2008) and Po (born November 3, 2010), made the trip in 2014.
Giant pandas represent Zoo Atlanta’s most significant long-term financial investment in wildlife conservation. The Zoo has contributed over $10 million in sustained support for wild giant pandas. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) upgraded the giant panda’s status from “endangered” to “vulnerable” in September 2016, but the species remains heavily reliant on conservation programs. Fewer than 1,900 giant pandas are estimated to remain in the wild in China’s Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu provinces, where they face continuing threats from habitat fragmentation and habitat loss as a result of deforestation and other human activities. More than 1,200 of China’s remaining wild giant pandas live inside nature reserves, eight of which are supported by Zoo Atlanta.
Mei Lun’s and Mei Huan’s 3-week-old siblings, a second pair of twins born to Lun Lun on September 3, 2016, are achieving milestones of their own, but it will be quite some time before the tiny duo is ready to embark on the new adventure their older sisters will start this fall. The cubs now weigh over a pound each; for now, anticipated milestones for them include opening ears and opening eyes.
Visit Mei Lun and Mei Huan and their father, Yang Yang, in their habitats at The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Giant Panda Conservation Center. Lun Lun and the newborns will remain behind-the-scenes until the new cubs are ready to make their debut in December 2016 or January 2017. Tune in to all of the milestones of the Zoo’s giant panda program on PandaCam hosted by Animal Planet L!VE on www.zooatlanta.org/pandacam.
Stay tuned for details on Mei Lun’s and Mei Huan’s departure date and farewell activities. |
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