Carol, go home!  Be safe! 

                              

http://www2.ucsc.edu/scpbrg/nestcamSF.htm

Dapper Dan and Cher have 3 eggs so far!   

Webcam:

http://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/things-to-do/wildlife-webcams/loch-of-lowes/#

Blog:

http://blogs.scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/osprey/

Waiting to see if the Lady and her mate return this year.

This small boy is amazing!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN2SQ4m7M04#

Love Andre Rieu and this boy was so cute...knew all the music so well for a 3 yr. old! Thanks!

Egg #2 at 6:04 am.  

             

Phoebe( the new Phoebe) has an egg.  

   Here's a video of her laying the egg!

Phoebe laying egg #1 - March 10, 2014

Oh, dear - poor Tom! Silly lad! He really is flummoxed! First-time Papa??

No, not first-time...just silly!

http://www.dosbirds.org/wilmfalcons

      4 eggs!  

This is funny!

Tom and the egg

A NEW DAY AND A NEW TWIST
I know many of you are asking for an update. Here is what I know today. I drove around for miles and miles this morning, looking for Lucy. No luck. It doesn't mean she isn't there, just not that I could see. I did not see much on camera before I left this morning. Then when I stopped and got online, I got a message from someone asking if it is possible that Larry is here. I have been doing some digging into the archives. It is my belief as it is many others that Larry indeed is here, and seemingly has accepted this other female. I would rather not go back to the events of the other night. That is over. I do not know about "the other male" nor do I really care. I did see another eagle perched not far from the nest in a clear cut this morning while one of the eagles was on the nest. I only know that because I made a call to verify if any eagle was there. I could not ID that eagle, and do not think it was Lucy. When my search was finished and about ready to leave the valley, two eagles came down from a sharp dive and into the nest around 10:30. Little did I know from a distance that Larry was there.

Many are going to ask why or how Larry could do this to Lucy. Eagles are driven to do one thing: reproduce. I do not have a solid answer that will make people happy. Maybe Larry sensed that Lucy was infertile and chose to go another direction. I cannot rule out a fight between females either. I cannot say she is alive, however that is what I believe. She is one smart eagle and more than likely she knew her place now, and could not fight to save her nest. As cam viewers we watch and become emotionally connected, especially in the events leading up to the other day. It is important to try and separate our emotions, if we can.

We will continue to observe, and learn. Two eagles were seen mating at the top of a pine tree yesterday. It could have been Larry at that time. I will not get into "naming" of the new eagle at this time. The students know this as well. Let's just see how things go. We all need time to let this all sink in. I hope people read all the updates and watch the videos. It is ok to have differing opinions but in light of the events it won't do any good to debate. Let's let nature take care of this and continue to observe, be amazed and know how lucky we are to have a window into a wild eagle nest.
Eagle on!

 Darrin Briggs ~ E4K

First egg for Charlie and Tom!   

Day 79 in the life of the polar bear cubs: Ear nibbling
Mother bear Giovanna patiently withstands the nibble attacks of her eleven-week-old daughter, and remains as cool as ever, despite the oral play - a real earful! Meanwhile the polar bear boy snuggles up in his mum's elbow.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhorR95VJTI#ws

Really cute, Annette!  The patience of a mother!

This is a bummer...posted on the Franklin Hawkaholics FB page:

Over the last 5 years, this group has been privileged to see Mom and Dad and then Mom and T2 raise 15 hawks at the Franklin Institute. In that time, a fine community has evolved with the shared interest in the observation of this nest.

Over the past two days, Carolyn Card Sutton and today, both of us, have observed T-2 and Mom gathering materials for nest building, but they are flying them to the light platform over the train yards at 30th Street. Unless their behavior takes a sharp change, it looks like they will be establishing a new nest there.

It is largely inaccessible, and view-able only from a distance. For all of us who have been enthralled by their story, this is difficult news. The platform has no nearby trees or buildings, and they are sandwiching the nest between the bottom of the lights and the platform that sustains them.

Last year, Mom and T-2 attempted to build a nest at the Glaxo Smith Kline building but abandoned that effort and moved back to the FI, although it was at an earlier point in time. We can hope that is what they will do again.

Of course, we will continue to monitor the situation, and will post some pictures of what we were able to see today, but we wanted to prepare for what might be a disappointing season of observation.

A posted comment said that this is a very dangerous area and it's where Dad was killed a couple years ago...will be very bad for fledglings.  I've watched this site for 5 years and this is so disappointing to hear after all the tragedy of last year.

                         

                             

Minnesota Bound went live today and have their first egg!

http://mnbound.com/live-eagle-cam/

Awesome! Hope no rogues come along!

I do too!  They say the Eagle population has increased by 10% and it's going to be a scramble for nest sites out there.