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Other Nature Related Information / General Nature Discussion / Re: Deer protects nesting Goose
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on: 28-Apr-11, 07:39:30 PM
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Photo Gallery! Goslings Of Canada Goose Hatch In Cemetery Urn By WKBW News April 27, 2011 Updated Apr 27, 2011 at 5:37 PM EDT Buffalo, NY ( release) – For nearly a month, the world has watched, via live webcam, as a Canada goose sat on her nest in an urn deep inside Forest Lawn – a historic, 269-acre cemetery in the heart of the city of Buffalo - patiently awaiting the arrival of her brood. The story attracted international attention when it was discovered her gander – the male goose that typically guards the nest during incubation – had “flown the coop.” Forest Lawn’s resident buck, a white-tailed deer that has lived in the cemetery for several years, gallantly took over the role of protector, spending hours each day hovering over the urn and watching out for mama and her eggs. Forest Lawn is pleased to announce that sometime in the early morning hours of Wednesday, April 27, 2011, seven eggs were hatched successfully! Around 4:00 p.m. EST, mama goose jumped off the urn and coaxed her goslings to the ground, where they fed on the grass near the urn before beginning their walk to the cemetery’s Mirror Lake.    |
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Other Nature Related Information / Raptor Web Cams / Re: Sheperdstown Eagles: Intruder
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on: 28-Apr-11, 07:28:36 PM
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Update posted on their blog today: Thursday
Was out yesterday.
We have additional news that could relate to our missing resident male. A few days ago, our land manager found the remains of a bald eagle near the waste water treatment plant. The bird was not in good shape, so performing a post-mortem on it is not really possible. The degree of decomposition and proximity to the nest indicates to us that there is a good chance that this is our missing bird.
We will never know for sure though.
Wanted to let you folks know about this as soon as I could. It has been a rough season for bald eagles around the Region.  |
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Other Nature Related Information / Raptor Web Cams / Re: Sheperdstown Eagles: Intruder
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on: 28-Apr-11, 07:26:19 PM
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EagleCam drama continues to entice viewers
Intruder who disrupted nest shown on webcam has been seen nesting with female
by Catherine Caudill
For the Daily Mail
American bald eagles nicknamed Liberty and Belle have occupied the nest for seven seasons, but officials at the National Conservation Training Center say that lately, Liberty has been chased away by another male eagle that has kept him at bay. Belle and the intruder have since been spotted in the nest together.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - As the drama unfolds, the husband disappears for an indefinite period of time. Meanwhile, a suitor moves in to court his abandoned wife and attempts to take over his home.
This real-life soap opera is actually being shown on the Shepherdstown EagleCam.
For seven seasons, two American bald eagles nicknamed Liberty and Belle by their online viewers have nested in a sycamore tree on the National Conservation Training Center campus in Shepherdstown, successfully fledging nine eagle offspring over the years.
Eagles are typically monogamous and return to the same nest every season. But there are exceptions from time to time - particularly when a third eagle turns up.
"For six years we were watching an Ozzie and Harriet family," said Steve Chase, chief of the Division of Education Outreach at the NCTC.
"What happened this year . . . it went from Eagle 101 to Eagle 301 or 401."
The EagleCam, which streams online on the Outdoor Channel's website, has thousands of viewers across the globe. The camera is mounted to the tree above the nest, allowing observers to watch the birds both night and day.
Around the time Liberty and Belle's eaglet hatched this season, however, another eagle appeared - one that was intent on taking the nest for his own. The intruder, who could be distinguished from Liberty and Belle by a distinctive brown spot on his head, chased the resident male away from the nest and kept him at bay.
Unable to keep the eaglet and her other unhatched egg warm and hunt for food at the same time, Belle's offspring did not survive.
She fought the intruder for several days, chasing him out of the nest when he occasionally swooped in. But soon they could be found in the nest together sprucing the place up - moving a twig here, moving a twig there.
Could they be planning a brood of their own?
Apparently so.
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