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Other Nature Related Information / Raptor Web Cams / Re: Blackwater Eagles are back
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on: 23-Apr-11, 08:11:48 PM
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The Friends of Blackwater are proud to announce that Barbara Burr from Oneonta, New York is our contest winner. Barbara is a retired elementary school teacher and she was the first person to enter the names Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour as names for our chicks.
As many of our cam watchers might know, the three remaining U.S. space shuttles will be retired this year to museums around the country, so we thought it was fitting to name our three soon-to-be-flying chicks after these vehicles which have served an important role in the U.S. space program. As Barbara put it, "I selected the names of space shuttles for the eaglets as they both represent flight at its best."
Our cam technician has decided how the names will be applied: Discovery has to be the first chick born, first out and always open to its new world. Its shuttle namesake is already retired, but our Discovery will be the first to fledge and lead this year's chicks from the nest. Atlantis, the second chick in the middle but never lost its zest for life. Its shuttle has one more flight but our chick is well prepared to follow Discovery. And lastly Endeavour our third chick, it never gave up, was nurtured by its parents and pressed ahead to make it when we were anxious about its survival. The shuttle Endeavour will fly one last time with a special pilot before our own Endeavour will fly for the first time shortly after the real Endeavor completes its shuttle mission.
We want to thank all those who submitted names for our 2011 Eaglet-Naming Contest. If your names didn't win, hang on to them and maybe they'll have a shot in a future contest. And congratulations to Barbara our winner!
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Rochester Falcons / Rochester Falcon Offspring / Re: Quest and Kendal - Toronto/Don Mills
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on: 23-Apr-11, 05:53:41 PM
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MAK--i'm confused---I know a Callidora, who was indeed a big girl, but she is a barn
owl born last summer in san marcos california--are we talking different birds--i think so
Callidora was Archer and Beauty's daughter- born last year. Her brother (banded a female but was thought to be male) is Jemison. |
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Other Nature Related Information / Raptor Web Cams / Re: Norfolk Eagles in their new nest
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on: 21-Apr-11, 03:12:33 PM
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The three bald eagle nestlings at Norfolk Botanical Garden received identification bands today April 21, 2011 from Dr. Bryan Watts, Libby Mojica and Reese Lukei from The Center for Conservation Biology at The College of William and Mary. The event was broadcast live over the WVEC webcam. A second camera was provided by WVEC to give closeup views of the banding process. Stephen Living, Watchable Wildlife Biologist with the Virginia Dept of Game and Inland Fisheries, provided on line narrative explaining what was happening. Nuckols Tree Care volunteered their services and Julian carefully removed the three chicks from their nest one at a time, youngest first, and lowered them to the ground where Dr Watts removed them from the bag. Once all three were safely down, the eaglets were examined, measured, weighed and banded. The three chicks are healthy and developing as expected. They were then returned to their nest one at a time.
The tree NBG eaglets are now identified as follows
Purple band NV – #0679-012393 – youngest chick – male – weighed 2633 grams = 5.81 lbs
Purple band NX – #0679-01294 – middle chick – female – weighed 3100 grams = 6.84 lbs
Purple band NZ – #0679-01295 – oldest chick – female – weighed 3405 grams = 7.52 lbs
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Excellent post by Tracy detailing everything we wanted to know, wow...!
