Looks like everyone had a great time!  Thanks for sharing your pics with us.

Kris

Nice!!  I couldn't believe this roundabout trip she took! 

Kris

She's a girl - checking stuff out (like shopping) before she commits 

Oh-  I think I can relate to that!!   

Speaking of Norfolk Eagles....
I just received my 2010 "The Garden of Eagles" calendar - beautiful!  One of the pictures is of Azalea getting her transmitter. 

Nice!!  I couldn't believe this roundabout trip she took! 

Kris

Bigger map of Azalea's travels:

The latest satellite map through afternoon August 18 shows that Azalea has begun to travel. On Sunday August 16 at 1:00pm she was over the Creeds area of southern Virginia Beach. On Monday August 17 she left NBG about 1:00pm and flew out over Norfolk, turned south and flew over Portsmouth and at 3:00pm was over the Deep Creek section of Chesapeake. From there she flew southeast flying over the Northwest River into Currituck County, North Carolina. She spent the night just south of the Tulls Bay Colony residential area. About 10:00am Tuesday August 18 she got up and started flying north back into Virginia over the Blackwater area and at noon was over North Bay in Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge. From there she flew due north in a straight line over the Virginia Beach resort area to Fort Story at 1:00pm and then returned to NBG. In 24 hours Azalea made about a 90 to 100 mile round-trip and spent the night away from home for the first time.
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A great story with a happy ending!   

Kris

Azalea vs. Hope (the Whimbrel)And the winner is?????

Azalea (banded HH) was fitted with a satellite transmitter on May 20, 2009 and we have all been anxious to see just where this young bald eagle wanders off to. So far, that has been no farther from home than all of 8 miles out over Bay Colony and Broad Bay in Virginia Beach.

Hope (the Whimbrel) was fitted with a satellite transmitter by CCB biologists the day before Azalea, May 19, 2009 on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, and as of yesterday August 15th has traveled more than 8,000 miles!!! She left the Eastern Shore on May 26 and flew to James Bay in Nunavut Canada, then west to the MacKenzie River in the Yukon Territory, out over the Beaufort Sea, back to Hudson Bay where she left on August 10 passing over eastern Canada and New England, off the coast of Maine, over the Atlantic Ocean east of Bermuda and as of yesterday, August 15, was still flying south toward the Virgin Islands 250 miles away. Hope has flown non-stop over 3,200 miles averaging 37 miles per hour. You can read about Hope and see a map of her travels at http://www.ccb-wm.org/programs/migration/Whimbrel/whimbrel.htm

The score card reads

Azalea - 8 miles

Hope - 8,000 miles


New update on Hope posted tonight:

Hope (the Whimbrel) updateHope finally came to rest on the southern shore of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands on friday evening August 15 after flying non-stop from Hudson Bay in Canada. She is wearing a satellite transmitter weighing only 9.5 grams and expected to last one year or more before wearing out and falling off. Since being fitted with the transmitter by Libby Mojica on May 19, 2009 on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, Hope has flown 20,131 kilometers - over 12,000 miles!!!

Hi KrisG, 

Many thanks for posting the updates on Azalea. Would it be possible to include a link to those blog posts? (thanks)

Here's the link to the blog:
http://eagletrak.blogs.wm.edu

Kris

Azalea vs. Hope (the Whimbrel)And the winner is?????

Azalea (banded HH) was fitted with a satellite transmitter on May 20, 2009 and we have all been anxious to see just where this young bald eagle wanders off to. So far, that has been no farther from home than all of 8 miles out over Bay Colony and Broad Bay in Virginia Beach.

Hope (the Whimbrel) was fitted with a satellite transmitter by CCB biologists the day before Azalea, May 19, 2009 on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, and as of yesterday August 15th has traveled more than 8,000 miles!!! She left the Eastern Shore on May 26 and flew to James Bay in Nunavut Canada, then west to the MacKenzie River in the Yukon Territory, out over the Beaufort Sea, back to Hudson Bay where she left on August 10 passing over eastern Canada and New England, off the coast of Maine, over the Atlantic Ocean east of Bermuda and as of yesterday, August 15, was still flying south toward the Virgin Islands 250 miles away. Hope has flown non-stop over 3,200 miles averaging 37 miles per hour. You can read about Hope and see a map of her travels at http://www.ccb-wm.org/programs/migration/Whimbrel/whimbrel.htm

The score card reads

Azalea - 8 miles

Hope - 8,000 miles

Lollipop Farm is where we got our Toby from 10 years ago.  Great place!   

Kris

This was an update posted today about Azalea:



Satellite Map Aug 1 to 11: Azalea has wandered even farther from Norfolk Botanical Garden. The lowest center data point is over the Haygood area near Independence Blvd in Virginia Beach at 3:00pm on August 5. The most eastern point (far right) is over Bay Colony and Broad Bay in Virginia Beach on August 8 at 1:00pm. The far upper left data point is over Hewitt Farms/Belaire neighborhood in Norfolk on August 11 at 4:00pm. You will notice that all three of these times are during the afternoon when she is more likely to be soaring. Other than at those times Azalea has been staying close to NBG spending most of her time either in the nest tree, camera tree or at “the dump�. Broad Bay is about 7 or 8 air miles from NBG and that is encouraging to see her that far from NBG.

[I think my next cat I get, I'll name him Shaky.]

I fight the urge to click on the "[Boo]" link every time I see these cat pictures. 

I think my next cat I get, I'll name him Shaky. 

I love that name for a kitty, Dawn!  Great idea!   

Kris

[Anne C.]

Hi Kris!
 
I think he's gorgeous!  I love a comfortable cat! We've had several very large cats and the only thing I didn't like was lifting them up, when they didn't want to be lifted up, and cutting their nails, as they were very strong!

Anne C. (Toronto, ON Canada)
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Anne,

It's a killer to lift him up because he weighs so much but as for cutting his nails-he actually purrs while Bill is cutting them!  Why??  Because he knows he gets 2 treats for nail cutting!!
This is the only time he gets treats because of the weight issue (ssshhh-don't tell our Vet).

Kris

This is our Toby-all 22 lbs of him!

This is most likely the position that we find him during the day...
...but this is the position he likes in the evening while Bill and I are warching TV in the family room. LOL!


Kris

Kris, I like him! 
greetings Aafke

Thanks, Aafke.  He is quite a character!

Kris

Toby is gorgeous! But 22 lbs?? I like the shot of him lying belly up.

Dot in PA

Toby was the runt of the litter (believe it or not) when we adopted him at age 6 weeks from Lollypop Farm 10 yrs ago.  He started getting heavy after we had him neutered so the Vet put him on a diet which he has been on practically his whole life.  When we go for check-ups, after he gets weighed, she just says "Toby is Toby". He only gets a 5 oz. can of wet food and a 1/4 cup dry/day and that's it-no table food or anything.  He just maintains his weight at about 21-22 lbs. He does have IBD so he's on Prednisone every 3 days but this amount of food is what makes him comfortable with few flare-ups.  Of course, he is an indoor cat and all he does is eat and sleep so...
I also want to say to all the others that have posted pics of their pets-what beautiful pets everybody has. 

Kris