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Today was weigh-in day at WCV.  This is a video of Dr. Miranda catching one of the eaglets...quite an excellent catch all the way at the end of the clip!

And today's news...

http://www.wildlifecenter.org/wp/2011/06/nbg-eaglets-tuesday-june14/

NZ leg is healing and there's now a 4th eaglet in the flight pen!

It's OK...she's just being a know-it-all...you know how girls can be...

It's easy, she says...just put out your wings and go...cannot figure out what she's talking about...

And now she's watching me!

Sunshine is back on the nest ledge! 

(Cinnamon is behind her-you can just see his white head peeking up)

Sunshine is back on the nest ledge! 

"My Match.com pic"

 

Oh goody! Got to use it right away!  

thanks Ei--so Jemison wouldnt qualify, because she was already flighted?

Correct.  Once they've actually flown there's no need to use the gradual release method of hacking.

Sunshine doing real well
June 14, 2011 - Toronto - Sheraton Centre
Harry Crawford Reports:

When I arrived this morning at 7:30am, Sunshine was not where she
was when Linda shut the watch down last night.  The adults didn’t
seem concerned and were doing their usual hunting as well as
watching the nest ledge.  Around 10am, Teri from 85 Richmond West
had joined Zoe and I briefly and then she saw Sunshine come off the
roof area just above the nest.  It was a very controlled and strong
flight, disappearing above 120 Adelaide West.  Zoe and I went up to
the 43rd floor of the Sheraton and there she was, playing in a
puddle on the centre top of the 120 Adelaide penthouse.

The three remaining chicks were not particularly active and there
were a couple of food drops.  I left just after 11:30am.  Zoe and
Annie continued the watch.

 

Those pins must have grown over night!! Wow!! Ya think a he or a she? Hard to tell without another sib. The way they hug and snuggle, I think male....but....could be female.

Feet are pretty big... ...I'm thinking female...

For a change of pace, Harlie was up while Quest got some sun...

BUT I noticed something...Harlie is starting to get wing feathers! 

It's all too fast...

I had sent a bunch of Sunshine's pre-fledge pictures to Mark Nash, not expecting him to have time to look at them for quite a while and I got a nice note back in the wee hours of this morning...with this request...

PLEASE APOLOGIZE FOR US, as we are all suffering from sleep deprivation with 14 plus hours in the streets, and by the time you get home at 10 to 11pm, most of us only have enough energy to eat and go to bed knowing that 5am come early and we’re back in the streets doing another 12 to 14 hours.  After the travel time getting to and from the various sites, it doesn’t leave much time for sleep in between.

Obviously, no apology is needed! Personally, I don't know how CPF manages to cover so many sites so successfully!  So, thank you to all the fledge watchers no matter where you are for keeping the babies safe!

I knew you'd find one!  Shaky, could you add that to the smilie choices please?

Done. 

 

question: what does hacked or hacked out mean?  thanks

Quick answer-release of a young bird (usually raptors) from an artificial nest box.  Usually after they've been rescued/rehabbed or something happens to the parents before they're flighted.  It was used in the reintroduction of peregrines to the east coast-eyases hatched in captivity were released from hack boxes.

This is not a good pic, although they are probably hiding again!

You can see 2 of the 4 here...but it won't be long now!

3...2 of the 3, dag nabit!

Someone is watching in Toronto?

Anne in Toronto is an official watcher there, and a few others.  They just don't have the instant communication we have set up here.  We'll have to wait until they get home to report...