WCNC Eagle cam (NC) Savannah sitting on eggs

[Donna]

Oh boy hope it doesn't last. Probably means we'll be getting more snow soon! Yay for us Boo for eaglet.

[Donna]

http://www.wcnc.com/community/contests/85817537.html

Savannah, a bald eagle in captivity at Carolina Raptor Center due to injuries, has a baby eaglet and we need you to help name it! The eaglet was born on Friday, February 12, which is also Abraham Lincoln’s birthday. Savannah and her mate Derek will care for the eaglet for six weeks. Then Carolina Raptor Center Staff will carefully remove the eaglet from the nest and perform a DNA test to see if it’s male or female. The eaglet will then be to taken to an undisclosed location to learn to live on its own. It will later be released into the wild.     
   1.More than 800 names were submitted in our Name the Eaglet contest. Carolina Raptor Center has narrowed the list down to five. Out of these five names, please type the name of your favorite below:

1) Noah for Lance Corporal Noah M. Pier, the most recent area marine to die in service to his country.

2) Lincoln for the eaglet born on Abraham Lincoln's birthday

3) Olympus or Olympia in honor of the US Olympic team that dominated the medal count in the 2010 Olympics

4) Colbert for Stephen Colbert, comedian and lover of eagles of all kinds

5) Wohali/Awahili for "eagle" in Cherokee

These are the top 5 choices for the little eaglet. if you want to vote, go to the link on top of this page.

[valhalla]

Always go with the Corps!

[Donna]

Look how big I am!

[Donna]

and I have BIG feets too, I trip a lot.

[MAK]

     How fast they grow!

[Donna]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- More than 4,300 votes were cast in our Name the Newborn contest and Noah is the name of Savannah's eaglet with 52 percent of the vote.

It was named for Lance Corporal Noah M. Pier who died last month while serving overseas in Afghanistan.

In a few weeks Noah the eaglet will be taken to a hack tower to learn how to survive in the wild.

The process of "hacking" involves introducing the eaglet to the wild. The eaglet will be placed in the tower and fed daily.  It is hoped that the eagle will eventually fly from the tower and hunt its own food.


 
A well-deserved name!   

[valhalla]

 
A well-deserved name!   

Semper fi  (I'm saluting)

[Donna]

Bigfoot! and Wings for Aafke!!!

[valhalla]

Bigfoot! and Wings for Aafke!!!

AND Pink Dogwood in the background?  Can't wait for mine!   

[Aafke]

Bigfoot! and Wings for Aafke!!!

I love them!!! Sooo cute

[Donna]

Look how much Noah has grown....since last week. He'll be leaving soon...to his new Hack box. 

[valhalla]

He's named for a Marine - he can take it!  Semper fi (salute)!

[Bird Crazy]

He's named for a Marine - he can take it!  Semper fi (salute)!

yes but what about his Momma?

[valhalla]

He's named for a Marine - he can take it!  Semper fi (salute)!

yes but what about his Momma?

All children have to leave the nest - some just go early and some never leave and become couch potatoes