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Wednesday, April 20. 2011

Check up on those eagle babies lately?

Looks like they had some snow in Iowa. Global cooling is gonna freeze all the baby birds on the planet if we don't change our evil habits.

Man, those chicks do grow fast. At this moment, Dad just brought home a small fish, hung around for a few minutes, and went off hunting again. These are devoted parents, more so than many humans.

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That's amazing.

#1 Tom Francis on 2011-04-20 08:04 (Reply)

Well devoted to hunting and fishing in Dad's case. It was a rough day for them yesterday, with wet snow all day. Even though the camera was blocked much of the time by snow, you could glimpse one or both, looking all bedraggled, but with the chicks snug and dry below. Fun.

TC

#2 Leatherneck on 2011-04-20 08:23 (Reply)

The 3 Norfolk resident eagle chicks are due for banding tomorrow morning, though there seems to be some thought given to pushing the hour back due to weather coming in. Anyhow, should be a good show.

#3 sdferr on 2011-04-20 12:21 (Reply)

Just for grins (and the love of raptors) here's an associated Peregrine cam at the James River Bridge nest (three good angles though, JRB1, JRB3 & JRB4 -- JRB2 is useless), which has two new chicks and two eggs yet unhatched. Not a streaming vid though - schade - but static shots changing on average about every ten seconds or so. There are two other Peregrine nests linked there as well: Cobbs Island and a nest on top a building in Richmond, both of which have brooding parents awaiting hatches.

#4 sdferr on 2011-04-20 12:43 (Reply)

Thanks for linking the chick cam.

The Eagles do a wonderful job feeding the chicks but really my son came home from school the other day and had a snack. He ate a pork roast that was a bit less than two pounds. Since that was supposed to be used to make pulled pork tacos for dinner we went out.

To Salvador Molly’s where he had the "Pepperhead Calamari - fried crisp & tender in secret pirate-spiced flour; served with Ensenada aioli" as an appetizer and the "DRUM PAN JERK CHICKEN - Juicy pan-roasted split Guinea Hen, finished on the grill with rice & peas, mango mustard chutney, garlic spinach, creamy citrus slaw & sweet corn croquettes. My stomach hurt just watching him eat.

Now really, can I be accused of skimping on the food?

Mark

#5 Maddog on 2011-04-20 16:19 (Reply)

I grew up 18 miles from Decorah, where these eagles are. In winter, in the valley my folk's house was in, it was not uncommon to see 4-5 eagles at once. You would frequently see a bunch in a meadow feeding on a winter-killed deer.

#6 Animal (Link) on 2011-04-20 18:27 (Reply)

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Wednesday, April 20. 2011

Check up on those eagle babies lately?