And when he hits the water talons first...

....

That owl been drankin' RedBull!!

When Is a Bird a ‘Birb’?

The 3 important rules from audubon will keep you from making mistakes.

Birb is the worb.

Bird is the word

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Credit the Clean Water Act and the banning of DDT for this recovery.

We have counted over 200 Bald Eagles at one time here in the spring. As soon as we get open water their here making a racket and shitting all over the place.

Why is there such a distinct line formed along the border? Is that federally-protected land or something?

Edit: Duh. It's a fucking river. I need a nap.

Saw a pair of bald eagles on my walk this morning, along with countless ducks and seagulls and robins. The robins are exceptionally numerous this morning.

Come to think about it, they're probably just as numerous as they are in the spring and summer, but with the trees bare, it's a lot easier to see them. They're everywhere.

Real time Bald Eagle Cam... there's lights way off in the background that look like eyeballs lurking in the dark. :haha:

The nest is in a Yucca tree.

I just watched her move her eggs and re position herself. So Cool.

She just looked directly into the camera and gave me the stink-eye.

This guy; 1. likes birds, or 2. has a mosquito problem, maybe 3. bugs ate the branches.

"It's not a dangerous dead tree in my yard, it's an art installation!"

"I mean, a wildlife preserve!"

Around here walnut trees are about the only ones to get the white paint treatment.

Birds fly because who wants to walk on those feet.

I don't watch the Hanover Iggles as much as I did last year, but I keep up on the Facebook page.

The female laid one good egg, and then, a few days later, an egg with no shell. Birbologists say it happens often. They caught her laying it on video, and basically, she ate it, as soon as she saw it wasn't a good egg. This instinct removes it from the nest, and keeps the good egg in dry, bacteria-free condition.

You don't see much of the non-egg before it's gone.



Now, recently, they have had a juvenile bald eagle invading the nest. There's no sound in this video, which is a shame because the female is sounding the alarm. The intruder arrives and she has to kick him off.



The same birb (probably) is visiting the nest at night, and just standing next to it for an hour, without walking onto the nest itself. DRAMA

Last year's kid unwelcome.

Yeah, that is a possibility! Although the birbologists think it is too old to be one of last year's younguns, there's a chance it's a youngun from a previous year.

Ma, don't cha recognize me?? :sniff:

Pelican catches a bill full of water...

I misread your caption at first.
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Hanover nest has gone the way of all of 2020 -- their remaining egg has not hatched yet, which means it's bad.

Apparently the birds may not understand this, and will continue to incubate for another 2-4 weeks, unless the shell cracks on its own.

That will be unbelievably stinky when it pops.

You do, you really do. I wish I did.

This guy had big issues with that cowbird in the window.

This Steller's Jay is one of a pair that rule the yard. Here he's patrolling the area under the bird feeder after making a mess at the top.

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Your western jays get style points.

Dang, I hate me some jays.

Harsh bro!

Yes, they are. And bullies, too.

They're pretty and all, but I just find them disagreeable. And that screeching...

The hand off...

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And from Taiwan...

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Welcome back

Could be somebody posing as me. :nuts:

Eagle hunter (with not for) from the Altai Mountains is proud as punch,
The woman looks nervous (mumbling something like crazy old fool).
And the kid is like what's happening, why is Mom standing over there?

That's peak human right there. I would wish for nothing more.

Live Osprey nest cam - Loch Arkaig - Woodland Trust




Ospreys occasionally pass through Weston Turville reservoir just SE of Aylesbury and also at the reservoirs near Tring but I've never been fortunate enough to see one.
I'm told that those visitors are usually en-route to Scandinavia rather than Northern England or Scotland.

I have seen Ospreys but had to travel 4,500+ miles for the privilege!
Saw two in one afternoon returning from Yellowstone to Cody WY and what a spectacular sight they were.

ETA Peregrine Falcons.

Four cameras on a Peregrine nest on a building in Woking, Surrey.

Woking Peregrine Project

Very nice, once I could identify three live birds and an inert bird shaped lump of bark.

They're in loch-down.

:facepalm:

Shame it wasn't a squirrel.

Rehabbed bald eagle release. go full screen pls

Beautiful!

:devil:

The next one is cool too...

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Works on Chrome for me.

same here


chrome's not the issue, at most, it's a symptom.

Works in FF, fwiw...

It works in Edge; but, not in IE for me.

Eagle...