Whack-a-Mole Eaglets

Cape Coral

January 10, 2008

Video of Cape Coral EagletJanuary 5, 2008

Winter Lights Festival at Seneca Creek State Park
Gaithersburg, Maryland

http://www.gaithersburgmd.gov/winterlights/07_main.html

Winter Lights features more than 380 illuminated vignettes and 65 animated displays in a 3.5 mile drive through beautiful Seneca Creek State Park. Theme areas include Winter Woods, Teddy Bear Land, Victorian Village, North Pole, Toyland, and Penguin Cove.
Proceeds Benefit Local Charities.

To view the slideshow and video clips in a larger format, click the link below

http://picasaweb.google.com/EagletMomsters/SenecaCreekWinterLights

George II or Gracie feeding newly hatched eaglet(s) on December 27, 2007.

Visit http://www.capecoral.net/eaglecam/ to view this eagle pair in Cape Coral, FL.

I just love this cam.

www.moosewatch.com

NCTC Nestorations - December 9, 2007

A Snowy Day at the nest with Liberty & Belle

Thank You, John!

John installed the fuel cell for the solar panels today. This should resolve the power issue for the cam! Whoo Hoo!! Check out the size of those panels! Looks like a rather involved task. Thanks John, Steve and the IT crew at NCTC!!

PS - Don't forget to click on the pics to see them full size!

Momsters make the News!

Thanks to an article by Steve Chase in The Observer, a Shepherdstown, WV monthly publication.

Steve Chase, Special Assistant to the Director of NCTC, wrote an article for the Observer on NCTC's first decade. He discusses how NCTC was originally planned to be in Harper's Ferry, but when that deal fell through, a Shepherdstown resident sold her property to NCTC for their current site. Steve also discusses the numerous programs NCTC has initiated with Shepherd College and the Shepherd Wellness Center. NCTC's local partners include The Conservation Fund and their local Freshwater Institute, the Potomac Valley Audobon Society, the American Conservation Film Festival and others. Steve also discusses the popular conservation and community series of lectures and flims, in conjunction with the Friends of NCTC, that bring internationally renowned writers, artists and scientists to Shepherdstown for public events.

West End Sunset

Photo courtesy Steffani at IWS

West End Nest is up and has a new view! IWS will be able to zoom in on the nest later in the active eagle season.

The nest is circled in yellow.

http://www.iws.org/

And here is a short video of West End Nest today

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8cHFMn9ScM

A short video of the Blackwater Osprey Cam

Please be sure to visit and support

The Friends of Blackwater at

http://www.friendsofblackwater.org/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH3hE6S3slU

And for those of you who cannot view youtube, you can view it below.

How lucky are we tonight!!

Click on the above picture for a little

"Nest Animation"

NCTC cam is back in operation!

Thanks to Mits for snapping the first picture of the season!!

After months of waiting, the NCTC cam is back in action! And look who showed up! Belle paid a quick visit to the nest tonight!

Visit the cam at: http://www.fws.gov/nctc/cam/eaglecam.htm

First and Second and Third Egg for Frieda and Frodo!

Frieda and Frodo are a pair of peregrine falcons nesting on an apartment building ledge in Brisbane, Australia. The first egg arrived just after midnight, on the morning of Sunday, August 19. The eggs are laid at around 48hr intervals. She will actively incubate the eggs when the second and later eggs are laid. With Peregrines, the first couple of eggs are likely to hatch on the same day with the last up to 2 days later. Incubation will take about 33 days with fledging happening around 6 weeks after that. In Australia, peregrine falcons will nest from August through to October, laying two to four eggs. Last year I watched this pair raise 3 healthy eyasses. The webcam has been in operation since 2003.

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/extras/frodocam/default.htm