tag:bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com,2006:forum-4485681Nabble - Local Habitat and Inhabitants-- Photos and reports2024-03-29T08:47:11ZOur local pair of eagles chose their nest site because it contained what they needed-- a suitable nest tree, nearby habitat that provided a ready source of food, and roosting trees that provided places to rest, preen, look out for prey and guard their territory against rivals. For this reason, we are interested in learning more about the nature and quality of the surrounding area. This Sub-Forum is the place to post observations and photos of the plants and animals that share the eagles' territory.We'll emphasize the immediate surroundings, but the eagles may forage anywhere in southwestern Broward County, and possibly into northwestern Miami-Dade. That said, there are no rigid guidelines, as we all share an interest in the wildlife of South Florida, so don't be afraid to stray farther afield!
<br/><br/><b><a href="http://bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.1638815.n2.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=subscribe&node=1638815" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external">SUBSCRIBE ANONYMOUSLY AT THIS LINK to receive e-mail copies of all posts to this FORUM, either individually or in Digest form.</a></b><br/><br/><b><a href="http://www.rosyfinch.com/BaldEagleNest.html" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external">RETURN TO THE MAIN EAGLE WATCH PAGE</a></b>tag:bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com,2006:post-7575741How to post photos on a sub-FORUM2020-12-28T05:43:21Z2020-12-28T05:43:21ZNewMexiKen
<b>You must be a "Member" of this FORUM to allow you to
<br/>reply or post new topics and upload your photos.
<br/>You must first register and subscribe (if desired)
<br/>and then request membership in the pop-up which should
<br/>appear if you attempt to post.
<br/><br/>If you have problems, please contact: < ken@rosyfinch.com >
<br/><br/>The procedure for posting photos provides two alternatives--
<br/>either post a photo from your computer or device or,
<br/>if your photo is published on the Internet, you may
<br/>post the address (URL) of your photo. In the latter case,
<br/>be sure that the photo is JPG format.
<br/><br/><i>The address must end in ".jpg" or it will not display.
<br/></i><br/>Be sure to "resize" the image, as the original may be
<br/>larger than the size of the screen.
<br/><br/>Let the image "float," which lets you decide where
<br/>you might wish to place it if you are including text or captions.
<br/><br/>Post in the appropriate sub-forum.
<br/><br/>INSTRUCTIONS:
<br/>= = = = = =
<br/><br/>The menu for posting photos is fairly straightforward:
<br/><br/>First, select the appropriate sub-FORUM in which to
<br/>post your photo (e.g., a specific nest, a sighting away
<br/>from a known nest, or others as listed).
<br/><br/>If you wish to have photos appear in your message, use the
<br/>drop-down menu at the top of the "New Topic" or "Reply" window.
<br/>If you simply paste the link into the text, clicking on the link will
<br/>direct the user to a single photo or separate web page.
<br/><br/>Select: "New Topic" or "Reply" --> "Insert Image" --> choose either to upload
<br/>from your computer or copy the image's address from the internet
<br/><br/>If you do choose the latter option, the display photo on many
<br/>sites such as Facebook or Flicker etc may not be in JPG format,
<br/>so you may need to click on it to view it in a separate window
<br/>which may be JPG or provide options such as "save image URL"
<br/>or format or size. Just be sure that the URL ends in ".jpg"
<br/><br/>Generally, the "Large" size option works fine, as it resizes the
<br/>image to fit the screen. Also let the image "float" inside any text
<br/>you may wish to include. It will justify to the left side of the display
<br/>and then the code for the image may be positioned anywhere
<br/>in your message.
<br/><br/>IF you have multiple photos it is best to array them in a vertical
<br/>stack rather than side by side, as they will otherwise spread across
<br/>the screen horizontally and may not be as friendly when viewed
<br/>on a phone screen,
<br/><br/>If you watermark your photos, please try to place the mark
<br/>so that it does not detract from the subject of your photo.</b>
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tag:bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com,2006:post-7575234Re: A little help IDing birds in my yard please . . .2019-02-12T17:58:17Z2019-02-12T17:58:17ZSquare Grouper
Thanks for getting back to me and no worries on any delay.
<br/><br/>I live in the Ivanhoe Hawkes Bluff development roughly at Stirling and Dykes, so not too far from you. Hopefully some of the finches make it your way. I think I have seen them in the past but this year we have had a lot of them, maybe 10-12 at a time on 2 feeders, so I have noticed it more.
<br/><br/>The buntings on the other hand have been regulars for several years, and I see the woodpeckers year round. This was the first time I could get a good shot of the belly and prove to my son that they really do have red on their bellies, hence the name.
tag:bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com,2006:post-7575232Re: A little help IDing birds in my yeard please . . .2019-02-11T03:20:08Z2019-02-11T05:29:30ZNewMexiKen
<b>Robert--
<br/><br/>Sorry that the FORUM page settings did not permit replies as it should have. I just fixed the problem I'm sure others wanted to reply and you probably have this figured out by now.
<br/><br/>The first two photos show American Goldfinches. They do not appear every winter, so I certainly will be looking for them here in west Miramar.
<br/><br/>The third and fourth show male and female Painted Buntings, and the fifth has the male Painted Bunting.
<br/><br/>Finally, there is a Red-bellied Woodpecker. The photo nicely shows the indistinct red in its lower belly.</b>
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tag:bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com,2006:post-7575230A little help IDing birds in my yeard please . . .2019-02-10T11:38:39Z2019-02-10T11:38:39ZSquare Grouper
Hello, I think I have figured out the answer to my question but would appreciate some help as I am far from an expert on identifying bird species. We have feeders out in our backyard and this winter we have had a lot of these little guys and girls. I have sen them sporadically in the past but thus year we have had a lot more. I think they are American Goldfinches in their winter colors but if I'm wrong please let me know.
<br/><br/>I have included a couple extras of some other visitors. We have had painted buntings visit for years. I usually only put out feed w/a lot of white millet so they keep coming. the other birds chased the buntings off for a while but eventually they all started getting along. The woodpeckers are regular visitors but they normally don't sit still for long enough to get a decent picture.
<br/><br/>Lastly, thanks for keeping this site going. My stepson graduated from West Broward in 2015 so we don't get out that way as much as we used to but I still check in here from time to time and it's good to see the eagles are still there (even w/a different female).
<br/><br/>Robert
<br/><br/><img src="http://bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com/file/n7575230/2_At_Feeder.jpg" border="0"/><br/><br/><img src="http://bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com/file/n7575230/2_At_Feeder_2.jpg" border="0"/><br/><br/><img src="http://bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com/file/n7575230/Mix_on_Feeder_2.jpg" border="0"/><br/><br/><img src="http://bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com/file/n7575230/Buntings_on_Feeder.jpg" border="0"/>
<br/><br/><img src="http://bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com/file/n7575230/Bunting_in_Clusia.jpg" border="0"/><br/><br/><img src="http://bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com/file/n7575230/Red_Bellied_Woodpecker.jpg" border="0"/>
tag:bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com,2006:post-7573985Bird Walk at Boardwalk next to SW Regional Library 3/7 at 9:00 a.m.2015-02-09T10:25:30Z2015-02-09T10:25:30ZNancyB
If you missed the birdwalk last Saturday, led by Ken Schneider, there will be one more this birding season on March 7 at 9:00.
<br/><br/><img src="http://bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com/file/n7573985/WetlandsTourPoster-March_7.jpg" border="0"/>
tag:bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com,2006:post-7573135Blog: A blighted birding patch (just SE of the eagle sanctuary)2013-10-21T10:18:42Z2013-10-21T10:43:01ZNewMexiKen
<span
style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">As
is evident to anyone who reads my posts, our recent birding has been
carried out within fairly restricted boundaries. In Illinois, it was
our now extinct and lamented "back yard" prairie <i>(<a
href="http://blog.rosyfinch.com/?p=444" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" link="external">Remembering
birds in a vacant lot</a>)</i>. In Florida, a convenient
wetlands preserve adjacent to our subdivision is a scarred but welcome
haven for resident and migratory species.
Since moving to south Florida in 2004 I have recorded a respectable 126
bird species in this local tract. Most are documented among over 5,500
photos that may be viewed in this FLICKR set: <a
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/sets/72157608180695193/"
target="_blank" rel="nofollow" link="external">West Miramar Water Conservation Area</a>
<br>
<br>
As happened with my Illinois "back yard" patch, this area is slated for
massive development in the near future. This time it will not succumb
to residential subdivisions or shopping centers. The mile-long stretch
of gravel road that now provides access (Miramar Parkway/SW 196th
Avenue right of way) will be paved and become a four-lane high speed
parkway, to connect two major highways, I-75 and US-27.
Most of the wetlands will be surrounded by 13-15 foot levees and
flooded to a depth of up to 4-5 feet to become a huge retention
reservoir. We hope that some terrestrial habitat is included
in the project, to mimic the hardwood hammocks of the original
Everglades. The Harbour Lakes mitigation area with its two lakes will
remain outside the new reservoir, but the roadway will run along its
eastern and northern edges.</span><span
style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span
style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">
<br>
<br>
This photo, which I took at sunrise just this past week, is the gravel
right-of-way which will become the planned parkway.</span><br
style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">
<br
style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">
<span
style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"> </span><a
style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/10103217404/"
title="Miramar Parkway to NW HDR 20131005 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><img
alt="Miramar Parkway to NW HDR 20131005"
src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3770/10103217404_c426798235_z.jpg"
height="480" width="640"></a><span
style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span
style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">
<br>
<br>
The very spot, where I stood to take this picture of an immature Great
Blue Heron and Great Egret with an assemblage of Roseate Spoonbills and
White Pelicans in the Harbour Lakes wetland, will be paved and busy
with traffic. <br>
<br>
</span><a
style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8219359384/"
title="Great Egret with Imm Great Blue and pelicans 20121125 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><img
alt="Great Egret with Imm Great Blue and pelicans 20121125"
src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8480/8219359384_efa0a812d0_z.jpg"
height="480" width="640"></a> <span
style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">
<br>
<br>
The high levee will run along this row of abandoned telephone poles,
dashing hopes that they might serve as sites for Osprey nest platforms.
The open wet prairie to the right of the photo is part of the Harbour
Lakes mitigation area that will not be included in the impoundment and
presumably will continue to be actively maintained as a preserve. </span><span
style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span
style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">
<br>
<br>
</span><a
style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8247463251/"
title="Abandoned Utility Easement 20121205 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><img
alt="Abandoned Utility Easement 20121205"
src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8346/8247463251_f4667dce66_z.jpg"
height="480" width="640"></a><br
style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">
<span
style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"><br>
Part of the US Army Corps of Engineers plan to restore sheet flow to
the historic Everglades, the reservoir will serve to prevent diversion
and seepage of rain water, which now flows in canals directly out of
the Everglades to the ocean. The retained water will recharge the
aquifer and keep salt water from intruding into the water table that
supplies the residents and industries of the entire populated
southeastern Florida peninsula. A system of pumps and waterways will
regulate water flow, and biologic action in the standing water will
remove agricultural pollutants such as phosphorus and nitrogen.
<br>
<br>
As this map illustrates, the reservoir, outlined in red and designated
by the US Army Corps of Engineers as "Impoundment C-9," will be 3.5
miles from north to south, and up to 1.2 miles wide.
To get an idea of the size of this project, US Highway 27 (Okeechobee
Road), to the left, is about 5 miles west of Interstate I-75. At the
northern edge, the small rectangular woodland that contains the Bald
Eagle nest which we succeeded in having declared a sanctuary, will be
spared.</span><br
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<br
style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">
<span
style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"> </span><a
style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/10000186985/"
title="C-9 Impoundment Map 20130929 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><img
alt="C-9 Impoundment Map 20130929"
src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3805/10000186985_09de93e3cd_z.jpg"
height="479" width="640"></a><span
style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span
style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">
<br>
<br>
Much of the land to be inundated had been "permanently" set aside by
developers to compensate for the damage done to the Everglades by
construction of subdivisions.
The dedicated preserve c</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">
</span> <span
style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">
onsists of agricultural fields that, in the early 1900s, were
"reclaimed" from the Everglades by draining and filling. Under the
mitigation plan, these lands were subsequently managed to become a
water conservation area. Drainage ditches were blocked and low levees
were constructed around its perimeter. Exotic vegetation was removed. <br>
<br>
Although isolated from the main Everglades preserve (which is west of
US-27) it collected rain water during the summer and dried out in
winter, loosely mimicking the ebb and flow of the historic
wild lands.
When we first came to Florida, the land was returning to a more natural
state of wet prairie where Sawgrass and Spikerush flourished. With
announcement of the C-9 project, all maintenance ceased and now the
area designated for the reservoir is rapidly returning to a woodland
populated by Australian Pine, Melaleuca, Brazilian Pepper and other
invasive shrubs, grasses and vines.
<br>
<br>
This is an example of one area that was a wet prairie only about 7
years ago. Now it is choked with shrubs.</span><br
style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">
<br
style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">
<span
style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"> <a
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/10250540295/"
title="Shrub Overgrowth in wetlands preserve 20131013 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><img
alt="Shrub Overgrowth in wetlands preserve 20131013"
src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2891/10250540295_01d87eaa2c_z.jpg"
height="480" width="640"></a>
<br>
<br>
After it is flooded, upland species such as Bobcat, White-tailed Deer
will be evicted. This Bobcat eyed our approach as it sat right
in the middle of the gravel road...<br>
<br>
<a
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8056914464/"
title="Bobcat close HDR 20121005 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><img
alt="Bobcat close HDR 20121005"
src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8449/8056914464_5c7fbd8d29_z.jpg"
height="463" width="617"></a>
</span><br
style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">
<br
style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">
<span
style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">...and
an eight-point buck peered out from the edge of the road.
</span><br
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<br
style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">
<div
style="text-align: left; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"><a
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/7637618110/"
title="Whitetail deer buck 20120724 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><img
alt="Whitetail deer buck 20120724"
src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7110/7637618110_1d39119dc7_z.jpg"
height="480" width="640"></a><br>
<br>
Other upland species will lose their habitat, such as Raccoons...
</div>
<div
style="text-align: left; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/7094007571/"
title="Raccoon 20120419 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><img
alt="Raccoon 20120419"
src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5076/7094007571_ef08bfbb70_z.jpg"
height="640" width="480"></a><br>
<br>
...and Florida Box Turtles, both also captured as they ventured out on
the roadway.<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8656285324/"
title="Box Turtle 20130416 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><img
alt="Box Turtle 20130416"
src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8107/8656285324_09c4c9a30b_z.jpg"
height="480" width="640"></a>
<br>
<br>
Of course, when the project is completed, it should support a rich
habitat for fish-eating species such as herons, Osprey and Bald Eagles.
Tricolored Heron:
<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/3588247837/"
title="Tricolored Heron Preening 20090601 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><img
alt="Tricolored Heron Preening 20090601"
src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3388/3588247837_5abbef89d1_z.jpg"
height="640" width="479"></a>
<br>
<br>
Osprey:<br>
<br>
<a
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/10120879644/"
title="Osprey 29119396Copy by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><img
alt="Osprey 29119396Copy"
src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3792/10120879644_d2cff451b3_z.jpg"
height="479" width="640"></a>
<br>
<br>
Bald Eagle with fish stolen from Osprey, on the Harbour Lakes
mitigation area:<br>
<br>
<a
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8074176182/"
title="Bald Eagle 0739-26 AM 20121010 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><img
alt="Bald Eagle 0739-26 AM 20121010"
src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8033/8074176182_d8ffd09139_z.jpg"
height="480" width="640"></a>
<br>
<br>
In the meantime, recreational off-road vehicle drivers are having their
way with the wetlands, as efforts to restore them have been abandoned.
Supposedly, under state law, these lands held
"in perpetuity" under deed restrictions and
conservation easements will be replaced by "similar" acreage somewhere
else in the State of Florida.
Before, during wet season:<br>
<br>
<a
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/4330025935/"
title="Flooded thicket 20100204 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><img
alt="Flooded thicket 20100204"
src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4029/4330025935_3e6f842839_z.jpg"
height="480" width="640"></a>
<br>
<br>
Same location after visited by the all-terrain vehicles:<br>
<br>
<a
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/10250541536/"
title="ORV tracks in wetlands 20131013 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><img
alt="ORV tracks in wetlands 20131013"
src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7347/10250541536_394f7c6658_z.jpg"
height="480" width="640"></a>
<br>
<br>
Another example, on posted water conservation easement (note that the
"No Trespassing" sign has been knocked over by the fun-seekers):<br>
<br>
<a
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8424373897/"
title="West Miramar WCA damage 20120128 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><img
alt="West Miramar WCA damage 20120128"
src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8049/8424373897_1f1219f632_z.jpg"
height="480" width="640"></a>
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tag:bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com,2006:post-7573065Re: Finding other birds while watching the eagle nest2013-05-07T17:24:46Z2013-05-07T17:24:46Ztomsease
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<DIV>I was looking through this group of pictures again. I’m really
starting to enjoy finding other birds when the eagles aren’t around.
Yesterday, my wife & I were riding our bikes north on SW 185th Way & I
saw a bird I had never noticed before. From your pictures below, I think
it might have been a swallow-tailed kite. Also when we were out riding on
Sunday we saw a couple of fairly small, slender herons of some kind wading in
the standing water in the open field between SW 145th Ave & I-75, just south
of Pembroke Gardens Mall. They were both solid black on top & white
underneath. I looked that one up on whatbird.com & I think it was a
Black-crowned Night Heron. Unfortunately, I didn’t have my camera ready
either of those times. I’m going to start carrying it with me all the time
now. </DIV>
<DIV>I also went over to the eagle’s nest both Saturday & Sunday mornings
for a little while & I didn’t see or hear any of the eagles either
time. I did see a mocking bird acting like a roadrunner running across the
street but no eagles. Getting to know all these different kinds of birds
is really interesting.</DIV>
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<DIV>Tom Sease</DIV>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Finding other birds while watching the eagle
nest</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><B>One of my projects has been
keeping watch over a Bald Eagle nest in neighboring Pembroke Pines. Over five
breeding seasons, since 2008, I have collected information about their breeding
activities. Dozens of other nest watchers who have an interest in protecting
their habitat and learning about the eagles' behavior contribute their ground
observations to my <A
href="http://bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.1638815.n2.nabble.com/CURRENT-2012-2013-NESTING-SEASON-OBSERVATIONS-AND-PHOTOS-f7572786.html" rel="nofollow" target=_blank link="external">Pembroke Pines Eagle Nest Watch
FORUM</A>, and I compile the data to obtain a broader picture of their breeding
biology. Here is a <A href="http://www.rosyfinch.com/EagleMilestonesSheet.pdf" rel="nofollow" target=_blank link="external">spreadsheet</A> and a <A
href="http://www.rosyfinch.com/BaldEagleNest.html#SUMMARY" rel="nofollow"
target=_blank link="external">table comparing milestone events</A> in each
breeding cycle. </B></SPAN><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><B><BR>Watching an eagle at
its nest can be like watching grass grow. Yet, sometimes subtle behavioral
changes can signal important events, such as the laying of the first egg and its
hatching. Although our attention may be focused on the eagle, we are not
oblivious to other happenings.</B></SPAN><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><B><BR>Once a hummingbird
appeared at the nest and perched right in front of an eagle as it was
incubating. It was so interesting to ponder the difference in size between these
two extremes that I totally forgot that I had a camera! Another time, an Osprey
angrily followed an eagle that was carrying a fish to the nest site.
Undoubtedly, the eagle had stolen its meal. Rather than flying directly to the
nest, the eagle circled and flew off out of sight, emerging a few minutes later
with the fish but without the Osprey.</B></SPAN><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><B><BR>However, I was lucky
enough to capture some unexpected scenes. Most recently was an encounter between
several Fish Crows and a Merlin, just one day after the single eaglet had
fledged and disappeared. The crows were harassing one of the adult eagles as it
was roosting near the nest. I interpreted this a a possible attempt to distract
the eagle so that others of the flock could steal remains of prey that the adult
had left in the nest to attract the missing youngster. </B></SPAN><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><B><BR>The crows repeatedly
dived down just over the eagle's head whenever the eagle was occupied with
preening.</B></SPAN><BR><A
title="Fish Crow harasses eagle 3-20130328 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr"
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8597528963/" rel="nofollow"
target=_top link="external"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><B><IMG
alt="Fish Crow harasses eagle 3-20130328"
src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8529/8597528963_33bc08be63_z.jpg" width=480
height=640></B></SPAN></A><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><B><BR><A
title="Fish Crow harasses eagle 2-20130328 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr"
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8597528849/" rel="nofollow"
target=_top link="external"><IMG alt="Fish Crow harasses eagle 2-20130328"
src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8112/8597528849_a9de3a7897_z.jpg" width=480
height=640></A></B></SPAN><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The eagle seemed only mildly
disturbed.</SPAN></B><BR><A
title="Bald Eagle roosting 7-20130328 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr"
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8598630682/" rel="nofollow"
target=_top link="external"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><B><IMG
alt="Bald Eagle roosting 7-20130328"
src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8507/8598630682_13f293bb24_z.jpg" width=480
height=640></B></SPAN></A><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Just after I photographed one
of the crows there was a rush of wings from behind me.</SPAN></B><BR><A
title="Fish Crows 20130328 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr"
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8597529187/" rel="nofollow"
target=_top link="external"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><B><IMG
alt="Fish Crows 20130328"
src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8372/8597529187_3150371334_z.jpg" width=480
height=640></B></SPAN></A><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">A Merlin was in full pursuit
of the crow. I must apologize for the poor quality of my photos as the light was
harsh and I did not have time to switch my shutter settings.</SPAN></B><BR><A
title="Merlin chases crow 20130328 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr"
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8598630830/" rel="nofollow"
target=_top link="external"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><B><IMG
alt="Merlin chases crow 20130328"
src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8227/8598630830_f4758df21c_z.jpg" width=640
height=480></B></SPAN></A><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The crow headed for the
Merlin's favorite roosting place, but had to yield its perch under
attack.</SPAN></B><BR><A
title="Merlin chases crow 2-20130328 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr"
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8597529313/" rel="nofollow"
target=_top link="external"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><B><IMG
alt="Merlin chases crow 2-20130328"
src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8367/8597529313_ebfc39e465_z.jpg" width=640
height=480></B></SPAN></A><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><B><BR><A
title="Merlin chases crow 3-20130328 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr"
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8597529349/" rel="nofollow"
target=_top link="external"><IMG alt="Merlin chases crow 3-20130328"
src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8528/8597529349_b06317a5d3_z.jpg" width=640
height=480></A></B></SPAN><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The crow actually started out
after the Merlin!</SPAN></B><BR><A
title="Crow vs Merlin 20130328 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr"
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8597529421/" rel="nofollow"
target=_top link="external"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><B><IMG
alt="Crow vs Merlin 20130328"
src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8106/8597529421_066fa89949_z.jpg" width=640
height=480></B></SPAN></A><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The battle went on for several
minutes, the crow intent on returning to the falcon's favored
roost.</SPAN></B><BR><A
title="Merlin chases crow 4-20130328 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr"
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8598631174/" rel="nofollow"
target=_top link="external"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><B><IMG
alt="Merlin chases crow 4-20130328"
src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8528/8598631174_2d44f729d5_z.jpg" width=480
height=640></B></SPAN></A><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><B><BR><A
title="Crow vs Merlin 2-20130328 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr"
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8598631018/" rel="nofollow"
target=_top link="external"><IMG alt="Crow vs Merlin 2-20130328"
src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8521/8598631018_4df61d8a8b_z.jpg" width=480
height=640></A></B></SPAN><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><B>Finally the crows relented
and the Merlin settled down.</B><A
title="Merlin in flight 3-20130322 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr"
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8579850519/" rel="nofollow"
target=_top link="external"><B><IMG alt="Merlin in flight 3-20130322"
src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8387/8579850519_47b4456dd8_z.jpg" width=640
height=480></B></A></SPAN><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><B><BR><A
title="Merlin 2-20130328 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr"
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8598631060/" rel="nofollow"
target=_top link="external"><IMG alt="Merlin 2-20130328"
src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8529/8598631060_8cf60f62e4_z.jpg" width=480
height=640></A></B></SPAN><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">A couple of days before, a
Cattle Egret stole my attention as it chased after Halloween Pennant
dragonflies. The egret stealthily crept up on an insect (Click on the image to
see the location of its prey).</SPAN></B><BR><A
title="Cattle Egret hunting Halloween Pennants 2-20130322 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr"
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8580950206/" rel="nofollow"
target=_top link="external"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><B><IMG
alt="Cattle Egret hunting Halloween Pennants 2-20130322"
src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8102/8580950206_699640cfd0_z.jpg" width=640
height=480></B></SPAN></A><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Success! (Note that the egret
has pinkish-orange breeding plumes).</SPAN></B><BR><A
title="Cattle Egret hunting Halloween Pennants 20130322 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr"
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8579851055/" rel="nofollow"
target=_top link="external"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><B><IMG
alt="Cattle Egret hunting Halloween Pennants 20130322"
src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8100/8579851055_f7eca90811_z.jpg" width=480
height=640></B></SPAN></A><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><B><BR><A
title="Cattle Egret hunting Halloween Pennants 4-20130322 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr"
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8579850625/" rel="nofollow"
target=_top link="external"><IMG
alt="Cattle Egret hunting Halloween Pennants 4-20130322"
src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8227/8579850625_74802afac7_z.jpg" width=640
height=480></A></B></SPAN><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><B>Other incidental sightings
of note include this Swallow-tailed Kite that passed directly over the eagle
nest.</B><B><A
title="Swallow-tailed Kite 20100302 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr"
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/4400809693/" rel="nofollow"
target=_top link="external"><IMG alt="Swallow-tailed Kite 20100302"
src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2712/4400809693_771067a95a_z.jpg" width=640
height=480></A></B></SPAN><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><B>A pair of Red-shouldered
Hawks courted on a tall light fixture nearby.</B><A
title="Red-shouldered Hawks 20130401 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr"
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8610535602/" rel="nofollow"
target=_top link="external"><B><IMG alt="Red-shouldered Hawks 20130401"
src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8544/8610535602_2e93087863_z.jpg" width=480
height=640></B></A></SPAN><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">A dark morph Short-tailed
Hawk, ready to pounce upon any unsuspecting smaller bird disguised itself
by soaring in a flock of vultures.</SPAN></B><BR><A
title="Short-tailed Hawk dark morph 20121202 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr"
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8238982902/" rel="nofollow"
target=_top link="external"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><B><IMG
alt="Short-tailed Hawk dark morph 20121202"
src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8064/8238982902_2be2c8b34d_z.jpg" width=480
height=640></B></SPAN></A><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><B>A Sharp-shinned Hawk raced
overhead.</B></SPAN><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><B><A
title="Sharp-shinned Hawk 20091206 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr"
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/4164073184/" rel="nofollow"
target=_top link="external"><IMG alt="Sharp-shinned Hawk 20091206"
src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2496/4164073184_b14fb4f4d0_z.jpg" width=640
height=479></A></B></SPAN><BR><B
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">A flock of Cedar Waxwings once
appeared against a rainy sky.</B><A
title="Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) BW 20100222 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr"
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/4379763504/" rel="nofollow"
target=_top link="external"><B><IMG
alt="Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) BW 20100222"
src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4035/4379763504_4179d12db8_z.jpg?zz=1"
width=640 height=480></B></A><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">A Palm Warbler visited as I
watched the nest, up close and personal.</SPAN></B><BR><A
title="Palm Warbler 20120312 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr"
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/6830340020/" rel="nofollow"
target=_top link="external"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><B><IMG
alt="Palm Warbler 20120312"
src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7190/6830340020_bf82e08a32_z.jpg" width=640
height=480></B></SPAN></A><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Flocks of long-legged waders,
such as these Wood Storks, flew overhead.</SPAN></B><BR><A
title="Storks over eagle nest 20100214 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr"
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/4356576171/" rel="nofollow"
target=_top link="external"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><B><IMG
alt="Storks over eagle nest 20100214"
src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4045/4356576171_df36f8be7b_z.jpg" width=640
height=478></B></SPAN></A><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">A colony of Monk Parakeets
occupied a nest on a light pole across the street from the
nest.</SPAN></B><BR><A
title="Monk Parakeet 20090109 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr"
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/3183360406/" rel="nofollow"
target=_top link="external"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><B><IMG
alt="Monk Parakeet 20090109"
src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3257/3183360406_60b281cc62_z.jpg" width=640
height=480></B></SPAN></A><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">An oddity was this Northern
Mockingbird with a badly deformed bill. It was singing vigorously as I took its
picture.</SPAN></B><BR><A
title="Mockingbird With Deformed Bill 20090405 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr"
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/3416101973/" rel="nofollow"
target=_top link="external"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><B><IMG
alt="Mockingbird With Deformed Bill 20090405"
src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3628/3416101973_06d63cda83_z.jpg?zz=1"
width=640 height=479></B></SPAN></A><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">A Gray Squirrel tight-roped
across in front of the eagle nest.</SPAN></B><BR><A
title="Squirrel in front of eagle nest 20120312 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr"
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/6830340618/" rel="nofollow"
target=_top link="external"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><B><IMG
alt="Squirrel in front of eagle nest 20120312"
src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7051/6830340618_828a477aa9_z.jpg" width=640
height=480></B></SPAN></A><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><B>Some of the sightings must
be classified as "un-natural."</B></SPAN><BR><A
title="UltraLight by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr"
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/3068483022/" rel="nofollow"
target=_top link="external"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><B><IMG alt=UltraLight
src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3185/3068483022_fcba170af3_z.jpg" width=640
height=512></B></SPAN></A><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><B><BR></B></SPAN> <SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><B><A
title="Blimp by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr"
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/3044959868/" rel="nofollow"
target=_top link="external"><IMG alt=Blimp
src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3275/3044959868_b6549cab28_z.jpg" width=640
height=427></A></B></SPAN><BR>
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tag:bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com,2006:post-7573048Re: Finding other birds while watching the eagle nest2013-04-23T03:20:18Z2013-04-23T03:20:18Zstaceywichmann
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>Lakeside I just blocks from Flanagan. I'll try to look around CB smith, good idea. </div><div>Thanks. <br><br>Thanks,<div>Stacey<br><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div><div><br>On Apr 22, 2013, at 11:26 PM, "Square Grouper [via Bald Eagles of Broward County, Florida]" <<a href="/user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=7573048&i=0" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external">[hidden email]</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
Hello. I have seen ospreys on a couple of occasions while attending baseball games at Flanagan HS. That's not too far from where you are, could be the same bird, or maybe it's mate. Or perhaps the nest is in CB Smith Park, I've never looked for potential nest sites in there but it might be a possibility.
<br><br>I know i have mentioned before that there used to be an osprey nest on a platform in the SW corner of the Pembroke Shores baseball complex on SW 172nd south of Pines, but my son is older and no longer plays there so I haven't been there in a couple years. That's a little far from Lakeside and/or Flanagan, but it might be a place to look and see if they are still nesting.
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tag:bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com,2006:post-7573047Re: Finding other birds while watching the eagle nest2013-04-22T20:26:49Z2013-04-22T20:26:49ZSquare Grouper
Hello. I have seen ospreys on a couple of occasions while attending baseball games at Flanagan HS. That's not too far from where you are, could be the same bird, or maybe it's mate. Or perhaps the nest is in CB Smith Park, I've never looked for potential nest sites in there but it might be a possibility.
<br/><br/>I know i have mentioned before that there used to be an osprey nest on a platform in the SW corner of the Pembroke Shores baseball complex on SW 172nd south of Pines, but my son is older and no longer plays there so I haven't been there in a couple years. That's a little far from Lakeside and/or Flanagan, but it might be a place to look and see if they are still nesting.
tag:bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com,2006:post-7573046Re: Finding other birds while watching the eagle nest2013-04-19T12:19:24Z2013-04-19T12:19:24Zstaceywichmann
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>Thanks for the info. I'll bring my good binoculars next week to get a better look at wings and eyes. If you think this area is a good site, I would love any info you have on installing a nesting platform. </div><div>Maybe I could write a grant or ask PTA to fund one on campus. It's a long shot, but what a great learning experience!!!<br><br>Thanks,<div>Stacey<br><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div><div><br>On Apr 19, 2013, at 7:01 AM, "NewMexiKen [via Bald Eagles of Broward County, Florida]" <<a href="/user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=7573046&i=0" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external">[hidden email]</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
Stacy--
<br><br>Thanks for the information. I have been concerned about seeing fewer Ospreys out where I live, west of I-75, just south of the eagle nest. We lost one of the few stands of melaleuca trees remaining in the wetlands where I am quite sure a pair of Ospreys nested two years ago. I have made inquiries about having one or more Osprey nest platforms installed at inland locations to make up for the lack of nest sites.
<br><br>There are some small wooded areas fairly near Lakeside Elementary and I wonder whether they may have a nest there. The lakes provide a source of fish. They usually nest in late winter/early spring and any youngsters may have recently fledged. Check to see if it is an adult or juvenile bird. The differences are subtle-- juveniles have speckled wing covert feathers (on their shoulders and upper back) and have orange eyes while adults have yellow eyes and more white on their heads.
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Stacy--
<br/><br/>Thanks for the information. I have been concerned about seeing fewer Ospreys out where I live, west of I-75, just south of the eagle nest. We lost one of the few stands of melaleuca trees remaining in the wetlands where I am quite sure a pair of Ospreys nested two years ago. I have made inquiries about having one or more Osprey nest platforms installed at inland locations to make up for the lack of nest sites.
<br/><br/>There are some small wooded areas fairly near Lakeside Elementary and I wonder whether they may have a nest there. The lakes provide a source of fish. They usually nest in late winter/early spring and any youngsters may have recently fledged. Check to see if it is an adult or juvenile bird. The differences are subtle-- juveniles have speckled wing covert feathers (on their shoulders and upper back) and have orange eyes while adults have yellow eyes and more white on their heads.
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<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>I have been following this blog all season and have truly enjoyed all the pics and info. My husband and I enjoy visiting the best when we can. Wish we had a camera like many of you :)</div><div>Though I haven't been able to visit the best lately, I have a bit of bird news. </div><div>I work at Lakeside Elem in Pembroke Pines. We have had an Osprey on a radio tower in campus for 4 straight days now. It catches fish 2-3 times during the school day and spends lots of time just hanging out. I have never seen an osprey on campus in the 14 years I've worked their. I'm super excited! I'm reading up on osprey behavior hoping it will stay awhile. Any insight will be welcome. </div><div><br>Thanks,<div>Stacey<br><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div><div><br>On Apr 14, 2013, at 5:13 AM, "NewMexiKen [via Bald Eagles of Broward County, Florida]" <<a href="/user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=7573044&i=0" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external">[hidden email]</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>One of my projects has been keeping watch over a Bald Eagle nest in neighboring Pembroke Pines. Over five breeding seasons, since 2008, I have collected information about their breeding activities. Dozens of other nest watchers who have an interest in protecting their habitat and learning about the eagles' behavior contribute their ground observations to my <a href="http://bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.1638815.n2.nabble.com/CURRENT-2012-2013-NESTING-SEASON-OBSERVATIONS-AND-PHOTOS-f7572786.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" link="external">Pembroke Pines Eagle Nest Watch FORUM</a>, and I compile the data to obtain a broader picture of their breeding biology. Here is a <a href="http://www.rosyfinch.com/EagleMilestonesSheet.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" link="external">spreadsheet</a> and a <a href="http://www.rosyfinch.com/BaldEagleNest.html#SUMMARY" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" link="external">table comparing milestone events</a> in each breeding cycle. </b></span><br><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br>Watching an eagle at its nest can be like watching grass grow. Yet, sometimes subtle behavioral changes can signal important events, such as the laying of the first egg and its hatching. Although our attention may be focused on the eagle, we are not oblivious to other happenings.</b></span><br><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br>Once a hummingbird appeared at the nest and perched right in front of an eagle as it was incubating. It was so interesting to ponder the difference in size between these two extremes that I totally forgot that I had a camera! Another time, an Osprey angrily followed an eagle that was carrying a fish to the nest site. Undoubtedly, the eagle had stolen its meal. Rather than flying directly to the nest, the eagle circled and flew off out of sight, emerging a few minutes later with the fish but without the Osprey.</b></span><br><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br>However, I was lucky enough to capture some unexpected scenes. Most recently was an encounter between several Fish Crows and a Merlin, just one day after the single eaglet had fledged and disappeared. The crows were harassing one of the adult eagles as it was roosting near the nest. I interpreted this a a possible attempt to distract the eagle so that others of the flock could steal remains of prey that the adult had left in the nest to attract the missing youngster. </b></span><br><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br>The crows repeatedly dived down just over the eagle's head whenever the eagle was occupied with preening.</b></span><br><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8597528963/" title="Fish Crow harasses eagle 3-20130328 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><img alt="Fish Crow harasses eagle 3-20130328" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8529/8597528963_33bc08be63_z.jpg" width="480"></b></span></a><br><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8597528849/" title="Fish Crow harasses eagle 2-20130328 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><img alt="Fish Crow harasses eagle 2-20130328" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8112/8597528849_a9de3a7897_z.jpg" width="480"></a></b></span><br><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The eagle seemed only mildly disturbed.</span></b><br><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8598630682/" title="Bald Eagle roosting 7-20130328 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><img alt="Bald Eagle roosting 7-20130328" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8507/8598630682_13f293bb24_z.jpg" width="480"></b></span></a><br><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just after I photographed one of the crows there was a rush of wings from behind me.</span></b><br><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8597529187/" title="Fish Crows 20130328 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><img alt="Fish Crows 20130328" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8372/8597529187_3150371334_z.jpg" width="480"></b></span></a><br><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A Merlin was in full pursuit of the crow. I must apologize for the poor quality of my photos as the light was harsh and I did not have time to switch my shutter settings.</span></b><br><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8598630830/" title="Merlin chases crow 20130328 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><img alt="Merlin chases crow 20130328" height="480" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8227/8598630830_f4758df21c_z.jpg" width="640"></b></span></a><br><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The crow headed for the Merlin's favorite roosting place, but had to yield its perch under attack.</span></b><br><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8597529313/" title="Merlin chases crow 2-20130328 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><img alt="Merlin chases crow 2-20130328" height="480" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8367/8597529313_ebfc39e465_z.jpg" width="640"></b></span></a><br><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8597529349/" title="Merlin chases crow 3-20130328 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><img alt="Merlin chases crow 3-20130328" height="480" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8528/8597529349_b06317a5d3_z.jpg" width="640"></a></b></span><br><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The crow actually started out after the Merlin!</span></b><br><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8597529421/" title="Crow vs Merlin 20130328 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><img alt="Crow vs Merlin 20130328" height="480" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8106/8597529421_066fa89949_z.jpg" width="640"></b></span></a><br><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The battle went on for several minutes, the crow intent on returning to the falcon's favored roost.</span></b><br><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8598631174/" title="Merlin chases crow 4-20130328 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><img alt="Merlin chases crow 4-20130328" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8528/8598631174_2d44f729d5_z.jpg" width="480"></b></span></a><br><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8598631018/" title="Crow vs Merlin 2-20130328 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><img alt="Crow vs Merlin 2-20130328" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8521/8598631018_4df61d8a8b_z.jpg" width="480"></a></b></span><br><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Finally the crows relented and the Merlin settled down.</b><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8579850519/" title="Merlin in flight 3-20130322 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><b><img alt="Merlin in flight 3-20130322" height="480" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8387/8579850519_47b4456dd8_z.jpg" width="640"></b></a></span><br><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8598631060/" title="Merlin 2-20130328 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><img alt="Merlin 2-20130328" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8529/8598631060_8cf60f62e4_z.jpg" width="480"></a></b></span><br><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A couple of days before, a Cattle Egret stole my attention as it chased after Halloween Pennant dragonflies. The egret stealthily crept up on an insect (Click on the image to see the location of its prey).</span></b><br><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8580950206/" title="Cattle Egret hunting Halloween Pennants 2-20130322 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><img alt="Cattle Egret hunting Halloween Pennants 2-20130322" height="480" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8102/8580950206_699640cfd0_z.jpg" width="640"></b></span></a><br><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Success! (Note that the egret has pinkish-orange breeding plumes).</span></b><br><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8579851055/" title="Cattle Egret hunting Halloween Pennants 20130322 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><img alt="Cattle Egret hunting Halloween Pennants 20130322" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8100/8579851055_f7eca90811_z.jpg" width="480"></b></span></a><br><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8579850625/" title="Cattle Egret hunting Halloween Pennants 4-20130322 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><img alt="Cattle Egret hunting Halloween Pennants 4-20130322" height="480" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8227/8579850625_74802afac7_z.jpg" width="640"></a></b></span><br><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Other incidental sightings of note include this Swallow-tailed Kite that passed directly over the eagle nest.</b><b><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/4400809693/" title="Swallow-tailed Kite 20100302 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><img alt="Swallow-tailed Kite 20100302" height="480" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2712/4400809693_771067a95a_z.jpg" width="640"></a></b></span><br><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>A pair of Red-shouldered Hawks courted on a tall light fixture nearby.</b><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8610535602/" title="Red-shouldered Hawks 20130401 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><b><img alt="Red-shouldered Hawks 20130401" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8544/8610535602_2e93087863_z.jpg" width="480"></b></a></span><br><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A dark morph Short-tailed Hawk, ready to pounce upon any unsuspecting smaller bird disguised itself by soaring in a flock of vultures.</span></b><br><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8238982902/" title="Short-tailed Hawk dark morph 20121202 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><img alt="Short-tailed Hawk dark morph 20121202" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8064/8238982902_2be2c8b34d_z.jpg" width="480"></b></span></a><br><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>A Sharp-shinned Hawk raced overhead.</b></span><br><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/4164073184/" title="Sharp-shinned Hawk 20091206 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><img alt="Sharp-shinned Hawk 20091206" height="479" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2496/4164073184_b14fb4f4d0_z.jpg" width="640"></a></b></span><br><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A flock of Cedar Waxwings once appeared against a rainy sky.</b><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/4379763504/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" title="Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) BW 20100222 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><b><img alt="Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) BW 20100222" height="480" src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4035/4379763504_4179d12db8_z.jpg?zz=1" width="640"></b></a><br><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A Palm Warbler visited as I watched the nest, up close and personal.</span></b><br><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/6830340020/" title="Palm Warbler 20120312 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><img alt="Palm Warbler 20120312" height="480" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7190/6830340020_bf82e08a32_z.jpg" width="640"></b></span></a><br><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Flocks of long-legged waders, such as these Wood Storks, flew overhead.</span></b><br><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/4356576171/" title="Storks over eagle nest 20100214 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><img alt="Storks over eagle nest 20100214" height="478" src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4045/4356576171_df36f8be7b_z.jpg" width="640"></b></span></a><br><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A colony of Monk Parakeets occupied a nest on a light pole across the street from the nest.</span></b><br><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/3183360406/" title="Monk Parakeet 20090109 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><img alt="Monk Parakeet 20090109" height="480" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3257/3183360406_60b281cc62_z.jpg" width="640"></b></span></a><br><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An oddity was this Northern Mockingbird with a badly deformed bill. It was singing vigorously as I took its picture.</span></b><br><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/3416101973/" title="Mockingbird With Deformed Bill 20090405 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><img alt="Mockingbird With Deformed Bill 20090405" height="479" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3628/3416101973_06d63cda83_z.jpg?zz=1" width="640"></b></span></a><br><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A Gray Squirrel tight-roped across in front of the eagle nest.</span></b><br><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/6830340618/" title="Squirrel in front of eagle nest 20120312 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><img alt="Squirrel in front of eagle nest 20120312" height="480" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7051/6830340618_828a477aa9_z.jpg" width="640"></b></span></a><br><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Some of the sightings must be classified as "un-natural."</b></span><br><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/3068483022/" title="UltraLight by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><img alt="UltraLight" height="512" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3185/3068483022_fcba170af3_z.jpg" width="640"></b></span></a><br><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br></b></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/3044959868/" title="Blimp by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><img alt="Blimp" height="427" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3275/3044959868_b6549cab28_z.jpg" width="640"></a></b></span><br>
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tag:bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com,2006:post-7573040Re: Finding other birds while watching the eagle nest2013-04-14T16:21:39Z2013-04-14T16:21:39ZTad
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<DIV>Thanks for the great information.</DIV>
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<DIV>Lived in Boca Raton for almost 34 years (now in Cary, NC). Great to
see the eagles and Ospreys make the big comeback.</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 4/14/2013 5:14:00 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
<a href="/user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=7573040&i=0" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external">[hidden email]</a> writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE
style="BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><B>One of my projects has
been keeping watch over a Bald Eagle nest in neighboring Pembroke Pines. Over
five breeding seasons, since 2008, I have collected information about their
breeding activities. Dozens of other nest watchers who have an interest in
protecting their habitat and learning about the eagles' behavior contribute
their ground observations to my <A
title=http://bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.1638815.n2.nabble.com/CURRENT-2012-2013-NESTING-SEASON-OBSERVATIONS-AND-PHOTOS-f7572786.html
href="http://bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.1638815.n2.nabble.com/CURRENT-2012-2013-NESTING-SEASON-OBSERVATIONS-AND-PHOTOS-f7572786.html" rel="nofollow" target=_blank link="external">Pembroke Pines Eagle Nest Watch
FORUM</A>, and I compile the data to obtain a broader picture of their
breeding biology. Here is a <A
title=http://www.rosyfinch.com/EagleMilestonesSheet.pdf
href="http://www.rosyfinch.com/EagleMilestonesSheet.pdf" rel="nofollow"
target=_blank link="external">spreadsheet</A> and a <A
title=http://www.rosyfinch.com/BaldEagleNest.html#SUMMARY
href="http://www.rosyfinch.com/BaldEagleNest.html#SUMMARY" rel="nofollow"
target=_blank link="external">table comparing milestone events</A> in
each breeding cycle. </B></SPAN><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><B><BR>Watching an eagle at
its nest can be like watching grass grow. Yet, sometimes subtle behavioral
changes can signal important events, such as the laying of the first egg and
its hatching. Although our attention may be focused on the eagle, we are not
oblivious to other happenings.</B></SPAN><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><B><BR>Once a hummingbird
appeared at the nest and perched right in front of an eagle as it was
incubating. It was so interesting to ponder the difference in size between
these two extremes that I totally forgot that I had a camera! Another time, an
Osprey angrily followed an eagle that was carrying a fish to the nest site.
Undoubtedly, the eagle had stolen its meal. Rather than flying directly to the
nest, the eagle circled and flew off out of sight, emerging a few minutes
later with the fish but without the Osprey.</B></SPAN><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><B><BR>However, I was lucky
enough to capture some unexpected scenes. Most recently was an encounter
between several Fish Crows and a Merlin, just one day after the single eaglet
had fledged and disappeared. The crows were harassing one of the adult eagles
as it was roosting near the nest. I interpreted this a a possible attempt to
distract the eagle so that others of the flock could steal remains of prey
that the adult had left in the nest to attract the missing
youngster. </B></SPAN><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><B><BR>The crows repeatedly
dived down just over the eagle's head whenever the eagle was occupied with
preening.</B></SPAN><BR><A
title=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8597528963/
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8597528963/" rel="nofollow"
target=_top link="external"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><B><IMG
title=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8597528963/
alt=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8597528963/
src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8529/8597528963_33bc08be63_z.jpg" width=480
height=640></B></SPAN></A><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><B><BR><A
title=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8597528849/
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8597528849/" rel="nofollow"
target=_top link="external"><IMG
title=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8597528849/
alt=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8597528849/
src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8112/8597528849_a9de3a7897_z.jpg" width=480
height=640></A></B></SPAN><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The eagle seemed only mildly
disturbed.</SPAN></B><BR><A
title=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8598630682/
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8598630682/" rel="nofollow"
target=_top link="external"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><B><IMG
title=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8598630682/
alt=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8598630682/
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height=640></B></SPAN></A><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Just after I photographed
one of the crows there was a rush of wings from behind me.</SPAN></B><BR><A
title=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8597529187/
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8597529187/" rel="nofollow"
target=_top link="external"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><B><IMG
title=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8597529187/
alt=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8597529187/
src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8372/8597529187_3150371334_z.jpg" width=480
height=640></B></SPAN></A><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">A Merlin was in full pursuit
of the crow. I must apologize for the poor quality of my photos as the light
was harsh and I did not have time to switch my shutter
settings.</SPAN></B><BR><A
title=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8598630830/
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8598630830/" rel="nofollow"
target=_top link="external"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><B><IMG
title=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8598630830/
alt=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8598630830/
src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8227/8598630830_f4758df21c_z.jpg" width=640
height=480></B></SPAN></A><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The crow headed for the
Merlin's favorite roosting place, but had to yield its perch under
attack.</SPAN></B><BR><A
title=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8597529313/
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8597529313/" rel="nofollow"
target=_top link="external"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><B><IMG
title=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8597529313/
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height=480></B></SPAN></A><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><B><BR><A
title=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8597529349/
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8597529349/" rel="nofollow"
target=_top link="external"><IMG
title=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8597529349/
alt=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8597529349/
src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8528/8597529349_b06317a5d3_z.jpg" width=640
height=480></A></B></SPAN><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The crow actually started
out after the Merlin!</SPAN></B><BR><A
title=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8597529421/
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8597529421/" rel="nofollow"
target=_top link="external"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><B><IMG
title=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8597529421/
alt=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8597529421/
src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8106/8597529421_066fa89949_z.jpg" width=640
height=480></B></SPAN></A><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The battle went on for
several minutes, the crow intent on returning to the falcon's favored
roost.</SPAN></B><BR><A
title=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8598631174/
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8598631174/" rel="nofollow"
target=_top link="external"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><B><IMG
title=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8598631174/
alt=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8598631174/
src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8528/8598631174_2d44f729d5_z.jpg" width=480
height=640></B></SPAN></A><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><B><BR><A
title=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8598631018/
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8598631018/" rel="nofollow"
target=_top link="external"><IMG
title=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8598631018/
alt=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8598631018/
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height=640></A></B></SPAN><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><B>Finally the crows
relented and the Merlin settled down.</B><A
title=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8579850519/
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8579850519/" rel="nofollow"
target=_top link="external"><B><IMG
title=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8579850519/
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src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8387/8579850519_47b4456dd8_z.jpg" width=640
height=480></B></A></SPAN><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><B><BR><A
title=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8598631060/
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8598631060/" rel="nofollow"
target=_top link="external"><IMG
title=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8598631060/
alt=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8598631060/
src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8529/8598631060_8cf60f62e4_z.jpg" width=480
height=640></A></B></SPAN><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">A couple of days before, a
Cattle Egret stole my attention as it chased after Halloween Pennant
dragonflies. The egret stealthily crept up on an insect (Click on the image to
see the location of its prey).</SPAN></B><BR><A
title=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8580950206/
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8580950206/" rel="nofollow"
target=_top link="external"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><B><IMG
title=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8580950206/
alt=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8580950206/
src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8102/8580950206_699640cfd0_z.jpg" width=640
height=480></B></SPAN></A><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Success! (Note that the
egret has pinkish-orange breeding plumes).</SPAN></B><BR><A
title=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8579851055/
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8579851055/" rel="nofollow"
target=_top link="external"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><B><IMG
title=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8579851055/
alt=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8579851055/
src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8100/8579851055_f7eca90811_z.jpg" width=480
height=640></B></SPAN></A><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><B><BR><A
title=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8579850625/
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8579850625/" rel="nofollow"
target=_top link="external"><IMG
title=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8579850625/
alt=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8579850625/
src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8227/8579850625_74802afac7_z.jpg" width=640
height=480></A></B></SPAN><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><B>Other incidental
sightings of note include this Swallow-tailed Kite that passed directly over
the eagle nest.</B><B><A
title=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/4400809693/
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/4400809693/" rel="nofollow"
target=_top link="external"><IMG
title=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/4400809693/
alt=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/4400809693/
src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2712/4400809693_771067a95a_z.jpg" width=640
height=480></A></B></SPAN><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><B>A pair of Red-shouldered
Hawks courted on a tall light fixture nearby.</B><A
title=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8610535602/
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8610535602/" rel="nofollow"
target=_top link="external"><B><IMG
title=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8610535602/
alt=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8610535602/
src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8544/8610535602_2e93087863_z.jpg" width=480
height=640></B></A></SPAN><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">A dark morph Short-tailed
Hawk, ready to pounce upon any unsuspecting smaller bird disguised
itself by soaring in a flock of vultures.</SPAN></B><BR><A
title=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8238982902/
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8238982902/" rel="nofollow"
target=_top link="external"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><B><IMG
title=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8238982902/
alt=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8238982902/
src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8064/8238982902_2be2c8b34d_z.jpg" width=480
height=640></B></SPAN></A><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><B>A Sharp-shinned Hawk
raced overhead.</B></SPAN><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><B><A
title=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/4164073184/
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/4164073184/" rel="nofollow"
target=_top link="external"><IMG
title=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/4164073184/
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height=479></A></B></SPAN><BR><B
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">A flock of Cedar Waxwings
once appeared against a rainy sky.</B><A
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
title=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/4379763504/
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/4379763504/" rel="nofollow"
target=_top link="external"><B><IMG
title=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/4379763504/
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width=640 height=480></B></A><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">A Palm Warbler visited as I
watched the nest, up close and personal.</SPAN></B><BR><A
title=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/6830340020/
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/6830340020/" rel="nofollow"
target=_top link="external"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><B><IMG
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Flocks of long-legged
waders, such as these Wood Storks, flew overhead.</SPAN></B><BR><A
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">A colony of Monk Parakeets
occupied a nest on a light pole across the street from the
nest.</SPAN></B><BR><A
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">An oddity was this Northern
Mockingbird with a badly deformed bill. It was singing vigorously as I took
its picture.</SPAN></B><BR><A
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">A Gray Squirrel tight-roped
across in front of the eagle nest.</SPAN></B><BR><A
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tag:bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com,2006:post-7573039Finding other birds while watching the eagle nest (Blog)2013-04-14T02:13:58Z2013-04-14T02:13:58ZNewMexiKen
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>One of my projects has been keeping watch over a Bald Eagle nest in neighboring Pembroke Pines. Over five breeding seasons, since 2008, I have collected information about their breeding activities. Dozens of other nest watchers who have an interest in protecting their habitat and learning about the eagles' behavior contribute their ground observations to my <a href="http://bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.1638815.n2.nabble.com/CURRENT-2012-2013-NESTING-SEASON-OBSERVATIONS-AND-PHOTOS-f7572786.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" link="external">Pembroke Pines Eagle Nest Watch FORUM</a>, and I compile the data to obtain a broader picture of their breeding biology. Here is a <a href="http://www.rosyfinch.com/EagleMilestonesSheet.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" link="external">spreadsheet</a> and a <a href="http://www.rosyfinch.com/BaldEagleNest.html#SUMMARY" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" link="external">table comparing milestone events</a> in each breeding cycle. </b></span><br/><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br/>Watching an eagle at its nest can be like watching grass grow. Yet, sometimes subtle behavioral changes can signal important events, such as the laying of the first egg and its hatching. Although our attention may be focused on the eagle, we are not oblivious to other happenings.</b></span><br/><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br/>Once a hummingbird appeared at the nest and perched right in front of an eagle as it was incubating. It was so interesting to ponder the difference in size between these two extremes that I totally forgot that I had a camera! Another time, an Osprey angrily followed an eagle that was carrying a fish to the nest site. Undoubtedly, the eagle had stolen its meal. Rather than flying directly to the nest, the eagle circled and flew off out of sight, emerging a few minutes later with the fish but without the Osprey.</b></span><br/><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br/>However, I was lucky enough to capture some unexpected scenes. Most recently was an encounter between several Fish Crows and a Merlin, just one day after the single eaglet had fledged and disappeared. The crows were harassing one of the adult eagles as it was roosting near the nest. I interpreted this a a possible attempt to distract the eagle so that others of the flock could steal remains of prey that the adult had left in the nest to attract the missing youngster. </b></span><br/><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br/>The crows repeatedly dived down just over the eagle's head whenever the eagle was occupied with preening.</b></span><br/><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8597528963/" title="Fish Crow harasses eagle 3-20130328 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><img alt="Fish Crow harasses eagle 3-20130328" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8529/8597528963_33bc08be63_z.jpg" width="480" /></b></span></a><br/><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br/><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8597528849/" title="Fish Crow harasses eagle 2-20130328 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><img alt="Fish Crow harasses eagle 2-20130328" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8112/8597528849_a9de3a7897_z.jpg" width="480" /></a></b></span><br/><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The eagle seemed only mildly disturbed.</span></b><br/><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8598630682/" title="Bald Eagle roosting 7-20130328 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><img alt="Bald Eagle roosting 7-20130328" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8507/8598630682_13f293bb24_z.jpg" width="480" /></b></span></a><br/><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just after I photographed one of the crows there was a rush of wings from behind me.</span></b><br/><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8597529187/" title="Fish Crows 20130328 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><img alt="Fish Crows 20130328" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8372/8597529187_3150371334_z.jpg" width="480" /></b></span></a><br/><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A Merlin was in full pursuit of the crow. I must apologize for the poor quality of my photos as the light was harsh and I did not have time to switch my shutter settings.</span></b><br/><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8598630830/" title="Merlin chases crow 20130328 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><img alt="Merlin chases crow 20130328" height="480" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8227/8598630830_f4758df21c_z.jpg" width="640" /></b></span></a><br/><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The crow headed for the Merlin's favorite roosting place, but had to yield its perch under attack.</span></b><br/><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8597529313/" title="Merlin chases crow 2-20130328 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><img alt="Merlin chases crow 2-20130328" height="480" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8367/8597529313_ebfc39e465_z.jpg" width="640" /></b></span></a><br/><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br/><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8597529349/" title="Merlin chases crow 3-20130328 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><img alt="Merlin chases crow 3-20130328" height="480" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8528/8597529349_b06317a5d3_z.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></span><br/><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The crow actually started out after the Merlin!</span></b><br/><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8597529421/" title="Crow vs Merlin 20130328 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><img alt="Crow vs Merlin 20130328" height="480" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8106/8597529421_066fa89949_z.jpg" width="640" /></b></span></a><br/><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The battle went on for several minutes, the crow intent on returning to the falcon's favored roost.</span></b><br/><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8598631174/" title="Merlin chases crow 4-20130328 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><img alt="Merlin chases crow 4-20130328" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8528/8598631174_2d44f729d5_z.jpg" width="480" /></b></span></a><br/><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br/><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8598631018/" title="Crow vs Merlin 2-20130328 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><img alt="Crow vs Merlin 2-20130328" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8521/8598631018_4df61d8a8b_z.jpg" width="480" /></a></b></span><br/><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Finally the crows relented and the Merlin settled down.</b><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8579850519/" title="Merlin in flight 3-20130322 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><b><img alt="Merlin in flight 3-20130322" height="480" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8387/8579850519_47b4456dd8_z.jpg" width="640" /></b></a></span><br/><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br/><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8598631060/" title="Merlin 2-20130328 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><img alt="Merlin 2-20130328" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8529/8598631060_8cf60f62e4_z.jpg" width="480" /></a></b></span><br/><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A couple of days before, a Cattle Egret stole my attention as it chased after Halloween Pennant dragonflies. The egret stealthily crept up on an insect (Click on the image to see the location of its prey).</span></b><br/><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8580950206/" title="Cattle Egret hunting Halloween Pennants 2-20130322 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><img alt="Cattle Egret hunting Halloween Pennants 2-20130322" height="480" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8102/8580950206_699640cfd0_z.jpg" width="640" /></b></span></a><br/><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Success! (Note that the egret has pinkish-orange breeding plumes).</span></b><br/><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8579851055/" title="Cattle Egret hunting Halloween Pennants 20130322 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><img alt="Cattle Egret hunting Halloween Pennants 20130322" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8100/8579851055_f7eca90811_z.jpg" width="480" /></b></span></a><br/><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br/><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8579850625/" title="Cattle Egret hunting Halloween Pennants 4-20130322 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><img alt="Cattle Egret hunting Halloween Pennants 4-20130322" height="480" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8227/8579850625_74802afac7_z.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></span><br/><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Other incidental sightings of note include this Swallow-tailed Kite that passed directly over the eagle nest.</b><b><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/4400809693/" title="Swallow-tailed Kite 20100302 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><img alt="Swallow-tailed Kite 20100302" height="480" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2712/4400809693_771067a95a_z.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></span><br/><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>A pair of Red-shouldered Hawks courted on a tall light fixture nearby.</b><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8610535602/" title="Red-shouldered Hawks 20130401 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><b><img alt="Red-shouldered Hawks 20130401" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8544/8610535602_2e93087863_z.jpg" width="480" /></b></a></span><br/><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A dark morph Short-tailed Hawk, ready to pounce upon any unsuspecting smaller bird disguised itself by soaring in a flock of vultures.</span></b><br/><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8238982902/" title="Short-tailed Hawk dark morph 20121202 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><img alt="Short-tailed Hawk dark morph 20121202" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8064/8238982902_2be2c8b34d_z.jpg" width="480" /></b></span></a><br/><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>A Sharp-shinned Hawk raced overhead.</b></span><br/><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/4164073184/" title="Sharp-shinned Hawk 20091206 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><img alt="Sharp-shinned Hawk 20091206" height="479" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2496/4164073184_b14fb4f4d0_z.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></span><br/><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A flock of Cedar Waxwings once appeared against a rainy sky.</b><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/4379763504/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" title="Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) BW 20100222 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><b><img alt="Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) BW 20100222" height="480" src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4035/4379763504_4179d12db8_z.jpg?zz=1" width="640" /></b></a><br/><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A Palm Warbler visited as I watched the nest, up close and personal.</span></b><br/><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/6830340020/" title="Palm Warbler 20120312 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><img alt="Palm Warbler 20120312" height="480" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7190/6830340020_bf82e08a32_z.jpg" width="640" /></b></span></a><br/><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Flocks of long-legged waders, such as these Wood Storks, flew overhead.</span></b><br/><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/4356576171/" title="Storks over eagle nest 20100214 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><img alt="Storks over eagle nest 20100214" height="478" src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4045/4356576171_df36f8be7b_z.jpg" width="640" /></b></span></a><br/><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A colony of Monk Parakeets occupied a nest on a light pole across the street from the nest.</span></b><br/><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/3183360406/" title="Monk Parakeet 20090109 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><img alt="Monk Parakeet 20090109" height="480" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3257/3183360406_60b281cc62_z.jpg" width="640" /></b></span></a><br/><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An oddity was this Northern Mockingbird with a badly deformed bill. It was singing vigorously as I took its picture.</span></b><br/><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/3416101973/" title="Mockingbird With Deformed Bill 20090405 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><img alt="Mockingbird With Deformed Bill 20090405" height="479" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3628/3416101973_06d63cda83_z.jpg?zz=1" width="640" /></b></span></a><br/><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A Gray Squirrel tight-roped across in front of the eagle nest.</span></b><br/><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/6830340618/" title="Squirrel in front of eagle nest 20120312 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><img alt="Squirrel in front of eagle nest 20120312" height="480" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7051/6830340618_828a477aa9_z.jpg" width="640" /></b></span></a><br/><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Some of the sightings must be classified as "un-natural."</b></span><br/><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/3068483022/" title="UltraLight by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><img alt="UltraLight" height="512" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3185/3068483022_fcba170af3_z.jpg" width="640" /></b></span></a><br/><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br/></b></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/3044959868/" title="Blimp by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><img alt="Blimp" height="427" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3275/3044959868_b6549cab28_z.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></span><br/>
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tag:bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com,2006:post-7572939Re: Osprey Nest At Pembroke Shores Baseball Park2013-01-23T10:27:15Z2013-01-23T10:27:15ZNewMexiKen
I am in Illinois right now but will try to get out and look for the nest when I get back.
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tag:bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com,2006:post-7572929Whooping Cranes Venture into Broward County2013-01-20T13:00:57Z2013-01-20T13:00:57ZNewMexiKen
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The new year got off to an exciting start. There were surprises, not all of them pleasant. </span><br/><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First, our local Bald Eagles have hatched out at least one chick, <a href="http://rosyfinch.com/BaldEagleNest.html#FORUM" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" link="external">now visible to many enthralled nest-watchers</a>..</span><br/><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You may remember <a href="http://blog.rosyfinch.com/?p=447" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" link="external">(as related in this earlier post)</a> that in early November our son-in-law in Illinois suffered serious injuries to both legs in a fall from a tree stand while hunting deer in North Carolina. He was transported back home to Illinois and required extensive surgery. Now he is wheelchair bound but healing well and should be walking soon. One of his close relatives in the Miami area died suddenly during the first week of January and since he is unable to travel we planned to represent his family at the wake and funeral service.</span><br/><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Saturday, January 5 my friend and neighbor Scott, who regularly walks in our local wetlands area, Tweeted me with a photo taken by his daughter of a white crane, at the northern end of our local south Florida birding patch. On first glance I thought it might be an albino Sandhill Crane, but then realized that it was a juvenile Whooping Crane. The eBird data base contains no historical records of Whooping Crane sightings in either Broward County or Miami-Dade.</span><br/><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The bird was in an area in which groups of off-road vehicle drivers assemble on weekend nights and conduct races. I was concerned that the crane could be disturbed. Scott was unavailable and Mary Lou and I had obligations that kept us from going out into the patch, so I posted the sighting on the <a href="http://www.tropicalaudubon.org/tasboard/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" link="external">Tropical Audubon Society Bird Board</a> with a request that someone come out to monitor and help protect the crane. Several birders responded, and some of the ORV riders told them that they had been seeing TWO of the cranes in the area just north of our patch since December 22! </span><br/><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The next morning we got out before sunrise and walked about a mile and a half, all the way north out of Miramar into the City of Pembroke Pines. After taking a few steps across the city limits I sighted two white dots in a wet prairie about a half mile away. We had to detour along a city street to avoid entering private land, but sure enough, we found the two Whooping Cranes.</span><br/><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></span> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8377762912/" title="Whooping Cranes 2012 15 Cypress male and 13 Tussock female 20130106 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="Whooping Cranes 2012 15 Cypress male and 13 Tussock female 20130106" height="480" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8223/8377762912_a4305a695d_z.jpg" width="640" /></span></a><br/><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We learned from the website of the <a href="http://www.bringbackthecranes.org/technicaldatabase/projectupdates/2012/2012Nov10to2013Jan4.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" link="external">WHOOPING CRANE EASTERN PARTNERSHIP (WCEP)</a> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that these two first year Whooping Cranes (# 2012-13 and 2012-15) were among the six "Direct Autumn Release" (DAR) birds that migrated without the assistance of an ultralight aircraft. (See VIDEO and additional information at the end of this post). The six cranes, numbered 12 through 17, are identified by the arrangement of colored bands and transmitters on their left and right legs respectively.</span><br/><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cranes # 12 13 15 16 and 17 migrated south in record time. According to WCEP, they departed from the Horicon National Wildlife Refuge in Wisconsin on 31 October. Satellite information indicated roost locations in Lawrence County, Indiana, on 31 October, then in Chester County, South Carolina, on 2 and 3 November where all five were also visually confirmed. Next they were located at Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge, Charleston County, South Carolina, on 4 November, and in Glynn County, Georgia on 5 November. </span><br/><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Remarkably, in six days they had flown about 1200 miles unassisted, from Wisconsin to Clay County, Florida, by 6 November. They moved to Manatee County, Florida, on 7 November and into Everglades National Park, Monroe County, Florida, on 8 November and in Hendry County, Florida, on 9 November.</span><br/><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cranes # 12, 16 and 17 remained in Hendry County, Florida, at least through January 4, 2013 but they were no longer together. On 28 December, # 12 was reported as having a possible leg injury. </span><br/><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The remaining crane #14 began migration with Sandhill Cranes from the Horicon National Wildlife Refuge more than three weeks behind the other five, on 23 November. Only 17 days later on 9 December, Crane # 14 was reported with sandhill cranes in Volusia County, Florida, where he remains.</span><br/><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These two cranes # 13 and 15 moved from their Hendry County location to Broward County, Florida, on 22 December. </span><br/><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Crane # 15, the one first photographed by my neighbor Scott is a male named Cypress. His band color pattern from top to bottom: left leg has a White/Green transmitter with antenna, and right leg has Green/Red/White bands:</span><br/><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></span> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8377763274/" title="Whooping Crane 15-12 Cypress male 20130106 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="Whooping Crane 15-12 Cypress male 20130106" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8329/8377763274_63e327db24_z.jpg" width="480" /></span></a><br/><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></span> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8376688405/" title="Whooping Crane 15-12 Cypress 20130106 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="Whooping Crane 15-12 Cypress 20130106" height="480" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8329/8376688405_d7f3966ed7_z.jpg" width="640" /></span></a><br/><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The other is Crane # 13, a female named Tussock. Her band color pattern from top to bottom: left leg has a Red/White transmitter with antenna, and right leg has a White/Green transmitter with antenna:</span><br/><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></span> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8377764072/" title="Whooping Crane 13-12 Tussock female with 2 transmitters 20130106 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="Whooping Crane 13-12 Tussock female with 2 transmitters 20130106" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8518/8377764072_6111498f67_z.jpg" width="480" /></span></a><br/><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></span> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8376689245/" title="Whooping Crane 13-12 Tussock female 20130106 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="Whooping Crane 13-12 Tussock female 20130106" height="585" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8374/8376689245_007d535fa5_z.jpg" width="640" /></span></a><br/><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hoped to personally document their presence on our patch, so on Monday Mary Lou and I again went out before sunrise and walked northward the entire length of the patch. No cranes! She was not interested in slogging the muddy trails and returned home, while I hiked an additional three miles along several paths that border the wetlands and lake. </span><br/><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not finding the cranes, I headed for home. Just after entering our patch I ran into Brian Monk, another birder who was also searching for the cranes. I casually scanned the open areas with binoculars, and suddenly spotted one of the cranes. It was nearly a quarter of a mile away (actually 0.21 mile according to Google Earth), so my photo that documents the sighting is quite fuzzy. This is the male:</span><br/><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></span> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8365047861/" title="Whooping Crane 2012-15 male Cypress 20130107 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="Whooping Crane 2012-15 male Cypress 20130107" height="479" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8226/8365047861_6541bdfa6e_z.jpg" width="640" /></span></a><br/><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As we continued south along the lake, Brian saw a white speck on the opposite shore, about 0.43 mile away. He gets credit for my opportunity to photograph the female:</span><br/><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></span> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/8366119606/" title="Whooping Crane 2012-13 female Tussock 20130107 by Kenneth Cole Schneider, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="Whooping Crane 2012-13 female Tussock 20130107" height="481" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8074/8366119606_a761f62c9f_z.jpg" width="640" /></span></a><br/><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brian and I were exploring an area where I saw both Swamp and Savannah Sparrows last week when Mary Lou called me at about 11:30 AM with news that our daughter in Illinois had fallen while carrying their Christmas tree down the stairs and had fractured bones in her ankle. Her husband is wheelchair-bound and she would need surgery. </span><br/><br/><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We were needed there to help them care for themselves and our two 7- and 8-year old granddaughters (not to mention two huge Tibetan Mastiffs and two large salt-water fish tanks). I rushed home and quickly made reservations. We packed and departed on a plane to Chicago at 3:30 PM, a quick transition from sub-tropical 84 degrees (F) to 12 degrees and blowing snow! </span><br/><br/><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here they are, on Facebook. His open reductions required a metal plate, 10 screws, two pins and a cadaver bone transplant; She needed 13 screws, one metal plate, two pins, a washer and a wire, between them enough to keep a hardware store in business!</span><br/><br/><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br/><a href="https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/c113.0.403.403/p403x403/253835_4106531265885_464019558_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/c113.0.403.403/p403x403/253835_4106531265885_464019558_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br/><br/><br/><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By the way, Whooping Cranes in this population are not "countable" for listing purposes as officially established in the American Birding Association (ABA) area. Of course, I like to watch pre-season exhibition football, basketball and baseball, and I enjoy the games even though they don't "count." </span><br/><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br/><br/></div><br/><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Best viewed full-screen size.</b><br/></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u><i><br/></i></u></span><br/><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="<a href="http://www.youtube.com/embed/FeKMkfJOlco"" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external">http://www.youtube.com/embed/FeKMkfJOlco"</a> width="420"></iframe><br/></i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u><i><br/></i></u></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u><i>Whooping Crane Reintroduction</i></u></span><br/><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u><i><br/></i></u></span> <i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership (WCEP), of which the International Crane Foundation (ICF) is a founding member. </i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>presently operates two projects to restore a migratory Whooping Crane population in the eastern USA. </i></span><br/><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br/></i></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The Ultralight-led Migration Project that began in 2001 utilizes eggs from captive breeding centers that are hatched at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Maryland. The young cranes are later transferred to Wisconsin and trained to follow ultralight craft. After making their first migration to St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge on Florida's west coast, they find their way back to Wisconsin alone and continue to migrate back and forth unassisted. </i></span><br/><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br/></i></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>A second method, called the Direct Autumn Release (DAR), was started in 2005. These cranes are raised by the ICF using attendants dressed in crane costumes. Kept from human contact, they are housed with adult Whooping Cranes to assure that they imprint properly. Before fledging, they are transferred to Wisconsin and finally to the release point at Horicon National Wildlife Refuge. They learn to fly south by following the older cranes. Radio and satellite telemetry allow them to be tracked by ICF and US Fish & Wildlife Service </i></span><br/><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For more information, visit <a href="http://www.savingcranes.org/into-the-wild.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" link="external"> http://www.savingcranes.org/into-the-wild.html</a></span>
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tag:bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com,2006:post-7572923Re: Red-Shouldered Hawk vs. Rat2013-01-18T17:43:31Z2013-01-18T17:43:31ZDaniel Flores
Great pic! I live in Sunset lakes and have been on that trail many times, way before Harbour Lakes estates were built, my wife and use to drive my truck out there and see deer and fish the lakes back there.
tag:bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com,2006:post-7572912Osprey Nest At Pembroke Shores Baseball Park2013-01-16T09:55:49Z2013-01-16T09:55:49ZSquare Grouper
Hello, not sure if any of you can help on this. My son played baseball several times at the Pembroke Shores baseball complex on SW 172nd Avenue just south of Pines. He is now older and doesn't play there any more, so I haven't been there in a couple of years.
<br/><br/>I am not sure if any of you on here were aware, but thre was, at least teh last tiem I was there, an osprey nest on top of one of the light poles next to the field in the far corner at the south end of the park, closest to the lake--makes sense since the ospreys were close to the water. The pole was on the third base side of the field close to home plate. I remember one time there was part of a fish on the ground below the nest and some of the little siblings of the kids on the team thought it was cool.
<br/><br/>My question is has anyone on here been there recently, and is the nest still there? I may try to swing by sometime soon and see, but its not on my way to anywhere in my current travels and I'm not sure when I would be able to get by. It was neat to see/hear the chicks calling out, parents bringing food, etc.
<br/><br/>Thanks for any help that can be provided.
tag:bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com,2006:post-7095563Re: Bobcats in the wetlands SE of eagle nest (Full BLOG)2011-12-14T16:36:54Z2011-12-14T16:36:54ZNewMexiKen
A couple of days ago, the dew point was high and the air very still
when We walked out on the wetlands adjacent to our south Florida home,
hoping to get another glimpse of the Bobcats. <br>
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A little before sunrise, our patio view of the sky looked ominous.<br>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/6383869401/"
title="Storm clouds before sunrise 20111121 by kenschneiderusa, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><img
src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6097/6383869401_5977017ee7_z.jpg"
alt="Storm clouds before sunrise 20111121" height="480"
width="640"></a><br>
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Watery pearls festooned the spider silk.<br>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/5415625653/"
title="Dew beads on silk 20110204 by kenschneiderusa, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><img
src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5176/5415625653_c730a47f6f_z.jpg"
alt="Dew beads on silk 20110204" height="485" width="640"></a><br>
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Tall blades of grass, weighed down by the dew, drooped over the trail.<br>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/6389879533/"
title="Dew on grass 3-20111123 by kenschneiderusa, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><img
src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6042/6389879533_0cc437d09c_z.jpg"
alt="Dew on grass 3-20111123" height="480" width="640"></a><br>
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Some of my early morning photos had not been as sharp as I expected,
and I had an "Aha!" moment when I noticed the fog covering my camera
lens. Of course, the camera had spent the night in air-conditioned
comfort, and warm, moist air had kissed the cold glass. My microfiber
lens cloth came in handy, and I did much better this time. <br>
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The first test of the fog-free lens was this Eastern Towhee,
which exhibited the white eyes of the southern subspecies;
those migrating here from the north have red eyes.<br>
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<a
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/6389904331/"
title="Eastern (white-eyed) Towhee 2-20111123 by kenschneiderusa, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><img
src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6230/6389904331_7babf4efae_z.jpg"
alt="Eastern (white-eyed) Towhee 2-20111123" height="480"
width="640"></a><br>
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A Common Ground-Dove looked down from a safe perch.<br>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/6389896429/"
title="Common Ground-Dove 20111123 by kenschneiderusa, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><img
src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6113/6389896429_efb86e67d7_z.jpg"
alt="Common Ground-Dove 20111123" height="480"
width="640"></a><br>
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A Prairie Warbler brightened up the morning:<br>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/6389912787/"
title="Prairie Warbler 2-20111123 by kenschneiderusa, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><img
src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6041/6389912787_c2284d26a0_z.jpg"
alt="Prairie Warbler 2-20111123" height="480" width="640"></a><br>
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Palm Warblers were everywhere.<br>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/6389909545/"
title="Palm Warbler 20111123 by kenschneiderusa, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><img
src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6108/6389909545_db53af5521_z.jpg"
alt="Palm Warbler 20111123" height="480" width="640"></a><br>
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By the way, we did not see any Bobcats, but we keep trying... <br>
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Okay, now that this is officially a "birding" blog, I've got to tell
what happened THIS morning. Again, we got out early, about 15 minutes
before sunrise. When we stopped to check out the usual spot for
Bobcats, we immediately saw three, far ahead to the south on the levee
path. It was the same adult female with her two half-grown cubs that we
have seen several time during the past month. This first photo is
heavily cropped, as they were over 100 yards away, walking towards us.
The adult is on the right.<br>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/6400143815/"
title="Three Bobcats 20111125 by kenschneiderusa, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><img
src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6227/6400143815_58e3353031_z.jpg"
alt="Three Bobcats 20111125" height="480" width="640"></a><br>
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Mary Lou left me to continue her walk, knowing I would remain
uncommunicative and glued to my camera as long as Bobcats were in
sight. I stalked closer to the cats, keeping to the high grass near the
edge of the canal, on the left. To my advantage, there was a slight SE
breeze in my face. At first the cubs appeared to be playing, but they
eventually moved into the brush on the left side of the path while the
adult kept watch over them with her back to me. <br>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/6400144049/"
title="Two cubs move left 20111125 by kenschneiderusa, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><img
src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7159/6400144049_d430127e05_z.jpg"
alt="Two cubs move left 20111125" height="480"
width="640"></a><br>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/6400144473/"
title="Adult watches cubs in brush 20111125 by kenschneiderusa, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><img
src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6219/6400144473_788791003c_z.jpg"
alt="Adult watches cubs in brush 20111125" height="480"
width="640"></a><br>
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I walked a few steps and then took a shot. Since the power of my 420 mm
lens system is equivalent to 8X binoculars, each step brought me
(optically) about 16 feet nearer to the cats. I reached a point about
40 yards from the adult, then moved out into the path to get a clear
shot. She was intent on watching the cubs, so I moved a bit nearer.
Suddenly she turned and saw me, and began watching me intently.<br>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/6400144847/"
title="Adult sees me 20111125 by kenschneiderusa, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><img
src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7033/6400144847_9268547bca_z.jpg"
alt="Adult sees me 20111125" height="480" width="640"></a><br>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/6400145193/"
title="Adult watches me intently 20111125 by kenschneiderusa, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><img
src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7151/6400145193_a04c40da8b_z.jpg"
alt="Adult watches me intently 20111125" height="480"
width="640"></a><br>
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She stood up and then walked diagonally in my direction before rather
purposefully disappearing into the brush while continuing towards me. A
House Wren began chattering near her position. Then I heard the wren,
or another, begin scolding more to my right.<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/6400145607/"
title="Adult stands up 20111125 by kenschneiderusa, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><img
src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7026/6400145607_980b3180b6_z.jpg"
alt="Adult stands up 20111125" height="480" width="640"></a><br>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/6400146203/"
title="Adult moves to right side 20111125 by kenschneiderusa, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><img
src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6039/6400146203_7e17883e9e_z.jpg"
alt="Adult moves to right side 20111125" height="480"
width="640"></a><br>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/6400147005/"
title="Adult walks towards me 20111125 by kenschneiderusa, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><img
src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7167/6400147005_b3a535f305_z.jpg"
alt="Adult walks towards me 20111125" height="480"
width="640"></a><br>
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In the meantime, the larger cub had emerged onto the trail and was
sitting on the path just staring in my direction. <br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/6400149255/"
title="Larger cub emerges 20111125 by kenschneiderusa, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><img
src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7015/6400149255_a51a2ac961_z.jpg"
alt="Larger cub emerges 20111125" height="480"
width="640"></a><br>
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The cub finally began to look alarmed and ran off into the high grasses
of the expansive wetlands to the right. Meanwhile, the
chattering of the wren started coming from just alongside me, then
moved a bit behind me to my right. I assumed it meant that the parent
Bobcat was checking me out, but I could not see or hear any sign of
her. If she had been a panther, I would have been very anxious about
coming between her and the cubs. Then, the second, smaller of the two
cubs startled me by walking out only about 25-30 feet in front of me. <br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/6400152257/"
title="Smaller cub walks towards me 20111125 by kenschneiderusa, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><img
src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7024/6400152257_44826d07e9_z.jpg"
alt="Smaller cub walks towards me 20111125" height="480"
width="640"></a><br>
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The smaller cub looked back towards where its larger litter-mate had
disappeared into the brush.<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/6400153589/"
title="Smaller cub looks back toward larger cub's location 20111125 by kenschneiderusa, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><img
src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6039/6400153589_f99481340d_z.jpg"
alt="Smaller cub looks back toward larger cub's location 20111125"
height="480" width="640"></a> <br>
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At first it walked slowly towards me. For a while it seemed to be
looking past me. <br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/6400155297/"
title="Smaller cub is alarmed 20111125 by kenschneiderusa, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><img
src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7011/6400155297_45f4a1a2df_z.jpg"
alt="Smaller cub is alarmed 20111125" height="480"
width="640"></a><br>
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I couldn't stand the suspense, so I turned my head to see if the mother
had moved on to the path behind me, but I did not see her. My movement
scared the cub and it twitched its tail before running off. <br>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/6400157349/"
title="Smaller cub ready to run 20111125 by kenschneiderusa, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><img
src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7008/6400157349_20df7da127_z.jpg"
alt="Smaller cub ready to run 20111125" height="480"
width="640"></a><br>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/6400158417/"
title="Smaller cub flees 20111125 by kenschneiderusa, on Flickr" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><img
src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6035/6400158417_4c7bcb13e9_z.jpg"
alt="Smaller cub flees 20111125" height="480" width="640"></a><br>
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tag:bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com,2006:post-7032192Bobcats in the wetlands SE of eagle nest2011-11-25T12:22:25Z2011-11-25T12:22:25ZNewMexiKen
See my blog that has more photos and describes this morning's sighting of three bobcats.
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tag:bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com,2006:post-6996618Re: Red-Shouldered Hawk vs. Rat2011-11-15T08:35:12Z2011-11-15T08:35:12ZMike Fossler
Great capture! I can appreciate the patience, timing and execution required to get a shot like this. Nice day, nice action....MF
tag:bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com,2006:post-6983680Red-Shouldered Hawk vs. Rat2011-11-10T15:37:48Z2011-11-10T16:39:19Zvdelauz
Hello all! I shot this yesterday just south of the entrance of Chekika State Recreational Park in the Everglades National Park. I was driving on the abandoned road in front of the park and noticed this hawk intensely eyeballing its next meal. It took roughly 10-12 minutes for it to make up its mind as to when to strike. During the wait, though, you can see it twitching occasionally, as if unsure of its decision. Finally, it swooped down into some tall grass by a tree and waited there for about 30 seconds, while positioning itself onto its dinner. When it had a firm grasp on its prey, it flew up with it and narrowly missed the tree, which is when I was able to capture this image. After getting home and seeing this image on the computer, the thing I noticed about this hawk is how intelligent it is. Take a look at its feet and see how it has positioned the rat. It is parallel to the hawk's body, so that when it flies, it experiences less wind resistance. You have to love mother nature!
<br/><br/>Enjoy the pic, folks!!! My family and I certainly have.
<br/><br/><img src="http://bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com/file/n6983680/6332134341_06dbf78bce_b.jpg" border="0"/>
tag:bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com,2006:post-5285703Pileated Woodpecker at West Pines Soccer Park and Nature Preserve2010-07-12T19:24:46Z2010-07-12T19:24:46ZNewMexiKen
The title says it all. Although I have heard of reports of Pileated Woodpecker sightings in the vicinity of the eagle nest, this morning Mary Lou and I saw one about 300 yards away, across the wetlands from the viewing platform at the south end of the West Pines Soccer Park.
<br/><br/>I got a very poor photo, not worth showing, but saved to document the sighting.
<br/><br/>Some other sightings this morning at the soccer park:
<br/><br/>Green Heron:
<br/><br/><img src="http://bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com/file/n5285703/Green_Heron_20100712.jpg" border="0" alt="Green Heron"/><br/><br/>Loggerhead Shrike:
<br/><br/><img src="http://bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com/file/n5285703/Loggerhead_Shrike_20100712.jpg" border="0"/><br/><br/><br/><br/>Black Vulture and Fish Crow:
<br/><br/><img src="http://bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com/file/n5285703/Black_Vulture_2-20100712.jpg" border="0"/><img src="http://bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com/file/n5285703/Fish_Crow_and_Vulture_20100712.jpg" border="0"/><br/><br/>Buttonbush:
<br/><br/><img src="http://bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com/file/n5285703/Unusual_Flower_20100712.jpg" border="0"/><br/><br/>
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tag:bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com,2006:post-4671977RE: More Birds From My Back Yard2010-03-03T19:18:59Z2010-03-03T19:18:59ZRandy
Thanks Ken, each time I try to use the medium or small resizing tool it causes an error. I will try again<div>Cheers,</div><div>Randy<br><br><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 04:48:28 -0800<br>From: <a href="/user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=4671977&i=0" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external">[hidden email]</a><br>To: <a href="/user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=4671977&i=1" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external">[hidden email]</a><br>Subject: Re: More Birds From My Back Yard<br><br>
Nice photos! You can resize the large images when downloading-- maybe you forgot <img class="ecxsmiley ecxinline" src="http://n2.nabble.com/images/smiley/smiley_wink.gif"><div class="ecxsignature">Ken Schneider
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tag:bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com,2006:post-4667923Re: Cedar Waxwings at West Pines Soccer Park and Nature Preserve2010-03-03T07:48:52Z2010-03-03T07:48:52ZTrisha
Nice shots, Ken! I'm still waiting for a photo op of them! They are always moving really fast, really high!
tag:bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com,2006:post-4667912Re: More Birds From My Back Yard2010-03-03T07:47:02Z2010-03-03T07:47:02ZTrisha
Wow!!! Great shots....great location to live!
tag:bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com,2006:post-4667256Re: More Birds From My Back Yard2010-03-03T05:48:28Z2010-03-03T05:48:28ZNewMexiKen
What a great back yard!!!
<br/><br/>Nice photos! You can resize the large images when downloading-- maybe you forgot <img class='smiley' src='/images/smiley/smiley_wink.gif' />
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tag:bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com,2006:post-4665987Re: More Birds From My Back Yard2010-03-02T23:54:26Z2010-03-02T23:54:26ZRandy
<img src="http://bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com/file/n4665987/Heron_Big_Sunfish.jpg" border="0" alt="Heron Eating Sunfish"/><img src="http://bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com/file/n4665987/Heron_Swallow.jpg" border="0"/><img src="http://bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com/file/n4665987/Heron_Will_it_Stay_Down.jpg" border="0"/>
tag:bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com,2006:post-4665923Birds From My Back Yard2010-03-02T23:36:23Z2010-03-02T23:36:23ZRandy
<img src="http://bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com/file/n4665923/Osprey_Fish_Lift_II_022810.jpg" border="0" alt="Osprey with Fish"/><br/><img src="http://bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com/file/n4665923/Osprey_022810.jpg" border="0" alt="Osprey on the Hunt"/><br/><img src="http://bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com/file/n4665923/Osprey_Poop_022810.jpg" border="0" alt="Osprey Preparing to Fly"/><br/><img src="http://bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com/file/n4665923/Heron_Showing_the_Kid_How_its_done_022810.jpg" border="0" alt="Heron on Nest with two young"/><br/><img src="http://bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com/file/n4665923/Heron_Feeding_Time_Powelines.jpg" border="0" alt="Heron Feeding Time"/>
tag:bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com,2006:post-4609627Wakodahatchee & Green Cay - Finally!!!!!2010-02-21T18:09:35Z2010-02-21T18:09:35ZMike Fossler
After hearing and reading so much about these two wetland wonders, I fianally got a chance to visit them. I was not disappointed! So much to see, I even returned the following day for more - still not enough time! The weather was perfect and so were the parks.
<br/>Here's a link to my Flickr set with some of the many photos I took - enjoy!
<br/><br/><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikefosslerphotography/sets/72157623481779380/" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external">http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikefosslerphotography/sets/72157623481779380/</a><br/><br/>(may have to cotpaste link to your browser)
<br/><br/>MF
tag:bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com,2006:post-4587441Wed February 17 - Close photo of Bobcat this morning2010-02-17T10:37:32Z2010-02-17T10:37:32ZNewMexiKen
On my morning bird walk I had a Bobcat suddenly appear ahead of me on the 196th Avenue levee south of Miramar Parkway. This is the area I call the "West Miramar ESL," which will eventually become part of the large C-9 impoundment that begins just south and west of the eagle nest area.
<br/><br/>The cat sat down and studied me for a couple of minutes, until I checked my exposure and caused it to quickly disappear into the brush. It was about 8:30 AM.
<br/><br/><img src="http://bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com/file/n4587441/4365508460_f7863b9157_o.jpg" border="0"/><br/><br/><img src="http://bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com/file/n4587441/4364766085_8ac2cbd142_o.jpg" border="0"/>
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tag:bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com,2006:post-4530542Cedar Waxwings at West Pines Soccer Park and Nature Preserve2010-02-07T12:04:23Z2010-02-07T12:04:23ZNewMexiKen
After checking out the eagle nest this morning, we stopped at the Soccer Park, which is off 196th Avenue just south of Pines Boulevard. We had a flock of about 15 Cedar Waxwings, just off the boardwalk. The morning sun is harsh and directly in front, so it's better to photograph there in the afternoon. We also saw a Belted Kingfisher, a Great Egret, and Little Blue and Green Herons. A Cooper's Hawk sailed overhead with the many vultures.
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tag:bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com,2006:post-4495019Boundaries of C-9 Impoundment south/west of Eagle Nest (Unofficial)2010-02-01T08:42:15Z2010-02-01T08:42:15ZNewMexiKen
Based upon my examination of Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Project (CERP) documents, this overlay is my best impression of the boundaries of the planned C-9 impoundment to be constructed to the south and west of the eagle nest woodland. The red lines represent the levees that will contain a maximum of about 4 feet of water.
<br/><br/>The plan for this project is now being reformulated, and funding issues have not been resolved. My understanding is that it will not get underway for several more years. C-9 is planned to serve as a rainwater reservoir that will also retain overflow from the planned C-11 impoundment to be constructed east of US-27 in Weston. The C-11 is on track to be completed before C-9.
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tag:bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com,2006:post-4494813Wildlife safety concerns could boost costs of Everglades reservoirs2010-02-01T08:00:42Z2010-02-01T08:00:42ZNewMexiKen
In restoring sheet flow to the Everglades, existing habitats must be altered in ways that make them inhospitable to the wildlife now resident there. Such change is inevitable. Locally, both of the impoundments that are planned along the east side of US-27, the C-11, in Weston, and C-9, immediately adjacent to the planned Pembroke Pines Bald Eagle sanctuary, must face similar trade-offs and costs.
<br/><br/><a href="http://www.eco-voice.org/node/2557" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external">From Eco-Voice.org
<br/></a><br/><br/><b>Wildlife safety concerns could boost costs of Everglades reservoirs
<br/><br/>By Andy Reid,
<br/><br/>Sun Sentinel
<br/><a href="http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/palm-beach/fl-wildlife-reservoirs-fix-20100130,0,3429850.story" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external">http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/palm-beach/fl-wildlife-reservoirs-fix-20100130,0,3429850.story</a><br/><br/>Reservoirs planned to help restore the Everglades might need costly redesigns to avoid trapping and killing wildlife drawn to the vast pools of water.
<br/><br/>Making the proposed reservoirs' embankments more animal-friendly could add to the cost by $50 million for just one reservoir of long-delayed water storage considered vital to reviving parts of the Everglades.
<br/><br/>South Florida water managers contend the proposed changes could save taxpayers money in the long run, but the up-front costs would add yet another hurdle to Everglades restoration.
<br/><br/>It is "insane" to let concerns about potential wildlife deaths within the reservoirs add to the costs, and potential delays, of water-storage structures intended to save dwindling animal habitat in the Everglades, said Michael Collins, a member of the South Florida Water Management District board. "We have totally lost our focus," Collins said. "If we have got to take care of every field mouse, we are never going to get there."
<br/><br/>Multibillion-dollar restoration plans call for a series of reservoirs and stormwater-treatment areas that could recreate southward water flows from Lake Okeechobee.
<br/><br/>Wildlife officials say the proposed stair-step design for the interior of the more than 30-foot-tall reservoir embankments could end up stranding turtles and fledgling wading birds that wander up there.
<br/><br/>Administrators at the South Florida Water Management District, which leads Everglades restoration, contend they could change to a smoother design without significant delays. That would add about 10 percent to the cost of each reservoir, according to the district. For the proposed 11,000-acre C-43 reservoir, which would store water west of Lake Okeechobee, the embankment design changes would add about $50 million to the $500 million estimated construction cost. At least two other major reservoirs are planned south and east of Lake Okeechobee.
<br/><br/>Paying more now would prevent having to pay for costly fixes later if animal die-offs become a problem, according to district administrators who supported making the change. Changing the design also could save the agency millions in annual costs to monitor the reservoirs' effects on wildlife, according to the district. Those monitoring costs, required by state and federal agencies, could otherwise amount to more than $5 million a year just for the reservoir planned west of Lake Okeechobee, said district Executive Director Carol Wehle.
<br/><br/>It would be proactive to make the change now, said district board member Shannon Estenoz. Yet during an economic downturn with more government budget cuts coming,adding millions in construction costs would be a new, frustrating hurdle to long-stalled restoration efforts. "We have to move forward. We got to get this stuff built," said board member Jerry Montgomery. South Florida taxpayers already are shouldering steep costs for an unfinished reservoir in western Palm Beach County.
<br/><br/>The district in 2008 stopped work on the 16,700-acre project after taxpayers had invested $250 million in the reservoir west of U.S. 27. District officials initially blamed an environmental lawsuit when they stopped construction.But a few weeks later, they announced plans for a land deal with U.S. SugarCorp. that would change the face of Everglades restoration. The pending deal could move the water storage needs farther west and result in the unfinished reservoir being turned into a stormwater treatment area. As for potential changes to the C-43 reservoir, district board member Charles Dauray warned that protecting wildlife "by any means possible" could end up in more delays that paralyze restoration.
<br/><br/>The district this year still faces the daunting task of getting Congress to authorize moving ahead with the C-43 reservoir. "Reason seems to have gone by the wayside," Dauray said.
<br/><br/>Andy Reid can be reached at abreid@SunSentinel.com or 561-228-5504.</b>
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tag:bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com,2006:post-4485784Some photo collections of local flora and fauna2010-01-30T09:02:18Z2010-02-04T12:15:09ZNewMexiKen
To kick off this new Sub-Forum, here are a some Flickr collections and photo sets and blogs of interest. All deal mostly with the territory that our local eagles call home. Any may be viewed as slide shows by selecting the icon in the upper right corner of these pages, or select individual photos from the thumbnails.
<br/><br/><b>Alex Toth's Flickr Group</b> is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/pembrokepineswetlands/" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external">Wildlife of Pembroke Pines</a>. I encourage those of you who belong to Flickr to post your Pembroke Pines photos there as well. Alex celebrates the fact that the entire city of Pembroke Pines is a bird sanctuary,
<br/><br/>Following are some of my photo collections:
<br/><br/>This set of photos is from that section of the Broward County Water Conservation Area just south of the eagle nest (which I call the <b>West Miramar Environmentally Sensitive Area.</b>), <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/sets/72157608180695193/" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"> They may be viewed at this link</a>, or as <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/sets/72157608180695193/show/" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external">a slide show here</a>.
<br/><br/><b>West Pines Soccer Park and Nature Preserve </b>has a wetlands boardwalk and overlook platform. It is off Pines Boulevard, only about a mile east of the Nest Tree. Just turn south on SW 196th Avenue to find it. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/sets/72157612822060967/" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external">Here are photos taken there.</a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/sets/72157612822060967/show/" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external">View as a slide show</a>.
<br/><br/><b>Chapel Trail Nature Center</b>, just north of the eagle nest, provides many photo opportunities. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/sets/72157602455815343/" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external">These are photos from Chapel Trail. </a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosyfinch/sets/72157602455815343/show/" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external">View as slide show.</a><br/><br/>Additionally, this <a href="http://blog.rosyfinch.com/?cat=5" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external"><b>group of blogs</b></a> mostly describe birding and exploring locally.
<br/><br/>If any of you have related photo galleries or blogs, please post links in this Sub-Forum.
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