This is one of the nests I'll be monitoring this year. The female's in the nest now, so hopefully she's started laying eggs. Usually two eggs are layed, a few days apart. Ordinarily this gives one chick a great advantage, and the first hatched often kills the second to ensure its own survival if food supplies are tight. This pair however, has a habit of raising two chicks successfully, and one year I'm told that one year they even raised three. Will be fun to watch.
The Eagle Fest was great fun, a success for the organizers, and pretty good for me as well. Sales were much better than I'd anticipated, I met some interesting people, and made some possibly interesting connections with authors looking for pictures. A fine day altogether. A picture of our display is here.
Today is a good day, pbluejay, and 8 other people added this photo to their favorites.
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hearman 77 months ago | reply
That should be interesting watching this pair and should net you some great shots, now that your "sighted in" looking fwd to seeing them more, glad you had a successful sale and meeting authors is good, take care, you have been busy.
Garnot 77 months ago | reply
Doesn't really seem to be much interest in your monitoring project. Good luck, anyway.
pdug 77 months ago | reply
you know Jim.................you should be know as
"The Eagle Watcher"...........photographer.
Lady-bug 77 months ago | reply
What an awesome nest, and a very impressive undertaking (both the eagle and yourself!). Hope you're doing well, Jim!
XXOO
makeupanid 77 months ago | reply
Wonderful that Eaglefest went so well, loved Bob's shot of the display!
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*Agnes 77 months ago | reply
GREAT!!
Does Beethoven become a father? ;-)))
Hot Flash Photography 77 months ago | reply
Awesome nest. Look at the size of that thing. Good to read that things went well. Your photos look great on paper, too.
soulvision 77 months ago | reply
That's a HUGE nest.....never seen one up close like that! What a pleasure for you to watch this amazing event!
ImageInnovation Photography 77 months ago | reply
Wow, that looks like a luxury condo. I hope the family will be happy there -- looking forward (possibly) to some pictures of the young ones, if you can manag it.
Mama looks forbiddingly protective, though; I sure wouldn't mess with someone who has that expression on her face. :-)
42n81 > Anti-Inanity 77 months ago | reply
looking forward to seeing the progress of this nest. how exciting!!
i'm glad to know that the show was time well spent :-)
PierceRebecca 77 months ago | reply
Wow its a wonderful nest, and the Eagle Fest display looked great!
ΞLLΞ∩ 77 months ago | reply
Great!!!
I hope they'll have two or three! Looking forward ...
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Sparky2* 77 months ago | reply
Wow - amazing!!!!!!
You do seem to be having a grand time - the display looked fantastic...and so do you and Linda, btw! Hope the interesting connections work to your very best advantage - it would be cool to see!!
kaleidoscope 76 months ago | reply
Thought you might be interested in this story, Jim. An adult female with a wing injury was rescued just the other day. www.kcci.com/video/11196633/index.html?rss=des&psp=news
Here's a link to the story. www.kcci.com/news/11196491/detail.html?rss=des&psp=news
martytdx 76 months ago | reply
Glad to hear that the festival went well for you - and that you got to meet more interesting people.
As for the eagles, here's to hoping that they give you a deuce or three-for to watch!
photo fiddler 76 months ago | reply
Grand scene - I hope your observations go well. Carry on.
Random Images from The Heartland 76 months ago | reply
They really build a fortress.Amazing birds !
Optic-al 76 months ago | reply
........extraordinary display you had that day - the displayers looked pretty good too ........
......and how are you going to get shots of those eggs ?.......:-)
sylvia@intrigue 76 months ago | reply
Does she have a name?
locustelle02 65 months ago | reply
Nice , you also take part on birdmonitoring ;)
So less people know about what it is ... and how it is so important !