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« Reply #9045 on: June 17, 2019, 02:52:41 PM »
Celebrity two-timing hawk Christo left with empty nest after losing 2 chicks

https://nypost.com/2019/06/15/celebrity-two-timing-hawk-christo-left-with-empty-nest-after-losing-2-chicks/


 Amelia (left) and Christo (right) lost two fledglings this year. Laura Goggin
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« Reply #9048 on: June 17, 2019, 03:00:15 PM »
Human-animal interactions: Hospitable locals play host to storks for ages in Iran

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/437002/Human-animal-interactions-Hospitable-locals-play-host-to-storks


Iranian hospitability never failed to bring back the storks from their wintering grounds; oddly enough erecting nesting sites endlessly on their roofs remained favorable to the birds, showing that the relationship between them is peculiarly an intimate one.
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« Reply #9050 on: June 19, 2019, 05:49:11 PM »
From RRP's FB page:

Raptor Resource Project
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Thanks from RRP Director John Howe!

It's time to reflect on the past several weeks and the series of events that happened after our eaglets left their nests early. Now that all three eaglets have been found and are getting the care they need, we wanted to thank the people who generously donated their time and effort to make the rescue of D32, D33, and DN9 possible.

We'd like to start with a big "Thank you!" to followers and fans for the support, assistance, and positive energy that kept volunteers going during a very stressful and critical time. To the rescue team - we can't thank you enough for generously donating your time and effort to make the rescue of all three eaglets possible. Without your help coordinating activities, watching, searching, recovering, and providing transportation, the eaglets would never have gotten where they needed to go. And we want to give a very special thanks to William Hahn and Andrew Olson, the young Decorah fisherman who found D32 while walking and fishing the creek, and to Garin Minser, the Iowa State student who helped William and Andrew get D32 to the hatchery. In addition to William, Andrew, and Garin, the rescue and care teams included:

Brian Malaise, Natural Resource Biologist and Manager at the Decorah Fish Hatchery
- Searched for and helped rescue D32 and D33
- Transported D33, DN9, and D32
Brett Mandernack, Eagle Valley biologist and RRP Board member
- Searched for D32
Bryce McCarthy, seasonal Hatchery staff
- Searched for D32 and helped rescue D33
Caleb Chyle, volunteer
- Searched for D32
Chris Larson, Hatchery Technician
- Searched for and helped rescue D33
Craig Chyle, volunteer
- Searched for D32 and D33 and helped rescue D33
David and Ann Lynch, RRP Board member and wife
- Coordinated rescue and transportation efforts for all three eaglets
Dave Kester, RRP Master Bander and Board member
- Helped assess D33 and rescued DN9
Evan Lutkengaus, seasonal Hatchery staff
- Searched for D32 and helped rescue D33
John Dingley, RRP Board member
- Searched for and assessed DN9
Kay Neumann, executive director of Saving Our Avian Resources (SOAR) and SOAR staff and volunteers
- Collectively drove over 1,600 miles to transport the 3 birds to SOAR at separate times
- Currently providing treatment and care to D32, D33, and DN9
Kayden Anderlik, volunteer
- Searched for D32 and helped rescue D33
Dr. Laura Johnson, DVM and RRP Board member
- Provided emergency care and overnight observation for DN9
Nora Hensley
- Helped monitor Mom and Dad?s flight paths and searched for D32
Patti Brice (volunteer)
- Helped search for D32 and assisted in the transport of D33, DN9, and D32
Rich Meredith (volunteer)
- Searched for and assessed DN9
Robin Brumm (volunteer)
- Helped monitor Mom and Dad?s flight paths and searched for D32
Ryan Schmitz, biologist and colleague of Brett Mandernack at Eagle Valley
- Searched for D32
Camera Operators
- Helped us keep up with events at both sites
Moderators
- Our chat and Facebook moderators went above and beyond to respond to an outpouring of questions, worries, love, and grief. Our social platforms were overwhelmed ? literally! ? by people who were concerned about the eagles. Our moderators did a wonderful job responding to them.

If you'd like to learn more about, connect with, or make a donation to any of the groups involved in the rescue of D32, D33, and DN9, please follow these links:

SOAR:
Website: https://soarraptors.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SOAR-Saving-Our-Avian-Resources-422229164528389/
Donate to SOAR: https://soarraptors.org/support-soar/

Friends of the Decorah Fish Hatchery:
Website: http://www.decorahfishhatchery.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Friends-of-the-Decorah-Fish-Hatchery-136921346344860/
Donate to Friends of the Fish Hatchery: http://bit.ly/2KqIJQn

The Raptor Resource Project
Website: https://www.raptorresource.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RaptorResourceProject
Donate to RRP: https://www.raptorresource.org/support-the-raptor-resource-project/make-a-donation/?fbclid=IwAR2HS9UrL_7bj3qu7O9cVbs5N7VbVYP1_N16Ua7yho7sM_JZGUB8pqyufI8
Robert Anderson Memorial Scholarship (in honor of the young people who helped in the rescue):
https://www.cfneia.org/giving/find-a-fund/712-as

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« Reply #9051 on: June 19, 2019, 05:57:15 PM »
From SOAR's website:

Determining Gender in Bald Eagles
By SOAR - Linette, 19 June 2019

As part of ongoing data collection looking at bald eagles and lead exposure in birds admitted to wildlife rehabilitators in Iowa, SOAR started collecting beak depth measurements. A research paper from Garcelon et al (Journal of Wildlife Management 49(3):1985) is the basis for SOAR to use beak depth measurement for a gender determination. The Garcelon paper discussed 12 different measurements taken on bald eagles, but that beak depth showed no overlap in values between the sexes.  This is the least invasive way to determine gender. A metric dial caliper is used and the measurement is taken from the top of the upper beak (maxilla) next to the cere to the bottom point on the lower beak (mandible).  The paper describes it: "from the dorsal aspect of the maxilla adjacent to the cere, to the ventralmost portion of the mandible." The measurement is expressed in centimeters (cm).



In the bald eagles measured in the Garcelon et al study, male bald eagles had a beak depth range of 3.0 cm to 3.349 cm, while the female bald eagle beak depth ranged from 3.35 cm to 3.6 cm. All the eagles in the study were North Central United States and Canada and should be transferable to bald eagles in Iowa.

Also remember that female bald eagles will weigh more than males and that northern bald eagles are larger than those from the southern U.S.
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« Reply #9052 on: June 20, 2019, 03:21:26 PM »
Dinner to go! Hungry birds of prey fling frogs, chicks and tiny animals through the air to each other in mid-flight

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7162319/Hungry-birds-prey-fling-frogs-chicks-tiny-animals-air-other.html

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« Reply #9053 on: June 20, 2019, 04:30:17 PM »
White-bellied sea eagles seen in Singapore

http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1154677.shtml

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« Reply #9055 on: June 20, 2019, 04:39:43 PM »
Osprey Rescue Shows Nature Is Not All Happy Endings

https://vineyardgazette.com/news/2019/06/19/osprey-rescue-shows-nature-not-all-happy-endings


Eversource lineman helped retrieve osprey chick from nest at the Oak Bluffs pumping station Tuesday. The chick did not survive.
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« Reply #9058 on: June 20, 2019, 04:45:51 PM »
A new egg! Endangered birds build new nest at Montrose Beach, evicting volleyball courts and again jeopardizing music fest

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/6/19/18692136/piping-plovers-mamby-beach-montrose-birds-jam-concert

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