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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #1395 on: December 14, 2020, 12:20:21 PM »
Great pics again, Lori!

Is the large, dark lump the beaver lodge? It's along the shore where the pair of eagles often perches/roosts. I forget the name the chatters have given them.

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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #1396 on: December 15, 2020, 11:34:42 AM »
BE in position to be first in line for the action this morning.

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« Reply #1397 on: December 16, 2020, 04:06:23 PM »
Ice beginning to form at the Flyway today. A few birds are skating while others float by. One BE took an icy dip while changing perches on that huge log (name unknown) at mid-day.

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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #1398 on: December 16, 2020, 05:02:27 PM »
Beautiful pics from The Flyway, STL!
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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #1399 on: December 16, 2020, 05:52:40 PM »
Skaters and floaters today it is at "the flyway" .. :)
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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #1400 on: December 17, 2020, 08:22:31 AM »
Beautiful Juvenile. Looks to be maybe around 4 years old.

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« Reply #1401 on: December 17, 2020, 11:50:28 AM »
Juvie BEs come in so many color arrangements, every one beautiful.  Swans & geese everywhere today again. On high alert one minute, back asleep the next.

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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #1402 on: December 17, 2020, 12:52:12 PM »
Screaming, quivering eagles - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKrqZ0STmhE
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« Reply #1403 on: December 17, 2020, 02:52:39 PM »
Thanks T40, great video. Shakin' quakin' eagles!
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« Reply #1404 on: December 17, 2020, 04:52:51 PM »
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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #1405 on: December 17, 2020, 04:56:57 PM »
Great video from GSB.  Can you just imagine what 1st year eagles think when they encounter ice for the first time?

 At the Flyway chat, JoyC just posted a nice collage of pics from the Flyway today.

Here are two from me also.

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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #1406 on: December 18, 2020, 06:24:39 AM »
The eagles seem to adjust to landing on the ice much better than the ducks. The video posted of the mallards sliding across the ice at high speed. Almost looked like the mallards were expecting water.
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« Reply #1407 on: December 18, 2020, 01:21:09 PM »
Yes, Raleigh. The mallards and other ducks come in for a landing much faster than the eagles do. It's a hovering skill for the eagles. Imagine how far those heavy swans must slide.
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« Reply #1408 on: December 19, 2020, 12:33:53 PM »
The BE pair perched early AM, and another adult out on the ice. Two hours later, two juvies perching and I think the same adult out on the ice. Nice close ups of sandhill cranes.

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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #1409 on: December 20, 2020, 05:11:04 PM »
About 2PM on the rewind, an adult BE picking around a bunch of old lotus pods. There was a large patch of lotus that bloomed at the same time as water lilies this summer. Lotus are bigger, and the flower base dries out and forms an open 4-6-inch round pod with many round seeds the size of a hazelnut. Pods break off as the stems dry, then float or stick in the mud. Those things that look like small pyramids are upside-down lotus pods. Google "lotus flowers & pods" for many photos.

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