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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #225 on: September 29, 2018, 07:30:23 PM »
Quote from: T40cfr403 on September 29, 2018, 07:24:24 PM
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I'll be up until I don't see those eyes glow in the dark.  What a day at Lake Onalaska.
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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #226 on: September 29, 2018, 07:52:44 PM »
Quote from: FinnBMD on September 29, 2018, 07:30:23 PM
Quote from: T40cfr403 on September 29, 2018, 07:24:24 PM
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I'll be up until I don't see those eyes glow in the dark.  What a day at Lake Onalaska.

Me too!  Little guy kinda grew on me today! :) Like the glowing eyes T40!
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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #227 on: September 30, 2018, 07:29:22 AM »
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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #228 on: September 30, 2018, 08:14:25 AM »
MpMom, you have a beautiful friend that frequents the solar panel pole  :).  I love your "let's dry out" capture and caption.  It's wonderful seeing all these eagles and other birds and nature while we await the "Stars."   



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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #229 on: September 30, 2018, 09:02:51 AM »
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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #230 on: September 30, 2018, 09:19:32 AM »
Good morning!!!!  I counted 16!!!!!

Thank you so much RRP & camera person for this wonderful experience!  8)

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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #231 on: September 30, 2018, 11:20:23 AM »
an eagle extravaganza!!!  :o

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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #232 on: September 30, 2018, 11:37:06 AM »
From RRP's FB page:

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The first phase of cam work is finished in Decorah and at Decorah North! We have a little bit more work to do before we turn everything back on, but it won't be long now. In the meantime, we're all glued to the Mississippi River Flyway cam on the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge. In addition to wonderful views of Bald Eagles, Sandhill Cranes, and American Pelicans, we have some fascinating footage of a Great Horned Owl with a duck, surrounded by interested Bald Eagles. Karla Bloem from the International Owl Center (https://www.internationalowlcenter.org/) told me that GHO eat ducks - something I didn't know! Based on the way that the owl was holding its feathers, she suspects it was wet and couldn't fly well, especially with a load, so the owl ate where it was. We hope you enjoy these videos as much as I do!

9/29/18: GHO versus Bald Eagles, a waiting game! https://youtu.be/2LMfqytGxFs

9/29/18: Owl catches a duck, eagles watching and waiting: https://youtu.be/TvV2OnTrveA

9/29/18: Canadian Cranes and an Eaglet: https://youtu.be/ReDWExj9HX4 (note: We call them Sandhill Cranes, but the scientific name is Antigone Canadensis, or Canadian Crane. Now that we're back in the office, I might get a chance to blog on this name change in particular and scientific names in general!).

9/27/18: Juvenile eagles jockeying, playing, and bathing in rover: https://youtu.be/W73iKPGl5UM. Talk about an eagle pool party!

9/26/18: Fishing, sunset: https://youtu.be/RJMJsnRcNTY. This lovely, relaxing video opens with an egret fishing as the sun sets.

9/25/18: Eagles and pelicans! https://youtu.be/JRzz50eMOPQ

9/25/18: Michelle rain dances: https://youtu.be/jGvqf537AiE. GSB can be seen from the River Flyway cam. While Bald Eagles, Sandhill Cranes, ducks, and other birds float and fly on the river, Michelle dances on the blufftops!

Comment: Raptor Resource Project, I was completely fascinated by that! While I know that GHO aren't as nocturnal as Barn Owls, I was still fascinated to see one with prey - a duck, who would have guessed? - in broad daylight. Amazing!

Video of photos: https://www.facebook.com/RaptorResourceProject/videos/1602709296541638/
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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #233 on: September 30, 2018, 12:37:07 PM »
Thanks for all the Wonderful shots everybody!
T40 Thanks for the update on Decorah Cams via RRP Facebook.
 Got these shots tiady, love the wings out!

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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #234 on: September 30, 2018, 01:39:41 PM »
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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #235 on: September 30, 2018, 02:29:07 PM »
Quote from: T40cfr403 on September 30, 2018, 11:20:23 AM
an eagle extravaganza!!!  :o

I think I count 17, T40.
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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #236 on: September 30, 2018, 03:49:30 PM »
T40, thank you for the FB post ... and YAY! 

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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #237 on: September 30, 2018, 05:12:23 PM »
Did you ever wonder if eagles may be imprinted thinking wherever there's eagle cams, there'll be free trout??  Just a thought.  Beautiful juvie on the solar pole.  Also wonder....yesterday panning down to the equipment below the cam, it looked like a rabbit fur windsock on the microphone.
And as long as I'm rambling....how does the signal get from the cam to the internet?  Microwave?  And do the solar panels supply voltage according to the brightness of the light and can you drain the power when it's cloudy, or dark?  Just wonderin' !!   :) :) :)
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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #238 on: September 30, 2018, 05:29:02 PM »
And I'm guessing juvenile Northern Pintails are the duck variety now.
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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #239 on: September 30, 2018, 05:48:33 PM »
Quote from: eburgbirdwtchr on September 30, 2018, 05:29:02 PM
And I'm guessing juvenile Northern Pintails are the duck variety now.
Thanks eburg! I'm so glad that we have a duck person here--there are so many different varieties and figuring out which is which has been a challenge for me.  I really appreciate your idents.
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