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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #360 on: October 31, 2018, 04:42:33 PM »
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It's been a very nice day to watch eagles over on the Mississippi River! Two videos:

Two eagles locking talons: https://youtu.be/h1BJxnWG4-A. Check around 2:20 to see the talon locking, or play 'Where's Waldo' and try to figure out just how many eagles are in this video! The ongoing displacement - eagle A displaced eagle B, who displaced eagle C - made me think of a crow's roost. Our tendency to study territorial eagles causes us to think of them as loners, but social dynamics are very much in play as eagles chase, lock talons, and perch together!

Bald eagle taking a bath: https://youtu.be/5LKFnRi6PJg. An adult and a juvenile eagle perch on a log in the river while another adult takes a bath. I especially enjoyed the hop-flap out of the river at around 2:06.

For a look at more Flyway birds, follow this link! https://explore.org/snapshots/mississippi-river-flyway-cam/

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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #361 on: November 01, 2018, 12:57:29 PM »
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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #362 on: November 02, 2018, 07:48:48 PM »
From RRP's FB page:

Raptor Resource Project added 29 new photos to the album: Mississippi River Flyway Cam.
8 hrs

Watch here: https://www.raptorresource.org/birdcams/upper-mississippi-onalaska-cam/?fbclid=IwAR3SI5_ig-ttU9Hrr5GwjTlxz3a-oj8EiMJ-8adFn6uOCfP4OD_bfmv4Xp4 and here: https://explore.org/livecams/raptor-resource-project/mississippi-river-flyway-cam?fbclid=IwAR27Sals19mRI2UQ2AP4ZZIW5_gYBiccfFppVo215pC-_oTiRI8tN149h_s

Photos: https://www.facebook.com/pg/RaptorResourceProject/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1869758179727459&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARAsvyLdgAVHPr6NL-WQiicGj45-pGjwaSuYnyIVWdlxAITK_F2igKVDqXm-VSvp1Ys0mIGDCeTNcwWyoj6AeAICAzf2zmp7E09FzKJ84SA24KynZ9I9qw2pF3-V6DFxphq8o1w2KppmRCxCn3JafxtXp1gis7SNlGJaTZFGgO7RdUMibY2Gp32cpdNYZelIRjd9kA&__tn__=-UC-R

The Raptor Resource Project has established a new bird cam on an island in the heart of the Mississippi River's Driftless area. Located in the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge on Lake Onalaska, the 4K HD cam will offer an unparalleled look at migrating birds and river wildlife, including Bald Eagles, American White Pelicans, Sandhill Cranes, Caspian Terns, Cormorants, and many species of ducks, gulls, and other waterfowl. More than 325 bird species make the round-trip each year along the Mississippi Flyway, from their breeding grounds in Canada and the northern United States to their wintering grounds along the Gulf of Mexico and in Central and South America, and many of them will pass by this camera.


11.01/18: A juvenile Bald Eagle on Cam Island. Eagles like to perch on both poles and pluck/defer/descale and eat prey. We have found prey remains beneath both poles ever since installation, and the solar panels themselves are a little whitewashed from all of the activity.
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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #363 on: November 03, 2018, 08:13:54 PM »
If you were going to the USFW Refuge at Brownsville,MN tomorrow to get info about migrating birds visible at the outlook this message was posted on FB:  "Due to the super rainy forecast for tomorrow, we are cancelling the Sunday naturalist shift at the Brownsville Overlook on Sunday November 4th. Apologies for the inconvenience!"

"There were about 80 tundra swans close to the overlook and about 150 hanging out just past it. They're arriving!"

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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #364 on: November 04, 2018, 01:17:16 PM »
If only "I" could twist my head 180 degrees, scratch that spot I can't reach and then shove my nose down and blow warm air....I could keep my butt warm all winter!!   ;) :) ::)
Watching the close ups of the Northern Pintail.
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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #365 on: November 04, 2018, 11:01:47 PM »
Our peeper's are peeking in on this cam for sure ..  8)

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« Reply #366 on: November 05, 2018, 06:41:07 PM »
This is a great article on the basics of fall migration:  https://ebird.org/news/fall-birding-basics/
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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #367 on: November 08, 2018, 04:40:00 PM »
Website that updates bird migration numbers in different locations in the Upper Mississippi area on a weekly (sometimes more frequent) basis:  https://www.fws.gov/refuge/upper_mississippi_river/weekly_bird_sightings.html
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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #368 on: November 09, 2018, 02:22:35 PM »
Update today:  From staff at the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge:  "The tundra swans are here! Refuge staff counted about 300 swans in front of the Brownsville (MN) Overlook this morning, with about 5,000 - 6,000 swans hanging out in the larger span of the Mississippi River. Their vocalizations sure sound like a party!"
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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #369 on: November 09, 2018, 04:23:19 PM »
Thanks, Finn. Can't wait! :)
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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #370 on: November 10, 2018, 11:45:52 PM »
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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #371 on: November 13, 2018, 03:28:52 PM »
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« Reply #372 on: November 14, 2018, 04:22:28 PM »
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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #373 on: November 14, 2018, 06:14:19 PM »
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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #374 on: November 15, 2018, 01:12:56 AM »
By the looks of the Sunset and Sunrise images you couldn't do any better than right here and right now if you was a bird!   ;D

thanks T40 & KRD.  8)
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