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Ginger52

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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #435 on: March 31, 2019, 08:30:53 PM »
Quote from: T40cfr403 on March 31, 2019, 07:38:25 PM
???

Maybe the beaver, or is it bigger than that?

It fell in the water at about 7:18 p.m. and its tail looked like that of a muskrat, not flat like a beaver.

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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #436 on: March 31, 2019, 09:46:10 PM »
Cam found one lone eagle perched.



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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #437 on: April 01, 2019, 12:46:33 AM »
Quote from: Ginger52 on March 31, 2019, 08:30:53 PM
Quote from: T40cfr403 on March 31, 2019, 07:38:25 PM
???

Maybe the beaver, or is it bigger than that?

It fell in the water at about 7:18 p.m. and its tail looked like that of a muskrat, not flat like a beaver.

Ginger - Well that certainly makes a lot more sense than...a BEAR! :P ;D
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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #438 on: April 01, 2019, 09:33:27 PM »
Quote from: T40cfr403 on April 01, 2019, 12:46:33 AM
Quote from: Ginger52 on March 31, 2019, 08:30:53 PM
Quote from: T40cfr403 on March 31, 2019, 07:38:25 PM
???

Maybe the beaver, or is it bigger than that?

It fell in the water at about 7:18 p.m. and its tail looked like that of a muskrat, not flat like a beaver.

Ginger - Well that certainly makes a lot more sense than...a BEAR! :P ;D

T40 --  ;D  When I saw the beaver a few days ago my first thought was that it was a bear, so you weren't so far out in left field.
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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #439 on: April 05, 2019, 05:36:37 PM »
It's been cloudy, up there it may have rained some today too, but the rays coming through the clouds of the setting sun are nice.......
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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #440 on: April 07, 2019, 09:28:36 PM »
A very colorful sunset and also some fog/mist at times during the afternoon/evening.

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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #441 on: April 13, 2019, 04:24:13 PM »
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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #442 on: April 21, 2019, 04:54:57 PM »
From RRP's FB page:

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Happy Easter! For all you Mississippi River Flyway fans - you probably noticed that we have been on highlights for a while now. Water levels are still at flood stage on the mighty Mississippi. We have established that the issue with the cam system is not just that it has not gotten enough sun for the solar panels to charge the batteries. We may have had a breaker tripped or some issue with the storm on the 10-11th of April. You noted thunders-snow, so we know there was some electrical action going on with that storm! Our current plans are to get out to the site on Tuesday and troubleshoot the system. We hope it is a simple fix - TY for your patience!

John Howe


Pelicans and cormorants riding the storm out!


The Mississippi River and backwaters are still at flood stage. The water levels have removed much of the real estate (shallow water and tree branches) for waterfowl to be attracted to, but we still have a lot of activity.


Snow and we heard thunder also prior to the cam system going off line. Snow + thunder = thunder-snow!
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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #443 on: April 21, 2019, 11:37:04 PM »
Thanks for the info from RRP on the MRFC feed T40. 

We were beginning to wonder if there wasn't something other than sufficient sunshine going on there ..

The RRP 'repair cam crews' are familiar with the Land and hanging on ropes in the Air I knew, now they have a Navy too.   8) ;D

Nothing short of Spectacular. 
You bird loving folks just absolutely rock !


 
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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #444 on: May 02, 2019, 08:25:18 PM »
On RRP Facebook 11 hours ago:  "Flyway Cam Update: We made a trip out to the island to attempt a system startup and do some troubleshooting if needed on Tuesday last week. The island was pretty much submerged at the time, but over the weekend, water levels have been steadily dropping. Overall the system looked good and has weathered both the spring floods and the recent bomb cyclone with high winds and lightning. We identified a power delivery issue and have ordered parts for a fix. We will be out working on the system again this coming Friday and will hopefully identify the issue and fire the system back on-line. Thank you for your patience!"
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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #445 on: May 03, 2019, 01:42:51 PM »
The Mississippi River Flyway Cam is back on-line and live !  8) 8) 8)

The RRP Navy must have procured and deployed the correct power part for a fix.  :)

Thank you to all involved for setting sail on this soggy camera maintenance voyage.  ;D

https://www.raptorresource.org/birdcams/upper-mississippi-onalaska-cam/ 
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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #446 on: May 03, 2019, 01:49:50 PM »
Thanks to the Flyway Cam repair crew!!  Looks great and much appreciated.
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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #447 on: May 03, 2019, 06:09:24 PM »
Great work! The camera was sorely missed!  Thank you RRP!
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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #448 on: May 03, 2019, 11:14:56 PM »
Thanks so much to RRP for doing repairs & getting this wonderful cam back live again!

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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #449 on: May 12, 2019, 06:47:43 PM »
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