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[eburgbirdwtchr]

Just my viewing from the GSB cliff cam.  Your maps are GREAT however!!

[BrokenLug]

eburg, It's all good, I'm just a map nut on an accuracy mission.

You don't happen to know the exact coords of the GSB cliff cam do you. 

I could triangulate the pos if had that fix. 

LOL. 

[eburgbirdwtchr]

Triangulatin' is what I did this summer, cuz I was trying to figure things out on GoogleEarth, which is a total screw-up as far as :locations" go on the river.  High water and totally different island shapes (probably older sat data too) made for lots of rechecks.  I figured lines of sight up and down river to locate GSB, then guesstimated the angle to the flyway cam....and looked back on GoogleEarth and decided it was close to where I think it is.

43 deg. 52'16.41" N 91 deg. 19'11.48" W is pretty close to cliff cam location

[clarindagirl]

Thanks for heads up Clarindagirl!  Caught a quick snip.   

You are welcome.  I leave it on most days, Your video clip adds so much.  The one large sandhill crane must have been on guard duty.  He placed himself directly in front of the eagle on two occasions.  Love to watch the interactions.

[clarindagirl]

Northern Pintail

Large numbers of pintails have also been spotted at Loess Bluffs Wildlife Refuge https://www.facebook.com/LoessBluffsNWR/


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[FinnBMD]

Another good way to keep track of the comings and goings during migration season is the Wisconsin DNR website that provides weekly updates of migration counts at stopover sites/staging areas in the Flyway cam area:  https://www.fws.gov/refuge/upper_mississippi_river/weekly_bird_sightings.html

[eburgbirdwtchr]

Thanks Finn--think you've posted that before but I didn't check it out at the time and all I can say is "my bad".   I went full-fledge investigatin' this time and found the Port Louise bird list, which I will now copy and keep with my Sibley's and Petersen's birdbooks.  Helps narrowing down choices out there in the bush and on cam.  Once again--thanks!! 

[FinnBMD]

eburg: thanks for the idea about putting info in with bird books for reference.  I'm heading to the up the Flyway next week to check out Brownsville and other stopover points.  My favorite time of year!

[eburgbirdwtchr]

Broken Lug--think I found the camera island on GoogleEarth:  43 54' 56.09" N, 91 19' 02.55" W  (gotta look up degree symbol Alt keys)

Enjoy your Flyway bird watch Finn. 

[BrokenLug]

Broken Lug--think I found the camera island on GoogleEarth:  43 54' 56.09" N, 91 19' 02.55" W  (gotta look up degree symbol Alt keys)

Cool eburg, I'll check it out when I get a chance. 

BTW: alt 0176 = ?  ,degree, but as you can see it doesn't work on the forum here for some reason. 

[eburgbirdwtchr]

yeah, when I typed on the Alt key I jumped clear off the site.  And I have used it on the chat line too?

[LORIDAVIS]

Flyway cam  GHO & BE


Mississippi River Flyway : GHO and BE
https://youtu.be/eciOHtriIrU via lizzy g eaglespirit

[NWargo01]

Flyway cam  GHO & BE

Mississippi River Flyway : GHO and BE
https://youtu.be/eciOHtriIrU via lizzy g eaglespirit

Great video - thanks for the link, Lori!

[clarindagirl]

Flyway cam  GHO & BE
Mississippi River Flyway : GHO and BE
https://youtu.be/eciOHtriIrU via lizzy g eaglespirit

Great Capture, thanks for posting.

[BrokenLug]

1st off. What an awesome IR gif and video of the Eagle & GHO on the log.
That was a spooky cool looking Halloween Raptor interaction from the MRFC !   

BrokenLug--think I found the camera island on Google Earth:  43 54' 56.09" N, 91 19' 02.55" W 

eburg, I checked out your coordinates in GE.

Very well could be, I'm just not totally sure yet.

The most recent imagery date available to me at Lk Onalaska in my version of GE Pro is 09/28/2015.
Before the MRFC poles, solar panel and camera were erected.

What did you see on the SE end of that island that leads you to believe that's the cam location?
Or are you doing some other 'visual landmark triangulation' to determine the nest local?

It certainly fits the BPCA written description of the cameras location ...

BPCA members assisted the Raptor Resource Center in establishing a live webcam out on Sommers Chute in Lake Onalaska. Two 20-foot telephone poles were transported out to the Sommers Chute delta, base holes were excavated, poles raised, and bases filled with concrete to anchor the poles. BPCA's pole-raising expert Joe Kawatski supervised the operations. The webcam will offer great wildlife viewing of the biologically important sandbars on the Sommer's Chute delta.

I'm currently trying to hunt down the most current satellite or aerial imagery of the area that I can find.
I'm pretty sure that with high resolution imagery the solar panel up on a telephone pole should be visible. 

Problems ..
1) The imagery would have to have been taken after Sept of 2018 to see the construct.
2) Trying to determine the exact date any imagery was taken. Always a problem.
3) Sufficient resolution to discern a (I'm guessing 3'x 4') rectangular solar panel from something naturally occurring on the ground.
4) Those Sommers Chute islands/sandbars appear & disappear depending on the time of year the imagery was taken. 

I definitely think we're both in the right neck of the woods, er', chute/island/sandbar.   

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