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[T40cfr403]

I love juvies!!

From RRP's FB page:

Raptor Resource Project
58 mins

A smile to start your day with a Juvie Bald Eagle ... hanging out, trying to break a branch, and ice skating from our Mississippi River Flyway Cam

Thanks to our videomakers Eaglespirit and Mocha Mama for the long and short versions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzQcqRFqWlM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzICrUYNi-E&t=70s

Mississippi River Flyway Cam: https://www.raptorresource.org/birdcams/upper-mississippi-onalaska-cam/?fbclid=IwAR0gs_5A_t_8MWWNXZeyKPx--OlyTzbeGZDfLrHvHDx4zbhhCgb4wOQPuzY

[LORIDAVIS]

adding to your post T40 
2019-01-04 (3) by Lori Davis, on Flickr
Trying to take a stick with him. Wonder if it's one of ours?
Mississippi River Flyway 01 03 2019 Ice Skating Juvie
https://youtu.be/QzICrUYNi-E via mocha mama

[LORIDAVIS]

Mississippi Flyway Cam 1-9-19 Coyote is back, with friends
https://youtu.be/tnpPH8uAZUs via Tulsa

[eaglesrock29]

    

[LisaG1967]

WOW, that's a beautiful pic, er!

[eaglesrock29]

WOW, that's a beautiful pic, er!

Thank you, Lisa!  I was thrilled to see that beauty this morning.  Made up for a night of insomnia lol. 

I was practicing with getting images into Flickr and seeing if I could post those beautiful image inserts like you, Lori, Ginger and others do!   I learned something new already today  .  I used to use Photobucket to post those larger images sometimes but after they changed their business model to prohibit posting on public sites without paying, I stopped. 

[eaglesrock29]

Mississippi Flyway Cam 1-9-19 Coyote is back, with friends
https://youtu.be/tnpPH8uAZUs via Tulsa

Lori, thank you for posting tulsa's video with the coyotes.  I had no idea that coyotes would be wandering on ice at the Mississippi River Flyway.  What a wonderful gift this flyway cam is!  Thank you, RRP!

[T40cfr403]

From RRP's FB page:

Raptor Resource Project
January 8 at 8:25 PM

Tonight's Nestflix features videos from the Decorah Eagles, Decorah North Eagles, Mississippi Flyway Cam, and Great Spirit Bluff cameras. I liked all them, but especially loved the nest guard duty and close-ups in Decorah, this morning's nestorations at Decorah North, and the vivid Red-Bellied Woodpecker at GSB. If you can only watch one video, make sure to check out the eagle buffet and coyote visitor on the Mississippi River Flyway Cam. This was fascinating for so many reasons - multiple eagles feeding at once, some great displays of eagle table manners, and a coyote who crossed the ice to take a look at dinner. We hope you enjoy the videos as much as we did, and thanks as always to our camera operators and video makers for finding and sharing such special moments with us!

Decorah Eagles

01/08/19: Nest guard duty, fit test - https://youtu.be/0P7USln_ew0. Nice fly-ins and fly-outs, nest guarding, and DM2 takes the nestbowl for a spin! It's fascinating to me to watch DM2 as we add to our knowledge about instinctual and learned behaviors. I also enjoyed seeing how high and deep the nestbowl was piled. In addition to making me want to take a nap - the nest is never this nice when we are up working on cameras! - deep, multiple layers of soft, fluffy material will provide excellent insulation in rain or snow!

01/07/19: Sticky Monday - https://youtu.be/cPThPUUPVGE. The sticky fun starts at 1:19! I also recommend comparing the opening frame with the last frame to see what Mom and DM2 did. In addition to bringing in sticks, they shredded a lot of soft materials for the bottom of the nestbowl.

01/05/19: Nestorations & Closeups - https://youtu.be/BjzWT_b3-4o. Watch the whole video or go straight to 2:43 for some wonderful close ups of DM2! Better put that tail down - wind can raise havoc with an upraised tail!

Decorah North Eagles

01/08/18: Morning delight - https://youtu.be/K_mFIe1Fi8w. My first thought on this video - is this winter? My second thought - wow, look at that nest bowl! The eagles have built a lovely structure from the relatively flat starter nest we built for them. If you look closely, you'll see a clear outer and inner ring, with high crib rails and a nice neat nest bowl. Look for some cool close-ups at 2:26, 3:17, and 6:05; some nest-cup work starting at 14:40, and some very cool perching at 15:55. I really enjoyed this video!

01/05/19: Afternoon bath for the eagles - https://youtu.be/2qVHh-j3n8g. Splish splash, it was time for a bath! Both eagles enjoy a dip on a relatively balmy January day.

Mississippi River Flyway

01/07/19: Breakfast Interactions - https://youtu.be/3SDR2rZahbI. A mixed age group of Bald Eagles vies for breakfish. Look for eagles running on ice and the fascinating sight of eagles feeding on a carcass together. While it isn't all share and share-alike - the eagles bicker over table rights while they eat - there are several points where more than one eagle feeds at the same time.

01/07/18: Coyote hoping for some of the eagle's breakfast - https://youtu.be/OWTp9l7B0Oc. And then the coyote showed up! After scaring the eagles away, it appeared to sniff at the carcass before trotting across the ice. While it watched from the background (check the video starting at 2:23), four eagles came back. Take a look starting at 3:46 for some very cool footage, and watch the eagles start to come back!

Great Spirit Bluff

01/08/17: Red-Bellied Woodpecker at Great Spirit Bluff - https://youtu.be/KvIvMi1v3_Q. Very cool footage of an adult male Red-Bellied Woodpecker hanging out at the the rock ledge diner! He appears to be picking at some left-over jerky left behind by Newman and Michelle!

[T40cfr403]

From RRP's FB page:

 Flyway Cam

1/9/18: Coyote is back, with friends - https://youtu.be/tnpPH8uAZUs. This is so cool! A coyote trots across thin river ice. Since it wouldn't need to do this to travel between territories or get to mates, it may be looking for gizzard shad or other carrion on the river ice and in shallow water. A second coyote follows at 2:13 and we get a nice look at them together starting at 4:37. A third coyote joins them at around 5:23. Note that two are tails up and one is tail down. If you look closely, hackles are also up. After what looks like a dominance interaction, the three continue slip-sliding on the ice, although everyone's tail is now up. I'm going to find some coyote people to talk with about what we are seeing here.

[LORIDAVIS]

well now... 
Coyote Conjugals on Mississippi Flyway cam! 26 January 2018
https://youtu.be/0mk1_yOsZuY via arlene beech

[eburgbirdwtchr]

Coyote crossed the cam view at 9:50 am for its 15 minutes of fame.  Looking for voles under the snow.  Doesn't seem likely there would be any out on the ice of Lake Onalaska, but I'm a rookie at this sort of nature watch, so I could just be uninformed.
There are lots of questions I have about "winter on the Mississippi" and no one to ask. 

It's back at 1 pm.   

[FinnBMD]

Not sure about your location, but the wildlife refuge where the cam is located has a series of really great winter programs to teach people about life on the River:  https://www.explorelacrosse.com/winter-programs-upper-mississippi-river-national-wildlife-fish-refuge-visitor-center/

Also, if you are interested in bald eagle watching along the Great River Road, there are several sites that point you in the right direction:  https://experiencemississippiriver.com/winter-bald-eagle-viewing-on-the-great-river-road/

https://midwestweekends.com/plan_a_trip/nature/birds_wildlife/eagle_watching_mississippi_river.html

Living near the river in the winter is a totally different experience than other months of the year for sure. 

[eburgbirdwtchr]

Thanks Finn.  I'll check those links out.
But....one of my questions:  Seems like a lot of trees have toppled on the islands.  I'm assuming it's because their root-ball gets too wet and lose their grip on the soils of the island.  My question is: Is the water level unusually high this year, causing the water-table on the islands to douse the root-balls beyond normal, causing the toppling?
Pretty disjointed questioning, but hoping you get the drift....in the Driftless!!   

[eburgbirdwtchr]

Thanks Finn.  I'll check those links out.
But....one of my questions:  Seems like a lot of trees have toppled on the islands.  I'm assuming it's because their root-ball gets too wet and lose their grip on the soils of the island.  My question is: Is the water level unusually high this year, causing the water-table on the islands to douse the root-balls beyond normal, causing the toppling?
Pretty disjointed questioning, but hoping you get the drift....in the Driftless!!   

[FinnBMD]

There are several islands in Lake Onalaska including Rosebud Island and three crescent shaped islands built by the US Army Corps of Engineers in 1989 as part of a Habitat Rehabilitation and Enhancement Project.  This excerpt from the ACE project report explains how the islands were constructed: 

"Three semi-elliptical-shaped islands were constructed in Lake Onalaska in 1989. The islands are about
1,500 feet long, have a 50-foot top width with a 20-foot berm on the inner side, and are 5 feet above low
control pool. One of the islands, Broken Gun, was built in slightly deeper water (about 4 to 6 feet deep).
The other two islands, Cormorant and Arrowhead, were constructed in shallower areas where islands had
previously existed. The fill to construct the islands was taken from the upper single leg of the excavated
habitat channel. Rock riprap on geotextile fabric was used on the northerly side of each island to provide
erosion protection from wind-induced waves. A total of about 14,000 cubic yards of rock riprap was
placed on the convex side and around the ends of the islands. The berm on the inner (southern) shore of
each island was constructed to a height of 2 feet above low control pool. About 38,000 cubic yards of
fine material was excavated from the lake immediately adjacent to the convex side of each island to
provide topsoil for the top and berm of each island. The material was placed on the islands and permitted
to dry over the winter. Seeding was accomplished in May 1990 and was very successful. The initial
seeding included perennial ryegrass. However, the most abundant species currently growing on the
islands are side oats grama, switchgrass, reed canary grass, and bluegrass."

I'm no engineer, but it sounds as the depth of the island soil isn't all that deep which may have something to do with the toppled trees.