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[NWargo01]

Great pics T40, Clarinda, Lori, BL, and Monarch!  Awesome gifs Lori!  Looks like they had a mini snow storm yesterday - it's that time of year.  Thanks to smile for posting the book titles/authors and video links!

Love the clarity and quality of the pics - many thanks to RRP for installing such good equipment and to the cam operators for giving us such good shots!

[LORIDAVIS]

Flyway, Decorah & DNN tonight photos via explore.org

Flyway amazing geese flying past moon gif



Decorah



DNN

[LORIDAVIS]

Flyway beautiful Juvies/SA's today

[LORIDAVIS]

[LORIDAVIS]

Snow is coming down this afternoon...

[LisaG1967]

Snow is coming down this afternoon...

This eagle is beautiful!

[STLbf]

Now that it is really cold and snowy at the Flyway, have the migrating birds moved on? Seems pretty barren the past couple of days.

[FinnBMD]

Now that it is really cold and snowy at the Flyway, have the migrating birds moved on? Seems pretty barren the past couple of days.

Once the surface water at the stopover points starts to freeze up, fewer and fewer birds appear.  There will be some stragglers, but most birds have hitched a ride on a tail wind and headed to their wintering areas. Amy has a great blog on migration that lists the factors that effect migration:  including daylight length, food availability, weather...and the distance between wintering and breeding grounds.   Here is the blog if you want to read it:  https://www.raptorresource.org/2019/10/18/on-migration/

[STLbf]

Finn, thanks for the blog link. Great information and several other links to pursue.

[tulsaducati]

I captured a little video of the adorable beaver grooming himself on the ice on the flyway cam yesterday; RRP added a very informative comment and link - fascinating stuff! Here's the video link - after you watch it, check out RRP's comment and link to more information, below the video window:
Do beavers preen? Thanks RRP and camera operators!




Misissippi River Flyway Cam 12 16 19, 1 pm Beaver grooming himself on the ice, dives in

[LORIDAVIS]

Visitors today...

[LisaG1967]

Thanks for the video, tulsa, and for pointing out the informative comment from RRP.   

Lori, love your gifs of these interesting visitors

[FinnBMD]

National Eagle Center Weekly Winter Bald Eagle Counts along the Upper Mississippi River:  These 7 sites are all north of the Flyway Cam site, but it is interesting to me to see the counts:   https://www.nationaleaglecenter.org/winter-bald-eagle-count/

And for those of you interested in watching the winter Bald Eagle counts along the Mississippi River south of Dubuque, Iowa here is the ACE's site with their weekly counts:  https://www.mvr.usace.army.mil/Missions/Recreation/Mississippi-River-Project/Education/Eagle-Watching/Eagle-Counts/

[STLbf]

Finn, thanks for the two eagle watching links. Lots more information and links and cameras on those websites. I find comfort knowing that many people and organizations are looking out for eagles in the best ways possible.

[LORIDAVIS]

Flyway this morning