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STLbf

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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #1455 on: February 20, 2021, 03:22:43 PM »
Coyote trotting along at the Flyway, at about noon. Keep watching as one meets up with another way far out on the ice. Must be a pair as no sign of aggression.  And one bird in the grasses, no idea what kind.

At Great Spirit Bluff, the ice fishers are out near the dam.  And a couple of coyotes but too far away for a pic.
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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #1456 on: February 21, 2021, 03:54:25 PM »
Great view of a Northern Harrier (hawk) perching on a log in the grass & snow from about 11 AM to noon today. Thanks, camera ops!  Usually we see it from the back, but today, full frontal!
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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #1457 on: February 21, 2021, 04:31:16 PM »
Quote from: STLbf on February 21, 2021, 03:54:25 PM
Great view of a Northern Harrier (hawk) perching on a log in the grass & snow from about 11 AM to noon today. Thanks, camera ops!  Usually we see it from the back, but today, full frontal!

Great pics, STL....I think they are so pretty!
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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #1458 on: March 07, 2021, 01:08:14 PM »
Nice color at daybreak and great closeups of the moon setting at the Flyway today. Not much in the way of wildlife, but perhaps as the temperatures warm and more ice melts.
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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #1459 on: March 07, 2021, 04:37:18 PM »
One eagle watching for what happens next.
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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #1460 on: March 08, 2021, 12:09:20 PM »
At noon today, there's a juvenile BE on the melting ice. Entertaining, but the light is bad for a decent pic.

Early morning, two adults were on watch.
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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #1461 on: March 08, 2021, 12:56:44 PM »
This eagle gives a new meaning to "ice fishing"  :) ;) 8) .  A true ice-breaking machine this afternoon.   :D
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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #1462 on: March 08, 2021, 04:50:42 PM »
eburg, you got that right about the ice fishing and ice-breaker eagles.

Nice to come home from the dentist and check out the rewind. Great eagle action this afternoon to keep my mind off the numbness from a tiny procedure.    :-X
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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #1463 on: March 09, 2021, 10:37:22 AM »
Get out your duck ID guide, they are coming back to the Flyway. And the BEs are having a feast.
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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #1464 on: March 09, 2021, 03:02:10 PM »
Huge fish for afternoon meal. Watch on rewind for adult BE giving  way to larger juveniles. I'm guessing the adult is a male and the juvie a female because of size differences.

The fish is a carp-like species, or a type of carp. Possibly the same as the one that we were so entertained by last year.

And the BEs are back today on that favorite fallen, dead tree that they like so much.
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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #1465 on: March 09, 2021, 05:29:06 PM »
Great pics, STL!
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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #1466 on: March 10, 2021, 11:24:32 AM »
Rain and fog at the Flyway this morning. That bouncy branch is getting a workout.
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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #1467 on: March 11, 2021, 06:38:12 AM »
Must be a bounty of frozen fish on this small remaining piece of ice. At one point I counted over 25 eagles sharing the float.
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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #1468 on: March 11, 2021, 06:46:30 AM »
Quote from: Raleigheagle on March 11, 2021, 06:38:12 AM
Must be a bounty of frozen fish on this small remaining piece of ice. At one point I counted over 25 eagles sharing the float.

Great pic, Raleigh!
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Re: Flyway Cam NFWR La Crosse
« Reply #1469 on: March 11, 2021, 06:54:20 AM »
Thanks Lisa  ;)
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