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[STLbf]

Phyl, good to see the Norths together overnighting on the Love Branch.

Nice closeups of the pair on the nest around noon today.  Thanks to the cam ops!

[shep]

December 3, 2023  Sonday
SNOWING!
5 am  cam on highlights
All 3 area cams are snowing

[Phyl]

Sunday blessings...

STL thanks for the snaps of the Norths-together. 

Shep ' Sonday' got it.  Some white stuff of the bald eagles. Brrrr!

[STLbf]

DNF (I'm fairly sure) spent an hour or more in the tree to the left (north) of where the Scary Tree was. 
See the blue circles in the pic.
Do we have a name for the new perch she seems to like?

[Ginger52]

STL -- Yes, it was DNF.  I call it the V Tree although, admittedly, it's not really a good name and I think there are actually a couple of trees that she perches in although I think it's usually just one.  I've stuck with V Tree because even though I don't think it's a very good descriptor, I don't have any trouble remembering it.

Yesterday there was a beautiful red-tailed hawk in the area that caught and ate a squirrel.  (You could clearly see in some pics that it was a squirrel, but I'll spare you from seeing those.)

Red-Tailed Hawk visits


On Yonder Branch


In area on right side of nest eating a squirrel


Also yesterday, the Cam op found a critter swimming in the stream.  It came out and ate something and then swam off.  I'm pretty sure it was a muskrat (definitely not a beaver -- you can tell because when a muskrat swims you see most of its body above water).  Here's a pic of it swimming (center right).

[STLbf]

Ginger, thanks for the V Tree name.  Works for me, too.

RTHs are really beautiful birds.  I'm OK with the bloody gore of watching raptors consume their prey, but it's also OK to skip it when other watchers will be seeing.

I saw the muskrat, too, but didn't try a pic because too far away to see the detail.  Yours is really good. Maybe I didn't wait long enough.  I think it was nibbling on a small branch on the far side of the creek right at the water's edge.

[Puff]

Both currently on NN.

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[Phyl]

Really enjoy the snaps of RTH Ginger.
Some days I can take 'the gore' and some I can't. But, alas that's Nature and one must accept this.  When we sign on as members
we also sign on for whatever Nature shows us.   


Hi STL

[STLbf]

Activity this morning, from lights-on to noon.  About 8:30 AM, MrN brought something white and long-haired to the nest after perching and looking in several locations along the creek.  Other eagles and some crows were also flying around, but no one landed to share the item, so he ate what was edible and left white hair all over the nest.  I think it was the tail of a white-tailed deer, possibly from a hunter's carcass.

Later, MrN brought some grasses and DNF brought a stick, then they puttered at the nest for a while.  Around noon, a sub-adult was at the Brush Pile and in the creek.  Also the cattle are grazing.

[Phyl]

Thanks for the snaps STL.
Nature is as Nature does...

[STLbf]

Several eagles plus the Norths flying and perching this afternoon.  One youngish sub-a, another older sub-a.  There's gunfire in the background which may make the eagles restless.

[Phyl]

Some more great snaps of the Norths. STL

[STLbf]

Pics and activities from DEC 6 that I forgot to post.  Someone will surely have video of the eagles on Wednesday morning. 

Two sub-adult visitors again in the area, the same as earlier this week.  They were in several locations near the creek about 9:00, acting companionable.  About 11:00, DNF brought a fish to the nest, and at the same time, MrN brought a muskrat carcass to one of the branches nearby. Neither shared their prey, but consumed most of it. The subs were around, and lots of eagle-calling but no visible encounters.  One or both of the subs flew to the ground and MrN ran them off, then joined DNF on the nest for a short time.

But wait . . . . The best is yet to come!

[STLbf]

About noon, the two sub-adults went to the creek to clean up, so I suspect they got the rest of the muskrat carcass.  Then a third eagle appeared in the water also, and it was DNF.  When a black cow entered the picture, the eagles never bothered at all.

I sure hope that all this chumminess among the eagles means that DNF is over whatever affected her last egg season.  Stay tuned.   

[STLbf]

Holy Cow, I just checked a video on the chat for the Decorah North Nest, and there's video of the "Pool Party" that includes up to 6 eagles!!!   Awesome, and thanks a zillion to Tulsaducati for posting the video.