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[Phyl]

Great Spirit Bluff Falcons - Cliff View
Mar 6, 2023 6:15 AM
Camera Time: Mar 6, 2023 6:15 AM CST

[Phyl]

Great Spirit Bluff Falcons
Mar 6, 2023 6:17 AM
Camera Time: Mar 6, 2023 6:16 AM CST

[Phyl]

Sauces Bald Eagles - Channel Islands
California
Mar 6, 2023 4:54 AM
Camera Time: Mar 6, 2023 2:47 AM PST

Audi (Audacity) and her precious egg.   

[Phyl]

Just to brighten those 'Monday Back To Work
 Blues'...




And...

[Phyl]

...and...

[Phyl]

  Lots of really interesting items here...
      Health

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/topic/health?rid=EBE150D77D2DB51479B2E2AEE712FBB9&cmpid=org=ngp::mc=crm-email::src=ngp::cmp=editorial::add=Health_20230205


Well, must get busy, Jim home early and off we go.

[clynndunn]

Good Morning Beakers!

   

37 right now, high today 47.

Phyl, hello there! It's getting lighter on the Flyway. The nestbox at GSB looks kind of like an igloo! Thanks for Amy's blog, saving your interesting articles to read this afternoon. Sorry about your roof, has it been leaking? Maybe they can patch it? Those bad dogs!!! And the Sauces egg is still okay...such great news...  Beautiful tulips!

Lani, hope all humans and critters are doing well at your beautiful place on this earth!

E4E, hoping you and Kris had a wonderful Anniversary and are just relaxing and taking in all that good sunshine and coffee!

Sue Bruhling - Look what I ran across this morning!! (yesterday) A most Beautiful Picture of Adorable and So Grown up! ❤
E21 (To the Left) & E22 (To the Right) on the nest yesterday watching their Daddy, Mighty M flying above!  ❤ Made My Day!! 🙂 Thank You! Marti Lord's Photography for sharing your Picture with us! ❤

[LisaG1967]

Good Morning Beakers


Phyl - Pretty Springy morning pic.  Glad to hear that all is ok with you.  Good luck with your appointments, and to Jim, too.  Thanks for the cam pics, blog post and doggie shames!

Lani - That fire sure does look cozy. 

clynn - Beautiful pic from Sedona!  The SWFL kiddos looks so grown, and I am so glad that they are doing well. 

{{{tsk}}} - Hope that you get to come home today!

E4E - Sorry I missed posting about your Anniversary.  I hope that you and Kris are having a wonderful time!

[kbshcb]

Another heavy wet 4 inches plus last night here.

My totals so far approximate: 75 or so inches....50 is average and another 6-11 this Thursday...
Breaking 80 for sure..

No city plows here yet and I have to drive!...

Yes, I am broken.

[camperstig]

Bounce
We made a last minute decision and somehow snagged front and center seats at a dinner theater for the last performance of Love Letters with two beloved local news anchors. The 50 minute drive home in the snow was a bit white knuckled but all was well.
I'm skipping the Y today to shovel the heavy snow.
Camper's BIL will have heart surgery tomorrow. Prayers...
(Phyl) (TSK)
E4E 
TTFN

[Puff]

KB  Couldn't resist-came immediately to mind.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRZpaxBMJRU
 
Ugly here too. Damp and chilly, and ready to pour.  Let's join eagles4evr on their island ?

P

[Lani]

Good morning Beakers!
Morning.Blschue, Lilbro, Lori, Clynn, Tsk, Lisa, Oldguy, Puff, Eagles, Kb, Tig, Baz, Phyl, Peep, Jaspurr, Pink, Jilltosa, Karen, BL, Eburg, Weasel, Ezee, Bggolden, T40, ssrl, Maxie, and All!

Phyl, thanks for pics, dog shames and RRP blog

Clynn, SWFL eaglets are doing well and dad has done a great job! E22 has been learning to mantle food first!  new video by Lady Hawk.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqjCKecYa54

Lisa, The coffee and creme filled donut is perfect for this Monday morning.     I sent a request to see B&K's pics. 

Kb     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJWmbLS2_ec

Tig, what a lovely Sunday evening, inspite of the 50 minute drive home in the snow. I looked up Love Letters with Nancy Nelson and Don Shelby, I would love to see it. Take care with your snow shoveling.

Puff 

[LisaG1967]

Morning Puff and all  

((kb)) - Be safe out there!  One of my favorite Snow day songs... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u3XWri8BoU

tig - Sounds like you had a nice evening, except for the drive home.  Glad you all made it back safely.  Prayers for Camper's BIL.

Lani - Send you a PM, but Bradley also said, that you should just be able to go back to the link and put your name, email, and be able to see since he approved ya.  Let me know of you get it to work or not, please.

[oldguy]

Good Morning Beakers

Sun here this morning with temps heading for 50 - clouds to move in this afternoon - mostly cloudy for this next 7 days with precipt forecast Thursday thru Sunday.
Last night we had some scattered thundershowers with a short touch of pea size hail, temps were in the 40s...  Rain amount was less than 1/10 inch.

Saturday card games were unusual - most games take 3 hands before a team can go over 10,000 points. 
The game we play is called Hand and Foot - it is a variant of Canasta - here one version of the rules - close to how we play with some tweaks.  We play either 4 hand or 6 hand, with 6 decks of cards.   https://bargames101.com/hand-and-foot-card-game-rules/
At the start of a game, the first meld must have a minimum of 50 points -

The first game my team won it in only 2 hands.  I opened the first meld with 250 points and used up my hand and then picked up my foot.  My 2 partners were able to get to their feet 1 round of the table later and out in only 4 more rounds - the other team did not have a player that was able to play their foot.  We scored 5160 points and they had about 800.  The next hand was almost as fast and we was over 10,000 in only 2 hands. 
Game 2 was more even and with typical scores, taking 3 hands to complete, but we also won it.  The 3rd game was more drawn out - still in 3 hands, but seemed to take a lot more rounds to complete and the other team won.

White Freight Liner Blues | Collaborations | Tommy Emmanuel & Molly Tuttle   -   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM8rDroaz-E

I Can't Eat my Food! | Simon's Cat Extra   -   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6pFEOXs580

Cats bask in the garden   -   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZ1x9NjoKDE
View from the bottom of cats    -   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fc-wNkpo5Zo

Quarantine Kids play "Blitzkrieg Bop"   -   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8McBFihFzI

Minn. DNR nest
WATCH: Eagle emerges from snow-covered nest after storm   -   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra7txWlyDfk

[LORIDAVIS]

Big Bear Bald Eagle Cam  home of Jackie & Shadow
Jackie & Shadow have "discussions" as Jackie has apparently given up on the fact that her eggs will not be hatching this season, Shadow has not given up.  Bless his heart! ((Shadow))  Jackie makes it clear to Shadow that they need to move on and maybe do some "bonding" for a second clutch Love you Jackie & Shadow...
Jackie & Shadow will be featured on the NCIS TV show!  See below in red... for date and time.💜

3-4-2023 Serious Discussions…Plus A BIG ANNOUNCEMENThttps://youtu.be/BtCFzNMhJQQ via FOBBV
Jackie seems to have accepted that these eggs are not going to hatch.
Yesterday, she made a midday visit to the nest for some leftover frozen lunch, but did not sit on the eggs all day.
As has happened in the past, Shadow seems more reluctant to let go. He sat a few times on the nest, but was in and out, like he couldn’t make up his mind. He left the eggs alone for a few hours…
…then apparently couldn’t handle leaving them by themselves all night. He returned last night after dark to incubate the eggs again. Shortly after he settled in, Jackie arrived. They had a loud, serious back and forth discussion. After what sounded like an intense argument, and then some begging from Jackie, Shadow got up and flew off the front porch.
Jackie acted a bit unsure about getting into the nest bowl, then finally moved in and sat on the eggs…but she only stayed put for 3 minutes. She got up and flew off the back porch toward Shadow on a nearby roost tree. As soon as she left the nest, Shadow started chortling from the roost tree, sounding upset. They argued back and forth again. Within a minute of them finishing that discussion, Shadow arrived back on the nest and took over sitting on the eggs for the night.
It seems that Jackie, as she has done in the past, was working to get Shadow to accept what was happening with the eggs. Since she only stayed a few minutes, she may have only come in to sit on the eggs so that Shadow would leave. When she left, Shadow’s loud and immediate reaction, then lots of intense chortling back and forth seemed again like an argument. Apparently, Shadow did not agree with her decision to leave the eggs. To fix it, he came to the nest immediately to sit on the eggs himself. He spent the whole night on the nest, leaving about 4:30 this morning. So, in spite of what Jackie may have wanted, he did what he needed to do. 
Today, it seems that Jackie finally convinced him to accept what was happening—neither of them visited the nest or sat on the eggs all day.
From here, we will see what happens with the eggs. It is possible that a raven or other predator might get them. It is possible that they get buried into the nest if Jackie and Shadow start bringing sticks. It is possible that Fiona (the flying squirrel who visits the nest at night) will try to carry them away—she has tried in the past, but the eggs were way too big for her to pick up.
…we will also watch to see what happens with laying new eggs. It is possible that Jackie will lay another clutch of eggs. Bald eagles normally lay one clutch per year, but when something happens to the first eggs, they sometimes lay a second clutch. Jackie has done this in the past and has laid eggs as late as March. Jackie and Shadow were viewed mating since these original eggs were laid, so anything is possible. As always, they and mother nature get to determine what happens from here.
Thank you all for your patience and your continued curiosity and willingness to learn as we watch to see what they teach us next.
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT…Jackie and Shadow are about to become genuine Movie Stars! They and their nest are being featured in an upcoming episode of the TV show NCIS! The episode will air at 9 pm on Monday, March 13 on CBS. Be sure to check them out in their fun new roles.
Sandy

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