HELLO EVERYONE

NEW WEEK HOPE YOU'VE A GOOD ONE


I SAW THAT CROSS STITCH WORK OF THE EAGLE
AND I FOUND IT HERE IN HOLLAND AT A STORE BUT A BIT EXPENSIVE rofl rofl

AND NOW WITH MY TENDONITIS I CAN'T DO CROSSTITCH.....

Have a good day everyone - hugs and Cruzer mojo to all!! :Hugs:

:bday: SUE :bday:

ENJOY YOUR SPECIAL DAY AND HAVE A GREAT CELEBRATION :bday: :**: :party: :cheers:

NEST NEWS............


ALCOA/DAVENPORT........................................................................CAROLINA CHICKLET.................


COLORADO HAS 3 EGGS................................................................DECORAH................


NCTC.................................................................................................OZARKS.................

SEQUOYAH PUDDLE OF EAGLETS............

BLACKWATER - RIP LITTLE ONE :candle: :^^^:
:candle: FOR EAGLET TO HEAL & SURVIVE

DELTA OWL NEST FEB. 25TH ..... :o

Good morning everyone!

Hope that someone recognizes these birds that I am going to post pictures of. Looking at them from upstairs, I thought they were the Redwing Blackbirds who have been hanging around since Nov/Dec. However, I took some photos, zoomed in :8O: and it is a NEW bird that I have never seen before! (I wondered - as they are much more friendly) Some are all tan - maybe the female or a juvie?

Morning!!

I have a new photo of the Whistling ducks - they have learned to "pay attention"... rofl rofl rofl I actually captured this from a video! They were eating, and something startled them. What amazed me is they ALL are looking in the same direction. :P

Marti... Cowbirds.... and what a great pic of them... WOW!!!!.. actually, they are Brown-Headed Cowbirds.

The ducks are just awesome too!! You are getting great shots. :)^ :clk:

Ohhhhhhh Linda - Gorgeous sunrise!

Sunrise was taken four years ago when we spent night in Santa Barbara.. got up early to walk the beach with the birds...

Thanks Linda, never saw them before. (I always thought Cowbirds were grey!) I may be seeing things differently now that I can ZOOOOOM in on them and maybe they have always been around :rolleyes:

GOOD MORNING SUSANO..... :```: :```:

and May All Your Dreams Come True :```: :```:

There is this nice article in today's O.C.Register about the banding of Starr Ranch Owl chicks. Also news another Barn Owl seems to have come to help Mother Owl provide food. Nature always surprises us. :D

O.C. GIRL HELPS OWL CAM CHICKS GET LEG BANDS.
http://www.ocregister.com/news/owl-342031-...one-chicks.html

MARTI--Your Whistler Ducks "paying attention"...so cute.. :lol:

Marti - some information on the Brown headed cow birds you might like to know.

Nesting BehaviorThe Brown-headed Cowbird does not build a nest of its own. The female lays her eggs in the nests of other bird species. The host parents then raise the cowbird chick as their own. The cowbird's egg usually hatches a day or two before the host's eggs. Rapid growth allows the cowbird chick to out compete the host's chicks for food and space in the nest. The result is that the host's chicks usually perish. Female cowbirds have a long reproductive period and can lay as many as 80 eggs over a two month period.

The Brown headed cow birds have also been known to destroy the host nest's eggs to ensure survival of their own. . . :(

according to my bird books, the cowbird stretches from coast to coast... and I can see how you might think they were blackbirds... what zoom are you using Marti??

Thank you for the birthday wishes....hope everyone has a great day!!! I haven't been posting much but have been keeping an eye on the nests...

I see Wray just deposited a third egg in the nest yesterday....I was sorta hoping she only had 2 this year so she and K01 wouldn't have to work so hard but, nature took over and three it is!!! :egg: :egg: :egg:

And Two eggs for TH.... :><: :><: :egg: :egg:

Laurie.. How rude is the cowbird??? Probably no problems with them ever being on the endangered species list.. :o

LATEST BLACKWATER UPDATE :'( :'( SECOND EAGLET DIED, RIP :^^^: :candle:

http://www.friendsofblackwater.org/eagle12blog/

DITTO :><: :)^ :clk:

Awwww I was so hoping for a better outcome, but I had a feeling since the cam was still off line.
:( :( RIP. :candle: :candle:

:)^ :)^ A lot of people go to very extreme measures to get rid of them, in order to have more of the song birds.

AAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWW SO PITTY..........BUT IT'S NATURE OF COURSE......


:( :( :(

Peeps

Another COLD day here....-20C/4F this morning :blink: so it's wonderful to see all those :clk: 's of your warm weather birdie friends Marti.

well if there was avian afdc, welfare or food stamps theyd be the largest percentage of recipients. lazy lazy lazy but sly in getting others to work for you for nothing

So :'( :'( for the Blackwater parents. Hopefully they will have time to have a second clutch though :X:



Such a cute video and slideshow of the Starr Ranch owlets getting banded yesterday Karen. Nice to read that maybe the Mom is getting help from another barn owl (prospective new mate) :)^

COOOOLD MARTI

This is hysterical! Apparently, this was a story on CBS Sunday morning about The Villages in FL (a community of retired folks.) The beginning made me laugh and I thought these folks had too much time on their hands...by the end of the video, I was trying to decide on what type of golf cart I wanted to buy.

http://www.youtube.com/v/Qrpq5A-KAoA

One of the five students who were shot this morning in an Ohio high school has died :'( :candle:

What an absolute horror story. The shooter was a fellow student who had threatened he would bring a gun to school and nobody believed he would do it :o

OSCARS 2012: FULL LIST OF WINNERS

Best Picture: The Artist
Best Actor: Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Best Actress: Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer, The Help
Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Directing: Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Cinematography: Hugo
Art Direction: Hugo
Costume Design: The Artist
Makeup: The Iron Lady
Foreign Language Film: A Separation, Iran.
Film Editing: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Sound Editing: Hugo
Sound Mixing: Hugo
Documentary Feature: Undefeated
Animated Feature Film: Rango
Visual Effects: Hugo
Original Score: The Artist
Original Song: Man or Muppet from The Muppets
Adapted Screenplay: Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, The Descendants
Original Screenplay: Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Live Action Short Film: The Shore
Documentary (short subject): Saving Face
Animated Short Film: The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr Morris Lessmore

This is the first time an actor ever won for a role in which he speaks only 2 words on screen :D

Since the only nominated film we have seen is 'The Help' and DH isn't too keen on going to see 'The Artist' or 'Hugo', we've decided to go see 'A Separation' after reading the following:

The Movie: A Separation

Movie Trailer (2:02)

"I had never heard about this marvelous Iranian film until it opened in my town this past Friday.

We saw it on Saturday night with 2 other couples & all of us were mesmerized. Hands-down, this is a "must-see" film. Powerful, disturbing, painful to watch--with the kind of real-life conundrums that can happen to any family. Caring for an elderly parent with Alzheimer's, wanting to make a better life for oneself & one's children, being out-of-work, keeping a marriage together when you're bombarded with unresolvable impossible challenges. And then throw in the strict Iranian legal system and a black and white religious code--well, you can only imagine.

Don't miss this film if it's available where you live. And if it's not, put it in your Netfilx queue now. Full disclosure: It's in Farsi with English subtitles--but, you'll soon not even notice."

"Step lightly into 'A Separation' if you are caring for an elderly parent, going through a divorce or wrangling for custody of your child.

These painful themes are explored in writer-director Asghar Farhadi's finely crafted drama that has already collected shelf-loads of major film awards (including last night's Best Foreign Language Oscar).

It teems with conflicts involving class, generations, responsibility, mental health and good old-fashioned lying. In the end, it's all about morality.

When you're pushed against the wall to the brittle end of your emotions, how do you react?

'A Separation' ends with a whimper, not a bang, but that is essential to Farhadi's realism.

How often do life's most challenging situations end neat and clean?"
~ Clint O'Connor, Plain Dealer Film Critic

All we have to do now is wait for it to show up at a movie theater here :blink:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Susano. I hope all of your wishes come true today. :bday: :bday: Celebrate and eat lots of cake. :D :D

THE SANDHILLS ARE BACK NESTORATING. THEY DIG IN THE POND,
COME UP WITH WEEDS AND GRASS AND PLACE IT ON THE NEST.
THEY FLEW IN TODAY HONKING AND CALLING OUT, WERE THEY EVER LOUD :<::

Susano -

:X: the sandhills actually use the nest for :egg:

Cowbirds - :wacko: They have just about wiped out the Oregon Junkos around the cabin. We used to have a decent population in the summer but then the cowbirds started showing up. It's rare to see a Junko now. :( I do love the song of the cowbird but nothing else.

Looks like some more :flk: :flk: and icy precipation heading our way. By the looks of the radar it's gonna me here any time now.

Might have to have my driver drive me home after work. :D :D

Karen I just love the junco's I've actually had some around my feeders lately.

8600 MILESTONE FOR LAURIE WOOHOOOOO

30,300 FOR CAROLE WAY TO GOOOOOOOO

SUE HAPPY BIRTHDAY