Catalina Update, Wednesday, November 16, 2011

[eaglegal]

Hi everybody,

It’s Wednesday again… Let’s see, what have we done this week?
Oh yeah, we have been working on our West End, Rattlesnake and Two harbors cameras. And also have been trying to keep tabs on K15 and K18, but so far we have only gotten signals from K15.

Radiotracking on the south side




Looking for birds as the sun goes down




And it’s gone…




On Monday, Pete and I headed to the Rattlesnake nest to figure out what was wrong with the camera. After a quick inspection, he decided to remove it and come back a later day with a functioning one.
Pete working on cam after climbing the nest




The nest tree


Some shots of the area


Cont…

[eaglegal]

A vibrant Toyon tree, the nest in the background


A deer carcass we found near the drainage we are sure the eagles were snaking on


Aside from the camera work done at rattlesnake, this week, while at RS nest, Pete and I started collected prey remains for the “Quantifying the Diet of Breeding Bald Eagles on the Channel Islands” study, conducted by the University of Wyoming, the Santa Barbara Natural History Museum and the Institute for Wildlife Studies.

The researchers arrived last night and today we headed out to the Two Harbors nest. Pete and I worked on the camera while they collected samples.
The crew at the battery site


Collecting






Pete working on the camera. He zoomed out the camera and even though we may not be able to read the eagles’ tags, we think it is a beautiful and wide look at the nest.


Pimu has been doing great these past couple of weeks. She perches and eats on the upper perches and vocalizes upon our arrival.




Cont...

[eaglegal]

Thanks to all of those who have adopted or renewed their Educational Eagle Adoptions. The Eagle Sponsor Board continues to grow and it sure makes a difference to us and the “girls” appreciated it too.




Lastly, a few more shots of another morning of radiotracking on the east end








Until next week,
Steffani

[raycyn]

Thank you so much for your beautiful photos Steffani. It is interesting to see how many people are involved in researching what the eagles eat. Love that Pimu is doing so much better! You guys are the best for taking such good care of her. As always, thanks for all the good work you do, and see you next week!

[SoCal Lady]

STEFFANI--Beautiful Beautiful Sunset Photos and Puffy White Clouds. The terrain around RS sure is rough go!

PIMU Terrific news!!!

Thank you Jill for taking care of the details --it is good to see "Our Bette" up there on Pimu and Hydi's Aviary, from all of us.

[EarthMuffin]

Thank you for the update Steffani!

So happy that Pimu is feeling better!

Love to see Bette's plaque on the wall. Looking at that beautiful morning picture I like to think she is soaring with the eagles.

Thanks for all the work you and do.

[Naturegal]

Beautiful photos as usual Pimu looks great, nice to see her on the upper perch. It's so nice to see Bette's plaque on the wall. Thanks for another week's update.

[sunnyland7]

Steffani

blessings to you, Dr. Sharpe, and your whole team!!!1
For all your hard work in caring for the eagles!
Beautiful sunsets!
Pimu 's looking good!
Keep safe!

[cdn-cdn]

Thank you, Steffani.

Good news that Pimu is continuing to improve.

Bette "soaring with the eagles"

[summer818]

Thanks Peter & Steffani for all your hard work! I can't believe it's almost time for nestorations. Where does the time go. I'm so excited to see all the new camera's, it's gonna be Eaglepalooza nest cams. How exciting! Have a beautiful week.