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my favorite osprey cam - updated daily - AUGUST they're all grown up and learning to be themselves
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 o Realist o |
Photo taken at dusk - looks like Explorer is practicing and will be living up to name soon! | ||
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o Realist o |
Where, oh where is Ospie? | ||
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(07/01/08 04:06 PM) |
Haven't laid eyes on Ospie in many days - has he flown the coop now that chicklets are adolescents? Harriet is doing all fish catching and
feeding...leaving the gang alone in nest while she hunts succulent fish.
Only things that have no power of choice are perfect. Nature is, man isn't. |
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o Realist o |
Quoted from CN Audubon website - 2 new photos 7/1 - check it out! | ||
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(07/01/08 04:53 PM) |
Many people have noticed lots of wing flapping activity among the chicks, so we're waiting for next big step: short solo flights off the nest. The 4 Osprey chicks have gotten so big that often the female adult has to perch at the very edge of the nest to feed them Only things that have no power of choice are perfect. Nature is, man isn't. |
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Evelyn |
Harriet has begun dropping off a fish at the nest and.......... | ||
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(07/02/08 05:44 PM) Administrator |
will you look at who is right on it and gobbling it up and all the others are letting him! Bwahahahahahahahaaa! You rock, Little Guy!! |
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(07/02/08 05:48 PM) Administrator |
How cool would it be if somebody decides that July 4th would be a good day to fly? Talk about independence day!! LOL
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o Realist o |
Well, well...look who dropped in for a moment. Where ya been, Ospie? | ||
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(07/02/08 06:05 PM) |
I know there's no room at the inn, but.... Only things that have no power of choice are perfect. Nature is, man isn't. |
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(07/02/08 09:08 PM) |
Saw him pop and drop a fish this morning . He has no room to hang around I guess. Did a fly over once and I thought it was Ex on a first VFR flight, but not
yet. The 4 th?? how cool would that be .
Why , be so mean to others ya don't know ?
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mazzie46 |
off we go | ||
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(07/04/08 09:19 AM) |
I do not know how to post a photo, but at 9:18AM, one of the guys went out for a short flight! Only 3 in the nest.
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(07/04/08 12:13 PM) |
No joke! Glad you saw it, Mazzie. Damn - sorry we missed it. 4th of July celebration...
Only things that have no power of choice are perfect. Nature is, man isn't. |
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(07/04/08 12:40 PM) Administrator |
Holy crap!! Woooohoooooo!! Independence day for them, too!! Glad you caught it, Mazz!
If you have a photo to post, click on "images" in the bar at the very top of the screen here, then you can upload to an album, copy from the album by right click and choosing copy, then paste it in the "add reply", not the "quick reply". |
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(07/04/08 01:09 PM) |
This is amazing - did not take snapshot because cam foggy from rain.
Little Guy flapping wings furiously, Mama standing right over him/her as if to say..."Don't even think about it...you're at least 5 days behind Explorer!" Only things that have no power of choice are perfect. Nature is, man isn't. |
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Evelyn |
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(07/05/08 10:41 AM) Administrator |
Has anybody seen any confirmation of a fledge? Yesterday on a couple of occasions, I checked in and was sure there were only 3 in the nest. However as I waited
a couple of minutes hoping to see a little flyer return, they moved around and I discovered they were all there all along! Sheesh. So am wondering if you
actually saw one fly, Mazzie, or whether you were fooled like I was into believing. LOL ???
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Muffyhowards |
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(07/05/08 11:34 AM) |
Watch them often, but so far all I saw was one get its feet just off the nest. Didn't see em fly off YET.
Why , be so mean to others ya don't know ?
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Evelyn |
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(07/05/08 11:43 AM) Administrator |
Yup. The Center has no reports of a fledge yet either, so I'm going to assume it hasn't happened and watch REAL closely. Hey, people, keep you finger
on the snap button for a photo op! LOL
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(07/05/08 11:50 AM) |
If they're still in the nest, even if they've taken a short flight, I believe they would not be considered to have fledged...
To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.-Theodore Roosevelt, The Kansas City Star, May 7, 1918 |
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Evelyn |
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(07/05/08 12:34 PM) Administrator |
That's true. What would be the term for the maiden flight, LWN? Or is there one?
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Muffyhowards |
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(07/05/08 12:38 PM) |
having the plumage or feathers necessary for flight. Fledge ^0^
Why , be so mean to others ya don't know ?
Last Edited By: Muffyhowards
07/05/08 12:42 PM.
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leftwingnut |
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(07/05/08 12:46 PM) |
I just checked, and Muffy is right -- "fledge" simply means to develop flight feathers.
It is often used to mean "leave the nest permanently", but that is, apparently, a very loose (read: improper) usage. To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.-Theodore Roosevelt, The Kansas City Star, May 7, 1918 |
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leftwingnut |
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(07/05/08 12:52 PM) |
Interesting... the Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature uses this definition for
"fledge:"
young birds are said to have "fledged" when they have completely acquired their first true feathers and have left the nest. They may be referred to as "fledglings" from the time they leave the nest until they are completely independent of all parental care.And the Cadillac of ornithological information, The Cornell Lab or Ornithology, says "fledge" means this...
Hmmm... seems loose usage is all around us... To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.-Theodore Roosevelt, The Kansas City Star, May 7, 1918 |
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(07/05/08 01:10 PM) |
Holy crap, approved by the master of factiods. Thanks Wingnut ya made my day!
Now I can fledge out in the bay in my flying canoe
Why , be so mean to others ya don't know ?
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07/05/08 01:13 PM.
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