Sunday, December 30, 2012

Big Birds 12-28 & 29, 2012

At Chelsea farmhouse office on Friday, we saw a Canada goose of a different color! A group was on the other side of the pond and one had a white neck and multicolor head.... 
 Could see back of neck and head while it was nibbling....
 Marching to the pond....

Eagle Saturday!!

Near the Park office in the AM, this lovely eagle juvie landed in a tree...
 He then flew to end of branch....

 Taking off for the River....
We ran outside to see where the juvie landed, so here's a panorama where he was taking off from the left of the river center spit of banking....
 Here's a "key".... 
1. A second juvie who stayed on the mud spit
                          2. The juvie who had left the office tree
                          3. Displaced solar panels for osprey cam
                          4. The osprey nest platform where we saw the pelican!!!

Here's a closer pic of juvie, Polka-Dotty, probably looking for fish...
Surprise, surprise! An adult came to a tree across the road from the office just before quitting time!
We didn't see our nesting pair on the way out.

Saturday, December 22, 2012

Happy Holidays

All the brightest wishes through
the holidays...through the year!
from Loretta & Frank

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Bird of Prey Day 12-11-12

A falconer friend of our Park naturalist, Greg K., brought his red-tailed hawk to the Park fields...
 Removing hawk's hood...
 Stowing hood in special case on suspenders....
 Looking around in the nearby trees.....
 Everyone saw a possum! It was too large.....
 The hawk brought a much smaller critter back to it's keeper......

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Even Better Birds of Prey! 12-11-12

Today we were as happy as witches in a broom factory!!
Always use binoculars! Was strolling down road in PM to look at nest. Sometimes there was a dark area that looked like a short branch. Went back to car for camera, and TAA DAH, an eagle was there!
(Sorry,some of these from the road are blurry.)

 A second eagle arrived!!!!
 One became a lookout...
 The bird in the back flew out on a limb....


 And then there were 2 again.....
 One at lookout post....