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Old 06-10-2014, 04:58 PM #31
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Almost 6pm tonight, and watched MOM BigRed bring in a whole chipmunk for E2.... he/she is eating heartily and BR just returned with 1/2 chippie and ate next to him on the top of the old greenhouse. It is quite a sight! fascinating that they have this dynamic.
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Not enough hours in the day...

I haven't had time to check on them this morning but will shortly.

I actually watched the parent bird drop off the "chippie" to E2 yesterday morning live.


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I found it a little difficult to watch as I'd only woken up, but it was great he finally got a good feed.

It's a beautiful looking University there.
Karel was pointing the lens at E2 on the roof of the greenhouse and just behind was the ivy on the wall of the building and a little "Juliet" balcony with a door. They were calling it the door to Narnia.

Incredible.

OK, I'd better go check them out today. Must almost be time for the other two to leave the safety of the nest. The camera operators will be busy and excited then.

I did see one of the Cornell people in the chat saying that with early fledglings, the life expectancy is lowered in the first year of life. Interesting.

Edited to say: Brrrrrrrrrr, looks freezing and windy there today.
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I thought I'd take a peek to see what they were doing today.
It's a big new day for the babies.
I checked on the two in the nest a few hours ago and they were all cosy and sleeping together.
Now we have one on the ledge testing his/her wings.
A good morning for a fledge.
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I'll probably be asleep when it happens.
I hope that E2 got through the windy night alright.
I didn't know that they were able to lock into place so they didn't fall out of tree branches when asleep.


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Yes, Lara. It seems the two in the nest are quite cozy now.

I think E2 (the one that fledged early) was the one who stayed as far away from the other 2 as possible.

Some photos were put up yesterday, stills. So I did a screen capture myself.
There are at times situations where the smaller E3 helps to preen the Large E1. Also they do a beak kissing.. not pecking, but some sort of kissing it looks like. Yesterday they were quite a pair sleeping most of the day, getting stronger. Today there may be a fledge.

It was mentioned in chat that Karel works for Cornell in the alumni division. And also can sing and play the violin. But alas he is married...
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Yes the area where the birds are is beautiful with those gardens, Plant Sciences Building, and the old building with the "door to Narnia" as Karel affectionately calls it. He also calls it the "door to nowhere". LOL

Also yesterday afternoon BR Mom actually FED them a chippie! Haven't seen her do that in a while now. It was rather sweet. It is like she "knows" the fledge will be very soon now.

Oh, I just went there this morning and E2 is on the white building window ledge like the first day of fledge. I guess he will try for the nest today? Some peeping going on this morning... BR Mom is on the roof of that building too.
E2's crop looks large, so he may have been fed this morning, earlier.
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E2 returned to the nest for food, today around noon. I missed it, but here is a YouTube about it:


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So now there are the 3 fledglings in the nest today. Who knows how long that will last though?
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When E2 returned to the nest he/she was rather hyper... claiming both chipmunk and squirrel that BR Mom had brought (which lured him back). This unusual photo is of Mom getting angry
and putting E2 in order! After this confrontation, things settled down and Mom ended up feeding E2 as usual.


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I noticed that both parent hawks, BR and Ezra have bands on their legs.

How would anyone have been able to put bands on their legs?
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Anyway, the show goes on. All 3 in the nest again for now.
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Lara, they explained long ago about the bands. The bands were not put there by Cornell.

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The female, nicknamed “Big Red” in honor of her alma mater, is slightly larger, with a darker head, nape and throat, and is banded on her right leg. From banding records we know she was banded in nearby Brooktondale, New York, during her first autumn in 2003, making her nearly eleven years old.

The male, named Ezra after the co-founder of Cornell University, is banded on his left leg. He’s a bit smaller and has golden-tawny feathers on his face and head, and a paler neck than the female. He is at least nine years old and was first banded in 2006 as an adult bird on Judd Falls Road near the Cornell campus.
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I guess they banded them like the eagles were banded. Taken from the nest when younger, put in bags and weighed and banded. The eagles at Norfolk were banded before they could do much or even stand up. One whole day was devoted to it on the cam stream back then. Virginia biologists even put a radio on one eagle at this time to follow it as long as the thing stayed on and transmitted, to gather data on eagle ranges.

States here all have different laws and regulations about migratory birds. So banding is often done to see where they go and move around. If a bird ends up in a rehab center, it is most likely banded then.
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Very interesting.

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Karel live - E1 fledge (apparently missed on cornell cams), currently missing.
E2 left the nest again and is on Plant Science Building.

I caught it all, which was excellent timing.
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