The Eagle caught a Stuffed Toy Chipmunk!

You know that the Eaglets have hatched:



But guess what else has happened!

The poor eagle thought he was bringing a really nice furry feast home for it's little ones,,,

....but unfortunately....

It's caught a fake animal....someone's stuffed toy! Here is the video of mom picking apart the stuffed toy trying to get to the real meat to feed her patient chicks! She throws the stuffing all over her kids and her nest!:




Look at the stuffed rabbit in the nest live - if you click on the right hand Eagle Icon. You can actually see the labelling on the stuffed animal.

Here is the Mom moving the stuffed toy around in the nest - she seems rather annoyed with it - but doesn't throw it over the edge just yet. Maybe it might keep the babies amused when they get a little bigger:



Here is one of the pair bringing a real food to the nest - look at approximately the 8 minute mark for the real rabbit:



And in case you haven't been following the eagles, here is a video put together that shows the progression of building the nest:

Having a Bird....

You know how I am about the eagles.   Click on that "Eagle" picture in the column to the right and take a look at the little babies!  Yes, the eggs have hatched! 

I haven't been as vocal about them on my blog as last year, but I have been watching them just as closely! You can watch the mom and dad feeding the babies! They are approximately 10 days old now.

Last year's chickadee

On another note ...   Remember the chickadees we had last year in our little decorative birdhouse outside our back door?

They didn't come back.  :(

So sad.  They were so cute!!!

However - we do have some Robins that have decided to build their nest on top of the birdhouse!!!   They are quite the decorators, using shiny plastic and matching ribbon for their nest!

A Robin "Condo"

Notice the blue matching ribbon! This is an
iPhone photo my husband took

The Eagle's Nest has an Egg in it!!

So the Eagle has laid an egg....you can go to the website and take a peek.....or be like me and obsessively watch it!

Click on the Eagle photo to the right of this entry! ---------->

THE EAGLES ARE BACK!!!

For the last month, the Bald Eagles have been back at their nest poking around, rearranging sticks and fluff to prepare their nest for another clutch of eggs!  Click on the Eagle Photo in the Right hand column to see the web cams!*

That must mean spring is almost here?

Just to let you know.....it snowed here again today. 

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*when you click on the photo of the eagle photo in the right hand column and get to the web cam page, you can choose to click on the black tab "Live Cameras" just below the Green header to view a few other cams brought to you by the Hancock Wildlife Foundation, including an owl cam, an Australian sea eagle cam, and also a hummingbird cam (not yet up and running).

Book mark the page!