I am posting this up once more as we now have many new FMers that most likely have never seen eagle action like this. Please read the opening statement and than click on the link below it and go for the slide show to see a very angry and protective Mom
Lou
Hi Ted and thanks. I do believe we got your photos all squared away with Libby and I am betting that big female is the M3 but we have to see the entire band. I ask her what type of bands they are using as there are many and I do have the chart so knowing can make an ID eaiser.
Lou
trailhiker wrote:
I remember this one, Lou. Good to see the sequence the 2nd time around, and I'm glad you've brought it out of the archives for the new folks here.
Best Wishes,
Steve
Thanks Steve as I feel I am left out with the migration starting and me being more or less house bound for a few more weeks. Its a 400 mile trip for me and I may give it a try after christmas and spend maybe 4 or 5 days there.
Lou
Tim Kuhn wrote:
Thanks for sharing this Lou, a fantastic sequence! Bring it back as often as you like
Tim
Thanks Tim as I felt sure on that day I would be making a rescue. I even was getting my blanket and gloves out of the wagon and getting readt for a trip to the raptor center. Tough driving though with a 16 week old eagle under one arm and trying to drive with the other Naw I would have taken it wrapped in the blanket to the DEP police barrack for some help. God I miss that stuff.
Lou
Conrad Tan wrote:
WOW! #RW7157-caa #6 is an amazing image! Thanks for sharing Lou!
Thanks Conrad and yes it was quite th sight to see. I have seen the two males from each nest go at it with locked talons in flight an crash to the ground by one of the nest trees. The DEP police were there and we went down to see if all ok but they both exhausted took flight due to our disturbance. That wa quite the tumble. The two nests no longer excist as one gave way and moved and one stayed.
Lou
z06jim wrote:
That's an awesome behavioral series.... ...
Thanks zo6jim and just a bit of luck as most of these events are. After 59 years of chasing eagles in New York I have quite a few of events like this. From releases to building an eagle nest and even a horrow of nature between a pair of eagles and a dog. One other on a 10 month old golden that was shot from the sky on his first migration south and his wing had to be removed and I sat with him and took photos of it all in case we ever caught the SOB that would do this. They were so sad I never posted them.
Lou
tfoltz wrote:
Lou,
Amazing event and great that you were there to catch it for us to enjoy.
Tim
Thanks Tim for the look and glad you enjoyed it as I am sure the young eagle did not. One really cool thing was the adult that did the attact I knew her from her band # and she was born in 1996 at a nest I monitored about 100 miles north of where she settled in with a mate. Ahhh the power of Band ID
Lou
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