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contour feathers of the body begin to develop, so it's not&nbsp;unusual --000325579ea6df922d04a3a9d2b1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Im pretty sure someone is on it, there are several raptor rehabilitators in BC who are aware of it Helene On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 5:59 PM, James W. Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>wrote: > Last night on the late TV News, there was an item about an eaglet in > trouble in British Columbia in a nest that has a nest-camera for all to see > -- they interviewed David Hancock and I think it was on Hornby Island off > the east side of Vancouver Island? But I haven't tried to access the URL or > the site itself. > > Hancock said he and others were trying to arranged for a crane for the > rescue mission -- one of three eaglets has its feet tangled in fish netting > on the nest rim, and it appeared that the other two eaglets were bigger and > no doubt out-competing the little one for food? Setting up a heavy crane to > get someone up to the nest is problematic because of soggy ground (that > seems to be a problem right across Canada, eh?). > > Can anyone find it and let us know, please? Thanks in advance. > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville > ------------------------ > > Begin forwarded message: > > *From: *Kathleen MacAulay <roughlegged_hawk@yahoo.ca> > *Date: *May 19, 2011 3:36:08 PM ADT > *To: *"naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > *Subject: **Re: [NatureNS] Eaglet* > *Reply-To: *naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > You're right. Eaglets are attended by at least one parent nearly all the > time for the first three to four weeks of life. However, the parents start > to leave the eaglets alone for longer periods at about the same time as the > contour feathers of the body begin to develop, so it's not unusual to see an > eaglet left alone while still wearing a fair amount of down. > > Kathleen MacAulay > Milford Station > > *From:* James Hirtle <jrhbirder@hotmail.com> > *To:* Naturens Naturens <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > *Sent:* Thursday, May 19, 2011 2:18:15 PM > *Subject:* [NatureNS] Eaglet > > Hi all: > > Yesterday, at 13:45, there was an eaglet active on the nest near > Bridgewater. When stretching it's wings it still has fluffy white > feathering. There was no sign of the adults, which is odd. In my > experience of observing young in the nest in the past usually one of the > adults, I'm assuming the female stays with the young one for quite some time > with the adult male bringing food. > > I saw my first twin flowers for this year yesterday. There also was some > red berries close to the ground. Partridge berries maybe? I also noticed > some pink flowers opening along the marsh stillwater where I was fishing at > last night. > > James R. Hirtle > Bayport > > > > -- Helene Van Doninck DVM Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre RR#1 Brookfield NS B0N1C0 902-893-0253 birdvet@hotmail.com www.cwrc.net Join us on May 28 for the 3rd Annual Wildlife Benefit Concert and Silent Auction Join us on June 18 for Garrett Mason with Joe Murphy and the Water Street Blues Band --000325579ea6df922d04a3a9d2b1 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Im pretty sure someone is on it, there are several raptor rehabilitators = =A0in BC who are aware of it<div><br></div><div>Helene<br><br><div class=3D= "gmail_quote">On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 5:59 PM, James W. Wolford <span dir= =3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.= ca</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p= x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div style=3D"word-wrap:break-word"> Last night on the late TV News, there was an item about an eaglet in troub= le in British Columbia in a nest that has a nest-camera for all to see -- t= hey interviewed David Hancock and I think it was on Hornby Island off the e= ast side of Vancouver Island? =A0But I haven't tried to access the URL = or the site itself.<div> <br></div><div>Hancock said he and others were trying to arranged for a cra= ne for the rescue mission -- one of three eaglets has its feet tangled in f= ish netting on the nest rim, and it appeared that the other two eaglets wer= e bigger and no doubt out-competing the little one for food? =A0Setting up = a heavy crane to get someone up to the nest is problematic because of soggy= ground (that seems to be a problem right across Canada, eh?).<br> <div><br></div><div>Can anyone find it and let us know, please? =A0Thanks i= n advance.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers from Jim in Wolfville</div><div>= ------------------------<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br= > <blockquote type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;mar= gin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color= =3D"#000000" style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica;color:#000000"><b>From: </b></f= ont><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica">Kat= hleen MacAulay <<a href=3D"mailto:roughlegged_hawk@yahoo.ca" target=3D"_= blank">roughlegged_hawk@yahoo.ca</a>></font></div> <div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left= :0px"><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font:1= 2.0px Helvetica;color:#000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica"= size=3D"3" style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica">May 19, 2011 3:36:08 PM ADT</fo= nt></div> <div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left= :0px"><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font:1= 2.0px Helvetica;color:#000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" s= ize=3D"3" style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica">"<a href=3D"mailto:naturens@= chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>" <<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank">naturens@chebucto= .ns.ca</a>></font></div> <div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left= :0px"><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font:1= 2.0px Helvetica;color:#000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helveti= ca" size=3D"3" style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica"><b>Re: [NatureNS] Eaglet</b>= </font></div> <d