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Hanover 160119 1730 Mom brings prey to nest

smitchm — Tue, 22 Nov 2016 01:49:43 +0000

From fly-in to fly-out took 25 minutes with Mom constantly eating but I only used the first 14 minutes as it really got too dark to make out much useful. The weather …

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Hanover 160211 1128 Dad brings Mom squirrel gift prey

smitchm — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 22:46:56 +0000

When Dad arrived with some gift prey, likely a squirrel, you could hear Mom squeeing happily as she flew in right behind him. Mom mantles and starts eating her …

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Hanover 160207 1050 Mom & Dad synced dual landing with prey

smitchm — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 19:43:17 +0000

Mom and Dad landed at the same time on the nest with happy, excited type of vocalizing normally associated with food being heard on their way in as well as …

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Hanover 160120 1627 Dad brings prey shares with Mom

smitchm — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 16:37:18 +0000

Dad brought in some sort of large prey with Mom hot on his heels squeeing. While the male bringing the female food gifts is a normal part of Bald Eagle …

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Decorah N2B 16/04/024 08:42 Mom & Dad prey discussion

smitchm — Sun, 20 Nov 2016 17:04:59 +0000

As Dad is bringing in some prey Mom is making her tea kettle call and D25 opens his or her wing for a short time at 0:17 to display pin feathers. Mom walks over …

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Decorah N2B 16/05/20 06:46 Mom lands stick on prey while Dad is feeding

smitchm — Sun, 20 Nov 2016 08:56:16 +0000

D25 was tea kettling like Mom as Dad landed some sort of furry prey on the nest at 0:14. D25 makes a lightning steal of Dad’s delivery and mantled his or her …

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Decorah N2B 16/02/5 11:07 Dad gives prey gift – Mom calls

smitchm — Sat, 19 Nov 2016 20:42:58 +0000

Dad brings what appears to be a squirrel to the nest. It’s not a fresh kill as it is quite stiff. Dad drops off the squirrel and steps away from it to wait for Mom to arrive …

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Decorah N2B 16/01/31 15:35 Dad shares bit of prey with Mom

smitchm — Sat, 19 Nov 2016 04:26:36 +0000

Dad arrives on the nest with prey but spends quite a bit of time doing nestorations before starting to eat it. As he is coming in at 0:13 it looks like it might be a …

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Bird watching of Goshawk

smitchm — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 11:40:50 +0000

http://birdsbg.com I shot this movie on my feeding station for raptors. My main idea is to watch Golden Eagles indded, but the chance let me shoot Goshawk.

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Mt Tom Peregrine Falcons 2016

smitchm — Sun, 13 Nov 2016 03:28:26 +0000

A pair of wild peregrine falcons nested for a second year on Mt Tom in Western Massachusetts. See the nestlings being fed by their mother, and their …

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