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Reply by Sum_Southern_Sugar
lol opti - like the expiration date on milk
i'm no expert, but i can say that the date on that crow has passed for sure - it had flies crawling on it yesterday
i never had any children, so i dunno from raising them, but i don't see anything bad in letting them see how the world works
p.s. there is an owl hooting somewhere in the background now
Reply by 1shynquiet1
PBS has a documentary on about them tonight I read. Also looks like there might be a downtime shortly...they are working on the cams.
Edited reply by Sum_Southern_Sugar
135,000 viewers watchin em right now :-)
i hope that means good things for us sharing our planet with the 'lesser animals'
p.s. - hear that owl howling in the background?
Reply by lily04GOLD
<--My new granddaughter Jori.
So glad you posted this thread, sum. This is so awesome!
Reply by lily04GOLD
<--My new granddaughter Jori.
Look at that steely glare right at the came. Yikes!
Reply by Sum_Southern_Sugar
oh and that reminds me
what lambs? i meant to post that earlier but got sidetracked
Reply by lily04GOLD
<--My new granddaughter Jori.
A farm in the UK put a cam in the barn during lambing season. I JUST missed seeing the birth of one of the lambs. But I got to watch it try to get up on its wobbly legs =)
I watched that cam for days waiting for the birth of one of the lambs. Missed them all except for the near miss. It was still fun to watch the babies playing though.
I had a sheep I named Evil Clown. Cause she had markings on her face that made her look like one. She was always staring up at the cam like she was saying, I seeeee youuuuuu...
Creepy! lol
Reply by lily04GOLD
<--My new granddaughter Jori.
http://www.meadopenfarm.co.uk/lambcam.htm
Ooo! It seems they're now on round 2 of lambing season. I could sit here all night and watch these 2 cams =)
Reply by Sum_Southern_Sugar
lol lolly
when my dad and step mom had their green acres farm, they drafted me to watch ova the birthing of a foal while they were away on vacation
in the house, i had one of those baby monitors, cept the transmitter was in the barn.
stupid mare had the baby like 20 minutes before they got home - afta an entire weekend of pins and needles for me.
Reply by lily04GOLD
<--My new granddaughter Jori.
Looks like both sheep and eagle mama's are resting up. I don't see any babies running around the barn. There's movement way in the back, I wonder if they've taking mama's and babies back there.
Reply by lily04GOLD
<--My new granddaughter Jori.
Oh geeee. Did you stay near the house that whole week?
Reply by Sum_Southern_Sugar
did ya rub vaseline on her?
ummm - no - it just now popped out!
they didn't believe it
Reply by lily04GOLD
<--My new granddaughter Jori.
Good that it was an easy birth for her then.
haha i hope not to also!
I just read that the lambs are due April 8th. My dad's birthday. If I see one born that day I'll have to name it Gerald, after my dad. He'd just love that *rolls eyes* lol. Hope it's a boy lamb :D
Reply by Sum_Southern_Sugar
that one that just moved toward the camera was waddling like crazy
she must have 15, 16 lambs in there
Reply by lily04GOLD
<--My new granddaughter Jori.
Wow that wind is really picking up. Gonna blow mom or pop eagle right off the nest.
Reply by lily04GOLD
<--My new granddaughter Jori.
Okay Sum....translate all that screeching for me.
This is awesome!
Reply by lily04GOLD
<--My new granddaughter Jori.
Maybe he's saying Honeyyy I'm hooooome! And then he saw what no good Lucy was up to and he's telling her she's got some 'splaining to do.
Edited reply by Sum_Southern_Sugar
female just popped in with a mouse or something
general squawking and merimet abounds
Reply by lily04GOLD
<--My new granddaughter Jori.
Or maybe she's asking him why he didn't fix that broken window because of all the wind blowin in the house.
Reply by lily04GOLD
<--My new granddaughter Jori.
Yep yep...saw that lil critter. I thought it was a mouse too because of the color and size.
Reply by Sum_Southern_Sugar
yesterday she came in with a crow and two fishies in like 10 minutes
she's a total dominatrix!
Reply by lily04GOLD
<--My new granddaughter Jori.
Last summer I heard a huge commotion outside and stepped out onto my porch to take a look. These blackbirds were trying to steal the babies out of a nest. Mom and dad fought like troupers to keep those big ole bullies away from their babies but they were outsized and out numbered.
Law of nature...but it was still kinda sad to watch. Mom and dad sat by that nest for the longest time making noise after their babies where all taken away.
Reply by Sum_Southern_Sugar
i have no clue since i'm not a a fully qualified ornothologist, but i'd swear those eagles are using that crow as a warning symbol - do not even think about this nest as a feeding area!
otherwise, why would they keep that stinking fly festered thing on the edge of their nest?
Reply by lily04GOLD
<--My new granddaughter Jori.
Yeah. I'm interested in why they would do that. Makes sense to me.
Reply by Sum_Southern_Sugar
i like how they can be such killers on the wing, but when they come to the nest, they step so carefully to avoid harming the eaglets
real lesson in evolution there
Reply by Sum_Southern_Sugar
this time both chicks appear to be lined up correctly for the food
but i don't see the 3'rd egg. :-O
Reply by Sum_Southern_Sugar
well - i hope ya did
and isn't it amazing that both of those chicks could survive for an entire day on half a gopher azz?:
ur right - that isn't a beaver or a groundhog - it's a gopher
Reply by lily04GOLD
<--My new granddaughter Jori.
Sure is.
I can't find anything on the web that explains why they'd have a crow in the nest. I did find this about crows and eagles though.
It frequently raids crow roosts, which may be why crows will mob this species unmercifully when they encounter it abroad by day.
Edited reply by Sum_Southern_Sugar
well, i duno the biology - but i did see the crow placed there
and i did see one of em pulling off some tummy feathers
but i neva saw either of em nibble any of the flesh
and it's still laying right where it started out
Edited reply by lily04GOLD
<--My new granddaughter Jori.
Maybe it's a trophy from a crow raid lol.
Okay...I can't stand looking at my dirty supper dishes any longer (my PC is in the kitchen and I'm facing the sink). Time to tell the eagles/eaglets night night and get my kitchen cleaned up.
Thanks again for this cam, Sum. Love it!
Reply by Sum_Southern_Sugar
i'm actually surprised at how much chow they collect
i thought that animals (in general) had a hard time gettin food
these two seem to be able to collect more than the entire family can eat
Reply by kyafirstGOLD
Sound card fixed.. i think.. perhaps.. maybe.. noooooooooooooooo! *sigh*
Maybe the eagle wants the dumb crows to think that is a crows nest.. they see's a crow they will fly by and wave at the new neighbor but not storm the nest...?
Reply by opti_mystic_521
This is so great to watch. I let my Daughter watch until the dead animals showed up. I didn't think she should see that.
My Husband and I were trying to figure out each animal they brought back to the nest. I said I wonder what the expiration date is on how long the dead animals are good for them to feed the chicks. lol. I keep missing them actually come back from their hunt.