Davenport Alcoa ~ 2012

Mick · **Posted:** Sat Dec 31, 2011 8:17 pm

Happy New Year

PLEASE BEGIN YOUR NEW 2012 POSTS HERE!

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Davenport Alcoa:

Nest Location:
In 2009 a pair of bald eagles joined the Alcoa Davenport community in Iowa where they built their 7-foot nest on the 400-acre facility. Local employees named the two eagles Liberty and Justice. In 2010 they fledged two eaglets from this nest. In 2011 they fledged one eaglet, a female who was named Freedom.

Liberty (female)
Justice (male)

Mick · **Posted:** Sat Dec 31, 2011 8:25 pm

Two videos created by elfruler from Dec 29, 2011

Thank you elfruler :newyear13:

elfruler · **Joined:** Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:31 pm **Posts:** 95

Liberty and Justice spent part of New Year's Eve tending to the nest:

kittenface · **Posted:** Sun Jan 01, 2012 12:44 am

Elfruler that was just great HAPPY NEW YEAR to you and your
you have been just awesome keeping us updated with the nest Thank you so much

elfruler · **Joined:** Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:31 pm **Posts:** 95

You're welcome, KF, and thanks to you and Mick for managing these threads so expertly!

Happy New Year to you!

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 61956

elfruler · **Joined:** Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:31 pm **Posts:** 95

Rockin' and rollin' on a blustery New Year's Day:

kittenface · **Posted:** Mon Jan 02, 2012 3:25 pm

I saw that last night that it was so windy I kept thinking that the nest is really packed in there the tree
was moving back and forth so much I was getting seasick on take off all the eagle had to do is lift its wings and the wind took it away

kittenface · **Posted:** Tue Jan 03, 2012 9:02 pm

Music/ guitar forever

elfruler · **Joined:** Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:31 pm **Posts:** 95

Thanks for catching that, KF!

kittenface · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2012 12:08 pm

elfruler wrote:

Thanks for catching that, KF!

I tuned in and got the last bit of a good visit from the looks of thhe nest :gaah:

I will get a good video like you get elfruler some time or another :teehee:

kittenface · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2012 12:10 pm

I'm sure glad the sound is back on I want to hear them talk to each other not read lips

elfruler · **Joined:** Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:31 pm **Posts:** 95

Yes, sound is on and everything is looking great! Some nestorizing this morning:

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 61956

Thanks for the video, elfruler (I'll need to finish watching it later)....so nice to have sound here!!! and the nest bowl is looking very comfy!!!!

kittenface · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2012 4:18 pm

I sure hope that that hole isn't as big as it looks I think they are trying to dig to China

elfruler · **Joined:** Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:31 pm **Posts:** 95

LOL, KF! That is a pretty deep bowl. When the first egg was laid at the Sequoyah nest the bowl was so deep that the parents could barely see out over the crib rails when they were brooding!

SusanE · **Posted:** Thu Jan 05, 2012 11:05 pm

If I were an egg, I would want to be way down in a deep, comfy, warm bowl. :biggrin:

kittenface · **Posted:** Thu Jan 05, 2012 11:28 pm

SusanE wrote:

If I were an egg, I would want to be way down in a deep, comfy, warm bowl. :biggrin:

How about it i sure hope if they lay more than 2 they make it a bit wider

elfruler · **Joined:** Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:31 pm **Posts:** 95

An evening visit, checking the nest for suitability to receive eggs:

Justice (the male) lands first, followed quickly by Liberty (the female). Notice the marked difference in size: Liberty is larger. She also has a pronounced arch (looks almost like a raised eyebrow) on the bony ridge just above her eye, whereas the bony ridge above Justice's eye is straighter across.

Mick · **Posted:** Fri Jan 06, 2012 9:23 pm

Thank you for the identifying differences elfruler. The bowl looks plush and deep.

The video is much appreciated-thank you.

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