CAMBRIDGE, MD (BLACKWATER REFUGE) ~ 2010

Beth · **Posted:** Fri Jan 01, 2010 10:02 am

Please begin your 2010 posts here... :ny8:

Beth · **Posted:** Fri Jan 01, 2010 10:32 am

Nest Update from Lisa...

12/30/09:
Photographer Bob Quinn has posted some beautiful new photos from the Refuge.
The eagle on the platform is likely one of our Eagle Cam parents.

pearl1 · **Joined:** Thu Jul 30, 2009 10:23 pm **Posts:** 4911

I captured this picture earlier today.I wander when they will fix the camera angle so we can see who comes for a visit :roll:

PattiO · **Posted:** Mon Jan 04, 2010 11:36 pm

They have to wait for the ground to dry out - it's too wet now. Bad birdies messing up the cam! :roll:

Jazzel26 · **Joined:** Mon Jul 27, 2009 12:09 pm **Posts:** 2586

Patti, BWR said it was likely the eagles messed up the cam...ha ha eagles like to party, not bad birdies :laugh

Pearl, I see you have a great cap of my :loveheart2:

Turkey Vultures cleaning up after the eagles party...

JAZZEL

Beth · **Posted:** Fri Jan 08, 2010 10:27 am

Beth · **Posted:** Mon Jan 11, 2010 1:21 pm

For: Jazzel :!:

Jazzel26 · **Joined:** Mon Jul 27, 2009 12:09 pm **Posts:** 2586

BETH,

my first 2010 TV :grin:

JAZZEL

PattiO · **Posted:** Tue Jan 12, 2010 12:32 am

Holy poo .... that scared me Beth!!! :laugh2

There was also a pic posted of a GHO the other night!

Beth · **Posted:** Sat Jan 16, 2010 9:05 pm

Pretty toes... :sfyea:

Beth · **Posted:** Fri Jan 22, 2010 9:48 am

Osprey Cam Update from Lisa 1/21/2010 ...

Cam watchers have naturally been anxious to know when we will be fixing the Osprey Cam, since one of our birds pushed the cam down. One of the challenges of performing maintenance on the Osprey Cam is that the platform pole is on a dike, and it’s difficult for us to take large equipment (like our bucket truck) onto the dike when the ground is wet. Last year we almost had the bucket truck slide into the water because the ground around the pole was too soggy. We’ve decided that within the next month or so (before the ospreys return in March), we’re going to move the Osprey Cam pole about 30 feet — and closer to our access road — so maintenance in the future will be easier and will not require such a large truck to reach the pole.

So we’re making plans to not only fix the cam but to also move the nest pole and at the same time repair some of the rotted wood in the platform — which will make the whole nest safer for our ospreys. We appreciate your patience as we make plans and wait for the ground around the nest to get hard enough that we can go out and make these changes.

Jazzel26 · **Joined:** Mon Jul 27, 2009 12:09 pm **Posts:** 2586

Thanks Beth, that sounds like a good plan :grin:

JAZZEL

pearl1 · **Joined:** Thu Jul 30, 2009 10:23 pm **Posts:** 4911

Jazzel26 · **Joined:** Mon Jul 27, 2009 12:09 pm **Posts:** 2586

Hey Pearl, very nice :cloudnine:

JAZZEL

Beth · **Posted:** Mon Mar 08, 2010 3:41 pm

Cam view was fixed today... :girlluv:

Nice pic before the "O" come home and start fixing up the nest.
Not much left after the winter storms...

Jazzel26 · **Joined:** Mon Jul 27, 2009 12:09 pm **Posts:** 2586

BETH

JAZZEL

Beth · **Posted:** Thu Mar 18, 2010 7:09 pm

Nest Update from Lisa
03/18/10:
Special Note

We have our first osprey sighting of the 2010 season!
Not sure if it's one of our cam adults, but we're just happy to see ospreys back at Blackwater Refuge.

Webphoto...

Jazzel26 · **Joined:** Mon Jul 27, 2009 12:09 pm **Posts:** 2586

Beth...thanks for posting...could be a classic...."SHOULD I STAY or SHOULD I GO ?" :lol:

And I agree with Lisa, "happy to see ospreys back at Blackwater Refuge" :loveshow:

JAZZEL

Beth · **Posted:** Fri Mar 19, 2010 9:12 am

Jazzel26 · **Joined:** Mon Jul 27, 2009 12:09 pm **Posts:** 2586

Beth

Poor thing looks like it doesn't know where to start :lol:

JAZZEL

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