LOONS, DUCKS, GEESE, ETC ~ 2014-2020

Beth · **Posted:** Tue Dec 31, 2013 9:21 pm

Please begin your 2014-2020 posts here!!!

Beth · **Posted:** Tue Feb 11, 2014 3:46 pm

Woodie Cam has a Hooded Merganser sitting on eggs ...
She has covered the eggs with wood chips to prevent freezing.
2-11-14 Hooded Merganser 6th egg today...

Cam link...2 views :))
http://woodiecam1.com/

Snowstorm today...

Beth · **Posted:** Thu Feb 13, 2014 1:56 pm

7 eggs now and she (Mom HM) stayed the night (2/12) last night.

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 56339

Priscilla · **Posted:** Mon Mar 31, 2014 10:14 am

from FB
Eaglecrest Cam 5
If you've ever wanted to watch Canada geese hatch, today is your lucky day! First pip was reported at Eaglecrest yesterday in Fred and Wilma's nest.

rysx · **Joined:** Sat Apr 28, 2012 1:28 am **Posts:** 450

Some info about HM (Woodie Cam).
She had 19 eggs. On March 31 the situation looked like this:

The next day, April 1, was hatching day:

And on April 2 – jumping day. There were 14 ducklings, 5 non-viable eggs were abandoned. Video showing this event:

Priscilla · **Posted:** Mon Apr 07, 2014 3:04 am

That's great :sum9:

beans · **Posted:** Sun Apr 20, 2014 1:31 am

Laysan Albatross, Kilauea, Kaua’i, Hawaii

Parents are named Kaluahine and Kaluakane
Nestling is Kaloakulua (female)

Hatch date: January 27, 2014

Phoebastria immutabilis

http://cams.allaboutbirds.org/channel/4 ... Albatross/

beans · **Posted:** Wed Apr 23, 2014 5:34 pm

On Easter the snow stopped falling and the weather warms up. This tiny Loon peeks out from mother's warm feathers and goes for a short swim. After a few minutes he returns.

Common Loon
Gavia immer

Minnesota Bound
http://mnbound.com/live-loon-cam/

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 56339

WOW..I'm really behind here...

I just loved watching the ducklings jump..did one land on mom? LOL...so cute how mom would swim over to each one when they landed...and lucky ducklings...getting to land in water...

Of course, the loon baby is just precious...and I've been watching the albatross on and off since it hatched...

thanks for the great vids!!! they reminded me of simpler times when there weren't a cazillion falcon and eagle cams to keep up with!!!...and osprey and kestrels and...and...and...reminds me that I am very behind with all the owls too!!!

beans · **Posted:** Wed Apr 23, 2014 11:50 pm

All those little Mergansers leaping from the nestbox was a terrific capture! Then mom swims away. I wonder how she knows that all of them have jumped, unless she can count....

Beth · **Posted:** Tue Apr 29, 2014 8:25 am

Larry's Loon blog :) and
Minnesota Bound Loon Cam (will post asap when cam goes live)

http://mnbound.com/larrys-loon-blog/

April 27, 2014

The nest is in the water! :egg20:

And hopefully the camera will be able to go live soon. :egg19:

A post from Larry several years ago-he is sooooooo good!!
~The biggest miracle of all is how the loons find their way back to the very same lake! All without AAA TripTics, maps or GPS.
We think we are so smart but they have had this figured out for thousands of years without any help from us.
Once again I choose to view it as one of countless miracles that are placed all around us that
we seldom take time to stop and look and learn and consider.~

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 56339

kittenface · **Posted:** Tue Apr 29, 2014 11:46 am

gigi · **Posted:** Thu May 08, 2014 9:11 pm

Wood Duck Nest Box
Eggs are hatching today. Baby ducks will be jumping from the nest within 20 hours or so.
http://sportsmansparadiseonline.com/Wood_Duck_Nest.html
Email sent about 10:20 am so I imagine early Friday morning

gigi · **Posted:** Thu May 08, 2014 9:52 pm

The ducklings are getting kind of rowdy and the cam looking at the outside of the box is now on. I wonder if they will go in the middle of the night. Probably after I am tucked in bed.

Beth · **Posted:** Fri May 09, 2014 9:14 pm

Gigi-they always jump in the am ... day after hatch

Beth · **Posted:** Fri May 09, 2014 9:19 pm

MN Bound Loon cam is live...

http://www.ustream.tv/looncam

gigi · **Posted:** Fri May 09, 2014 11:30 pm

Beth wrote:

Gigi-they always jump in the am ... day after hatch

I missed it. Had an appointment and was gone all morning. Shucks! :gaaaaah:

Beth · **Posted:** Mon May 12, 2014 7:56 am

We have our first egg-early this am :))

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