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 Post subject: Re: COBB ISLAND 2013
PostPosted: Sat Jun 29, 2013 11:18 pm 
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OH SGB that was just wonderful to watch,
AND OMG that music just perfect, I couldn't stop my feet. Thank you for getting it.

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 Post subject: Re: COBB ISLAND 2013
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Thanks for the pictures, Oxbarb/SGB!

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I had to take advantage of a clean lens!!!

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Barb, by any chance do you remember the band numbers?


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Beautiful babies! Thanks sgb for the recording of the event. How nice to have a clean cam...Libby and I both brought cleaning supplies :sum4:

There were 4 of us on this trip....Libby, intern Alex, me and my husband Wayne. I didn't bring the big camera lens so the adult pics are not good, not to mention it was cloudy. Funny, I didn't notice the tide was pretty high until I saw sgb's photos but it was higher than my hiking boots. Mitchell and Eve were quiet on another tower when we arrived but circled and screamed the whole time we were there. Eve is a little more aggressive than Renetta. The chicks were relatively calm and easy. Fortunately there were no banded leftovers when Libby cleaned up prey remains. We crossed over some wide, rough open water to Gull Marsh after that and banded one male chick. Super cute but really fiesty. Libby installed some little cams on the eastern shore nests to get band numbers of the adults. I didn't record band numbers of the chicks but I should be able to get them from the pics. We also rode back by the old Cobb pair's nest on the chimney where the two chicks have been banded previously and fledged. There were hanging out there.

Here is the link to the album and a few highlight photos. Sorry it took so long but there were hundreds to go through today.


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Getting ready to band

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Big Bertha
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Banding the big one
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Weighing Big Bertha!
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Blood sample for the little one

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Weighing the little cutie
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Mitchell
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Here's a few photos from the Gull Marsh nest. There was one male chick. The tower is only 5 ft high. He was super feisty and ultimately I had to hold his head because he was snapping at Wayne and Libby.

Wayne, Libby and the chick
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Libby retrieving the chick
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Super unhappy victim of banding
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Wayne and Barb having a great day with the falcons :)
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Beautiful scenery, falcons were flying low
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 Post subject: Re: COBB ISLAND 2013
PostPosted: Sun Jun 30, 2013 4:38 pm 
:thankyou :bravo THANKS BARB!!! MADE ME WISH I WAS THERE!!!


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Barb, thanks for your report & pictures! So glad you & hubby got to go. :clap: Loved the pics, including the one of you & your hubby! :flirty: I'm sure Libby was glad you were there to help. Hopefully your Big Bertha won't have any trouble getting airborne because of her weight, cause Harrisburg's biggest girl, Red, was also 990 grams & she didn't have any more problems than the others, except the male of course.

Now I understand why I was thinking that Eve was much younger than she is. She still looks like a recent sub-adult!

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Barb..I just LOVED all the pics!!! Its such an interesting nest...not a tree or building in sight!!! I can't believe that other nest was only 5 feet off the ground. I guess you nest wherever you can!!!

I'm so glad that you and Wayne got to go. I guess Wayne and Alex didn't get the memo about shirt color...

Thanks so much for sharing all the info and pics!!!


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gerat pictures Barb.

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Got one band number!!

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This morning...a sleeping baby... :flirty:

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Thanks sgb! They change so fast (every day) at this age....bittersweet :girlluv:


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and the other band number!!

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and another sleeping baby...

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Cute pics of the kids, SGB & good job getting the band numbers! :eggthumbup:

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Enjoying the rain!!

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Good job sgb! How did they go from white fuzz to brown feathers in one day? Growing up way too fast!!


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I know, Barb...its almost like once they get banded, they go into feather hyperdrive..

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I got carried away with pics...

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Mitchell brings a snack

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Big Bertha expressed her displeasure that she didn't get any.


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Mitchell

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The female is in the back was trying so hard not to fall asleep.

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Both are snoozing now...

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never too many pictures.

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LOL! I'm so glad when people get carried away with pictures! :sum9:

Glad to see some of Mitchell with the girls!
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 Post subject: Re: COBB ISLAND 2013
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Carried Away!!?? THOSE ARE TOO GOOD!!!

THANKS!!!! :loveshow:


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