COBB ISLAND 2013

kittenface · **Posted:** Sat Jun 29, 2013 11:18 pm

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.

catwoman · **Posted:** Sun Jun 30, 2013 9:56 am

Thanks for the pictures, Oxbarb/SGB!

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64761

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

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

obxbarb · **Posted:** Sun Jun 30, 2013 3:28 pm

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.

Cobb Island tower

Getting ready to band

Big Bertha

Banding the big one

Weighing Big Bertha!

Blood sample for the little one

Weighing the little cutie

Mitchell

Eve

obxbarb · **Posted:** Sun Jun 30, 2013 3:34 pm

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

Libby retrieving the chick

Super unhappy victim of banding

Wayne and Barb having a great day with the falcons :)

Beautiful scenery, falcons were flying low

Matrix · **Posted:** Sun Jun 30, 2013 4:38 pm

THANKS BARB!!! MADE ME WISH I WAS THERE!!!

catwoman · **Posted:** Sun Jun 30, 2013 6:26 pm

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!

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64761

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!!!

bev. · **Posted:** Sun Jun 30, 2013 10:09 pm

gerat pictures Barb.

love the site

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64761

Got one band number!!

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

obxbarb · **Posted:** Tue Jul 02, 2013 10:27 am

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

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64761

and the other band number!!

and another sleeping baby...

catwoman · **Posted:** Tue Jul 02, 2013 6:21 pm

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

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64761

Enjoying the rain!!

obxbarb · **Posted:** Wed Jul 03, 2013 9:07 am

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

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64761

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

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64761

I got carried away with pics...

Mitchell brings a snack

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

Mitchell

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

Both are snoozing now...

We gotta think of names!!!

bev. · **Posted:** Wed Jul 03, 2013 12:19 pm

never too many pictures.

catwoman · **Posted:** Wed Jul 03, 2013 6:21 pm

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

Glad to see some of Mitchell with the girls! :flirty:

Matrix · **Posted:** Wed Jul 03, 2013 7:51 pm

Carried Away!!?? THOSE ARE TOO GOOD!!!

THANKS!!!! :loveshow:

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