Re: Richmond Eagles

**Laikipia** on Thu Apr 05, 2012 9:27 am

Great photo WS - and yes, that's some drop down to the ground What a Face

Lai

**Doogs** on Thu Apr 05, 2012 1:49 pm

WS you would think that's exactly what it's thinking !!!

**littlewid** on Sat Apr 07, 2012 4:51 pm

Just checked the Richmond Eagle family but the cam is off line, says they are upgrading the camera feed, hopefully it will be back up soon.

Loved the last pic and comment WS.......so you Very Happy

littlewid-x-

**littlewid** on Sun Apr 08, 2012 7:15 pm

Sadly this is still off line.
littlewid-x-

**whitestarling** on Sun Apr 08, 2012 11:23 pm

Your right LW it's still down, but thanks for checking
WS

**whitestarling** on Mon Apr 09, 2012 7:08 pm

The Cams still offline Shocked

WS

**Doogs** on Mon Apr 09, 2012 8:38 pm

That's a shame Crying or Very sad

**whitestarling** on Tue Apr 10, 2012 10:45 am

**Doogs** on Tue Apr 10, 2012 1:01 pm

That two little tooters are not going to eat that are they !!! :?: affraid

RMorr50912 on Thu Apr 12, 2012 1:53 am

The little ones are definitely eating well with all the Catfish in the James River and Mom and Dad are obviously proficient fishermen! News is that hopefully after all the trouble they've been having the Cam will be back online sometime Wednesday. Fingers crossed they finally get it worked out!

Ronnie

PS. Love the caption WS! I also did a little checking and it seems Virginia and James are not new at this, they have already raised 18 chicks not counting these two bobbleheads!

**whitestarling** on Thu Apr 12, 2012 11:01 pm

Thanks for the info update Ronnie. Great that they are still eating well, it's clearly a great spot for a nest, which I suppose is explained by how experienced the parents are. Fingers X the Cam comes back on
WS

RMorr50912 on Thu Apr 12, 2012 11:33 pm

I was going to report the cam is back up, but as I started to type this it went down again. They must really be having some trouble. At least the glimpse I got was just the two little ones in the nest with some leftover catfish in the nest. Mom and Dad were both off the nest. Okay, now it's coming back up again! They're obviously still working on it at least.

Also some bad news about another nest RRP has been watching. What a shame.
http://raptorresource.blogspot.com/2012/04/fort-st.html

Ronnie

**whitestarling** on Fri Apr 13, 2012 12:10 am

Thanks Ronnie, just checked again, and the cam is up although it;s dark. It appears they have done a lot of work, but been unable to finish it yet this was on their chat

This is the view at the moment

Shame about the Vrain Bald Eagles. Intervention is always an awkward thing. On Springwatch on TV in the UK, last year, the female of a pair of Kestrals was killed by a car, leaving the chicks, but the Male successfuly raised them

WS

**Doogs** on Fri Apr 13, 2012 9:54 pm

Mum & Dad must be proficient fishermen to get all that catfish from the James River - great that it's available to them which will go a long way to bringing up the already not so little ones.

Shame the cameras are still playing up but looks like it's just about sorted, thanks WS & Ronnie cheers

**whitestarling** on Fri Apr 13, 2012 10:22 pm

Just checked, and unfortunatly it's down again
WS

**whitestarling** on Sun Apr 15, 2012 12:03 am

Still off line
WS

RMorr50912 on Sun Apr 15, 2012 10:42 pm

There was an update in the Richmond Paper today concerning the nest. It seems mom and dad haven't fed the chicks since Thursday. Vets have had to feed the chicks, but mom and dad are still showing interest in the nest. The camera was taken down in case that was somehow spooking them. They will watch a few more days to see if mom and dad return to feeding, but are thinking about placing them in a new nest as Eagles will take care of young that are not theirs. Let's hope mom and dad return to feeding.

Ronnie

**whitestarling** on Sun Apr 15, 2012 10:51 pm

Thats a real shame Ronnie. I thought everything was going really well with them. I wonder whats changed to put them off ?. I know the Dekorah pair are very experienced, not sure about Virginia, and James what if any experience of bringing up chicks they have. It just seems so strange after they have been so attentive, that they should just stop, unless something has happened to one of them. Lets hope the chicks are OK, and will survive with, or without intervention. Thanks for the update Ronnie, at least we know what's happening
WS

**whitestarling** on Tue Apr 17, 2012 10:45 pm

Sadly this was posted yesterday

Understandable after the news Ronnie told us about
WS

RMorr50912 on Tue Apr 17, 2012 10:56 pm

Yes they decided to take the camera down in case it was somehow causing stress. The good news is that today in a post on FB they confirmed Virginia and James have returned to feeding the chicks and even making a few repairs to the nest. I'll try to keep up with their progress via FB as they do have a page.

Ronnie

**whitestarling** on Tue Apr 17, 2012 11:13 pm

Thats really good news they are back looking after the chicks, wise decision to move the cam out. Thanks for checking up Ronnie

WS

**Laikipia** on Wed Apr 18, 2012 2:39 pm

the chicks should come first and if Ronnie is keeping tabs via FB then we'll know how they are doing.

Lai

RMorr50912 on Tue Apr 24, 2012 11:22 pm

Seems so far everything is going well in the Richmond nest. They have installed a ground cam and have been putting up pics on FB. The plan is to get the cam back up and running on Ustream.

Just a couple of the pics from the ground cam.

Ronnie

**whitestarling** on Tue Apr 24, 2012 11:33 pm

Thats brilliant Ronnie

glad everything seems OK, with the chicks, and a ground cam will be a lot less intrusive. Thanks for keeping us updated
WS

**Laikipia** on Wed Apr 25, 2012 8:14 am

Thanks for the update and photos Ronnie.

Lai

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