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Bald Eagles Nest At Eastwood Lake

April 14th, 2010 · No Comments · Naturalist at Large

Designed to bring a birds-eye view of these iconic raptors to the public, EagleCam is perched on a tower nearly 800 feet away from the Eagle’s nest. As the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act makes it illegal to disturb Bald Eagles in any way, EagleCam was planned to bring images of these amazing birds to the public in a safe way, providing unique access to Eagles in the wild.

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Listening for The First Song of Spring

January 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Naturalist at Large

After 12 days of snow cover and subfreezing temperatures, I’ll take any sign I can get that spring will come. I heard it just before daybreak this morning in the song of a Carolina wren. It’s been around all year, of course, and I hear its call notes every day. But today it sang its strident territorial song for the first time this winter. It’s singing a week earlier than I expected.

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A Cacophony of Cranes Made Me a True Believer

December 14th, 2009 · No Comments · Naturalist at Large

Brendan and I were framing end walls for a makeshift woodshed when we heard them. At first I thought the sounds came from pigeons in the eaves. Then I imagined pigeons on steroids or LSD. Brendan looked up and said, “Oh, my god!” Then I recognized what I was hearing. A flock of 50 or 60 sandhill cranes crossed the clear, blue sky above us. They made a wide circle over the village at about 1,000 feet elevation, then veered southwest toward the afternoon sun.

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