Honey, I Finished The Internet

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1. That Eagle footage is , for me anyway, a perfect imagistic metaphor of how I have lived and felt for the last 3 years.
   However, anthropocentrism aside, that was a beautiful thing to behold.

2. Absolutely beautiful, Snow on side of the nest, freezing winds, Timberlake top nests. They live in rain, freezing cold Now if we can keep the bird eating , low heat and l ower energy producing windmills from sacrificing them.

   1. Laying here nice and warm listening to that wind blow ;
      I fell asleep.
      WOW
      Video will be my new sleeper after this.

3. Magnificent creatures. Believer it or not, I saw a bald eagle last week. I was so surprised, I had to look up if bald eagles are found in Ontario, in winter. Yes, they are. There is no mistaking that white head and yellow beak. I just happened to be looking out a window at the time it flew by. We’re on the water so there is a lot of good eating around here. Never saw anything like it, even up at the cottage.

   1. I saw one at Cootes Paradise in Hamilton a few years back and couldn’t believe my eyes. We live at the cottage and I had to travel to The Hammer to catch a glimpse. Between that and the greeting they gave Trudeau that city is growing on me. That would have been 15 years ago, time flies when you’re getting old.

   2. O Kate
      Yup seen one on plowed field a couple of summers ago, surprised me as I didn’t know we had them here in Ont.

      1. I’m amazed by the wildlife in the city. When I lived in Newmarket, there were deer, foxes, rabbits, and possums, in the neighbourhood and a duck’s nest under a tree in the front yard. One night while driving along an unlit part of highway nine, something feline and bigger than a house cat ran across the road in front of me. Lynx? Bobcat? No idea. When I worked in Concord, we had coyotes around the office. It’s a jungle out there!

   3. Saw one 4 weeks ago in the ditch alongside the TransCanada feeding off a road kill deer ’bout half hour east of Maple Creek, SK. It was ringed by about 8 magpies keeping a respectable distance.

      There’s a raptor rescue organization just east of Lethbridge in Coaldale called the Alberta Birds of Prey Centre. They have hundreds of birds there, dozens of species, from little burrowing owls (they have a breeding program for them), falcons, hawks, all the way up to rescued Goldens & Baldies. Closed in winter, but summertime they have regular flights for hawks & eagles, great interpretive talks & the opportunity to hold burrowing owls & Great Horned owls. You can also feed the ducks. Don’t ask…

      If you’re ever in the area it’ll be the best return on your tourist dollar you’ve had for a long time. Plan on spending 3-4 hours, bring a hat & a water bottle.

4. Love that stuff.
   Bookmarked.

5. She’s brooding eggs. Seems early, but perhaps not.

   1. I wondered about that as well.

   2. Thank you Kate

   3. California. My sister has roses blooming already

      1. The cam is set up north east of San Bernadino CA, way up in a lovely mountain range.
         The temp is about -2 C, with a snow storm this evening.
         Not what we would expect in CA.

6. 2 eggs.

   1. In the next video she allows one of the hatchlend’s to fall. Nnaturism can be a cruel taskmaster.

7. Those harsh nest conditions reminded me of the constant 61 deg.F. we have to keep our house because of PG&E energy poverty … I suppose I’m a failure to admit that I cant’t/won’t pay $1,000.00+/mo. to heat our home to suitable human habitation temps. But I blame the State Legislature, Governor(s), PUC, and PG&E executives.

8. A welcome break from the craziness. Something timeless and pure.

9. Tons of them on the West Coast .. Squamish River in the spring.

10. Low carbon footprint.

11. Need them to hatch to replace wind turbine losses

12. Also bookmarked. Have seen a few over the years and felt fortunate every time I have. Miss my days of running up all over West Central and Northern Alberta, saw all kinds of things from beautiful to bizarre.

13. Gawd! Can we please not give them names?!?!?
    Jackie and Shadow? Ugh! Just stop.

14. We have Bald Eagles nesting across the road from us; they’ve been using the same tree for at least 10 years. Maybe it’s the eaglets from the original nesting pair that have inherited the nesting site? In any case there are a LOT of them here on the Sunshine Coast, BC.
    They lose some of their magic when you see them scavenging up at the Dusty Rd, garbage dump.
    Not just coyotes picking off domestic cats…