About the eagles in the tree in Iowa

[Duer 157099]

If you were the guy down below in the shed running the camera, and you saw the whole nest get blown out of the tree by the current winds (incredibly strong right now), would you run outside to try to rescue the chicks and somehow help the eagles?

What would you do? What do they usually do when such things happen?

http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles#utm_campaigne=synclickback&source=deniedbyhost&medium=3064708

edit to add: I have successfully rescued two chicks (two separate incidences) who had fallen from nests, and reunited them with their parents. It's a myth that the parents won't take them back.

[Pharaoh]

1. They are pretty much screwed,.

But I imagine the Raptor center would be able to save the chicks

[kentuck]

2. I read that the nest weighs more than a ton.

5 or 6 feet across and 5 or 6 feet deep.

[Duer 157099]

4. True. Then what if the wind just blew an eaglet out?

Would they rescue it and try to return it to the nest? (I would)

[kentuck]

9. There would be no rescue....they are unable to fly...

I have watched them closely as they build the sticks up around the nest like a crib for children and the eagles are very vigilant parents. One of the eaglets is very hard to manage. It wants to explore the world. The parent eagles swap off duties more often as the eaglets get to be more of a job. It's really neat how they bring back a stick with just the right curvature for the wall of the nest.

[eowyn_of_rohan]

10. It would be a Long drop to the ground...

if ya know what I mean. For awhile one of the eaglets looked like it was trying to climb out of the nest. Shortly afterwards, the cam went out due to wind. I hope all 3 are ok. they are so cute. I'm watching again.

[kentuck]

11. It's about 80 feet up a cottonwood tree.

One nest dropped out a couple of years ago, I read.

[eowyn_of_rohan]

17. so sad

:(

[thereismore]

27. The winds could break a branch and the nest could fall. It's happened before. nt

[bobbolink]

29. This pair's first nest was destroyed by a windstorm in '07

[eowyn_of_rohan]

3. YES. I had to turn it off - I was starting to freak

I watched them for a long time - really interesting... But I am so worried about them with this insane wind. It sounds SO loud.

[SoCalDem]

12. Have you tuned in to the Maine eagles? Talk about perseverance

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/13704955


live feed
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/brieaglcam

[eowyn_of_rohan]

18. No, I didn't know about them

I'll take a look. Thank you.

[tibbiit]

5. I cant watch anymore

The grownup is not feeding the smallest and last chick. I cant watch it.
tib

[eowyn_of_rohan]

6. I notice that too - this is really hard...

The life of a bird. Not what it is cracked up to be.

[Duer 157099]

8. I think they are feeding #3

It's just that #1 and #2 are several days ahead in their development, so they need more frequent/substantial feedings than #3. I saw #3 get a really good feeding yesterday.

[kentuck]

13. She is teaching them to be aggressive ...

so they can survive but you will notice that they favor the weakest.

[lunatica]

15. They are feeding it. I've seen it eat quite a few times

[Zephie]

7. I think they're not supposed to intervine

I couldn't ever do it.

[Blue-Jay]

14. ffs...

[Duer 157099]

16. Care to elaborate? n/t

[Blue-Jay]

19. Well....

No. I guess not.

[Duer 157099]

22. Why? Why bother to post at all then?

I truly have no idea what you're "ffs'ing" about. Because the answer is obvious? Because the question is trivial? Because there are bigger issues to worry about? Because there was a spelling error? Because you don't know what I'm talking about? What? What caused you to write "ffs"?

[taterguy]

23. Oh FFS

Blue-jays hate eagles.

Don't you know anything about birds?

[Duer 157099]

24. LOL

Well, if that's it then at least I get a laugh out of it.

[lunatica]

20. Both eagles constantly fluff up the inner nest by pulling the straw towards

themselves while they're laying on the eaglets. The wind isn't touching the little ones since it goes up and over them. It seems to get pretty windy in the afternoons but it dies down at night, and the parents sleep sitting up.

[lumberjack_jeff]

21. We saw lots of fledgling eagles at Cape Elizabeth this weekend.

They must nest earlier around here.

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Montesano,+Washington+98563&ll=47.460275,-124.329915&spn=0.022168,0.055747&t=h&z=15

[angstlessk]

25. IF grasshoppers had six shooters birds would not f*ck with them...IF can be followed by any

statement...

IF the Eagles were in Japan...would the vidiographer move the nest to Australia?

[tnlefty]

26. I just checked and the nest is still in place, but the parent

has the eaglets tucked away. Nature is as brutal as it is beautiful.

What would I do? Probably nothing unless there is a way, like the puppets used with some birds that look like the parents, and the eaglets could be fed. Considering that something could be done...

As aggressive as songbirds can be when one of theirs is trying to fly and hits the ground and can't fly again, I wouldn't want to mess with a raptor who has very strong wings, a strong pointed beak, VERY strong legs with very sharp talons at the end, but that's just me.

Where fledgling songbird mishaps occur here, we do try to keep the cats away even though the parents are raising hell, but I wouldn't mess with a raptor.

[tnlefty]

28. I checked in again, and the wind is howling, the parent

is covering the eaglets with head down and feathers being ruffled. They've had high winds before when I've been watching. Hopefully they'll all be okay.

[csziggy]

30. A friend rescued some red shouldered hawk chicks a few years back

That were blown out of a nest several stories up a large pine tree. The chicks were no injured by the fall, even though it was from a great height. He contacted a wildlife rescue group and the constructed a platform partway up the tree, high enough to keep neighborhood dogs and cats from getting to the chicks. They made a crude nest, put the chicks in and monitored the situation. Within a day of them putting the chicks in, the parents were building a better nest around them, feeding them and keeping watch.

[tnlefty]

31. Funny, we had some red tailed hawks, who are smaller than

red shouldered ones, about 4 yrs. ago nesting in a cedar tree at the very back of our property. We have a rescue cat whose tail was run over by a school bus and had to amputated, and we thought she looked too much like a rabbit, so we just stayed outside with her.

Last year I almost hit a hawk, even though from a quarter mile away, seeing it go down into a ditch on the side of the road. I slowed down, which pissed off the male driver behind me, and when I slammed on the brakes as the hawk was having difficulty getting lift out of the ditch and almost grazed the front glass of my vehicle and I was getting ready to flip the impatient guy off behind me, he put 2 and 2 together and he rolled his window and gave me a thumbs up.

I try to respect nature.

[tnlefty]

32. I just checked again the wind is howling, put the parent

had it's head up as opposed to being down earlier. I think they'll be okay, I hope so.

Large raptors know what to do. Good night. :hug: