sandra gee:
NewbiE, it was Darlene who found the eagle's nest. I'm not sure exactly where it is but I suppose there is always the possibility. This could be a question for David.

Here is a photo of Bev Day and DeltaDan, taken just moments before his release (Aug. 28th, 2008). DeltaDan was named after an OWL volunteer who had recently passed away. The lady in red was Dan's wife. Needless to say it was an emotional moment for all who attended.

OMG....looooooove the pics and stories of delta dan and bandit. AWESOME. thank you so much, sandra!

darlene:

It has crossed my mind that the the other nest I found might be our Delta1 pair. It is too far away from there original nest to be the same territory but they could have taken over a new territory. It is unusually close to another pairs territory in my opinion that it really made me think/hope it might be our Delta1 pair.

wouldn't that be SO COOL if it WAS the delta 1 pair? probably no way to KNOW for sure, but 'let's pretend'.

good luck with your visit to staples, raining! every day you are gaining more and more skills!

sorry.....ONE MORE QUESTION for the experienced aunties... (oh, i'm SURE this will not be my last...)

is it POSSIBLE for a baby/juvie to do trilling vocalizations, or can they ONLY screep or peep?

cuz when delta dan fell, it sure SOUNDED like delta dawn was trilling! made me think that when oreo fell from nest, that our JET must have been screeping up a STORM!!!!



have a great day "champion aunties"!

Sandra, how sweet to see the picture of Bandit soaring out over the lake at his release. Actually, didn't OWL determine he was a she? Or was it the other way around? Were you at the release? If so, too bad we didn't meet then and had to wait until this summer!
Hey Raining, waiting for a Staples response and hoping that your computer is healthy! Did you take that eagle pic you posted? Beautiful.
We have found 2 new local nests in the past couple of weeks! Marg/sunshinecoast and Earl found 1, Hubbie and I found the other! Two lets in both, still around last evening at one of the nests. Let the fun continue.
Darlene, DH didn't know about that new nest you found in Delta. It would be worth while to ask if he thinks it might be our Delta 1 pair! I thought of that immediately when you posted the pic.

The Australian Sea Eagles have their First Chick !! Read the posts, see the s'caps and video!

From Pip to Chick

GOOD MORNING, AUNTIES!



Well, Staples confirmed the CD left in the disc drive caused the problems but said once removed I should be fine. To be safe they sold me a cooling pad (bamboo) to sit under the laptop, hmm. It raises it off the desk significantly but I think I will get used to it. Mind you I could never type on something raised that high but I have a separate keyboard. However, I will be watching for any overheating in the next while. And you were right, jkr, no suggestion of replacement or even that anything could possibly go wrong with it. Some of the salesmen said they leave discs in most of the time but they realize they are there and if it overheats they take them out.

The picture of the eagle was not one I took, Stim, but I did see one yesterday soaring high above in my travels.

I guess I can't call the new eaglet "pip" anymore but it is hard to know how to address their cuteness without a name or a he/she don't you aunties find?

OK - the time zone thing. I have to address it and hope we can figure this out. Australia is 13+ hours ahead of my Province AND BC is 4 hours behind me. However, last night someone posted at the same time from BC saying it was 7:30 PM when it was 12:30 a.m. here (that is 5 hours difference). So you can see my confusion. Also, it looks like those posting from BC on the Australian forum are 1 hour out from my time. Just wondering? Are there parts of BC like Vancouver Island that has a different time zone from other parts of BC (I don't think so but am now curious). Thanks aunties.

Thanks for your scaps, Terry. Such a cutie!

Well, it is beach weather today for sure (so far no fog) and we are off for the day.

Have a Sunsational Sunday, Aunties and Everyone!

Good morning aunties! Raining, have a fun day! The new Australian chick is adorable! It is wonderful to have a new baby to watch again! Sure helps alleviate the empty nest syndrome!

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OK - the time zone thing. I have to address it and hope we can figure this out. Australia is 13+ hours ahead of my Province AND BC is 4 hours behind me. However, last night someone posted at the same time from BC saying it was 7:30 PM when it was 12:30 a.m. here (that is 5 hours difference). So you can see my confusion. Also, it looks like those posting from BC on the Australian forum are 1 hour out from my time. Just wondering? Are there parts of BC like Vancouver Island that has a different time zone from other parts of BC (I don't think so but am now curious). Thanks aunties.

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BC does have two timezones. I'm in eastern BC and my timezone is one hour ahead of western BC

If you are running Firefox browser there is an add-on feature called Foxclocks where you can add the timezone for different locations. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... foxclocks/
Mine show up on the bottom of my browser which makes it handy when I have a camera up and want to know what the time is at that location.

Well, these are primarily for Woodlands Bleu. Woodlands we tried to get a swim in for you today but you will see that the conditions were not ideal. We left the City and it was hot, hot, hot only to encounter HEAVY fog when we arrived. We did get to walk the total beach before it became impossible to see. I will show you what fog in the Maritimes looks like - now you see it now you don't kind of thing.

I hope it is OK to post these pictures on the aunties forum but if not I understand necessary removal.

A view of the island.



Less of a view



Can you still see it

OK, if I am going to be bad I will be very, very bad. Here are our beautiful seagulls enjoying the beach just before the heavy fog arrived.



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