Take some pics! I've got to get my camera gear in order.....l just upped my game and picked up a kayak to hit the marshes around here for some pics. There always seems to be some great finds that are just out of photo range.
jfan...I've thought about dedicating more of my time toward "wildlife photography" vs "archery hunting"...I have not made that leap...YET!
Did you ever think of what it would be like to hunt with no closed seasons, no limits, access to the very best habitat for the creatures you're pursuing, and the ability to capture a beautiful lifelong memory to share with whoever you want? That's what photography gives you.
And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul. - John Muir
I certainly understand it but photography is just something I've never gotten into. I do however appreciate seeing the results of those who do. We have a nature area behind our home. We also have feeders out for all of the game that lives there. We have deer as well as wild turkeys, raccoons and an assortment of birds that feed in our back yard very close to our patio. Maybe at some point I'll take pictures of this but as of now I simply enjoy the experience of having them so close.
Intoducing for The Cleveland Browns, Quarterback Deshawn "The Predator" Watson. He will also be the one to choose your next head coach.
As I said, wildlife photography is something I've considered...and not necessarily as an "either or" choice but in addition to my pursuit of the dominate buck.
I have a feeling that your decision to "float" will be rewarding...good luck.
April 3, 2023 HM laid egg #1 2/25/23 at 3:43 PM CT HM laid egg #2 2/28/23 at 4:38 PM CT
We have a Pip!! April 3, 2023 Pip pip hooray! Our eagle-eyed volunteers spotted a little starring on one of the eggs at around 6:53 this evening. Is it on the blunt side of the egg? Check! Are we on hatch watch? Check! And does the egg appear to jump or rock a little bit? It does. It has been eleven years since we watched eaglets hatch in this nest, but DH1 is on its way! April 3, 2024: Pip in Decorah! https://explore.org/livecams/raptor-resource-project/decorah-eagles#!
Our 6 goslings took the Big Leap early this morning. They were very quick about it. Began around 7:40 CT (nest time) if you want to rewind. Mother Goose got up and left and all 6 went in a couple minutes with no further encouragement. Five of them showed up to the parents waiting below before too long. A sixth took longer and seemed to be unable to maneuver in the water. RRP was able to rescue this one and send it to their veterinarian to be checked out as it seemed to have an issue with a leg.
Any further updates will be posted when we receive them.
We’re sorry to let everyone know that six didn’t make it. In reviewing the footage, it appears the gosling hit a branch on the way down and suffered a severe spinal injury. We can remove logs and dead wood from the bottom of the tree, but we can’t do much about large living limbs and we aren’t going to discourage nesting in N2B. Five out of six goslings survived the jump. This translates to a survival rate of 83%, which is higher than average. It is sad to lose one gosling – really sad! – but the geese we’re watching benefit as a whole from nesting on high.
The rest of the family has left the nest area, but new geese are looking at N2B. We’ve seen them in the nest, floating below the nest, promenading up the stream, and foraging on the grassy banks on each side of the creek. We think that these might be the same geese that challenged HD in N1: of course HD eventually got annoyed and chased them away. We’ll see what happens and if we can determine where the parents and goslings went after the leap of faith!
So often our birds make choices that seem incomprehensible to us, but they know their lives better than we do. For you, the broken-hearted nest watcher, I quote Kaeli Swift: “Please, rather than shutting down those deep feelings you have for wildlife…lean into them. Teach your friends and neighbors and children to feel those deep feelings. Because it’s from that space that we can do best by wildlife…”. Thank you so much for taking this journey with us. If you’d like to read Kaeli’s blog, follow this link: https://corvidresearch.blog... ***************** More Video links and photos of the leap of faith here in this blog: https://www.raptorresource....
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