'FORUM FRIENDS, WILDLIFE-FROM-WHEREVER' (Off-season, all cams off at Loch Garten)

What a cracking picture, Scylla!

Korky, thank you for the CROW update, great to know the babes are responding to their treatment!

CROW's latest. There's a wee video on their Facebook page but I'm not skilled enough to copy it sorry.
Update on E17 & E18 from the Southwest Florida Eagle Cam nest:
The eaglets continue to receive feeds four times a day and antibiotic eye drops three times a day. At each feed, the eaglets are evaluated for signs of infection and discharge is cleaned from their eyes. As of their 4pm feed today, signs of infection are still present, but the amount of discharge has continued to lessen. It remains our goal to return the eaglets to the nest as soon as the infection is under control.
There was speculation about the possibility of Avian pox, however, based on our cytology, that does not appear to be the case. As mentioned in our update yesterday, our cytology has helped to narrow the possible types of infection and guide our course of treatment, but we will not have a definitive answer until we receive the results of the swabs that were sent to be tested. We do not have to wait for the results to return them to the nest, but we do have to have the infection under control.
We understand it is frustrating not to know when this will be and we thank you for your patience and support as our team continues to provide the care needed to get these eaglets back to their nest in good health!

It's the first of the month

I can't take credit for that lovely Skidaway Osprey, it was the "owners" who posted it on their Twitter page - there are some wonderful views on those cams, especially sunrises/sets.

Boreal Ontario

Western Meadowlark not seen 29/30/31 January   Once I thought I saw it but it turned out to be the red squirrel - they look so tiny on the ground and their colour deceived me.

Hardly any woodpeckers seen but otherwise the usuals are there every day - one morning the Common Redpolls swooped in in numbers before anyone else and monopolised the feeder for a while, the next morning the Ruffed Grouse clattered in past one of the danglers - otherwise it was a very boring visit ;)

Sapsucker Woods

Some little dinks:

Another unfortunate Mourning Dove, similar to the victims we saw at the Ohio feeders - did this one escape a natural predator or an arrow?

Next morning, a hawk swept down thru the screen, then flew back up to a post to recover from presumed failure:

Then a squirrel pushed its luck, taking its place (after having thwarted the baffles and gorged on the feeder) 

©SeaEagleCAM Team

I think this may have been a Common Ringtail Possum, and wonder how many times I've called it a Brushtail because I took it for granted and didn't look properly

Noisy Miner - I listened to a video that gave a variety of their calls but this wasn't among them:

The Lorikeets came soon after but you've seen enough of them for now ;)

I haven't nearly finished but I'm plum tuckered out.  SYAL.

Update on E17 & E18 from the Southwest Florida Eagle Cam
nest:
At the morning feed, both eaglets eyes were checked and they were weighed. Signs of infection are still present and they continue to receive antibiotic eye drops. E17 weighed in at 285 grams and E18 was up to 220 grams.

(On Friday E17 weighed 220 grams at intake while E18 weighed 157 grams. If my maths is correct, E18 is putting on more weight proportionately than E17 even if s/he only weighs what E17 weighed on rescue day!).

Unknown said:

On Friday E17 weighed 220 grams at intake while E18 weighed 157 grams.

Huge difference, to my ignorant eyes

The eye infection may have been a blessing in disguise!

Thanks for keeping us up-to-date, KORKY

Boreal Ontario

Gray Jays not seen at all until late, the 2 littluns (chickadee and nuthatch) faithful and frequent as always, and the Blue Jays were the stars of the day but I had awful trouble with the colours  

A later occasion, despite the similar look.  I gave up on coloured frame  

A few scraps were put down, one looks suspiciously like a slice of dry bread:

Western Meadowlark turned up in the afternoon!  Lots of times !!!  Finally flew off @ 17:45.

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Sasucker Woods

Mouring Dove arrived before 07:00, the feeders were cleaned and replenished well before 08:00:

Update from CROW on E17 & E18 from the Southwest Florida Eagle Cam nest:
At the morning feed/treatment, both eaglets were weighed and provided a second round of injectible antibiotics. Signs of infection, including discharge in the eyes, are still present, although the veterinarian did note the amount of discharge has lessened this morning. E17 weighed 335 grams and E18 weighed 255 grams.
Many have asked when we will get the results of the swabs we sent for further testing. Unfortunately, we do not have a timeline because it is dependent on the volume of testing being done by the lab. With the current pandemic, results may take longer than normal. We want to reiterate, however, that we do not need to have those results to return the babies to the nest. Through our cytology, we can narrow down the type of infection to ones we know are treated with the antibiotics we are providing. Once our veterinarians have cleared them of infection, they will be returned to the nest. We are doing everything in our power to ensure this happens as soon as possible.

(c) CROW

Thanks, Korky. Hopefully, they will not be at CROW for too much longer.

Parent and chick (not sure if LGL or LGK). EDIT. It was LGK, the daddy

(c) DOC/Cornell