2nd EGG!!!!!!!

Berry College Eagles - 2nd Egg - 01/17/2014 crayj46

Well, I missed seeing Mrs. B lay egg #2 also! But thanks for posting the video, Patti! I was fascinated to see, around 4:30 in the video, the swipe across the scapulars that I believe is characteristic of a female who has just laid an egg. Take a look and tell me what you think!

Quote: raptorz4ever wrote in post #103

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Well, I missed seeing Mrs. B lay egg #2 also! But thanks for posting the video, Patti! I was fascinated to see, around 4:30 in the video, the swipe across the scapulars that I believe is characteristic of a female who has just laid an egg. Take a look and tell me what you think!

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Thanks for posting the video, ncaerie. Your contributions are *very much* appreciated on this forum.

The "scapular swipe" is at about 1:15 in ncaerie's video. I have seen this during quite a few egg-layings. It was first brought to my attention by elfruler (who is the best eagle midwife I know), at another nest. And, YES, Patti, I think of it like a human mom wiping her brow "Whew!"

Here's another pic showing the location of the scapulars:

Changing of the Guard at Berry nest. Mr. Willie seems always willing to do his share. These eagles are very competent!

... and taken only minutes later, snow is beginning to cover the nest.

A very rare sight in Georgia! LOVE IT!

Published on Jan 28, 2014 by eaglewhisperer18

Tuesday 2:50pm ET,Parent was covered in snow for quite long before getting up to do egg roll,keeping eggs toasty and warm.

Published on Feb 1, 2014 by eaglewhisperer18

Saturday 11:53am ET.The sound you hear in video is from a Different cam sorry

The Berry Eagles in the news! Great interview with Berry College biology professor Renee Carlton:

http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?p...006&segmentID=7

These poor Berry Eagles can't catch a break. For the second time in 2 wks. snow and ice is in the forecast. They've endured massive amounts of rain during this incubation period, now snow, sleet and freezing rain is coming their way. But this is Georgia so it will be back into the 50s and 60s by the weekend.

I watched Mrs. Berry get up to stretch this morning. She was having a hard time putting weight on her bad foot. She acted like she was stiff and sore but she stretched her wings and legs and dug around in the nest bowl before rolling her eggs and sitting back down on them.

Here is the Berry Nest forecast (and mine) for the next several days. The Berry nest is in Floyd County, GA.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
530 AM EST TUE FEB 11 2014

GAZ019>025-030-111830-
/O.CAN.KFFC.WS.A.0003.140212T0000Z-140213T1200Z/
/O.EXT.KFFC.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140213T1200Z/
FLOYD-BARTOW-CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-POLK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE
530 AM EST TUE FEB 11 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER STORM WATCH AND THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED
THROUGH 7AM EST THURSDAY.

* LOCATIONS...ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CARROLLTON TO ATLANTA
TO WASHINGTON.

* HAZARD TYPES...A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW WILL
BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH ISOLATED
AMOUNTS AROUND 7 INCHES IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THIS AREA. IN
ADDITION...AROUND A QUARTER INCH OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE
FLOYD TO CHEROKEE TO BANKS AREA WITH UP TO A HALF INCH OF ICE ON
THE EASTERN SIDE NEAR THE JACKSON COUNTY AREA.

* TIMING...SNOW AND SLEET THIS MORNING WILL TRANSITION INTO MOSTLY
RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN BACK TO A SNOW/SLEET/FREEZING RAIN
OVERNIGHT AND THEN BECOME PREDOMINATELY A SNOW/FREEZING RAIN MIX
WEDNESDAY AND THEN TRANSITION TO SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

* IMPACTS...SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON ROADS MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT. AS THE MORE SIGNIFICANT
SNOWFALL AND ICE ACCUMULATION OCCURS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS GIVEN THE HIGH SNOW AMOUNTS
COMBINED WITH THE ICE. WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THE HIGHER ICE ACCUMULATION.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S TODAY...THE LOWER 30S
TONIGHT...THE MID 30S WEDNESDAY....AND THE UPPER 20S WEDNESDAY
NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND ICE MEANS SEVERE WINTER
WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS
SNOW AND ICE ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY
TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY. WITH THE FORECAST SNOW AND ICE AMOUNTS...WIDESPREAD
POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.

Published by Deb Manson

In case anyone is uncertain just how much bigger Mrs. Berry is than her little spouse, see how much of the nest bowl he takes up. That cleared area all around him is her nest bowl.