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Jo the eaglet 'Phoenix' just slowed down,moved slower and slower and then 'manteled' and finally stopped breathing.
The parent birds were aparently not there but the Carrigs were alerted and tried to get an experienced tree-climber,the necessary permits etc; in a record time but all to no avail. The eagle died in a matter of a few hours (as I understood from reading the posts).
The body was taken away for a 'necropsy' (autopsy ?) in a boat to a specialised center nearby.
This came as a complete surprise to everyone concerned,an awful surprise.. :shock:
On examination by Doug Carrig the bird was very thin,the breastbone felt sharp to the touch.
If we learn anymore I will post it here.
Sad news but there (I read) have been other unexplained deaths in young eagles in the vicinity...
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Posted on The Hornby Thread at HWF today;

Posted to the Hornby FB page by Amy Davidson Reynolds

Here is what AJL had to say in regards to the death of Phoenix - AJL is a Rehabilitator and the one that was consulted when the rescue effort was first discussed:

This morning we received the preliminary findings from the necropsy performed on Phoenix. Phoenix was a female. She died from acute bilateral mycotic pneumoni...a.

Other tests results will become available over the next week, and will confirm the causative agent.Because Phoenix's death was caused by an infectious disease, sadly, she cannot be returned to Hornby Island for interment.

We owe a debt of gratitude to Maj Birch (Mountainaire Avian Rescue), Dr. Schwantje (wildlife veterinarian, British Columbia Ministry of Environment) and Dr. Bowes (avian pathologist for the British Columbia Animal Health Laboratory) for their dedication and determination to learn as much from Phoenix as they could.

A.J.L., on behalf of Doug Carrick and the Hornby Eagle Group.

So the eagle had an infection.. :sad: Phoenix hatched on the 29th April.
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How sad :cry:

The infection would account for other unexplained deaths of birds in that area.
I suppose a lot of anti-fungal treatments to nests and surrounding areas is needed.

Remember the German white stork nest, where a stork chick died of a similar illness? The farmers and landowners in that area were involved in trying to eradicate the fungus.
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Jo UK wrote:How sad :cry:

The infection would account for other unexplained deaths of birds in that area.
I suppose a lot of anti-fungal treatments to nests and surrounding areas is needed.

Remember the German white stork nest, where a stork chick died of a similar illness? The farmers and landowners in that area were involved in trying to eradicate the fungus.
Yes,and while I read through the many threads there was a mention of this disease in storks,but try as I may I never found the ref. again (spoke of Asperigillosis, my ref. here;http://www.aspergillus.org.uk/ )
I know Urmas spoke of this re; Padis when he noticed he was coughing.. :shock:
Hope not..'our' Padis.. :slap:
More information is,apparently available in The Merck Manual Veterinary volume available online.
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This rare primate was recently spotted in Sri Lanka;
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/ar ... 86593Trotg

My,what great big eyes you have. :D
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Recently spotted off the Isle of Skye;

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10488165

I hope they were careful with their motoboat.. :unsure:
Don't know if Jo has posted this already somewhere .. :puzzled:
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Wow! :faint: That was a huge number of dolphins! To see them jump out of the water near the boat was amazing.
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During my quest for 'birds' (WTE discussion) I came across this strange but beautiful bird;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xG5BlH1 ... re=related

I cannot understand the commentary.. :puzzled: .. No idea what or where this bird comes from.
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macdoum wrote:During my quest for 'birds' (WTE discussion) I came across this strange but beautiful bird;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xG5BlH1 ... re=related

I cannot understand the commentary.. :puzzled: .. No idea what or where this bird comes from.
Macdoum, I watched the video, what a marvelous courtship display. I don't know the language of the narrator, but the bird is one of the birds-of-paradise. I did a google search & found that it is specifically Parotia lawesii.
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it is indeed a paradise bird.
I saw it once on the national channel geografic.

we as women would like to be conquered in this way, right? :laugh:
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Fleur wrote:it is indeed a paradise bird.
I saw it once on the national channel geografic.

we as women would like to be conquered in this way, right? :laugh:
:rotf: Oh, how true! What I wouldn't do for a man who could dress so fancy & dance his way into my good graces this way! :rotf:
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Kitty KCMO wrote: :rotf: Oh, how true! What I wouldn't do for a man who could dress so fancy & dance his way into my good graces this way! :rotf:
You wish..and so do I.. :rotf:
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macdoum wrote: You wish..and so do I.. :rotf:

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Now there is a very sad story there on the other side of the Atlantic.
We have talked about Lily and Hope in a study area in Minnesota led by Dr.Lynn Rogers and his staff for the study and protection if Black Bears in a small area of forest.
It is now the hunting season and despite many precautions and warnings the worst has happened,one of the study bears was shot despite wearing a transmitter-collar :cry:
http://www.fox21online.com/news/radio-c ... sumed-dead
Decide for yourself but for my part a cowardly act has been comitted. :rant:
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Some people are just sick :banghead:
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macdoum wrote:Posted on The Hornby Thread at HWF


Here is what AJL had to say in regards to the death of Phoenix - AJL is a Rehabilitator and the one that was consulted when the rescue effort was first discussed:

This morning we received the preliminary findings from the necropsy performed on Phoenix. Phoenix was a female. She died from acute bilateral mycotic pneumoni...a.

Other tests results will become available over the next week, and will confirm the causative agent.Because Phoenix's death was caused by an infectious disease, sadly, she cannot be returned to Hornby Island for interment.

We owe a debt of gratitude to Maj Birch (Mountainaire Avian Rescue), Dr. Schwantje (wildlife veterinarian, British Columbia Ministry of Environment) and Dr. Bowes (avian pathologist for the British Columbia Animal Health Laboratory) for their dedication and determination to learn as much from Phoenix as they could.

So the eagle had an infection.. :sad: Phoenix hatched on the 29th April.
See ref for last news of the eagle, Phoenix at Hornby;
Published by kind permission of Doug Carrick and The Hornby Eagle Group,and Our Nature Zone.

http://www.ournaturezone.com/index.php? ... 5#msg17665
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Mew sent me some photos of bald eagles feeding. After some research I found that they were taken in Homer Alaska -- before or after ? -- the eagle lady of Homer died. I will get a link to them here but first here is the obituary of the eagle lady.

HOMER, Alaska — Jean Keene, the 85-year-old "Eagle Lady" whose feeding program drew hundreds of bald eagles and scores of nature photographers to Alaska's Homer Spit each winter, died Tuesday in her home.

Ms. Keene had been unwell but continued to feed fish scraps to the eagles this winter. In 2006, the city banned feeding of eagles but allowed Ms. Keene to continue feeding until 2010.

She died in mid season 2009 which put them into a bit of a bind -- all those eagles had gathered and they needed food!

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/l ... ady16.html

With all the birds in the picture it is hard to imagine but when she started feeding them in the late 70s there were eagles in Alaska but world wide fish eagles had suffered severe population declines and were very rare in mainland US.

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When I was a child I remember seeing 10-12-15 eagles on dead tree branches when I was canoeing at islands between Victoria and the mainland but nothing like this and I have heard of large number of eagles in the Klamath Basin in southern Oregon but I could not find pictures of eagles -- I did find pictures of swans -- so I assume this is (or was now that the feeding has ended) really extra ordinary.
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I am glad you did research on the eagle photos, Alice. For some reason they are being presented as eagles being fed near St. Louis, Missouri, in emails being forwarded on the internet. I have seen them before, & I live in Missouri. Believe me, Missouri has no mountains & big water like that. The Mississippi River is wide, but not like that. We do have bald eagles, though. They are majestic.
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Kitty KCMO wrote:I am glad you did research on the eagle photos, Alice. For some reason they are being presented as eagles being fed near St. Louis, Missouri, in emails being forwarded on the internet. I have seen them before, & I live in Missouri. Believe me, Missouri has no mountains & big water like that. The Mississippi River is wide, but not like that. We do have bald eagles, though. They are majestic.
Thanks to both of you for tracking down the truth. I did think it looked wrong.... for St Louis! :rotf: Where on earth did the circular email come from??? :dunno: Lovely birds, anyway. :blush: My apologies for being misled - and misleading. :bow:
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Some great news today from Zoo Atlanta where a new panda cub was born to Lun Lun and Yang at 5:39 am. Video here;
http://www.zooatlanta.org/home/animals/ ... ub_gallery

Lun Lun delivers the only cub born in the U.S. in 2010

ATLANTA – November 3, 2010 – Lun Lun, a 13-year-old female giant panda at Zoo Atlanta, gave birth to her third cub on November 3, 2010. The cub, born at 5:39 a.m. in a specially-prepared birthing den in the Zoo’s giant panda building, is the only giant panda to be born in the U.S. in 2010.

Lun Lun appears to be providing appropriate care for her cub, which is roughly the size of a cell phone. The Animal Management and Veterinary Teams will continue round-the-clock monitoring of mother and cub, and a preliminary veterinary checkup will be performed as soon as staff is able to remove the cub without disrupting maternal care.

Pregnancy was by A.I.
:headroll: Live cam in the panda-den from 9am to 5pm. (atlanta time);
http://earthcam.com/cams/georgia/atlant ... nda_static
cam runs Monday to Friday only. :rant:
Also news on the officail site at Atlanta,Facebook and twitter;
http://www.zooatlanta.org/animals_panda_cam.php4
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