Watched them band the Eaglets today,just awesome those birds are.

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Am I glad I went down the Meadows today and got to see how it's done.That yellow pole is a slingshot,they shoot a line up and over a limb close to the nest,then they pull the climbing rope back over.

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Kurt,on the left is gearing up for the climb.Nice fellow,EX paratrooper,and He loves His guns.:laughing7:

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Waiting for Him to lower the chicks down I got a couple more shots.

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Mama and Papa just kept circling around.

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The guy on the left has been doing this for 27 years instructs this guy exactly how to hold it,His first banding.

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Didn't get their names,I told this guy He reminds me of Mr. Palmer on NCIS.:laughing7:

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In the bag to go back home.

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Am I glad I went down the Meadows today,heh..already said that,I'm still glad.:laughing7:


GOD Bless

Chris
 

That is some cool stuff, right there.
 

Now that would be a memory I'd keep forever. How lucky you are to have gotten to witness that!
 

Didn't post this one.

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GOD Bless

Chris
 

Thanks for posting the pictures. Those birds are so big!!! I love seeing them.
 

Wow, just WOW! Thanks for sharing all that!
 

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