RICHMOND, VA ~ 2009

obxbarb · **Posted:** Sat Aug 01, 2009 6:25 pm

Gingersnap, I sent an e-mail. Since its the weekend, and they already worked today putting up the pen, we may not see a change until Monday. You should see the parents dropping food in though. I haven't yet today. :?:

gingersnap · **Posted:** Sat Aug 01, 2009 6:47 pm

Little Lucy is sleeping in her favorite corner, RH side of
the nest box where she always liked to snuggle into! :zzzzz

gingersnap · **Posted:** Sat Aug 01, 2009 6:50 pm

obxbarb wrote:

Gingersnap, I sent an e-mail. Since its the weekend, and they already worked today putting up the pen, we may not see a change until Monday. You should see the parents dropping food in though. I haven't yet today. :?:

The parents were already in to feed them and we could not see a thing :!:

I hope someone will be manning the camera over the weekend.

gingersnap · **Posted:** Sat Aug 01, 2009 7:07 pm

I sure hope the parents bring anothr feeding before bed time.
Maybe that will quiet Arnold down more. None of their crops
look no where near full

catwoman · **Posted:** Sat Aug 01, 2009 7:17 pm

There MAY have been a food delivery the way all 3 went running over to the side.

gingersnap · **Posted:** Sat Aug 01, 2009 7:25 pm

Yes there was another food drop and I see that Ethel is going to
be labeled the hog of the family. She grabs whatever she can get
her teeth on :!:

obxbarb · **Posted:** Sat Aug 01, 2009 7:40 pm

Here's a few more dinner shots. It looks like Arnie has ownership on something in the corner. He hasn't moved in a while. He clearly has more feathers than the girls.

Denise · **Joined:** Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:46 am **Posts:** 32

Okay...I think :?:

this is the Manchester Bridge. I'm not sure which one of the buildings it is that the nest is on, but this may give you an idea of where the building is in relation to the grassy area of the bridge where he was shooed off to. I was trying to figure out how many feet/yards Arnie

was from the ledge, but couldn't find that info... Do I have the right bridge?? I hope so...

catwoman · **Posted:** Sat Aug 01, 2009 8:05 pm

Barb, thanks for the dinner pictures--good to know they ate tonight.

Denise, thanks for posting the picture of the bridge. I had gone so far as to Google the Manchester bridge, but I didn't find anything that would show the relationship of the bridge to the building. Good job!

Oh, my--good thing he landed on the bridge & not in the water! :omg

gingersnap · **Posted:** Sat Aug 01, 2009 8:12 pm

I think Arnold has 8 lives left :!:

gingersnap · **Posted:** Sat Aug 01, 2009 8:28 pm

Well Arnie is the first one in bed tonight :lol:

Must be sooooo
tired from all that pacing around the cage :!:

Hope he gets a
good sleep and doesn't drive the girls crazy, and maybe tomorrow
he won't be so hyper. Nite nite little man.

obxbarb · **Posted:** Sat Aug 01, 2009 8:45 pm

Gingersnap, here is a picture of the street where he fell (there are traffic lights at the intersection). He was in the corner next to where it goes round under the Wachovia sign. It was a long way down.

The tree in the foreground is in front of the building across the street where the bystander moved him.

Knorrie · **Posted:** Sat Aug 01, 2009 9:08 pm

Something that is interesting me too

Did find this picture on the Richmond Page and orientated with G maps

See my little arrow

If this is the same nestspot, the pictures shows the road to the bridge is close,very close to the spot where
Arnold went down :shock:

But Barb will know

Happy the 3 youngones got there food and I will wait for new developments tomorrow

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64351

OH MY WORD....what a "fall"...I don't think that counts as the first fledge...but he must have handled it very well to have landed without injury...that little overachiever...and daredevil!!! Ya know, Apollo (Columbus) didn't mean to fledge...he was just messing around, being careless too close to the edge...

Thanks for the food pics..and the great pics of the buildings and area, Denise, obxbarb and knorrie...

obxbarb · **Posted:** Sat Aug 01, 2009 10:15 pm

The bridge is right there, but I'm guessing he fell around where the white car is in my pic. Its a very skinny sidewalk underneath the building, so there's really nowhere but the street to go. The bridge is not all that busy in mid day. Across the bridge is a bad area...not many offices. The Lee Bridge, where the pair have attempted to nest, is only two blocks down.
The intersection was pretty busy at rush hour when I was there Thursday. More traffic comes from the road in front because it is a primary downtown exit off the freeway. That is the road that is right underneath the nest box.

Joanne · **Posted:** Sun Aug 02, 2009 6:26 am

I just missed Sunday breakfast -- then there's Arnold flappercizing...not a panic attack as when he fell off the building flying!!

Joanne · **Posted:** Sun Aug 02, 2009 8:54 am

Our web cam is NOT available again??? :roll:

obxbarb · **Posted:** Sun Aug 02, 2009 9:39 am

Joanne wrote:

Our web cam is NOT available again??? :roll:

It looks like William and Mary's whole website is down, but the DGIF site has the cam up.

Dutch Eagle Fan · **Posted:** Sun Aug 02, 2009 12:40 pm

WOW! What a thriller here . . . That little boy has been very lucky to survive that fall and landing. Heartwarming to read that there still are people who care and are willing to help and rescue a little helpless bird (or animal).
Although it does look a bit strange I am glad they are confined now to that pen until they are really ready to fledge. For next year they should put it up right away, without the top bars of course. It would save us a lot of worries :lol:

catwoman · **Posted:** Sun Aug 02, 2009 2:01 pm

They did move the cam focus down a bit, so we can now see them eating. Guess Arnie isn't hungry now...

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