Eaglecam

One of my favorite websites lately is the EagleCam in Redding. We have two eagles that have a nest right next to the freeway which leads into downtown Redding. Construction on that freeway caused Caltrans to place a cone in the nest last year hoping to force the eagles to nest somewhere else. The eagles, however, liked their home and were not deterred. So the cone was removed and a webcam was set up to monitor the eagles. They are so content in their home that they have hatched 3 eggs. The eaglets hatched on March 17, 19 and 22. You can peek at the birds at this website: http://www.turtlebay.org/caltranseaglecam.php

Every morning I log onto my computer and Ryan and Shelby and I watch the eaglets have their breakfast. I'm hooked. I check on them at least once during the day while I'm working and at least once in the evening. You can't zoom in or anything so the eaglets just look like gray moving blobs at this point but I still enjoy watching them. And if you happen to catch "shift change" between the two parents it's just amazing to see them take off from the nest. Truly majestic.

The parents names are Patriot and Liberty. The babies are Freedom, Spirit and Hope. The funny thing is that one of the eaglets from the last time this pair had babies is named Freedom also. So Spirit can tell other eagles "This is my brother Freedom and this is my other brother Freedom."

The Biggest Loser

Today I joined a group of ladies for a local Biggest Loser contest. We each paid $50 into a pot and weighed in. We will weigh in once a week for 8 weeks. At the end of the 8 weeks we'll all get together for a final weigh-in and the person who lost the biggest percentage of weight will be the winner. I am hoping (and praying) that this will be the motivation I need to kick myself back into the routine eating right and exercising. I will keep you all posted as to my progress. Weigh-in days are Wednesdays. I'm going to try to remember to take a before and after photo and if I am brave I will post them at the end of the 8 weeks. :)