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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I guess they won’t have the
close-ups they had hoped for this year. It seems one of the cameras was knocked
out by lightning. <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Sutton</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> and the Eagle Nest
project has a new helper, Oklahoma Gas and Electricity! <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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href="http://www.suttoncenter.org/eaglecam.html"><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>http://www.suttoncenter.org/eaglecam.html</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Jenkins, Maurice
A. [mailto:alanjenkins@ou.edu] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, March 06, 2008
11:00 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> Jenkins, Maurice A.<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Bald Eagle Nest Camera
now online</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;color:black'>Dear Fellow Bald Eagle Enthusiasts, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;color:black'>In conjunction with our generous donors and
cooperators, Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co. (OG&E), Atlas Computers (Owasso,
OK), F&M Bank of Tulsa, NatureWorks, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service,
the INASMUCH Foundation, and the Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation, the G.
M. Sutton Avian Research Center (Bartlesville, OK) of the University of
Oklahoma's College of Arts & Sciences, Oklahoma Biological Survey announces
that the 2008 Oklahoma Bald Eagle Nest Camera is now online and available for
viewing through our website on: </span></font><u><font size=2 color=blue
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:blue'><a
href="http://www.suttoncenter.org/eaglecam.html" target="_blank">www.suttoncenter.org/eaglecam.html</a></span></font></u><font
size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;color:black'>As was the case last year, the camera
is pointed at the nest on <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Sooner</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Lake</st1:PlaceType>, the cooling water source for
OG&E's Sooner Power Plant halfway between <st1:City w:st="on">Ponca City</st1:City>
and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Stillwater</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:State></st1:place>. The nest is on top of an
artificial steel 'tree' built and erected by OG&E personnel, which was
built to replace the natural nest in a dead tree which fell down a couple of
years ago. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;color:black'>This year we placed a new camera attached
to a horizontal perch a mere 6 feet from the nest and aimed down into it.
But apparently a lightning strike has disabled it, and we can't repair it
until after this year's nesting season. This is doubly disappointing
because the eagle's have an almost unheard of <u>4-egg clutch</u>.
An attached photo shows the 4-egg clutch as taken from the now fried camera.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;color:black'>We have upgraded the pole-mounted
camera. The new one has a slightly better telephoto capability for closer
views, and an image stabilization feature for less camera shake; although no
one should expect any mere electronic fix to completely overcome the <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:place></st1:State> wind!
(Note: There will be no video after dark owing to the low light level,
and the camera switches from full color to black and white as the light fades
after sunset; the reverse happens in the morning hours.) Also new,
MacIntosh computer users will be able to view the video this year.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;color:black'>We encourage you to view often and long, and to
pass the word to anyone you think might be interested in the nest life of <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region>'s avian
symbol. It's one our goals to reach as many school children and educators as we
can, worldwide; so please pass this along to your colleagues.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;color:black'>We think the first egg was laid close to
February 1, 2008; and if "serious" incubation started then, the first
hatchling should appear on about March 7, 2008, but probably incubation
didn't begin the day the first egg was laid. You should also steel
yourself to the probability that not all the eggs will hatch, or that all the
young will survive, but it's OK to hope.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;color:black'>Best regards, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;color:black'>M. <u>ALAN</u> JENKINS <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;color:black'>Asst. Director <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;color:black'>G. M. Sutton Avian <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Research</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2 color=black
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'>Bartlesville</span></font></st1:City><font
size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:black'>, <st1:State w:st="on">OK</st1:State></span></font></st1:place><font
size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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