{"id":1412,"date":"2012-03-31T02:10:22","date_gmt":"2012-03-31T02:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bluoz.com\/blog\/?p=1412"},"modified":"2023-02-25T07:43:04","modified_gmt":"2023-02-25T14:43:04","slug":"crystal-springs-bald-eagles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bluoz.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/31\/crystal-springs-bald-eagles\/","title":{"rendered":"Crystal Springs Bald Eagles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>very likely the first ever video of San Mateo&#8217;s very first nesting pair of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bald_Eagle\">bald eagles<\/a> in  100 years, taken earlier today. This is on San Francisco <a href=\"http:\/\/sfwater.org\/index.aspx?page=147\">Water Department<\/a> property and the closest these eagles have nested to San Francisco in our generation. Another nesting pair has been reported at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=W88g7WVYfIU\">Kent Lake<\/a> in Marin county and more info on Bay Area eagles at <a href=\"http:\/\/hawkmanstan.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/on-recolonization-of-bald-eagles-to-bay.html\">Hawkman blog<\/a>. And another nesting pair at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/johnkay\/sets\/72157619545016989\/with\/7046944355\/\">Calaveras Reservoir in Santa Clara county<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/sfcitizen.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/05\/the-bald-eagles-are-coming-the-bald-eagles-are-coming-back-to-san-francisco-from-santas-clara-mateo-plus-marin\/#comment-135294\">updated at SFCitizen<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Tom Stienstra <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.sfgate.com\/stienstra\/2012\/03\/26\/crystal-springs-first-bald-eagle-nest-in-century\/\">posted some directions<\/a> and SF Citizen also <a href=\" http:\/\/sfcitizen.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/27\/hey-man-nice-shot-pixar-engineer-jiayi-chongs-photos-prove-that-bald-eagles-live-in-san-mateo-county-wow\/\">posted about it<\/a>. You can also watch a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ustream.tv\/decoraheagles\">live webcam of a bald eagle nest with chicks in Ohio<\/a><\/p>\n<p>the best photo so far is at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sequoia-audubon.org\/\">Penninsula Audubon Society<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Int6mGaJ338\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/9640932@N04\/sets\/72157629340482412\/\">flickr set<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/9640932@N04\/6889569944\/\" title=\"IMG_0022aa by auweia, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7081\/6889569944_1e99bb37ca_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"IMG_0022aa\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/9640932@N04\/7035702093\/\" title=\"IMG_9950aaa by auweia, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7081\/7035702093_25c80bb066_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"IMG_9950aaa\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/9640932@N04\/7035719975\/\" title=\"IMG_9961aa by auweia, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7235\/7035719975_9dfd563b64_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"IMG_9961aa\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/9640932@N04\/7035775089\/\" title=\"IMG_0026a by auweia, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7201\/7035775089_793793c619_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"IMG_0026a\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>the actual view&#8230;it&#8217;s on the other side of the lake, on the other side of that eucalytus grove<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/9640932@N04\/6884725392\/\" title=\"IMG_0016 by auweia, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7238\/6884725392_4bc342e9c1_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"IMG_0016\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>this photo is with a Canon EOS DSLR at 80mm (different source)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/12329229@N03\/6971037607\/\" title=\"Crystal Springs Bald Eagles 3.10.12 020 by geodani55, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7049\/6971037607_df21bbbceb_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"Crystal Springs Bald Eagles 3.10.12 020\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>this photo is with a 20xcanon sx20 bridge camera of the same eucalyptus grove at a different angle. This is the only place at water level you can see it and it&#8217;s on Sawyer Camp Trail<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/9640932@N04\/7030823247\/\" title=\"IMG_0007a by auweia, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7246\/7030823247_2a8d7daf85_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"IMG_0007a\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>you need a bigger lens than this to get close (500mm) or a camera rigged to a  spotting scope for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.digiscoped.com\/digiscopinginfo.html\">digascoping<\/a> which is likely how the Audubon got a nice clear shot<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/9640932@N04\/6886129342\/\" title=\"crystal.springs.3.30.12a by auweia, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7210\/6886129342_87b7c50088_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"587\" alt=\"crystal.springs.3.30.12a\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>we got lucky as there was a juvenile bald eagle flying around Crystal Springs unrelated to the nesting pair -just passing through<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/brmc35N205g\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>bonus! Some young deer at Crystal Springs along Sawyer Camp Trail<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/9640932@N04\/6889719864\/\" title=\"IMG_9953a by auweia, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7038\/6889719864_5228e5fc45_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"IMG_9953a\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/9640932@N04\/7035817349\/\" title=\"IMG_9954a by auweia, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7101\/7035817349_2414c45896_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"IMG_9954a\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>very likely the first ever video of San Mateo&#8217;s very first nesting pair of bald eagles in 100 years, taken earlier today. This is on &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[27],"class_list":["post-1412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-13-Bay-Area","tag-bay-area"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bluoz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bluoz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bluoz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bluoz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bluoz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1412"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bluoz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3602,"href":"https:\/\/www.bluoz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1412\/revisions\/3602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bluoz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bluoz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bluoz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}