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Island Fox update – Santa Cruz Island’s famous residents doing well

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Island Fox

Although this particular fox is in the Santa Barbara Zoo, her cousins in the wild are doing very well. I know, anthropomorphism is a bad habit I have, but it’s easier to care about something soft and furry than slimy and spikey. So in the interests of promoting anthropomorphism, here’s a link to a Nature Conservancy piece on our favorite rescue animals. Island Foxes Slide Show.

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PS No, we’ve never seen a fox in the wild. The closest we’ve got is seeing fresh scat.

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Our eagle pups have fledged (flown), but still hang out with mom and dad on Santa Cruz

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22 June, Santa Cruz IslandEaglet soars, perhaps for the first time.
Here are other recent clips from the nest cam:

PH – A69 Takes Another Flight, But Rushes Back For a Food Delivery
PH – An Island Fox on the Nest Startles A68!

PH – A-69′s First Flight?

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Eaglets starting flight tests

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Eaglet tries wings

Our Santa Cruz Island eaglets are growing fast, and, as I wrote to one of my shipmates I saw yesterday that the chicks are learning some manners, dodging out of 26′s way as she settled into the nest in the afternoon.

Those chicks are not pretty kids. They’ve gone from being really grotesque at hatching, to ungainly, to homely and they’re now on their way to becoming  adults when they will be awfully foreboding.

I think the Muppets ruined the grandeur and majesty of eagles for me.

Fasten your seatbelts

Anyhow, the dear little things have discovered their wings, and Rocket #1 here is flapping those little stubs. He didn’t get much altitude – exactly zero – but he did get some crash landing practice has he rocked over on his face.

They’re getting more entertaining. Tune in before they fly away.

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