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Ernest Porter shared a video, a bit shaky as zoom and wind was involved, but it shows Jono quite nicely

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:hi:
The new video from Ernest Porter http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ_UhSU_ ... e=youtu.be
Jono is now sleeping in the nest, but camera is offline.
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:hi:
September 22nd
Jono flew in at 16:00 nest time.
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He/she looks wonderfully.
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Now is sleeping in the nest.
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Videos by Kansastoyou 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2kRFPZk ... e=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRq-1ZbZ ... e=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYVYwIv5 ... e=youtu.be
and eaglewhisperer18
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3iMW--6 ... e=youtu.be
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September 23rd
Jono flew in at 18:04 and spends the night in the nest again.
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Today's videos by Asleepnomore Birdwatching
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8LdHH7I ... e=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPVt5yv5 ... e=youtu.be
and by knarley123
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vu7XXsQeXQk
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:hi:
September 24th
Jono flew in at 18:00. It seems lately Jono comes back around this time.
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Videos from today by:
sunflowerAB321
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY03H8CE ... e=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH7yN7TT ... e=youtu.be
eaglewhisperer18
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d85H44d- ... e=youtu.be
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September 25, 2014

17.20 Jono comes to the nest... :rolleyes:

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September 26th
Today Jono flew in the nest before 14:00 and stayed for night.
Lately Jono spend nights in the nest, while last year Nessi visited the nest only few times. But Nessi was late hatch (September 28th) - Jono hatched on June 13th.
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Videos of today by Asleepnomore Birdwatching
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pkCBCcT ... e=youtu.be
and by Kansastoyou 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33U8WFM_ ... e=youtu.be
And one more by Ernest Porter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNZC0LqB ... e=youtu.be
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:hi:
September 27th
Jono flew today in with a huge crop, now is sleeping in the nest.
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Videos of today by Asleepnomore Birdwatching
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw6xAhDT ... e=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lvdg0arcdwA
and Kansastoyou 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEPs84h6 ... e=youtu.be
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September 28th
This is the first time Jono has spent entire day at nest since fledge. It was very windy day. Emoyeni brought food to the nest and stayed long time with Jono.
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Videos of today by Asleepnomore Birdwatching
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xvd9btv ... e=youtu.be
and by Krystyna Ł
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRFaA09U ... e=youtu.be
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September 29th
The second entire day in the nest. Emoyeni again brought food for Jono and even fed him/her. Both ate and had full crops.
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Videos of today by:
sunflowerAB321 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWRmCJQI ... e=youtu.be
knarley123 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn2MH7T8 ... e=youtu.be http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfH8wtKV ... e=youtu.be
Suzie O http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl8FsUod ... e=youtu.be
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:hi:
September 30th
Today Jono flew away before 8 in the morning and didn't return for the night.
Videos of today:
by Asleepnomore Birdwatching http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhlJQmSI ... e=youtu.be
eaglewhisperer18 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGPghw_l ... e=youtu.be
knarley123 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwMNPFYd ... e=youtu.be
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October 1st
Jono spent today's morning on cliffs. Later he/she flew away and wasn't seen anymore.
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Videos by:
Sherry Kamphus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJ3ZP1sR ... g6ixzDNT5Q
sunflowerAB321 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ4sLJPy ... e=youtu.be http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f39uyRru ... e=youtu.be
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October 2nd
Jono was spotted on cliffs today, while an intruder visited the nest.
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Video by sunflowerAB321 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEg1WrXA ... e=youtu.be
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October 3rd
Jono flew in the nest just before dusk at 18:10.
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His/her crop is full, but left wing is a concern - it looks droopy. Ground people said, Jono didn't fly today much at all, just ran around ledge. But Jono flew up, so that's a good sign.
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Jono had to move a branch off of the bed, so he/she can settle in for the night.
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Now Jono is sleeping.
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Video by eaglewhisperer18 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0bb6agw ... e=youtu.be
and Asleepnomore Birdwatching http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHUrn4wC ... e=youtu.be
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October 4th
Jono flew to the nest at 15:43
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His/her left wing still hanging down.
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Videos of today by:
Sherry Kamphus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDqSHipK ... e=youtu.be
Asleepnomore Birdwatching http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOwV5eqf ... e=youtu.be
Kansastoyou 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwSLkPKE ... e=youtu.be http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMIPfDDc ... e=youtu.be
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Mamicja :hi: Beautiful Jono!
And here is the event of the day...

From FB:
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Shane Wilken, ‎Black Eagle Project Roodekrans
Hi all. This morning i visited our black eagles at the botanical gardens and arrived earlier than usual. it was amazing to see J on the nest as i knew i woild get him in an early flight. a little whille later before he flew i saw the parents to my left in stealth mode and watched carefully as it seemed as though they were hunting. i noticed Emm had disapeared behind a tree. she swooped up in the air very suddenly and viewed prey through my lens. After shooting a series of pics. i reviewed them briefly and was shocked to see what appeared to be a Peregrine falcon.i take it that Em had enough of them as they continuosly disrupted jonos flights and took one of the falcons out and dumped it on the side of the mountain. theres a good and a sad sighting to this as now jono will not feel so threatened to fly and i feel heart broken for the falcons mate as i have seen them mating twice, the last was yesterday morning. When the eagles flew off after they dumped the falcon the other went after the two eagles and dive bombed them both in the distance . i hope that things will settle for both the eagles, specially jono and the othet falcon. here are some of the pics i took
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October 5th
There is a great Zoomie this year, he keeps tracking Jono. So we can follow Jono all day round also post-fledge.
After leaving the nest in the morning Jono was hiding in the shrub.
08:03
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Videos by knarley123
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRk-PpAl ... e=youtu.be
Asleepnomore Birdwatching
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhTHsf7V ... e=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgows6A1 ... e=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgows6A1 ... e=youtu.be
Kansastoyou 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPznXjeK ... e=youtu.be

One of forumers (Kansastoyou1) sent the video of Jono's wing to the specialist Marge Gibson @ Raptor Edu Group, Inc. & received the following response: "From what I can see it looks like a fracture of either the radius or ulna but not both. With the droop level in that wing I wold say he has an excellent chance of recovery on his own. With that type of fracture...and it is hard to see that there is no other soft tissue injury, anyhow with that type of fracture one bone splints the other in a natural way and the bird does not use it much except to keep it strong.Healing takes 2-3 weeks. It will be a little weak but should recover fullly once he can exercise again."
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