The Brodhead Eagles, Hidden Spring Treasures, the Eggshell Mystery, the Bones, NYU's Bobby and Rosie, and Pip the Orphaned Hummingbird

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Brodhead Mom sits tight while Dad watches from an adjacent tree.

 Mom tends.  Exactly what Mom is tending, eggs or eaglets is unclear as yet.

Mom gives the viewers, which are at least a half mile away, the eye.

There were thunder storms today. So not only would visibility be at a minimum but I figured the parents had enough to worry about without having to worry about me.

I'm in a different house and the yard is full of surprises.  Yesterday, this little Snow Drop blossoming in the oak mast started it all. 

 I wonder what else is under those leaves?  The leaves are deep. They don't appear to have been moved for some years. Time for the gentle use of a  hand rake or a leave blower.

It appears that the power stored in the bulbs is able to power the shoot up and through the middle of leaves if necessary.  More careful leaf removal. 

As you can see some were completely buried and unable to photosynthesize.  And it wasn't only Snow Drops in there.

Anyone know what these are?

And this?

How about these? 

                                          Iris perhaps?

                                                                     Tulips?

And then there were the non-vegetative items.  I found this egg shell nested inside itself under the leaves.  Is this a discarded egg shell disposed of by a parent?  It is chicken sized.  Or if not, who consumed the contents?  A raccoon perhaps?  Humans don't ordinarily leave a shell that is halved with little irregular points.

If squeamish about bones scroll down fast to Bobby and Rosie.

Rabbit vertebrae.

NYU Red-tails_ Bobby menaces the window while standing on Rosie's back....she doesn't mind a bit.  The Video.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqbGN0B3yW8

Pip the Orphaned Hummingbird gets adopted and fed in less than 30 seconds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pScks71UjY

HAPPY HAWKING!
Donegal Browne