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Chat - Sunday, April 19, 2009; Eagleholics Bonding in Friendship
Topic Started: Apr 18 2009, 11:16 PM (3,113 Views)
petra
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wow TOPA great pic......moon and star (planet ??)


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Good morning. I haven’t had a chance to read any of the posts from yesterday yet as we traveled to Susquehanna State Park to check on the two nests we found in that area. I can’t wait to check out all the photos posted. It was a sunny, warm day and we were fortunate to see both parents and chicks on the Susquehanna nest. We are not sure how old these chicks are but from our recent visits expect they may be four to five weeks old. We first observed a parent on the nest on February 7th and assume she was incubating at that time. By the pictures, how old do you think they are? ^"^ ^"^ ^"^

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Just had to share one other piece of information I received about the ship that was on the news with it's captain taken hostage and later saved. Amazing account of actions by the crew. There were a lot of heros on that ship! Hope you all enjoy this inside look as much as I did. Marti

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I hope this will clear up some of the problems that you may have had with the story heard on the news. There are still a couple of things that I don't understand but this solves some of them. cw

Received from a someone with connections to folks in the Merchant Marine.

Written while Captain Phillips was still a hostage.

3/M Third Mate
AB Able Bodied Seaman
E/R Engine Room
E/R/C Engine Room Control
EDG Emergency Diesel Generator
MOB Man Over Board

Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 1:58 PM
To: Maersk Arkansas - 1st Engineer
Subject: from Matt Fisher
Hey Greg,
Everyone on here is okay. We're on our way to Mombasa with
Navy protection on board. Captain Phillips is still hostage in the
lifeboat with the 4 pirates. I hear they're flying out reliefs for
everyone, but I'm not sure what all's going to happen once we get to Mombasa .
Supposedly the FBI is coming out to investigate the crime. Maybe we'll be
on the next CSI Somalia.

I wanted to let you know some of the lessons we learned so you guys can
better prepare yourselves for something similar. The only guys actually
captured by the pirates were on the bridge: Capt, 3/M, and 2 AB's. I don't really
know why they stayed on the bridge until the pirates got up there. Then they had
keys to everything and were able to unlock everyone's rooms. The pirates got up
to the bridge very quickly once they were onboard. We had a locked cage door
over the ladder well from main deck, but it only took a second for them
to shoot it off. They then got to the bridge up the outside ladders.

By that time we had taken control of the engine and steering down below.
Mike stayed in the ECR and the C/M was out on deck tracking the pirates'
movement. We kept swinging the rudder side to side. The pirates' boat capsized,
though I'm not sure exactly when or what caused it. After about 20 minutes the
engine was killed, I don't know by whom.

At that point I shut off the air bottles and Mike killed power. He was
also able to get outside and trip the fuel shutoff for the EDG. I think this was
critical. The pirates were very reluctant to go into the dark. We will be looking at
a way to shut off the EDG from the ECR in the future.

All the crew ha d been mustered and secured in the steering gear. Our
pirates didn't have any grenades, so they would have never been able to
break in there. The previous day we had welded a padeye on the inside of the
hatch to the fantail so it was secured from the inside. The only problem
with the steering gear was the heat and the shortage of water. In the
future we will store food and water in various spots for emergency usage.
I think we will also run a fresh water line into the steering gear. We were
able to make a run from the steering gear to the E/R water fountain and
fill up some empty oil sample bottles we had back there. The C/M was also
able to get some fruit and sodas from the galley and drop them down the line
standpipe.

The pirates sent the 3/M unescorted to go look for crewmembers, so
he was able to get away. One of the pirates then went with an AB down to
the E/R to look for people. Mike was able to jump him in the dark and we
took him prisoner in the steering gear. No one else came down into the
E/R. As the day went on the pirates became desperate to get out of there.


Their boat was sunk, and they couldn't get our ship moving. The Captain
talked them into taking the MOB boa t. The three remaining pirates went
down in the MOB boat with Phillips. We were then able to negotiate with them
over the radio. We dropped some food, water and diesel to them. We
started getting the plant back on line. Unfortunately, the MOB boat
wouldn't start. A couple of guys got in the lifeboat and dropped it. They
motored over and traded the lifeboat for the MOB boat. We were supposed to
exchange their guy for the Captain, but they ended up keeping him. They
motored off in the lifeboat. They had no way of getting back aboard, so
we followed them.

The Navy showed up a few hours later. We stayed close by for some
time, but then the Navy asked us to head out. I heard that several other
pirate vessels were heading our way and the Navy wanted us out of the
way. That's about it. I'll give you all the details some other time.
Just to reiterate the most important points:

-Have a well fortified location with food and water supply.
-Kill all the lights.
-Leave the alarms going, the noise helped cover our movements
through the house.
-Flashlights and radio s are very handy, as well as the
sound-powered phone.

Anyway, it was a pretty stressful situation. I have to say I am impressed
with how the entire crew responded. We didn't have anybody who
wanted to give up. I'm pretty confident that Phillips will end up ok.
They have to know that if they kill him they'll be done. I assume the
company will be forced into taking some kind of action to assure our
security from now on.

Hope everything is going well there. I'll talk to you later"
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Happy Anniversary to Dave and Jann

a special "eagle pair"

may you celebrate many more
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Karen - awesome captures of the eagles :><:
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wrightflyer
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------------------------------------- <3 Jann and Dave <3

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MrsGoose
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Happy Anniversary Jann and Dave! <3 It looks like you had a beautiful day at Lake Casitas.
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Congratulations on your 34th Anniversary, Jann and Dave. Best wishes for many more happy years together!
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Topa Topa Hikers
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Mrs. Goose great pictures. I need to find some eagles to photo. :D

I told DH you got that cool new lense..hint hint for me. :P

Thanks Petra, I love that the star was so close to the moon.
This is my favorite time of year. <3
Pretty soon it will be beach weather. :)^
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Thank you for your dedication to the eagles, Peter. Enjoy your special day and best wishes for the year ahead!
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Topa Topa Hikers
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Awesome CDN,
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:bday: B-)) :<<>>: Happy Birthday Dr, Sharpe! B-)) :<<>>: :bday:
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eaglehandler
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Norfolk Botanical eaglet trying to feed itself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbKQHQfJa2k
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Good morning, everybody! :}^

Great pictures of the picnic, an eagle outing, and the night sky! :><:

Hikers
, I captured those pictures from the "Eagles of Catalina" DVD. For our newer members, that's when Peter was putting the chick back into the nest at Pinnacle Rock, in years before the eggs were allowed to hatch naturally. That's a terrific DVD. :)^ :)^
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petra
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aahh PETER SHARP'S B'DAY TOO.....CONGRATS AND HAVE A NICE DAY PETER...


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Stephanie you too huh congrats
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Lots of information here on the Pinnacle Rock nest (and others) for all our newbies:

:<<>>: Meet the Adult Pairs: Pinnacle Rock Nest :<<>>:
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