I was watching the Hays nest trying to get a good s'cap of the three babies laying in the nest. Do you have any idea how hard it is to get all three with their heads up so you can tell where one baby ends and the next one starts? See, this s'cap -- not good. (Is this called a s'crap?)
Much better!
Then one of the parents arrived with some food. The youngest was closest, so I was curious to see if it would get some bites. It kept its head down while the two older siblings perked up.
Then the youngest did a maneuver I've seen other youngest chicks do. At first I was worried because it was moving away from the feeding end of things... I'm thinking, "Wrong way!"
It still seemed to be going the wrong way...
Next thing I knew, the chick made its way up to the food, using the adult as a shield against the bigger siblings.
The bigger chicks laid down and watched as the adult fed the youngest chick. And fed it, and fed it, and fed it!
At one point, one of the older chicks looked like it was going to make a move.
But then the other adult arrived.
The other adult was reaching in for the food...
...was it going to feed the other two chicks? Was it going to help feed the littlest? Was it going to eat all of the food itself? We will never know, since this is when an ad started playing! And after the ad finished, it locked up instead of returning to the nest. Ask me how happy I am about these invasive ads!
By the time I refreshed and sat through the ad again (thank you!), the IR light was on and the littlest was still being fed -- getting a pretty good look at a fat crop in this s'cap.
The other two are looking at each other wondering what went wrong...
The parent notices that the other two are back there and turns around with the food.
Offering a bite here to one of the bigger chicks that hadn't gotten much during this feeding. (The older chick that is farther away from the cam did get a few bites when the parent was facing away.) It was great watching the little one demonstrate a great coping technique!
And now, with full crops, it's time for food coma!
It looks like the Two Harbors cam is frozen again today, with this never-ending scene. It's almost the same as yesterday, except there's no parent...
It's another beautiful day at the White Rock nest. Mom is panting so we know it's warm. She is trying to shade her babies.
I thought the other shade was more effective...
These babies are getting pretty mobile! I'm always surprised at how little they are when they start making their way out of the nest bowl. Today reminded me of the expression about trying to herd cats. Check out the s'caps and you'll see what I mean...
So Mom tries shading them this way...
She didn't get a moment's rest...
Up and down. Up and down.
Another escapee!
Turning to shade the escapee.
"Hey now! Where are you going?" Good luck Momma! You've got your hands full!
Hatch watch is on at the Berry College Bluebird nest. And the cam is down! There is much gnashing of teeth over this! People have been glued to their computers all day and then the cam goes down before the big event! Are they hatching RIGHT NOW? And we are missing it! (That's a little tongue-in-cheek. But I know it's frustrating... Hopefully, the babies will wait until the cam is back!) I got these s'caps earlier today:
Here's another Mom that's up and down, up and down. I don't see any signs of hatching yet... This was around 7:00PM.
I don't follow the RF Bald Eagle nest. But there was a bad situation there over the past couple of days. The chick in the nest was tangled up in fishing line. Today, someone got the chick from the nest, removed the fishing line (I understand it was tangled around its foot and wing) and then returned it to the nest. (Here is a link to a video of the chick being removed from the nest.) This story had a happy ending. But there are plenty of situations in nature where people aren't watching and the wildlife isn't so lucky. If you fish, please dispose of your fishing line in a responsible manner. And if you see improperly discarded fishing line, please pick it up. Dead Bald Eagles have been found hanging from trees by fishing line. There are plenty of sightings of ducks and herons with fish hooks stuck in them or tangled up in fishing line. Check out this link to Google images of the search 'wildlife fishing line hook' for some disturbing images of wildlife in distress...
Bald Eagle Camellia checked in.
I mentioned in my post yesterday about Eagle On Alliance (EOA) selling Dad Norfolk logo items. I sent an email to EOA asking what the colors 'Iris' and 'Azalea' were. I was surprised to find that Iris is light blue (was hoping for purple...) and not surprised to find that Azalea is pink. Just more info in case you are looking to place an order.
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