The fledgling suddenly jumped into the nest...
...so fast it almost flipped over!
Here's why -- one of the adults was coming to the nest with a fish.
The adult stayed in the nest and didn't give up the fish.
My video didn't refresh right in the next two s'caps. The image of the wings-up at take-off stayed after the adult made the leap. Kind of a neat, even if unintended, effect. I'm not sure if you can tell, but the other fledgling came to the nest and that's why the adult took off.
The siblings took turns eating and then went out onto the branches.
First one of the eaglets took off...
...then the other took off, going in the same direction. (I love this s'cap!)
Here is one of Christian Sasse's pictures of this nest, posted here with his permission.
It was overcast at the White-bellied Sea Eagle nest yesterday:
There was nice dappled sunlight on the nest today.
I got a pretty good look at the Africam Black Eagle chick yesterday, but not until the adult showed up.
The baby didn't want to get up...
But the parent beaked at it and it stood up with a stretch, showing off its new black feathers.
The chick's ear is still very visible.
The adult pulled out some nestovers and proceeded to eat. I didn't see the baby get any of the food... But it had a big crop and wasn't acting hungry.
I got some good s'caps today too, but not at first... Although this s'cap shows that a bunch of black feathers are now coming in.
The baby kept looking up.
Then the baby hopped up. Look at those legs! They look like stilts!
The chick is starting to stand more upright now.
Look out below!
The tail feathers are coming in.
The adult arrived at the nest. I can't believe the baby is almost as tall as the adult! It's got a long ways to go to reach the same size though -- everything about the adult looks bigger.
Then shortly before noon the IR light came on.
The Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust's Dyfi Osprey Project chick that is close to the camera only looks so big because of the optical illusion created by being closer to the camera. The two chicks are actually around the same size.
They were very active yesterday, first one wingercized...
...then the other.
In this s'cap they are both about the same distance from the camera and once again appear to be about the same size.
It was another pretty day at the nest today. One chick was posing nicely while the other was preening.
What to do to get the sibling to pay attention?
A stretch? No...
A wing flap? Yes!
Nicely posed now.
The Two Harbors fledgling was home today, but only barely visible.
Wing bling was flapping in the breeze.
Bald Eagle Grace checked in. She is hanging out with about 50 other eagles!
Bald Eagle Camellia also checked in.
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