Mom just moved half of the egg shell out of the nest bowl to the 12:00 position.
The talons are curled in so as to not injure the hatchling or damage the egg.
Mom returned from taking a quick break and let Dad know that he needed to move! Which he did...
Not sure if that's a piece of egg shell or a pip in the other egg.
Don't stand on that!
This was the first feeding attempt, but I don't think the baby got any pieces.
There's a nice crack showing in the egg. Where is zoomer!?!?!?
The stream has gotten really jerky. It's like a series of stills. That make it hard to tell if the hatchling has gotten any bites. But it has been offered plenty over the course of the day.
The bright white spot on the hatchling's beak is the egg tooth that helps it break out of the shell. It will disappear soon.
That looks like debris on the egg at the 3:00 position. But if you look at the bottom edge, you can see that it's uneven. I think that's where the baby has already broken some of the shell.
I have a short video from today. Calisthenics in the Nest. (1:27) I also got a bunch of s'caps from the Berry College nest today too. You know these eaglets are getting plenty to eat when they are ignoring so many fish in the nest. A lot of these are "buddy" s'caps and some self-feeding s'caps. Here's some playful beaking.
The eaglet is actually standing on two fish... It was hard finding a starting point, but the eaglet was successful in self-feeding.
I don't know what's up with this sudden glut of fish in the nest.
The Harrison Bay chicks have been about to thermoregulate for about a week now and don't need to be brooded. They will snuggle up together and be plenty warm enough. Still a big size difference.
The Scottish Wildlife Trust reports that the Loch of the Lowes Osprey laid their third egg today! I'll record the nest overnight tonight (which is their daytime) and see if I can get a s'cap for tomorrow...
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