Southwest Florida Eagles Day 5&6 Smack-down, Berry College Eagles Still Incubating, Harrison Bay Eagles Dangerous Moves, Northeast Florida Eagles Day 39&41, Upper Mississippi River Eagle Trio Sharing Food, Africam Black Eagles Storm Damage

The Southwest Florida Eaglets are growing like weeds, both having fat crops. This looks like piggy-back rides.

There is still some sibling rivalry happening. Here's a gif from today. I like how the one in front taps the mat three times to be let go!

The Berry College Eagles are still tending two eggs. We have about another week before hatch watch starts.

I put together a gif of Dad Harrison Bay Bald Eagle being dangerous! This is 38 stills. He arrived at the nest with a huge piece of lumber. Huge! And he was trying to lift it while standing on in and while straddling it. Which was funny. After that, he dragged it across Mom, who left in embarrassment. Which caused the limb to drop into the nest bowl. Dad then drops the limb several times across the nest bowl. He leaves it alone at one point and incubates for a bit. (This is when the camera angle changes.) Then he got back up to move it again, almost stepping on the eggs! It was a nail biter. I remember a nest where one of the parents dragged a frozen rabbit across the eggs and broke at least one of the eggs. So, what Dad is doing here is pretty dangerous!

And here's a s'cap of the Harrison Bay eggs, zoomed in on during all this commotion:

It looked like a peaceful day at the Northeast Florida Eagle nest:

I found the Upper Mississippi River Eagle trio at the nest today. I have 18 s'caps that I wanted to share, so I just turned them into a gif... First, one of them landed in the nest with a fish, ate some of it, then waited to see if anyone else was interested. Soon, a second Eagle landed and had some fish. After the fish was gone, two stayed around looking for crumbs. Eventually, they all departed. (Don't miss, you can see the third Eagle fly behind the nest as it approaches.)

One of the trio is sleeping in the nest again tonight. Maybe we will see an egg soon!

There's a bit of a disaster at the Africam Black Eagle nest. Remember the big storm on January 9th? Well, the nest did not escape unscathed. A lot of the nest is gone and what remains has slid down the cliff face. Here's a picture showing the comparison. Looking at the pictures, I can't even figure out what was holding the nest in place, so I guess it was just a matter of time... Hopefully, the Black Eagles will rebuild and we'll have a camera on the nest. They have been seen recently carrying sticks. But I don't know where they are going with them.