Bald Eagle HK, Dyfi Osprey, Africam Black Eagles

There are 3 new posts about Bald Eagle HK on Pam Monahan's blog. It was dinner time on 2/19. Then she got not only HK, but also a couple of younger Eagles on 2/20, including a beautiful white belly. I'd judge the first sub adult as a 4th year, with a lot of white on the head, a dark eye stripe, and mostly yellow beak. The white belly later in her post is probably a second year Eagle. Maybe a third year Eagle. Then HK was working on the nest on 2/23.

The Dyfi Osprey Project have a post about the upcoming season.

There are some new pictures of the Africam Black Eagles.

I have been out of town and unable to observe my nests. I should be able to have some updates tomorrow...

Southwest Florida Eagles Day 22&23 A Good Day, Africam Black Eagles New Pictures

I watched the Southwest Florida Eagle nest for a few hours today. I saw some sibling rivalry, but nothing too bad. It looks like E8 is learning to lay low until E7 has been fed. I saw E8 get plenty of food today. I didn't see anything too concerning while I was watching and E8 seems to be in fine shape. Here's my s'caps from the day. Mombrellas are good at shading the babies from the hot sun:

That looks comfortable.

Mom hopped onto one of the nest branches so she could survey her territory:

That is a HUGE crop on E8! Being fed here by Dad while Mom feeds E7.

Zoomer gave us nice close-ups of Mom feeding E7:

Here's an animated gif of one of the bites:

Afterward, Mom dropped down onto a branch and did some feaking. She better be careful with her tongue hanging out the side!

That's all the cool stuff I got from 3 hours at the nest today. Here's a video of A Good Day At The Nest (28:48). I got the screen captures above from this video.

There's new pictures of the Africam Black Eagles. Check here and check here. Both are great sets of pictures.

Berry College Eagles Second Hatch B7!, Bald Eagles HK and Sterling, Africam Black Eagles Cam Upgrade And New Pictures

What a big 24 hours for the Berry College Eagles. B6 hatched at 10:17PM last night and B7 hatched less than 15 hours later at 2:55PM this afternoon. This is the first look at B6 this morning after the infrared light was turned off:

Mom's left leg is still bothering her. Here, Dad gets his first look at B6 while Mom stretches after incubating overnight.

The other egg has a pip.

B6 has already mastered the peek-a-boo!

At 1:55PM this afternoon, the overhead cam shows that B7 is mostly out of the shell.

At 2:12PM, B7 is still head-first in the shell.

B7 is finally free of the shell at 2:55PM! Mom is trying to get ahold of the empty shell to remove it from the nest bowl.

Here's a couple of family screen captures. B7 is still weak from hatching.

There's a new blog post for Bald Eagles HK and Sterling and their visitors today. Pam Monahan is doing a great job documenting HK and his adventures.

The Africam Black Eagles had new camera equipment installed as part of an upgrade. It looks like the cam is just set to do a tour of the area since it's not currently nesting season. Here's a video of A Tour With New Cam (5:22). There are also some new pictures. Check this link and this link.

Berry College Eagles Pip! & Intruder, Southwest Florida Eagles Day 17&18 E8 Returns To Nest, Bald Eagles HK And Sterling, Africam Black Eagles

I got a really nice view of the pip in the egg at the Berry College Eagle nest this evening. There is a possible crack too! Here's some s'caps:

The view gets better as Mom rolls it.

Is that a crack or grass!?

It moved like it was grass... But that's still a nice pip!

I'm going to record overnight, even though it's hard to see any details under the IR light...

Here's a video of the egg roll that showed A Better View Of The Pip (2:47).

There was other excitement at the Berry College nest today. An intruder did a fly-by of the nest and I got the video as Mom Defends Nest Against Intruder! (4:39)

At the Southwest Florida Eagle nest, E8 was returned to the nest! When I brought up the cam, both chicks were clearly visible in the nest. But I just sat watching instead of getting a s'cap. Then I thought about it after Mom began hovering over them. But you can still see one at 11 o'clock and one at 7 o'clock.

The wildlife rehabilitators at CROW posted some pictures of E8 having breakfast. Click on the pictures to see the full picture. The rehabbers are wearing a veil so the chick doesn't get habituated to humans. Here are their pictures of E8 being returned to the nest. And they posted GoPro video of the renesting. Unfortunately, it was chest mounted instead of head mounted, so we get to see a lot of the controls for the lift. But they did show E7 giving E8 and welcoming bonk!

Pam Monahan has a new post of Bald Eagles HK and Sterling. I love the last picture!

There are some new pictures of the Africam Black Eagles. It seems they stay in their territory year round. They need to do some major nestorations after that storm, so it's good that they are still there.

Berry College Eagles Hatch Watch Continues, Bald Eagle HK New Pictures, Africam Black Eagles New Pictures

I have a couple of s'caps from the Berry College Eagles today. I didn't see any signs of hatching. The nest was bathed in red for a few minutes at sunset:

A few minutes later, Dad brought some soft grass to the nest.

Pam Monahan has a new post about Bald Eagle HK.

There are new pictures of the Africam Black Eagles.

Southwest Florida Eagles Day 13&14 E8 Removed From Nest For Treatment, Berry College Eagles Hatch Watch!, Africam Black Eagles Update, Great Backyard Bird Count

At the Southwest Florida Eagle nest, E8 was removed from the nest and taken to CROW, the same place that treated Bald Eagle Ozzie. They did find that he was tangled in fishing line. I do understand that sometimes fishing line breaks. If an Eagle then catches that fish and takes it to the nest, it brings the fishing line with it. Unfortunately, as long as people fish, that's a danger. But I do want to urge people to discard of fishing line properly. A lot of fishing spots have receptacles just for fishing line. If so, please use them. If not, please collect fishing line and place it in the trash. Here's a link to a video showing the removal of E8 from the nest. Here's a link to a news story with an interview of Heather Barron, CROW Hospital Director. She did the actual removal of E8 from the nest. She also removed the fishing line and a couple of fish that might have been the source of the fishing line. Hopefully, E8 will have a full recovery and be returned soon to the nest. Here's a link to CROW's initial assessment of E8 and some pictures. Here's my last s'cap of the two babies before E8 was removed:

The Berry College Eagles are on hatch watch! I think we should see a pip by tomorrow night. I got some video today of some Back-up Singers (1:37). Here's some s'caps from today. There was a dusting of snow this morning: 

No pips so far:

There is an update for the Africam Black Eagles. There are 3 pictures included. There is a side-by-side comparison of the nest before the big storm and after the big storm. Wow!

The Great Backyard Bird Count is the weekend, Friday through Monday. You can observe for as few as 15 minutes, or longer if you like.

Upper Mississippi River Eagle Trio Third Egg!, White-bellied Sea Eagle 2015 Season Recap, Africam Black Eagles New Pictures, Trained Bald Eagles

I finally got a look at the two eggs at the Upper Mississippi River nest. I've got a bunch of s'caps from that nest from the last 24 hours or so. If it looked like eggs or was otherwise interesting, here it is. These first few are looks at the two eggs:

Mom needed a potty break in the middle of the night.

One of the other two Eagles came to the nest after sunrise.

Looks like a duet. (No sound at this cam.)

Two eggs by daylight.

Then we get the whole family on the nest.

Later in the day, we get a wing up close.

There was a visit after dark. This was shortly before Mom laid the third egg. Maybe she was vocalizing as some Eagles do and it got the attention of one of the males.

Here's a video of Mom Laying The Third Egg (5:25). Keep in mind that this cam streams a series of stills, the frequency of which is determined by the demand on their bandwidth. So, I put the video at 2x speed to make the time go faster.

I got this s'cap after the third egg was laid, but it's so hard to see eggs at this nest. They need a zoom! And maybe better cam placement! I can't tell if three eggs are visible here or not...

This is the only other view of the eggs tonight. I'll try again overnight and tomorrow to see if I can get a better view of 3 eggs.

If they lay a fourth egg, it will be on 2/10... I don't know what to expect from a trio. They did have 3 eaglets fledge last year...

Here's a link to a recap of the 2015 White-bellied Sea Eagle (23:10)nesting season. There's some real gems here. Sometimes I had to replay a part. Some parts made me laugh. It's a really great recap.

Here's a link to some new pictures of the Africam Black Eagles.

The Dutch have trained Bald Eagles to take down drones. Check out this video.