Upper Mississippi River Eagle Trio, Berry College Eagles Incubating

The Upper Mississippi River folks left a comment on my blog. Not only do we have the camera page. But you can also follow them at their main page and on their Facebook page. I'm not sure what I caught at the nest this evening. The frame before and after this one were no help in explaining... (The one before showed one Eagle in the nest and the one after showed an empty nest.) There's three Eagles in this s'cap.

It looks like two eggs again this year at the Berry College Bald Eagle nest. Now we settle in for a month of incubation, with hatch watch the second week of February. Here, we are left to guess since there's a lot of grass in the way. I can see one egg, even though I know there are two...

So I checked the DVR later and found some clear shots showing two eggs. All is well.

Reese Lukei's Post About Bald Eagle HE, The Upper Mississippi River Bald Eagle Trio, Osprey Tracking Update, White-bellied Sea Eaglet SE15 Has Been Diagnosed

Reese Lukei has a blog post in memory of Bald Eagle HE. There are some great pictures of her included.

I watched the Upper Mississippi River Bald Eagle nest today, hoping to catch sight of the trio -- and I was successful! I read that it's one female and two males. I'm really interested to see how this works out! Check out these s'caps. (This isn't a stream. It sends stills a few seconds apart. I've see 3 seconds between stills and more than 10 seconds between stills. I don't know what makes it quicker or slower...) One of the Eagles came and went:

Then about a half hour later, the frame went from no Eagles in the nest, to two in the nest, with one appearing to have just landed.

Then, a few frames later, the third Eagle landed. There was no aggression. They all seemed accepting of each other.

They were all poking around the nest.

The rest of these s'caps of the trio are with their heads up and presenting at least a profile to the camera.

Darkness was coming on. They left at 5:22, 5:23, and 5:30.

There is a Tracking Update for the Loch of the Lowes Osprey FR3 and FR4.

White-bellied Sea Eaglet SE15 has been diagnosed with Circovirus. This is a beak and feather disease. Unfortunately, SE15's new feathers are growing in more malformed than his previous feathers and his beak is beginning to show some deformity. Here's a link to their post about SE15's condition.

Upper Mississippi Bald Eagle Trio, Peregrine Management Program

Eagleholic has reported that the Upper Mississippi River nest seems to have three adults, one female and two males. Check Eagleholic's post for the details and a picture. A pair of Great Horned Owls might also be trying to use this nest. This might be an interesting nest to watch! Will I be watching? Darn skippy! (That's a yes!) Here's a link to the cam. 

Check out this story about the peregrine management program. Good stuff!