Berry College Eagles Nestorations, Harrison Bay Eagles Nestorations, White-bellied Sea Eagles Day 81 SE15 Branches!

The Berry College Eagles are back and they were doing some nestorations today!

Here's video of them doing some Nestorations (24:14):

The Harrison Bay Eagles were in the big pine:

Then they did a little work in the nest. I love this s'cap of them:

At least one of them is spending the night in the nest tree, but perched on a higher branch and we can only see the bottom half...

I am putting together some video from the White-bellied Sea Eagles, but I'm not going to be able to get it finished until tomorrow... The good news, SE15 branched today! Here's a s'cap and I'll have the video up tomorrow. You can see his tail where he has jumped up onto the perch branch:

Harrison Bay Eagles Nestoration Continue, White-bellied Sea Eagles Day 79 SE16 Misses The Landing!, Africam Black Eagle Day 148 Tough Love

The Harrison Bay Eagles were doing more nestorations today. Having spent the night in the nest tree, they were moving about the nest bright and early. (Dark and early?)

I like seeing them side-by-side. Pretty!

They were working together again to place the sticks.

And they were still going beak-to-beak to settle differences. Dad is still standing tall and reared back to get away from Mom's beak in the s'cap below. She is starting to turn away here.

Look at the size of this stick! If Dad is 3 feet from head to tail, that stick is at least 4 feet long!

The White-bellied Sea Eagle chicks are still miles apart in their development. SE16 is still flying back and forth between the camera tree and the nest.

Here, SE16 just landed to the left of SE15.

Check out this video of something new. SE16 does an exit, stage right! Then SE16 Misses The Landing! You can hear her crashing through the branches below the nest. It's scary when this happens -- this is how wings and legs get broken... Does she make it back ok? Watch the video to find out! (3:25)

There are new pictures of the Africam Black Eaglet Kendi. She is a stunner and these pictures are amazing! The parents (mostly Dad) are showing her aggression -- both for training and to make her feel unwelcome so she will leave the territory and strike out on her own. That's the way it is with the Black Eagles. They are not a warm/fuzzy species, with their siblicide and tough love... But check out these pictures, they clearly depict the interaction between Kendi and Dad. Amazing!!

Harrison Bay Eagles Stick Work & Soft Grass, White-bellied Sea Eagles Day 78

I've got two really great videos for today! The Harrison Bay Eagles were working hard on the nest today. A heavy fog didn't bother them one bit. I know this video is long, but it's the good stuff! These are the Stick Work & Soft Grass highlights that occurred over a three hour period, boiled down into 18:23 minutes:

Mom and Dad (Elliot & Eloise) spent a lot of time and energy working on the nest today. Imagine, each stick is collected one at a time (broken off of a tree), brought into the nest, cleaned up (little side branches get broken off), then moved around until its in the perfect spot. These sticks normally range from about 2 to 5 feet in length! (As a reference, an Eagle is about 3 feet from the top of the head to the tip of the tail.)

They'd rest before taking off to collect another branch.

Sometimes Mom would wait for Dad to bring her another stick. Then she'd hop down into the nest to place it in the right spot.

Sometimes they would discuss the situation. Mom usually wins at this nest...

They are both spending the night in the nest tree tonight.

I brought up the White-bellied Sea Eagle nest, got excited when I saw the view on cam two, and hurried as fast as I could to start recording before they chicks moved or the camera angle was changed. Aren't they beautiful!? We finally get a good look at their faces and I'm amazed by the differences! SE16 on the left has a softer face and sleepy eyes. SE15 on the right has sharper features and more angular eye sockets. Watch the Eaglets Looking Out video (12:19) and comment about what differences do you see.

Harrison Bay Critter, White-bellied Sea Eagles Day 70, Bald Eagle HK, Center For Conservation Biology Recognizes Dana Bradshaw

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

The Harrison Bay Eagles have a recurring visitor. Here's an animated gif.

Here's a "Where's Waldo" shot of the White-bellied Sea Eagles. One of the parents is visible in this s'cap. Can you find the adult? Leave a comment if you see it!

There was lots of wingercizing this morning.

Look at how big they've grown!

The next three s'caps show SE16 catching some air.

They can't hover like Osprey. But they still get some pretty good height.

They are both wingercizing here.

Then something did a fly-by of the nest, seen at about 10:00 in this s'cap. SE15 didn't see it, but SE16 is reacting by ducking.

These babies have pretty faces.

Planning their escape from the nest.

The babies look full grown when compared to the adult.

Pam Monahan has a new blog post about Bald Eagle HK. He has a nest at Honey Bee Golf Course. Pam's picture shows something on HK's head, hopefully it's a smudge and not an injury...

The Center for Conservation Biology has published the article Dana Bradshaw Recognized For Commitment To Woodpecker Recovery.