New Picture of Bald Eagle Dad Norfolk, AEF Eaglets Fledge And Are Tracked, Swainson's Hawk Morphs on Feathered Photography Blog, Bald Eagle Population on The James River

Duane has posted a new picture of Dad Norfolk on the Norfolk Eagles Forum. He is looking good!

I posted several times earlier in the year about the AEF eaglets. They were removed from their nest when they were 6 weeks and 2 days old. This was to prevent them from imprinting on humans. They were taken to a hack tower away from people where they continued to grow and strengthen their flight muscles. They could only view natural surroundings without being able to see the people that monitored them and brought them food and water. They then fledged at 13 weeks on August 2nd. They both have transmitters and can be tracked at AEF's web site. I don't see how to get the map to come up from that site. If you figure it out, let me know how to do it...

Ron Dudley has presented the various morphs of the Swainson's Hawk on his Feathered Photography blog.

The College of William and Mary has posted a story about the Bald Eagle population on the James River.

Bald Eagle Camellia's Location, James River Bald Eagle Pairs, Eagle Watching, Raptors On Feathered Photography Blog

Camellia checked in late last night. He's near the intersection of Princess Anne Rd and Kempsville Rd.

I zoomed in and it looks like he's in a neighborhood on Belingham Rd:

My friend Diane pointed out this story about Bald Eagle pairs in the James River region. CCB conducted aerial surveys in March and May and have announced their findings. I poked around and found a blog post by Dr Watts that I had missed. He discusses their findings and presents a graph and picture.

Here's a story about relocating an eagle nest so it would be away from power lines. I'd like to see a follow-up story once the resident eagles return to their nest for the next nesting season... See how the eagles react and if they take to the new location. This could have some implications on what's happening with the Norfolk Botanical Garden (NBG) eagles.

I found this story about a bunch of people coming together watching a bald eagle nest. It reminds me of that magical time, watching the NBG nest...

I haven't looked at Ron Dudley's Feathered Photography blog recently. Check out these four posts: Red-tailed Hawk -- Northern Harrier -- Prairie Falcon -- American Kestral. Amazing pictures of beautiful birds!