The second egg has hatched at the Dyfi Osprey nest. One more to go!
Something flew over the nest. Dad puffed up to make himself look bigger. Mom jumped up and took off to defend the nest.
Both of the babies are getting plenty to eat.
I had a bad time with cam freezes at the Africam Black Eagle nest today. These are the s'caps that I could get. So far, it's harmony:
I got a look at Mom brooding her babies...
The only time I saw the babies, they were sleeping... I will try again tomorrow!
I checked on the Harrison Bay eaglet today that had the injured nare yesterday (HB8) -- an Eagle's nostril is called a nare. While looking for that, I found a couple of other interesting interactions from today. So, here's the Not Sharing/Feeling Feisty/Injured Nare video (5:11):
The younger eaglet, HB8, also branched. It turns out, it branched Friday and I missed it. It (finally) stepped out onto the branch. (Hopping/flapping onto the branch will come later.) Here's a s'cap from today, the second time that it branched.
There was a feisty moment at the Berry College nest today. I thought it was funny. This video is 12 minutes because it continues with some "day in the life" stuff, wingercizing and searching for nestovers. If you are short on time, just watch the first minute for the feisty moment. Otherwise, much of the day seemed like "monkey see, monkey do"
A few other moments, "coming and going"
Wingercizing:
When I first saw this, I thought one had tried to get under the other to stay dry. "Any shelter in a storm."
I finally got a look at the second hatch at Harrison Bay. The hatchling was in face plant mode, worn out from the hatching process. Its natal down still looks wet:
Later in the day, we can see both little cuties! I got this after getting home from work.
The sibling rivalry has already started. It's in their nature... Here, HB7 on the left is going to get a beakful of HB8's face. Here's a link to a video of this feeding and the little spat (4:55).
At dinner, they both got bites. HB8 was in front and got some good bites. The still below is taken from this video (6:24). That's HB8 getting that bite. (There's a baby poop shoot in the video too.)
Earlier this evening, Mom made a strange hissing sound while flexing. I think the downstairs residents were trying to come upstairs... The still below is from the video of Mom flexing (1:06).
