No fledge today at the Africam Black Eagle nest. I had other s'caps from today, but can't find them. If I can find them, I'll post them tomorrow. The chick is perching up on the rocks in the s'caps I can't find... I guess that's the equivalent to branching.
I have no idea what to expect for a progressing with the Big Sur Condor chick. There is a month long window when it might fledge. I guess we'll just watch and wait!
Dad came by for a feeding. Red67 on the wing is "Kingpin." He is the boss of this flock.
I think this chick is getting fed every day.
Here's a video of the Feeding With Dad (3:53):
The White-bellied Sea Eagle chicks were awake early.
They were looking around.
They eventually came beak-to-beak. There were a few nips, but nothing serious.
The IR cam turned off and the nest was suddenly in color.
The parents are always close by.
Look at how big SE16 is! These babies change every day.
It looks like we will see their backs for feedings...
Here's the whole family.
SE16 is a lot more steady when standing. It will be awhile before they stand upright. For now, they will appear bent over.
SE16 did a poop shoot without falling over.
Oh my! What big wings you have already! I'd say those wings are at least a foot long.
They are both feathering out nicely. It looks like SE16's feathers are starting to open up after coming through the shaft. SE15 still looks like pin feathers. I am still amazed by the differences in these two chicks.
There's a mystery at the Africam Black Eagles nest. There hadn't been any aggression between the two chicks, possibly because one didn't have a big size advantage over the other, having hatched only a day apart. They were both seen on the 1st, but there was only one chick in the nest on the 2nd.
The Harrison Bay Eaglets are starting to go further out on the branches.
I see three turtle shells in this s'cap.
They were both zonked out tonight.
The moderator treated us to this pretty view of the full moon.
I took 17 minutes of the nest tonight and sped it up to 16X to see the Creepy Crawlies living on the nest (1:08).
I think that Dad Dyfi is such a cutie pie!
I know all three hatched, but I still haven't been able to get a s'cap of all three of them peeking out of the nest bowl.
The three chicks are easy to see at the Scottish Wildlife Trust's Loch of the Lowes Osprey nest. The camera has a better view down into the nest bowl.
Mom is spreading her wings to provide better protection of her three growing chicks.
Dad is doing a good job of providing fish to the nest.
I love how they lined up during this feeding. They are very polite during feedings, waiting their turn to get bites of fish.
The babies are growing so fast. Soon, they won't be able to fit under Mom.
It looks like left to right hatch 1, hatch 3, hatch 2.
During a later feeding, they were all lined up again.
Mom pulled a big string of guts out and fed it to one of the chicks.
But it didn't all go down the hatch... When Mom settled back onto the nest, the chick still needed a napkin. I like the detail of the feathers coming in.
