I reviewed the entire day at the Berry College nest and didn't see either fledgling. Mom brought a squirrel to the nest. The cam was freezing bad today. One frame she wasn't there, the next frame she was...
She waited a while to see if one of her babies was going to show up. Eventually, she started eating the squirrel. (And when she left the nest later, she took the leftovers with her.)
It was fun watching her wait. She is panting to cool off after carrying the squirrel to the nest in the mid-day heat. It makes her look funny... Or maybe she was just jealous of my funny looking Dad video and she was making faces for the camera...
I like this s'cap of the Blue Jay. It's thinking, "Fly like an Eagle!"
The Harrison Bay Eaglets look full grown. Here's a day in the life...
I love the big stretches. I think these relieve their growing pains.
It's funny watching them follow each other around the nest.
They are both showing off their big feet.
One of the parents brought a nice-size fish to the nest.
Two peas in a pod...
One of the eaglets did some impressive self-feeding.
Mom and Dad like to perch in a near-by tree.
Sleepy baby...
Wingercizing.
I like the light at this nest in the morning because it lights up the background trees and at sunset (like here) because it's such a pretty light.
Mom stands up. She's thinking about something...
And off she goes!
She's gone for a bit and returns with a clump of green pine. It's looks like she took the end off of a pine bough.
I recorded the Dyfi Osprey nest overnight last night so I could see how many eggs they have. They won't lay any more at this point. And the verdict is... 3 eggs.
I had some backyard deer tonight at my neighbor's feeder. It was a Cinco De Mayo party (0:39) at the feeder...
So, do you guys like having the videos embedded right into the blog, so you don't have to go to YouTube? You can always click the link I provide, or select YouTube at the bottom right of the video to watch on YouTube. Let me know if you like it or not...
Tons of s'caps of the White Rock hatch. I'm just going to put them in here without a lot of commentary...
Mom just moved half of the egg shell out of the nest bowl to the 12:00 position.
The talons are curled in so as to not injure the hatchling or damage the egg.
Mom returned from taking a quick break and let Dad know that he needed to move! Which he did...
Not sure if that's a piece of egg shell or a pip in the other egg.
Don't stand on that!
This was the first feeding attempt, but I don't think the baby got any pieces.
There's a nice crack showing in the egg. Where is zoomer!?!?!?
The stream has gotten really jerky. It's like a series of stills. That make it hard to tell if the hatchling has gotten any bites. But it has been offered plenty over the course of the day.
The bright white spot on the hatchling's beak is the egg tooth that helps it break out of the shell. It will disappear soon.
That looks like debris on the egg at the 3:00 position. But if you look at the bottom edge, you can see that it's uneven. I think that's where the baby has already broken some of the shell.
I have a short video from today. Calisthenics in the Nest. (1:27) I also got a bunch of s'caps from the Berry College nest today too. You know these eaglets are getting plenty to eat when they are ignoring so many fish in the nest. A lot of these are "buddy" s'caps and some self-feeding s'caps. Here's some playful beaking.
The eaglet is actually standing on two fish... It was hard finding a starting point, but the eaglet was successful in self-feeding.
I don't know what's up with this sudden glut of fish in the nest.
The Harrison Bay chicks have been about to thermoregulate for about a week now and don't need to be brooded. They will snuggle up together and be plenty warm enough. Still a big size difference.
The Scottish Wildlife Trust reports that the Loch of the Lowes Osprey laid their third egg today! I'll record the nest overnight tonight (which is their daytime) and see if I can get a s'cap for tomorrow...
