They were all over the place, doing nesting preps. I wasn't surprised to find that they've got their first egg today. This evening finds Mom on the nest incubating the egg:
And with some patience I was able to get a screen capture of the egg. I'm not surprised to find Dad perched on a branch for the night. I'm very excited and look forward to watching this nest.
Duane went out to Chincoteague looking for Snowy Owls -- and found four of them! Check out his beautiful pictures here!
In my post on Sunday I commented that Jim Yanello had gotten a picture of Bald Eagle Camellia. Reese's post now has the pictures. Reese commented that Camellia's longer wing feathers are older and the shorter feathers are newer. Here's the explanation: The longer feathers help to give fledglings lift when they are first learning to fly. This is also when they weigh the most (baby-fat) and need the most lift. They then molt in shorter feathers in subsequent years. The shorter feathers give them greater maneuverability in their adult years.
Pam Monahan has a new post of her observations from yesterday of Bald Eagle HK, posted today. She has some (graphic) pictures of HK eating a squirrel and a nice series of him feaking afterward. (Bald Eagles can't use napkins. So when their beaks are messy after eating, they will wipe it off on a branch -- called feaking. This is a fast, kind of swishing motion. This also helps to keep their beaks sharp.)
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