Then the eaglet jumped up onto the branch.
It worked its way over to the other side.
It stared at something below the nest for a while.
It jumped back down into the nest and did a lot of wingercizing.
Then it jumped back onto the branch.
It worked its way up the branch until it was out of sight. No, it didn't fledge!
I don't know if climbing up the crib rails counts as branching...
Giving something the eagle eye.
This is how eagles stay cool. They spread their wings and pant.
The eaglet has learned how to stand on one leg and stretch the opposite leg and wing below the branch. After the stretch, the eaglet stayed on one leg for about 30 more seconds.
The eaglet turned around and stretched it's left wing and leg.
The parent brought some food then made a quick exit, leaving the eaglet to self-feed.
It's a wet day at the White Rock nest.
This is a major mombrella move. I haven't seen such a big mombrella before, so I was glad I was watching when this happened and was able to get the s'cap! She stayed like this for a few minutes.
At the Berry College Bluebird nest, the baby is growing like a weed. The Mom is still brooding the baby.
Can you believe this baby just came out of one of these eggs last Friday morning, 6 days ago?
This baby is always hungry! This is the last s'cap I got of the baby with the eggs.
Dad is being a very good provider.
In this s'cap, Dad just passed to Mom what looks like an earthworm that has been gathered up into a bite-size coil. These worms and grubs are going straight to the baby. No regurgitation. I always thought there was regurgitation with songbirds...
The baby is big enough that you can see it peeking out from under Mom now.
The other three eggs were removed from the nest today and were found to be non-viable. They believe this was her first clutch. Bluebirds often have more than one clutch, so maybe we'll see more babies with a second clutch. They turned the cam off while they removed the eggs. This was the scene when the cam came back on.
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