Nest Cam Round-up: Hays, Two Harbors, White Rock, Berry College Bluebird, Africam Black Eagle, White-bellied Sea Eagle, Dyfi Osprey, Bald Eagle Camellia and Bald Eagle Grace Check In

Once again, I've looked in on the Hays nest a couple of times today and found it empty. Here's a link to a video taken from the ground of the fledglings in flight. It's a little bouncy. It's not easy taking video of birds flying. It takes some practice... This footage represents a lot of time spent at the nest. I know from experience that it's not uncommon to spend all day at a nest and get nothing. Check it out.

I checked the Two Harbors nest just now before posting and found K43 laying in the nest.

The White Rock nest has one beautiful day after another!

There's another live feed at the White Rock nest tonight. With Christian Sasse's equipment. I don't hear anyone talking though -- so I don't think that he's there... The web page says that he's got a new set-up. It looks like he's got cameras set up and they are rotating through 3 scenes. This is scene 1, seems a little washed out to me... But that could be due to changing light after the equipment was set up... The new verbiage at the bottom is part of the stream...

Scene 2 is a closer view of the same angle. It's washed out too...

This is the third scene in the rotation.

 

All four of the Berry College Bluebirds were still in the nest box today. They look like regular birds now. I expect they will be gone any day now...

Perpetually hungry.

Wing stretch coming in from the top.

I've got my eye on you!

Big wing stretch.

This is how you wingercize in a small box. You just have to go for it! I like how one bird is peeking out from under the flapping wing in the bottom right hand corner. And if you look close, you can see another beak in the center bottom. They are really packed in!

You can see some of all four babies in this s'cap.

I didn't get to see the Africam Black Eagle chick today.

The White-bellied Sea Eagle cam is a PTZ (pan tilt zoom) cam. When I checked in today, the cam was on one of the adults. Different s'caps trying to get different head angles not obscured by leaves.

When I checked in this morning, the Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust's Dyfi Osprey Project nest babies were... laying low. One of these days, I'm going to find them sitting up! One adult in the nest and one on the perch.

Bald Eagles Grace and Camellia have both checked in (yesterday). I think Reese is away right now, so here's their locations from yesterday. They are both on the same map! I've got the tracks turned on for Grace so you can see her adventures since fledging. (It's no good to turn on Camellia's tracks since he has scribbled over the same areas so many times!)

Nest Cam Round-up: White Rock, Berry College Bluebird, Africam Black Eagle, White-bellied Sea Eagle, and Dyfi Osprey

A lot of s'caps today...

I checked the Hays and Two Harbors nests a couple of times today and found empty nests every time.

S'caps from the Decorah nest wide-angle cam:

I love it when they throw their head back and call.

These are the last of my s'caps of the White Rock nest from 6/27 with Christian Sasse. I like this one because of the eaglet in the background wingercizing:

The eaglet in the foreground is ducking while the one in the background catches some air.

These two eaglets still spend most of their time side-by-side.

They are looking at something flying over the nest.

I love this shot. I just wish their right eyes were more visible.

Headless eaglets! On the left: preening. On the right: sleeping.

I really enjoy the live sessions with Christian, especially since the close-up cam is broken. And we get an even closer look with Christian's set-up.

This looks creepy... It's left eye stayed closed for a while...

Hello eaglet!

It was getting near sunset and the light kept changing. Christian had to keep adjusting the settings. That's why the light keeps looking different in these s'caps.

Blink! They can see through the nictitating membrane.

And yell!

So cute!

These eaglets are always watching each other.

Really watching each other! Birds turn their heads to the side when they want to see something with better resolution.

I think this is Dad after he brought a fish to the nest.

This is Dad. This is one of his favorite perches.

The Berry College Bluebirds are all tucked in for the night. They are all there -- one is hiding off cam.

I got to see the Africam Black Eagle nestling today. It's going to be interesting seeing that white fluff transform into feathers. Mom is all kinds of spread out when she broods her baby.

The White-bellied Sea Eagles are finishing their nest preparations. I caught some take-offs and landings today! Here's a take-off:

Just dropping below the edge of the nest after the leap.

There was lots of moving of sticks today.

This branch was checked...

...and adjusted.

Dad came in and I caught a few s'caps of the landing. The next three s'caps were taking in 2 seconds:

I love this s'cap of the pair:

After a few minutes Mom made her way to the front of the nest and took off:

I found the Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust's Dyfi Osprey Project nest babies asleep... Again... They really sleep a lot!

I can see the leg band, it's Mom on the nest.

Mom woke up the babies when she started stepping around them.

This is a few hours later. I don't see a leg band, so this must be Dad.