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

At the White Rock nest, only one eaglet was in the nest, eating.

I brought up the live broadcast with Christian Sasse. Sure enough, one eaglet, tail up/head down, eating. Christian said that this is Indy and that Jules (first fledge) had flown out of sight.

The food was gone quickly enough and the fledgling hopped out of the nest and onto a branch. This is the eaglet that fledged yesterday.

The eaglet then moved out of the frame and Christian wasn't there to move the camera. So, here's the wide angle view. You can see the eaglet on the branch to the right of the nest.

We did get another look at the close-up shot, but the eaglet isn't all the way in the frame.

Then Christian returned and adjusted the camera. He had gone off to try to find Jules and was unsuccessful.

Bad hair day...

Looks like one wing is tucked in and one wing is stretched out.

It doesn't look like Indy is going anywhere any time soon. Here's a weird neck angle...

This is how you know an eagle is comfortable on a branch...

 

Really comfortable!

Christian zoomed in for us:

Gotta stretch the other wing...

This is another one of Christian Sasse's pictures taken at the White Rock nest, posted here with his permission.

I brought up the White-bellied Sea Eagle nest in time to see Mom make a graceful landing in the nest.

She waited a moment for Dad to move out of the way...

...and when he didn't, she made her intentions clear, first stepping toward him...

...and not slowing down when he rushed to get out of the way -- throwing his wings out here to keep his balance as he moves off of the eggs and she shoulders him out of the way.

She does a quick egg roll.

Then watches as Dad leaps off the back of the nest, passing through the top left-hand corner of the camera frame.

Dad didn't hold a grudge over getting the bum's rush, returning to the nest a short time later... Look at that wing-span as he come in for the landing!

I don't suppose it rains very often at the Africam Black Eagle nest. The white wash is going to paint higher with fewer gaps in the coverage... I know it's poop, but it's kinda pretty...

At the Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust's Dyfi Osprey Project nest, it's sleep during the day and sleep during the night... With the occasional eye popping open.