Berry College Eagles Day 32&34 -- Self-feeding Milestone, View of White Rock Eggs

Today, the babies at the Berry College nest were attempting to self feed when I brought up the cam this morning. They were both sitting and trying hard to get some pieces, with some success. This is a milestone in their development. Here's a link to a few minutes of video. It starts with one of the babies (the one laying down in front) moving food from its crop to its stomach. Then it stands up and barely makes it past the parent while backing up to poop. And both chicks try to self-feed. Mom had already fed them, so she was happy to watch over them as they tried to feed themselves. Here's the link. (4:07) ***I have modified this post on 3/18 to change the link to this video. It got hung up in processing and I had to upload it again*** And some s'caps from today... It's always amazing how fast they grow and how quickly they change. The one on the left is the older sibling.

They love to hang out at the edges of the nest, waiting for the day they can escape it and discover the world.

They all do it... No need to worry. They don't fall out very often.

It's been a while since I've seen a parent lay down in the nest during the day.

It's one foot over here and one foot over there... The difference in the feathers coming in between the two chicks is pretty obvious in the s'cap, with the older chick on the left.

You can see how much more their feathers are coming in.

I got a look at the two eggs at the White Rock nest. But I couldn't get a good stream from the site today. All I could get was the "circle of wait" alternating with a black screen or the play button... I can still see the eggs -- good enough!