Berry College Eagles Day 44&46, Harrison Bay Eagles Day 0&2

At the Berry College nest, I love how the light is hitting the eaglets' feathers in the morning:

This is the first time I've seen the family on the nest where each individual could be clearly seen. Well, except there's a big stretch happening here...

This one's pretty good except Mom is almost looking in the other direction... But I do see 4 faces, so I'm counting this as a good shot!

This s'cap would be better if the eaglet's face wasn't in shadow. But, that's what I got!

Pancake mode.

So, nobody had any nest suggestions about another nest to follow. I think I'm going to follow the Harrison Bay nest. I spent a fun day watching the second egg hatch. It's still not done, but the IR light is on and Mom looks to be settled in for the night. We may not get another look until the morning and the chick might be finished hatching by then. Here's some s'caps from today. This first one, you can see the pip hole is bigger today:

A couple of hours later, and the hole is bigger and it looks like cracks are starting to form around the edges of the hole.

The hole is much larger a few hours later:

This s'cap is taken during the same feeding. I love the "What'choo looking at?":

And a nice close-up from this same feeding break shows a crack going across the top of the egg.

And as of now, still no hatch for the second egg:

They are calling these chicks HB7 and HB8. They are the 7th and 8th hatches at this nest since the nest has been watched. I have shied away from calling them by these designations for a number of reasons. But I am tired of referring to first hatch, second hatch, etc... So... HB7 is already playing peek-a-boo, can you see the beak sticking out?

Here's a closer look. Too cute! The temps at the nest were in the mid-50s today, and the hatchling wanted to enjoy the day and do some exploring!

That's Dad at the back of the nest. This looks like a pretty area:

Here's some links to videos from today. These are listed in the order they were taken, so you can follow the progress of the hatch by watching in this order:
Hatchling and pip (4:28)
Feeding hatchling (4:50)
Beak shows at pip hole (1:44)
Feeding and pip (7:18)
Crack in egg (6:46)