Dad brought a fish to the nest and Mom was quick to jump up and take it from him.
The fish was still alive. I wish they would kill them with their talons while carrying them instead of still being alive when they start to eat them...
Later on, Dad came and got the nestovers.
When it started getting dark, Mom put her head down to sleep.
I finally got to see all three Dyfi Osplets today.
All three babies still have their egg tooth. That's the bright white spot on the top of each beak that helps them score and break through the egg shell during hatching.
Mom was careful to make sure all of the babies got pieces of fish.
She even stepped around several times to make sure the baby in the back got pieces.
Then she curled her talons in so she could safely get back into the nest bowl.
While she was feeding her babies some fresh fish, some bugs started swarming all over it. It looks like maybe ants are also living in the nest. I put together a Creepy Crawly video for this nest. (4:04)
I checked on the White Rock Eagles nest right before sunset.
One second we had color and one of the eaglets was getting up.
The next second, the cam shifted to black and white when the IR cam came on.
The bigger the bird, the bigger the poop!
These babies are growing so fast!
Both babies got up briefly before settling back down.
They had a beak-to-beak moment. Is this a kiss goodnight?
The Harrison Bay Eaglets were crying up a storm when they saw a food delivery on the way.
This fish still had its head. But the Eaglet knew to start on that end and began tearing pieces off.
To the winner, goes the spoils. For the loser, nothing but tears...
This was an interesting situation. The older eaglet was blocking the younger eaglet from getting back into the nest.
You could tell that the eaglet was trying to figure things out and was getting antsy, first flapping, then turning this way and that...
...then a leap and some flapping!
And the eaglet hopped over and made a fine landing in the nest.
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