Africam Black Eagle Day 41, Dyfi Osprey Day 37,39&40, Harrison Bay Eagles Day 101&103, Loch of the Lowes Osprey Day 45,47&48, White-bellied Sea Eagle, White Rock Eagles Day 79&80 Second Fledge!

The Africam Black Eagle chick is looking a lot bigger, but still no feathers!

The Dyfi Osplets were in one big puddle today.

I didn't have time to check in on the Harrison Bay Eaglets yesterday, so I was happy to see them at the nest today. They are funny when they lay down in the nest. Their butt goes into the air as they practically do a nose dive into the nest.

Zoomer caught one of the Eagles soaring around the nest area.

There's two soaring in this s'cap.

I like the framing of this one.

They spent some time in the nest tree.

Birds have funny looks when they are concentrating on something.

Another funny one...

Here they are together.

It looks like one of the Eaglets is going to spend another night in the nest tree. What a beautiful profile!

At the Scottish Wildlife Trust's Loch of the Lowes nest, the three babies were laying with their heads together. So cute!

The babies have grown so big now. The nest is pretty crowded when both parents are there.

The White-bellied Sea Eagles are 1/3 of the way through the incubation period...

Both of the White Rock Eaglets spent the night in the nest. I like how it looks when it's light but still in infrared mode.

 

I expected the other Eaglet to fledge today, so I set it up to record while I was at work. Unfortunately, the stream froze and I missed the moment when it happened.

 

 

This is someone else's video of the second fledge. You can fast forward to the 4:35 mark on the slider to see it happen. It's a strange fledge. It went from catching some air while wingercizing to flying away while in mid-hover.



 

Later in the day, they were back at the nest

 

They shared a meal. I mean, they were eating from the same prey item at the same time! I've never seen anything like that before! Here's the parent delivering a bird. You can see legs trailing from the prey item at the 7 & 8:00 position.

And a wing flapped up when one of the Eaglets tore off a bite.

Here's a video of the two Eaglets Sharing a Meal.