Africam Black Eagle Day 59, Dyfi Osprey Day 55,57&58, Harrison Bay Eagles Day 119&121, Loch of the Lowes Osprey Day 63,65&66, Soddy Daisy Bluebird Hatch Watch!, White Rock Eagles Day 97&98

The Africam Black Eagle nest is harsh under the IR light. It's hard to see the baby.

Standing.

Wing stretch.

And back down.

I have no idea who's in the nest and who's on the back perch at the Dyfi Osprey nest.

One Eaglet was in the nest tree this evening at the Harrison Bay Eagle nest. This is such a pretty picture!

Then it left for the big pine tree across the way.

One Eaglet is obvious in this s'cap. The other is toward the 1 or 2 o'clock position. I only knew it was there because it moved. I guess this is where they will spend the night.

The Scottish Wildlife Trust's Loch of the Lowes Osprey nest is in a beautiful location.

Two Fledglings and a parent are in the nest.

Zoomer brings us in close to see the leg bands. FR4 is on the right. Since the Osplet on the left doesn't have a transmitter antenna, it must be FR2.

The Soddy Daisy Bluebird Mom needs to enjoy her last couple of days of relaxing. Things are going to get really hectic soon.

I don't see any pips yet.

I found one of the White Rock Eaglets at the nest today.

It spotted a parent flying around, so it jumped over to the nest hoping for a food delivery.

I don't know what the parent was doing, but the Eaglet took off.

The parent soon arrived at the neat. I don't see that it's holding any prey...

The Eaglet came in right on the heels of the parent. The parent is still landing here and the Eaglet is right under the date/time.

 
There's an article about a proposed development (houses, golf course, etc.) that is going to wipe out a Bald Eagle concentration area. The article has quotes by Dr. Bryan Watts, so I know the Center for Conservation Biology is aware of what's going on. I've asked Reese if there's anything that regular people can do to stop this development. Here's a link to the article.

Check out this article about Bald Eagle photographer Christina Sasse. He takes amazing pictures and videos! He allowed me to share several of his pictures of last year's White Rock Eagles on my blog. Here's a link to his Facebook page.


I saw a video today of a Bald Eagle. The guy says that he tried to get as close as possible to the Bald Eagle, but every time it did, he flew away. Well, there's your clue, idiot! This makes me so mad. If you get so close to wildlife that you cause it to change what it's doing, then you've gotten too close. This guy caused this eagle to needlessly expend energy by flushing it from its perch several time. That should have told him something. This guy needs to keep his distance and get a bigger lens! OK. I just needed to rant about that...