Africam Black Eagle Day 60, Dyfi Osprey Day 56,68&59, Harrison Bay Eagles Day 120&122, Loch of the Lowes Osprey Day 64,66&67, Soddy Daisy Bluebird Hatch Watch!, Bob Anderson's Passing, Removal Of Bald Eagle Nest Tree For Virginia Beach Development

At some point during my morning preps to go to work, the Africam Black Eagle cam looks dark and it's hard to see details.

Then a half hour later, the picture comes alive! Unfortunately, I can't always hit it right...

It was a blustery day at the Dyfi Osprey nest this morning (afternoon for them). The three babies were huddled together in the nest and Mom stood guard over them.

I looked back on the Harrison Bay Eagle nest as far back as the DVR would allow and this is the first day I haven't seen any eagles in the nest or nest tree. I could look back to about 8:00AM, so they may have visited earlier in the day and I just missed them. Still, it's an indicator of what's to come once they leave the area. For now, they were in the tree across the way. Here, one was already perched and the other flew in.

Zoomer got us in close.

Bald Eagles are pretty good at disappearing. The Eaglet on the left in the s'cap above moved to a different perch and disappeared.

Then the other Eaglet moved behind some branches.

Here they are without the circles. You can see one a little better than the other. This is why I have a hard time spotting Eagles in the wild...

As night falls, one can be spotted fairly easily.

I found the three Fledglings at the nest today at the Scottish Wildlife Trust's Loch of the Lowes Osprey nest. The one in front is eating a fish while the other two feign indifference.

We are in full-on hatch watch at the Soddy Daisy Bluebird nest. Mom was sitting high for a bit today, making me think that maybe something was happening.

But then she settled back down.

I don't see anything happening yet.

She's checking us out!

Two sad news items from the Eagle world today:

• Bob Anderson passed away this morning. He was the Director of the Raptor Resource Project and was a pioneer of nest cams, making the Decorah Eagles famous on the internet. 
• The city of Virginia Beach got permission to remove the Kemps Lake tree that housed a Bald Eagle nest to make room for a $30M development. Shame on them!