Wildlife Center of Virginia Release of Bald Eagle #15-1250, Africam Black Eagle Day 94, Harrison Bay Eagles, White-bellied Sea Eagle Day 25 Pin Feathers

It took forever to upload the video of the Bald Eagle release from Thursday 8/27. Here's some still pictures. Chippokes Plantation sits right on the water:

Ed Clark got stuck in traffic. Dr. Kelli Knight did the release.

Here's the video of Bald Eagle #15-1250 Release (12:06):

I finally got the Africam Black Eagle cam to come up today. The baby was laying in the nest and the camera angle let us see the waterfall in the bottom right corner. The waterfall provides background sound at this nest.

Kendi finally stood up...

 

...but curled up into a ball for the night.

Both of the parents are spending the night in the nest tree at the Harrison Bay Eagle nest.

I think it's Mom at the top left and Dad at the bottom right.

We have pin feathers coming in on the White-bellied Sea Eagle chicks! You can see the dark spots all over SE16's back and at her "elbow".

It looks like the parent got in the way of a poop shoot at some point. I'm sure it happens, I've just never seen it happen. I imagine this is what it looks like afterward...

I still can't get over the size difference! They look funny when they sit up like this.

SE15 does have a large crop, so he is getting fed.

He relaxes a little bit when his sister is looking away.

But then he would stretch tall whenever his sister looked his way.

But SE16 isn't fooled. She knows she is the dominant sibling and puts him down.

And SE15 is smart enough to stay down.

Such a huge size difference between these two chicks!

SE16 is doing a big stretch and showing us her pin feathers coming in along the edges of her wings.

Two little cutie-pies!

Stretching those wings.

They still snuggle together for warmth.