Africam Black Eagle Day 96 Fledge Watch, Big Sur Condor Day 109, Dyfi Osprey, Harrison Bay Eagles, White-bellied Sea Eagles Day 27 Milestone Moments

The Africam Black Eagle was panting today. It was pretty warm at the nest, getting up into the 70s today.

Mom came to the nest for a feeding.

Here she is leaving the nest, she's crouched down right before launching out of the nest.

The chick is watching, having thoughts about doing it too.

There was some wingercizing to strengthen its flight muscles. The IR cam makes the chick really blurry when it moves.

It self-fed for a bit before laying down for the night. Black Eagles are supposed to fledge between 90 and 97 days, and tomorrow is day 97. So, I'm going to call fledge watch, but I really haven't seen that much wingercizing, so it might still be a few days...

From what I understand, the folks at the Big Sur Condor nest leave carrion out for the parents to eat. Then they go to the nest and regurgitate it for the chick. I think the second cam where they leave the food and I assume that's the parents perched together.

The baby was laid out with her head tucked. (The biologists refer to the chick as a female, so they must have made that determination based upon her size.)

She spent some time looking out at the world.

Look at that wing! The nest cavity is 4-5 feet across. Wow!

The baby has to stand in the doorway if it wants to stretch both wings at the same time...

She finds a shady spot when it gets hot.

I know this chick was also fitted with a transmitter. I think it's part of the wing tag. And I think that's the antenna tending toward the cam.

The was a different sight on the Dyfi Osprey cam. This is off in the distance as viewed from the same cam. I didn't even realize that there was a second platform in the area. I'm not sure who the two Osprey are...

There were lots of visitors today. Here's a woodpecker.

It's hard to see here, but there are two small birds in the nest.

Here's Dad, getting ready to reach out and grab the wind.

And there he goes. I love this s'cap!

Then some crows visited the nest.

One parent was visible at the Harrison Bay Eagle nest.

 

Here's a family s'cap of the White-bellied Sea Eagle nest.

 

Look at SE16 standing up!

 

The size difference is pretty apparent when they are back-to-back like this.

Here's a short video of Milestone moments today: SE16 standing and SE15 working his way out of the nest bowl. And there's a poop shoot. (2:04)