Africam Black Eagle Day 97 Fledge Watch, Big Sur Condor Day 110 Feeding, Dyfi Osprey, Harrison Bay Eagles, White-bellied Sea Eagles Day 28 Taylor Swift's Song "Wildest Dreams" to Benefit Conservation, Supermoon Total Lunar Eclipse Coming 9/27!

The Africam Black Eagle Kendi was pretty active today. It won't be long before the nest will be empty.

There was some wingercizing.

And some contemplation of the world beyond the nest.

Here's a short video of Kendi. The waterfall is in the frame. (2:46)

The other cam on the Big Sur Condor cam is the area when they put the carcass of a stillborn calf for the Condors to feed. Condors stay in groups, but there is a hierarchy. The Dad of the chick being raised on cam is the most dominant and gets to eat first and pick the best roost. Their wingspan can get up to 9.5 feet! In the bottom of the right hand corner, barely visible behind a Condor, is a carcass. That's why they are all congregating here.

They look like a bunch of bald little old men...

I think they are gossiping.

I finally saw a feeding! I was hoping that the recording I left running when I went to work had captured it so I could post video. But, I came home to find it frozen... But I'm going to try to get it posted tomorrow. (I've got a trick up my sleeve!) Here the baby's beak is in the parent's mouth who is regurgitating food. Condors don't have talons to carry food. They just have nails... You can help name this chick.

Dad Dyfi Osprey was sleeping with one eye open.

It was windy and he had to put his other foot down for balance, allowing me to confirm that this is Dad.

And he's off!

Soaring among the clouds.

I saw one of the Harrison Bay Eagle parents in the tall pine, where it is spending the night. I wonder if they leave their territory once their babies have left or if they stay in the area year round...

 

The southern nests are getting ready to start a new season and it probably won't be much longer before they begin their nestorations for the new nesting season. It looks like some new sticks have been brought to the nest and are laying on top of the grass.

 At the White-bellied Sea Eagle nest, we see the invention of the down pillow! So cute! Those feathers are coming in fast. They are going to look like completely different birds soon.

They were picking at each other a little bit, which I would expect when they are eye to eye like this.

I see some more pin feathers coming in.

Taylor Swift just released a new video. This is a still from her "Wildest Dreams" video. What bird is that? It's only shown for a fleeting second. Anyway, she is going to donate proceeds from this song to conservation in Africa. Nice! (This is a screen capture to show the bird. There is no video to play. Hit the link above if you want to see the video.)

 

There is going to be a Supermoon Total Lunar Eclipse on the evening of 9/27! This should be way cool! This is the first one since 1982 and we won't have another until 2033...