Northeast Florida Eagles Day 7&9, Black Eagle Makhaza and Update on Habitat Development

I'm back after spending time with my family for Christmas. I hope you all had a Merry Christmas!

The Northeast Florida chicks are looking good! They are already 7 and 9 days old!

The Southwest Florida Eagles continue to incubate their eggs.

Black Eagle Makhaza is still recovering from her injuries that she sustained while hunting. Here's a link to some pictures of Makhaza when she was in the nest in 2007. Included are the pictures from when she was banded (which is how she was identified) and after she fledged.

The Black Eagle Project is also reporting that a judgement has been reached in the case of a developer who was going to disturb the Black Eagle's range. Here's an excerpt of the judge's statement:

We are happy to inform you that Judge Victor has made an order in the Black Eagle Project Roodekrans favour and has ordered that the Developer be interdicted from commencing or continuing with the construction on the remainder of portion 2. She has also interdicted them from transferring or alienating the properties pending the outcome of the review application.

Northeast Florida Eagles First Hatch NE5, Southwest Florida Two Eggs!

I was out of town without internet and NE5 hatched at the Northeast Florida nest. The official hatch was Tuesday 12/22 at 5:18PM. Look for a pip in the other egg tomorrow! Here's Mom incubating tonight:

Here's a look at the baby:

And the Southwest Florida Eagles now have 2 eggs! They were laid on 12/19 at 4:25PM and 12/22 at 5:40PM. If there is to be a third egg, it will be laid tomorrow around the same time...

Here's a look at the eggs.

White-bellied Sea Eagles SE15, Africam Black Eagles Makhaza

Here's a link to a more current picture of SE15, the White-bellied Sea Eaglet that fell to the ground and was unable to fledge. He has some feathers that did not grow in right. It will take a year for the new feathers to grow in. Hopefully, the new feathers will be ok and he will be released back into the wild.

There's some news from the Africam Black Eagle folks. First, our Eaglet from this year (Kendi) has left the nest area but is still in the parent's natal area. Also, there was an injured Black Eagle that was identified by a leg band as the 2007 offspring from the Africam Black Eagle nest. Her name is Makhaza. She is receiving treatment and will hopefully recover. Here's a link to the full details and pictures.

Loch of the Lowes More Details & Pictures of Sighting of FR3

More details are available on sighting of the Loch of the Lowes Osprey FR3. There are some great pictures too!

Bald Eagle HK, Loch of the Lowes FR3 Spotted!

Pam Monahan has a new post with pictures of Bald Eagle HK.

Loch of the Lowes Osprey FR3 has been spotted! Check out their blog post. There's a picture!

Harrison Bay Eagles, Southwest Florida Eagles, Northeast Florida Eagles Incubating Eggs

One of the Harrison Bay Eagles spent the night in the nest tree last night.

Here's a short Shake, Rattle, and Roll video.

The Southwest Florida Eagles seem to prefer to roost overnight in the tree. I wonder if that means an egg is close?

The Northeast Florida Eagles are still incubating their eggs.

We got some nice close-ups while I was watching.

I get a lot of green interference in the picture at this cam. I hit refresh a bunch of times to get a clear picture for the above s'caps. I wanted to get a shot of the eggs. But the green became so prevalent I gave up today...

Slow Times: Africam Black Eagles New Pictures, FR3 and FR4 Tracking Update, Bald Eagle HK

Things are slow these days. The White-bellied Sea Eagles and Africam Black Eagles are off of the cams now. (There are some new pictures of the Africam Black Eagles.) The Northeast Florida Eagles are incubating their two eggs. Usually, the Southwest Florida nest would have eggs by now. But all bets are off since we have a new pairing at that nest this year. The Carolina Raptor Center laid their first egg in early December last year, so maybe we'll have an egg there soon! The Loch of the Lowes folks have posted an update for tracking FR3 and FR4. There's a new post from Pam Monahan about Bald Eagle HK. Otherwise, things are pretty quite. Hang in there. Things will pick up soon!