Here's my s'caps from today at the Southwest Florida Eagle nest:
That bite is way too big for that baby!
We've had a lot of rain today. Mom is not inclined to get up and expose her hatchling to the rain... Which leaves the viewers to wonder how the hatch is going.
It's hard to tell if that's a crack or debris.
We finally got a little clearing and can see a nice pip.
Dad took a good look at the nest bowl when he got a chance.
So cute. The cam swivels around, sometimes presenting the occupants upside down.
A nice crack has formed in the egg. The fish that is being fed to the baby must be delicious! The parent is drooling all over the baby while trying to get the fish into the baby's mouth. That's a line of drool across the top of the baby's head and there's more drool on its body.
This is the last frame that was in focus when zoomer took us in a little too close. That's the baby's beak showing at the pip hole.
That bite is way too big for that baby!
We've had a lot of rain today. Mom is not inclined to get up and expose her hatchling to the rain... Which leaves the viewers to wonder how the hatch is going.
It's hard to tell if that's a crack or debris.
We finally got a little clearing and can see a nice pip.
Dad took a good look at the nest bowl when he got a chance.
So cute. The cam swivels around, sometimes presenting the occupants upside down.
A nice crack has formed in the egg. The fish that is being fed to the baby must be delicious! The parent is drooling all over the baby while trying to get the fish into the baby's mouth. That's a line of drool across the top of the baby's head and there's more drool on its body.
This is the last frame that was in focus when zoomer took us in a little too close. That's the baby's beak showing at the pip hole.
Here's a link to E7's Lunch & E8 Moves Inside Egg (2:57) video.
And E8 did hatch at the Southwest Florida nest tonight. Check out this video E8 Hatches (3:43).
And E8 did hatch at the Southwest Florida nest tonight. Check out this video E8 Hatches (3:43).
And there's much eggcitement at the Harrison Bay Bald Eagle nest! Their first egg arrived this evening! Last year, they didn't lay the first egg until 2/18. So, this was a surprise! Here's a video First Egg Laid (8:58). If they lay a second egg, it will be on Saturday.
Exciting news! Reese Lukei photographed Bald Eagle ND! He is almost 6 years old and is very handsome! ND hatched from the Norfolk Botanical Garden nest in early February of 2010, from the last brood that Mom Norfolk saw fledge. (She did see three chicks hatch in 2011, but was killed before they fledged.) I believe Reese found him in Virginia Beach -- maybe ND has come home to establish a territory and take a mate! ND's siblings are NC (Camellia - tracked with a transmitter) and NE (infamous for being rescued from the canal). More info is available regarding these eagles, so Google away! Include "Center for Conservation Biology" or "Norfolk Botanical Garden" in your search. And here's one more link, to the last time ND was spotted, a couple of years ago...
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