Africam Black Eagle Day 33, Berry College Bluebirds Hatch Watch Continues, Dyfi Osprey Day 29,31&32, Loch of the Lowes Osprey Day 37,39&40, White-bellied Sea Eagles, White Rock Eagles Day 71&72, Necropsy Results For The Catalina West End Chick, Disaster At The Hog Island Osprey Nest, 38 Year Old Bald Eagle In The Wild

The Africam Black Eagle is growing. I'm just waiting to see some feathers start to come in...

Hatch watch continues at the Berry College Bluebird nest.

Mom Dyfi was doing her best to shade her chicks today. She was panting, trying to keep cool.

The Scottish Wildlife Trust's Loch of the Lowes Osprey got some new bling today. All three were ringed (banded) yesterday and two got transmitters. You can see the rectangular box of the transmitter on the left-hand chick. You can see the blue band on the left leg of the center chick. You can see the antenna coming off the back of the right-hand chick. Here's a link to their blog post about ringing and placing transmitters on the Osplets.

The White-bellied Sea Eagles let us view the eggs during a nest exchange.

They had a Squonk-A-Thon! These pretty birds have the funniest, harshest call...

I grabbed some video of the Squonk-A-Thon (1:09):

Here's a later nest exchange.

Are both of the White Rock Eaglets on branches here? I think maybe so...

I mentioned in a previous post that the Catalina West End chick died in the arms of the biologist while it was being banded. The necropsy results are in. Here's a link to Eagleholic's blog post about the necropsy results.

 

I keep forgetting about the Hog Island Osprey nest. It's a beautiful nest and I blogged about it once in 2014 and once in 2013. I keep meaning to follow and blog about this nest, but then forget after a year. They had tragedy strike this year. A Bald Eagle raided their nest and stole the two babies. They were about a month old -- about the size of the Dyfi babies. Sad for them. Maybe next year I'll remember to watch this nest. The host of the web cam explains what happened and includes a video of the Bald Eagle taking the babies. It's amazing how it scooped up a baby the same way it scoops a fish out of the water. Don't watch though if you are sensitive.

 

The oldest known Bald Eagle in the nation was banded 38 years ago and was recently found deceased -- likely hit by a car. Here's the story.

Africam Black Eagles Two Pips, Dyfi Osprey Hatch Watch Continues, Loch of the Lowes Osprey Day 4,6&7, Loss of Eaglet at Catalina West End Nest

Here's a look at the egg that had a pip yesterday. It looks like part of the shell is gone. the second egg also has a pip, so we should see two babies soon.

It's hard to see if any of the Dyfi eggs have pips yet. We may just have to wait until we see bobble-heads...

I posted a short video of the Dyfi parents, Sharing Duties and Food (2:26)

There was a really good feeding at the Scottish Wildlife Trust's Loch of the Lowes Osprey nest.

It looked like the youngest got a lot of bites! One of the babies was so full, it turned away.

Sad news today at the Catalina West End Eagle nest today. Biologists were banding the eaglet when, for no reason, it died. They are going to do a necropsy to determine what happened.

Happy Easter!

Wishing you all a happy Easter! If you need a cuteness fix, check out the Catalina nest. They had a hatch in progress yesterday, so there should be a baby at the nest today.

Check out this video of lava. Pretty cool!

I've never heard of a Ili pika. So cute!

Updates on Bald Eagles NX, Buddy and KE, Port Huron Elks Golf Club Nest, Catalina Nest, Alcoa Osprey Cam

NX is still in Stafford County, exploring the Potomac River.

Ann posted a short video of Buddy from the weekend. She made a spontaneous trip to see him. Ann needs to be spontaneous more often!

Reese has posted an update for KE. She is a Bald Eagle from the Saw Pen Point nest in Virginia Beach. She is at the Hanover County landfill -- she's been there before. Bald Eagles are scavengers, and that makes landfills very attractive. You can see pictures of KE before she started exploring in Reese's 7/26/12 Eagle Trak post. You can learn about KE's transmitter fitting on Reese's 6/19/12 post. It includes pictures.

Bald Eagles also like Golf Courses. The Port Huron Elks Golf Club is home to a nesting pair of Bald Eagles.

I found a nice article about the Catalina nest. And FYI: The third egg hatched yesterday, 4/7. You can also view the nest live.

I've previously commented on the Alcoa Eagle Cam. Alcoa also offers an Osprey Cam. The Osprey are at the nest and are incubating at least two eggs. Osprey eggs are spotted brown, so they are harder to see in the nest.