AEF Eaglets Going to Hack Tower, S'Caps of Recent Fledges: Fort St Vrain, Alcoa, Two Harbors, and Sooner Lake

Tomorrow at 5:00PM, the AEF eaglets will be removed from the nest and taken to the hack towers. You can watch this on the AEF eagle cam. They will continue to grow, strengthen their flight muscles, and eventually fledge from the hack towers. I've talked about these towers in an earlier post. Here is a screen capture of the AEF eaglets this evening:

I caught up with some recent fledges. After Eaglets fledge, they will return to the nest, where the adults continue to bring food until the eaglet has learned to forage for itself. The Fort St Vrain eaglet finally looked toward the camera so I could get a s'cap (screen capture) without cutting off its head:

It looks like the two Alcoa eaglets are perched in a tree near the nest (one is only barely in the frame):

The afternoon sun is always harsh on the Two Harbors cam. But you can still make out the fledgling on the left side of the screen:

I found one of the Sooner Lake eaglets at home. It's hard to believe that two eaglets fledged from this nest. It looks too small!

I had included a bunch of s'caps from the Alcoa Osprey nest. But it was making this post take forever to open. So, here is a link to those pictures that I've put into a separate post. Just give it some time to open...

Camellia's location, AEF Hack Towers and Eagle Cam, Bald Eagle Windex, Aberdeen Proving Ground Bald Eagle Survey, Shetzers Photography

Camellia checked in around midnight last night. He is hanging out near the Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge:

I was watching the AEF nest cams on Friday. One of their cameras was directed toward their hack towers. This shot gives some perspective on the towers. The one with the open door allows three of the older youngsters a way to come outside and hang out --  the hack tower version of branching:

And one of them did come outside for a bit and did some wingercizing:

Then it went back inside. At this point they are free to fledge, just like a Bald Eagle being raised in the wild:

And I got some great shots of the AEF babies. Here they are, just 1 day old at feeding time:

And we got a really nice close-up of them, while they look up Mom hoping for more food:

 I found an interesting story about a Bald Eagle named Windex who last made headlines in 1995.

They have completed a survey of Bald Eagles at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland.

This looks like a neat site to explore: Shetzers Photography. Bald Eagles, Hummingbirds, and Grizzly Bears! There are some interesting photography tours/workshops being offered.