Berry College Eagles Day 4&5 Some Sibling Rivalry, Harrison Bay Eagles Incubation Continues, Northeast Florida Eagles Day 57&59 Getting Big, Southwest Florida Eagles Day 23&24 Bood-ends, Bald Eagle HK

I made the rounds of a few cams today. The Berry College pantry is well stocked!

Mom fed for a while, then finally offered some pieces to the chicks. But she was so far away, they couldn't reach. She eventually stepped closer with some bites for the chicks.

One of the chicks was trying so hard to climb out of the nest bowl to get some food. The other chick kept grabbing its butt! (A little sibling rivalry, but no harm done.) Check out I'm Trying To Climb Out & You're Not Helping! (2:32)

Technically, Harrison Bay Eagles will be in hatch watch in a week and a half. But I'm thinking we won't see a hatch for almost two weeks...

The Northeast Florida Eaglets are so big already! They are almost two months old. They must be getting plenty of food, neither seemed interested in feeding and the parent was left to eat in peace.

The Southwest Florida Eaglets were like book-ends in the nest.

There's a new post today for Bald Eagle HK. I am so hoping for an egg this year!

Southwest Florida Eagles Day 22&23 A Good Day, Africam Black Eagles New Pictures

I watched the Southwest Florida Eagle nest for a few hours today. I saw some sibling rivalry, but nothing too bad. It looks like E8 is learning to lay low until E7 has been fed. I saw E8 get plenty of food today. I didn't see anything too concerning while I was watching and E8 seems to be in fine shape. Here's my s'caps from the day. Mombrellas are good at shading the babies from the hot sun:

That looks comfortable.

Mom hopped onto one of the nest branches so she could survey her territory:

That is a HUGE crop on E8! Being fed here by Dad while Mom feeds E7.

Zoomer gave us nice close-ups of Mom feeding E7:

Here's an animated gif of one of the bites:

Afterward, Mom dropped down onto a branch and did some feaking. She better be careful with her tongue hanging out the side!

That's all the cool stuff I got from 3 hours at the nest today. Here's a video of A Good Day At The Nest (28:48). I got the screen captures above from this video.

There's new pictures of the Africam Black Eagles. Check here and check here. Both are great sets of pictures.

Southwest Florida Eagles Day 21&22 Sibling Rivalry And Plenty Of Food, Bald Eagle HK And Mystery Woman, DC Eagles New Web Cam, Loch Of The Lowes Tracking Update

There is some sibling rivalry at the Southwest Florida Eagle nest. E7 is beating up E8. I also heard some concern about E8 not getting any food. But there were 5 fish delivered to the nest today. As long as food is plentiful, E7 will get its fill and leave E8 alone to eat. There was a good feeding for E8 this evening. E7's crop is huge and E8 was left alone to eat.

There's another post today about Bald Eagle HK, and he's carrying on with a new woman... I want to see an egg in his nest, and if Sterling won't give him one, maybe this new lady will...

I checked in at the DC  Eagle nest yesterday. I'm so happy to see that they have this nest on a cam now! They have two eggs, laid on 2/10 and early 2/14. Will they lay a third egg? The time to watch to find out is overnight tonight into tomorrow... It looks like the cam is of good quality and gives a good view of the nest.

There is a new tracking update for the Loch of the Lowes Osprey.

Southwest Florida Eagles Day 5&6 Smack-down, Berry College Eagles Still Incubating, Harrison Bay Eagles Dangerous Moves, Northeast Florida Eagles Day 39&41, Upper Mississippi River Eagle Trio Sharing Food, Africam Black Eagles Storm Damage

The Southwest Florida Eaglets are growing like weeds, both having fat crops. This looks like piggy-back rides.

There is still some sibling rivalry happening. Here's a gif from today. I like how the one in front taps the mat three times to be let go!

The Berry College Eagles are still tending two eggs. We have about another week before hatch watch starts.

I put together a gif of Dad Harrison Bay Bald Eagle being dangerous! This is 38 stills. He arrived at the nest with a huge piece of lumber. Huge! And he was trying to lift it while standing on in and while straddling it. Which was funny. After that, he dragged it across Mom, who left in embarrassment. Which caused the limb to drop into the nest bowl. Dad then drops the limb several times across the nest bowl. He leaves it alone at one point and incubates for a bit. (This is when the camera angle changes.) Then he got back up to move it again, almost stepping on the eggs! It was a nail biter. I remember a nest where one of the parents dragged a frozen rabbit across the eggs and broke at least one of the eggs. So, what Dad is doing here is pretty dangerous!

And here's a s'cap of the Harrison Bay eggs, zoomed in on during all this commotion:

It looked like a peaceful day at the Northeast Florida Eagle nest:

I found the Upper Mississippi River Eagle trio at the nest today. I have 18 s'caps that I wanted to share, so I just turned them into a gif... First, one of them landed in the nest with a fish, ate some of it, then waited to see if anyone else was interested. Soon, a second Eagle landed and had some fish. After the fish was gone, two stayed around looking for crumbs. Eventually, they all departed. (Don't miss, you can see the third Eagle fly behind the nest as it approaches.)

One of the trio is sleeping in the nest again tonight. Maybe we will see an egg soon!

There's a bit of a disaster at the Africam Black Eagle nest. Remember the big storm on January 9th? Well, the nest did not escape unscathed. A lot of the nest is gone and what remains has slid down the cliff face. Here's a picture showing the comparison. Looking at the pictures, I can't even figure out what was holding the nest in place, so I guess it was just a matter of time... Hopefully, the Black Eagles will rebuild and we'll have a camera on the nest. They have been seen recently carrying sticks. But I don't know where they are going with them.

Harrison Bay Eagles, Northeast Florida Eagles Day 37&39, Southwest Florida Eagles Day 3&4 Fresh Fish & Sibling Rivalry, Upper Mississippi River Eagles, Loch of the Lowes Tracking Update

I made the rounds at a bunch of nests today. Here's some s'caps:

I caught a nest exchange at the Harrison Bay nest. This is Dad leaving.

The Northeast Florida Eaglets are growing by the day. Look at those feet!

Zoomer read my mind. Look at that foot!!

Dad brought a live fish to the nest today at the Southwest Florida nest.

As soon as the fish felt Dad hop away, it began to flop around, trying to escape. Mom got to the fish first. But look in the upper left hand corner of this s'cap. Dad was coming right back to get it.

I observed some sibling rivalry a the nest today too. Since the food is plentiful at this nest, it should subside soon. Here, one of the babies is putting the smack-down on the other, with a beakful of neck.

I put together a video from the Southwest Florida nest today. Fresh Fish & Sibling Rivalry (6:50).

One of the Upper Mississippi River trio was laying in the nest again today, forming the nest bowl. I think we may see an egg here soon... There is no information on their site regarding what date eggs were laid last year. So, we can only guess by their behavior...

There is a tracking update for the Loch of the Lowes Osprey.

Berry College Eagles Day 69&71 Both Branching, Harrison Bay Eagles Day 25&27, White Rock Eagles Day 3&4 Both Eating, Dyfi Osprey First Egg!

I wasn't able to watch any nests today. So it's late and I bring up the Berry College nest and rewind back to some random spot and find this scene. One on the branch and... is the nest empty or is one sibling hiding behind the other?

And then a few seconds later... Ta-da!

 

So, I was wondering how they got up there. Did they both step up or was there any hop/flapping to the branch? So I rewound back to see what they did. Here's the first one stepping up.

And here's the other one stepping up. Hopping up will happen over the next couple of days... For now, they will take advantage of the step.

It looked like a pretty day at the Harrison Bay nest today. The babies are growing like weeds.

As promised, I got some good s'caps of the White Rock babies today. The first hatch is behind the second hatch in these first s'caps. The first hatch is a lot more stable (less bobble-headed) than the second hatch.

I was glad to see the younger chick had no competition for bites.

But the chick was so unsteady, it only got one bite before the older one turned around. But it was a good sized bite. You can see the chunk in its beak here.

The older one started getting all of the bites, being much more stable than the younger chick.

It was even stretching way out over its sibling to reach the bites.

But then the younger one got in the game, beaking the older chick, who stayed down for a little bit. And when it got up it got beaked again. And so the younger one got some additional bites.

I was happy to see both chicks get several bites. It was a good feeding.

The chick is doing a 'crop-drop' -- looking up with a gaping mouth, moving food from its crop to its stomach.

Poop shoot! Not making it past the nest at such a young age. But they will soon be sending it over the edge.

These chicks hatched so close together there's not going to be much size difference between them. Right now I can tell them apart because the younger chick is much less stable.

They saw some rain at the nest today. Mombrella to the rescue!

The Dyfi Osprey do have an egg. You can just see the top of it (white with brown spots):

Moss delivery: