Finally! I am seeing feathers come in on the Africam Black Eagle chick. They are nice and symmetrical, on both sides of the back in the area where the wings attach and the tail have all got dark spots where the feathers are coming in. I'm looking forward to seeing the transformation -- this is my first year watching this nest closely.
The Dyfi Osprey enjoyed a beautiful day. Mom is standing watch over her babies while they all put their heads together.
Dad brought a nice fish.
Look at that height! I watched this nest for a half hour today and this is the most height I saw. I don't know if any of them are ready to fledge. I didn't see any that looked ready during the half hour I watched. But hey, it was only a half hour... But I'm going to start watching more of this nest now that we are close and try to catch the fledging of these chicks.
One of the Dyfi Osplets was wingercizing and had a slight mishap. Check out the Helicoptering & Sibling Surfing video (0:30):
The Harrison Bay Eagles didn't spend as much time at the nest today. Our days with them may be running short. We got this pretty view for a bit.
One of the fledglings eventually came to the nest, crying for food.
No luck. Let's try crying on this branch...
Maybe crying from this branch will get results.
Then, there's a mad dash to the nest!
Nope, it's just the other fledgling coming to the nest. And they both cried for a bit...
They eventually gave up on food and went to their perch for the night. There was some play between the two siblings. So cute!
The Scottish Wildlife Trust's Loch of the Lowes Osprey still have one baby that hasn't fledged... At least as far as I know. The camera went down today. They haven't posted that the last chick has fledged, so I guess fledge watch continues... Here's some s'caps from the day. Two of the Osplets were watching something, swiveling their heads in unison.
Then the third Osplet joined the other two in the nest and they all gazed off in the same direction.
They are so photogenic!
It looked like the Berry College Bluebirds were preparing the nest box for another clutch of eggs, and then they stopped. Not sure what happened...
I didn't sleep in so late today and was able to see the Africam Black Eagle chick a few minutes before the infrared cam switched on.
Still no hatch at the Berry College Bluebird cam. The eggs might not be viable...
Mom is still incubating her eggs.
The Dyfi Osprey were ringed (banded) the other day. They have a post about it on there blog. There's some really good pictures and a great video at the end of the post. Here's a link. They have named the Osplets (oldest to youngest) Merin (F), Celyn (F), Brenig (M).
The Harrison Bay Eaglets are still spending a lot of time at the nest. At one point, one of the parents came to the nest without food. Then it left. I think it was trying to get the chicks to come along and learn how to forage. They didn't...
These two eaglets are so close. The way they interact and play together is really something!
It looks like they have picked their perches for the night. They are both in the nest tree, but on different branches.
The Scottish Wildlife Trust's Loch of the Lowes Osprey nest looks a little blurry today. I'm not sure what's going on there...
I have finally figured out how to tell the Mom and Dad apart at the White-bellied Sea Eagle nest. See my post from yesterday... This is Dad.
And this is Mom. The beak line below the eye is much darker on Mom...
Look at that wing span! Fledge watch continues at the White Rock Eagle nest.
The White Rock Eaglets look like they are starting to think about the big leap. I'm going to call fledge watch!
I keep missing the Africam Black Eagles during daylight hours... This is how you can tell that I slept in on a weekend...
There's a lot of speculation about if the Berry College Bluebird eggs are going to hatch. There was a night recently when Mom was spooked off of the nest and she stayed away for a few hours. We will just have to continue to wait and see...
At the Dyfi Osprey nest, I caught a magpie in the background, perched on the post behind the nest. You can just see it above the edge of the nest. I have seen them being very bold, landing on the nest...
The siblings at the Harrison Bay Eagle nest reunited this morning. They spent the day hanging around the nest tree.
Here's that tight rope walk again today...
At the Scottish Wildlife Trust's Loch of the Lowes Osprey nest, they were preening and preening and preening...
The female White-bellied Sea Eagle is pretty big compared to Dad. But I have a very hard time telling them apart if there is only one on the nest... I like s'caps like this so I can compare them to each other. It looks like Mom's beak is darker and the outline where it meets her face is more defined. The top of her head looks flat. What do you guys notice?
The Africam Black Eagle chick poked its head out for just a moment while Mom was arranging the nest. It looks like Mom has a baby's head...
Still no pips or hatches at the Berry College Bluebird nest.
They Dyfi Osprey were enjoying a quiet day.
This morning at the Harrison Bay Eagle nest found the Eaglet still on the branch from over night. I was disappointed that the scene was so pretty but the eaglet had its head tucked.
They seem to favor this perch as well as the distant pine tree that the adults perch in.
There were fed several times during the day. Look at how pretty their feather are!
The parents are still bringing a lot of fish to the nest for the Eaglets. Sunday will be 3 weeks since HB8 fledged.
Looks like this is a favorite night time perch.
The Scottish Wildlife Trust's Loch of the Lowes Osprey are getting big. Two of them were flapping. Look at how big those wings are!
This Osplet's wingspan looks even bigger!
The White-bellied Sea Eagle Mom was awake early this morning.
She took a quick break from incubating her eggs. Her bloomers look a bit ruffled!
She was back about a minute later.
The cam switched off of infrared. So pretty!
Even prettier in the golden light.
What can be seen of the eggs looks good.
These two are funny! Dad, on the right, was on the nest. He was facing left and Mom came in from behind him. He started to move out of her way but she walked over to the left side of the nest. So he started to settle back down on the eggs when she turned back to the nest bowl and walked right into Dad, forcing him to back up off of the eggs. She has some pretty good lineman moves: Head down and charging ahead...
Finally, the scene I've been waiting for at the White Rock Eagle nest! I've been watching and waiting to find both Eaglets on the front branch. That they were looking at each other was a bonus!
Zoomer gave us a closer look at the babies.
Then an even closer look at the eaglet on the left.
