Berry College Eagles Incubating, Harrison Bay Eagles Incubating, Northeast Florida Eagles Day 45&47, Southwest Florida Eagles Day 11&12 Wingercizing, Upper Mississippi River Eagles Incubating and Mating Video

I did a tour of the nests that I follow. Here's what's happening:

Berry College Eagles continue to incubate their two eggs. Today is day 28 and 31 since the eggs were laid. Expect hatch watch to start when the first laid egg is at day 33, but with delayed incubation I wouldn't really expect to see a hatch until day 34 or 35...

The Harrison Bay Eagles have only been incubating their two eggs a little over a week. So, they still have a while to go... 

The Northeast Florida Eaglets are growing in their feathers.

They are wingercizing now.

I caught the family together at the Southwest Florida nest. Dad brought in some soft grass and placed it between him and Mom.

It rained later in the day, and Mom-brella kept the babies dry.

It is so hard to see any eggs at the Upper Mississippi River nest. I caught a nest exchange, but still couldn't see anything. I think they have 2 eggs. If they will lay a third, it will be tomorrow.

This is the best shot of any possible eggs after recording this nest for about 5 hours today. It looks like one egg is visible. There was a point today when no eagles were on the nest, and no eggs could be seen... It must be a deep nest bowl. Maybe they will position the camera better next year...

I did find a video that the Stewards posted of mating at this nest. I wondered if there was competition between the two males to father the babies and found out that there is. Check out this video.

Berry College Eagles Day 65&67, Harrison Bay Eagles 21&23, White Rock Eagles Hatch Watch Continues, Loch of the Lowes Osprey, Norfolk Botanical Garden

These two are so cute together. They are competition for resources, which can be seen when they fight over a food delivery. But otherwise, they seem very close.

Getting up high on that branch!

Two peas in a pod...

A dry moment at the Harrison Bay nest.

Those little wings are flapping away!

Hatch watch continues at the White Rock nest. Here's the view of the eggs throughout the day. I don't see anything... No pips or cracks. And some random s'caps mixed in:

 

This is 15 minutes after the above s'cap, even though it looks the same...

 

Zoomer has come in a little tighter on the nest.

Calling...

You can barely see the yellow of the feet and beak of the other parent on the left. It was the big shadow that let me know they were both on the nest...

 
Thanks zoomer! That's just some shadow on the egg on the right.

There could be a pip facing away from the camera... Mom did seem more restless, so who knows...

Finally, I saw both of them on the nest... We'll have to see what tomorrow brings...

Both of the Scottish Wildlife Trust's Loch of the Lowes Osprey were on the nest (for them) this morning. Not sure what that means...

 I took a few pictures at the Norfolk Botanical Garden yesterday. The garden is pretty! These individual flowers look like pink honeysuckle. But this is part of these bushes that are about 7 feet tall or so... The little sign in front says, "Native Azalea Rhododendron canescens 'Varnado Pink' Ericaceae (Heath Family)" Something to try to find, huh?

Pretty scene.

I stopped by Mom Norfolk's statue. It's almost the anniversary of her death. Someone has brought her roses...

This was the last nest tree used in the garden. It's still got the cable for the cam snaking up the side of the tree.

There were turtles swimming in the pond.

There was a lot of froggie lovin' going on at the pond... Must have been a double date. There are two sets of frogs here doing, um, piggy-backs... And they weren't the only ones. Did you know they can swim like this?

 

 And it's cherry blossom time at the garden. Beautiful!!!