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.

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At the Berry College Eagle nest, Dad brought a piece of lumber to the nest. Mom ducked, but she still got clocked in the head. Mom Needs A Hard Hat (3:59):

There is a tracking update for the Loch of the Lowes Osprey. And there's a second post showing where the Osprey are wintering.

The White-bellied Sea Eaglet SE15 is settled in at the zoo and is receiving care from their vets. He is eating well, gaining 1.3 pounds in his first two days of care. Here are a couple of updates on what's happening with SE16, who isn't spending time in the nest any more. So the ground reports keep us updated. Here's one update. And here's another update. Click on a picture to cycle through all of the available pictures.

Check out this dog that is helping to keep rhinos safe. He is a Belgian Malinois named Diego, and he's a bad-ass! The dog in my avatar is my dog Daisy, a Belgian Malinois mix. She is the smartest dog I've ever had, smarter than my Shelties!

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The Berry College Eagles have brought a lot of pine needles to their nest. It looks like it is ready for eggs already! In past nesting seasons, Mom has had a terrible limp. I've noticed that her left leg looks like it has been broken and has now healed out of alighment. She doesn't limp on it any more. It may still hurt, but she seems to be able to use it just fine. Look at the weird bend in her left leg.

They make such a pretty pair! And look at all the soft pine needles! They are still bringing more sticks and pine needles to the nest. Today, I saw them each bring a big wad of pine needles and Dad brought a huge stick.

I was hoping to see the Northeast Florida Eagles, but nobody was there while I was watching. But look at the beautiful scene on the approach cam! And that nest looks huge!

The White-bellied Sea Eaglet SE15 was taken to a nearby zoo, where he will continue to recieve care from their veterinarians. Here's a video. He has been eating well and getting fluids. He has gotten antibiotics and an antifungal as a precaution. He will be quarantined until his blood work comes back, then he will go into some appropriate housing. He is in good hands.

Pam Monahan has a new blog post of Bald Eagle HK. He is a beauty!

Check out this Bald Eagle's big catch and swim to shore. (Warning, there's an f-bomb at 2:37, after the Eagle makes it to shore. So you can stop before it gets to that point and not miss anything.)

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Nestorations continue at the Berry College nest.

Stick delivery:

Mom and Dad spend a lot of time in the nest together. Bald Eagles bond while working on the nest together.

I like it when they come and go by the back door.

Dad is so tiny compared to Mom.

They take a break during the afternoon. Then they were both in the nest at dusk.

One of the parents had a bad landing in the nest while bringing a stick. I think it was Dad. Not only did he not stick the landing, but he also lost the stick. Check out Un-Stick The Landing (0:26):

There is some on-going drama at the White-bellied Sea Eagle nest. SE15 was hopping to the nest from the perch branch and missed the nest. He fell below the nest and spent the night there. During the day today, he has moved around some of the branches, but he hasn't fledged yet and still hasn't made it back into the nest. At one point, SE16 was trying to get away from a Currawong and flew right into SE15. But SE15 kept ahold of his perch and SE16 was able to untangle herself and fly off. Once SE15 is hungry enough, he will either work his way back into the nest by hopping among the branches or he will fledge and get back that way. Here's some video of SE15's Bad Day (11:37):

The folks at the Dyfi Osprey Project have cleaned up the nest. Check out their post about their work.

There are new pictures of the Africam Black Eagle Kendi and her parents.

I was out of town the last few days. I am getting ready to build a house in Maryland and I had to make the trip to sign the construction loan. I have created a new blog for the housebuilding.

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The Berry College Eagles are steadily working on their nest. 

Here's a video of the Highlights from today (6:44). (I'm having a problem embedding this video. Please just click the link.)

The White-bellied Sea Eagles were being harassed again today by the Currawong. They must have a nest with young nearby.

SE15 is so pretty!

Here's a video of today's Highlights at the nest (18:01).

Here's the video I promised you from yesterday, showing SE15 Branching & Other Highlights (23:19).

Here's three links to new pictures of Kendi, the Africam Black Eagle Fledgling. The second and third (I think) were taken at the same time by two different photographers. So, a lot of the pictures look almost the same.) There's also a Peregrine Falcon in the mix.
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Second Link
Third Link

I just realized that this post came up as Tuesday, October 27. I was so late in the wee hours of the morning working on this post that it ticked over to the new day. This was actually my post for Monday, October 26.

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The Berry College Eagles are back and they were doing some nestorations today!

Here's video of them doing some Nestorations (24:14):

The Harrison Bay Eagles were in the big pine:

Then they did a little work in the nest. I love this s'cap of them:

At least one of them is spending the night in the nest tree, but perched on a higher branch and we can only see the bottom half...

I am putting together some video from the White-bellied Sea Eagles, but I'm not going to be able to get it finished until tomorrow... The good news, SE15 branched today! Here's a s'cap and I'll have the video up tomorrow. You can see his tail where he has jumped up onto the perch branch:

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The Harrison Bay Eagles were doing more nestorations today. Having spent the night in the nest tree, they were moving about the nest bright and early. (Dark and early?)

I like seeing them side-by-side. Pretty!

They were working together again to place the sticks.

And they were still going beak-to-beak to settle differences. Dad is still standing tall and reared back to get away from Mom's beak in the s'cap below. She is starting to turn away here.

Look at the size of this stick! If Dad is 3 feet from head to tail, that stick is at least 4 feet long!

The White-bellied Sea Eagle chicks are still miles apart in their development. SE16 is still flying back and forth between the camera tree and the nest.

Here, SE16 just landed to the left of SE15.

Check out this video of something new. SE16 does an exit, stage right! Then SE16 Misses The Landing! You can hear her crashing through the branches below the nest. It's scary when this happens -- this is how wings and legs get broken... Does she make it back ok? Watch the video to find out! (3:25)

There are new pictures of the Africam Black Eaglet Kendi. She is a stunner and these pictures are amazing! The parents (mostly Dad) are showing her aggression -- both for training and to make her feel unwelcome so she will leave the territory and strike out on her own. That's the way it is with the Black Eagles. They are not a warm/fuzzy species, with their siblicide and tough love... But check out these pictures, they clearly depict the interaction between Kendi and Dad. Amazing!!

Harrison Bay Eagles Stick Work & Soft Grass, White-bellied Sea Eagles Day 78

I've got two really great videos for today! The Harrison Bay Eagles were working hard on the nest today. A heavy fog didn't bother them one bit. I know this video is long, but it's the good stuff! These are the Stick Work & Soft Grass highlights that occurred over a three hour period, boiled down into 18:23 minutes:

Mom and Dad (Elliot & Eloise) spent a lot of time and energy working on the nest today. Imagine, each stick is collected one at a time (broken off of a tree), brought into the nest, cleaned up (little side branches get broken off), then moved around until its in the perfect spot. These sticks normally range from about 2 to 5 feet in length! (As a reference, an Eagle is about 3 feet from the top of the head to the tip of the tail.)

They'd rest before taking off to collect another branch.

Sometimes Mom would wait for Dad to bring her another stick. Then she'd hop down into the nest to place it in the right spot.

Sometimes they would discuss the situation. Mom usually wins at this nest...

They are both spending the night in the nest tree tonight.

I brought up the White-bellied Sea Eagle nest, got excited when I saw the view on cam two, and hurried as fast as I could to start recording before they chicks moved or the camera angle was changed. Aren't they beautiful!? We finally get a good look at their faces and I'm amazed by the differences! SE16 on the left has a softer face and sleepy eyes. SE15 on the right has sharper features and more angular eye sockets. Watch the Eaglets Looking Out video (12:19) and comment about what differences do you see.

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The Harrison Bay Eagles spent the night in the nest tree.

Mom was first to make her way into the nest and do some fluffing.

Then she went back onto her branch and Dad made his way down to the nest.

Knowing that Dad needs a lot of supervision in the nest, Mom came back down into the nest and shoved Dad out of the way. He must really love her -- she gets away with a lot!

Pretty!

It looks like a foggy morning.

Launch!

They did a lot of nestorations today!

Another launch. (I like catching take-offs and landings!)

Dad was moving a stick and Mom decided to help.

They make a pretty pair.

I saw Mom feed the chicks a couple of times this morning.

Dad was staying close to the nest.

It looks like SE15's feathers are lighter in color than SE16's.

Sometimes, I think their size difference has lessened.

If they are like Bald Eagles, they will spend a lot of time between now and fledging looking out at the world. Soon enough, they will be out in it...

Here's a short video of Dad taking the Scenic Route to get to the nest (1:38).

They have posted an update about Kendi, this year's Africam Black Eagle Fledgling. There are some great pictures and Kendi looks awesome!

The Center For Conservation Biology published an article, "Young Eagles Are More Likely To Eat Junk Food" -- check it out.

I lost my internet completely Sunday and Monday, the high waters were persistent and kept my telephone junction box submerged so that it never dried out until late last night. I called in to Verizon Thursday or Friday and they "fixed it" today. They didn't do anything, the super high tides are gone now. Thanks for nothing! Verizon sucks! I told them that box is getting submerged and it needs to be elevated. Of course, they did nothing.