The Harrison Bay Eagles have a recurring visitor. Here's an animated gif.
Here's a "Where's Waldo" shot of the White-bellied Sea Eagles. One of the parents is visible in this s'cap. Can you find the adult? Leave a comment if you see it!
There was lots of wingercizing this morning.
Look at how big they've grown!
The next three s'caps show SE16 catching some air.
They can't hover like Osprey. But they still get some pretty good height.
They are both wingercizing here.
Then something did a fly-by of the nest, seen at about 10:00 in this s'cap. SE15 didn't see it, but SE16 is reacting by ducking.
These babies have pretty faces.
Planning their escape from the nest.
The babies look full grown when compared to the adult.
Pam Monahan has a new blog post about Bald Eagle HK. He has a nest at Honey Bee Golf Course. Pam's picture shows something on HK's head, hopefully it's a smudge and not an injury...
The White-bellied Sea Eagle chicks were up early this morning.
Their bird neighbors were being noisy. It seems like he first thing a songbird wants to do upon waking is sing!
I like it when I catch them in similar poses. It makes comparing them easier. I which that tree trunk/branch wasn't in the way...
Something has caught their attention.
I wonder if they still have some growing to do. Their wingspans don't look full size yet.
Their chests are finally the same shade of brown. It took SE15 a while to catch up to SE16 in this regard.
It's fun watching them watch the same thing.
I found this video that was posted yesterday by the Africam Black Eagle folks of Kendi flying (3:00). It looks like she has mastered the art of flying (although there was a missed landing). Sometimes she is hard to track against the rock and brush background -- Great job to the videographer!
The Center for Conservation Biology has published a paper: Biologists Prepare For Historic Woodpecker Move. I'm interested in finding out how well this works. I hope they write another paper with the results...
I posted this on my dog blog, but I love this video so much and wanted to share it here too. I had my phone with me at the right moment today. The Shelties had a little impromptu play session today. They are so much fun! Check out the Shelties Playing video (0:38) -- Shannon is laying down and Sky is standing up:
Awesome news out of Norfolk!! Mayor Fraim will not run for reelection! Maybe the city can now get someone in there who has some common sense! You can read my thoughts on this guy here.
Today was day 47 for the Berry College Bald Eagle. I saw some good flapping today:
Look at the size of the eaglet's foot compared to the adult. I'm not sure if the adult here is the male or female. But the eaglet's foot looks bigger...
The eaglet's beak looks full size now.
Time for the adult to leave...
And here's the scene tonight, with the baby looking tiny next to the adult. Still has some size to put on:
Nobody was home at the Northeast Florida nest and there was a visitor at the Southwest Florida nest. (Check on the tree for the woodpecker.) There sure is a lot of debris in this nest.
I caught the fledgling in the nest tonight:
There were little gray fluffballs visible in front of the adult at the Hays nest:
Dad was at home with the chick at the Two Harbors nest:
Then Mom arrived:
I thought this was a funny sequence:
Then Dad exits, stage right. (I love how his feathers look.)
Then the baby tells Mom about what she missed at the nest.
Even babies this small do that big stretch...
I got some s'caps of the White Rock nest with pretty mid-day light:
The adult changed position but didn't let me see the nest bowl.
Then a few hours later, I brought up the cam just in time to see the shimmy as the adult settled back down on the eggs. Darn it...
At the Scottish Wildlife Trust's Loch of the Lowes nest, they are reporting that the female is acting differently, spending more time in the center of the nest. Maybe an egg is imminent... When I checked in tonight, sure enough -- She's in the center of the nest instead of up on the branch where I usually find her. Maybe tomorrow night, she'll be in the incubating position instead of standing:
