Nest Cam Round-up: White Rock, Hays, Maine (Fledge!), Africam Black Eagle, and Dyfi Osprey, And WCV Announces Upcoming Eagle Release

I took this s'cap of the White Rock nest right after work.

Then I got these s'caps later during a live broadcast with Christian Sasse. "Did they go that way?"

"Or did they go that way?"

We got some pretty views of the moon.

After Christian shut down his broadcast, I went back to the wide-angle cam and got this pretty sunset.

Surprise, surprise. One of the fledglings is spending the night in the nest at the Hays nest.

The Maine eaglet fledged today at 70 days old... Here's the video. Even better is the return to the nest. Dad brought some food to the nest and oh, the crying and squeeing! You would think that she hadn't eaten in days! Then it looks like Dad starts to eat the food and she's all, "Oh no you didn't!" Eventually she figured out that she was going to have to return to the nest if she wanted to eat. And boy did she! And the squeeing changed -- I can almost make out the words, "I'm doing it! I'm doing it!" (I wouldn't think that a bird could make such a racket while flying!) Listen for the words. Here's the video. I'm going to have to watch that again! I know lol is an overused expression. But I was seriously laughing at her 'graceful' return to the nest. (It's kind of ironic that they can't really learn how to land until after they've taken that first leap.)

I checked the White-bellied Sea Eagle nest a few times tonight and I'm more miss than hit... With no one on the nest, I can tell that there are no eggs yet.

I took a quick peek at the Africam Black Eagle nest this morning. I didn't find either adult on the nest and the baby was in a white fuzzy puddle at the back of the nest. These eagles seem to like green branches in the nest.

I caught both of the Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust's Dyfi Osprey Project babies awake this morning. In this first s'cap you can see that the babies have their eyes open.

In the next two, the one on the right has its head up to preen. Osprey preen more than any bird I've ever observed on these cams...

Very exciting news! The Wildlife Center of Virginia is going to release a juvenile Bald Eagle in Virginia Beach on Tuesday July 8th. (It's not often that there is a local release!) Here's the email -- please RSVP as directed if you plan to attend. (I'm so excited!!!)

On Tuesday, July 8, the Wildlife Center of Virginia will be celebrating a late Independence Day with the release of a Bald Eagle – and I hope that you can join us! 

This juvenile eagle – #14-0687 – was found on the ground in Sandbridge on May 12; the bird was unable to fly and was easily captured.  The bird was driven up to the Center in Waynesboro by a volunteer transporter on May 14.  The bird was given fluids, anti-inflammatories, and several days of supportive care and cage rest.  The eagle was moved to an outdoor flight pen on May 22 and has been flying well.  Additional information about the eagle is available at:  http://wildlifecenter.org/critter-corner/current-patients/bald-eagle-14-0687

The eagle will be released by Ed Clark at 11:00 a.m. near the Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center, 717 General Booth Boulevard, in Virginia Beach.  The eagle release party will meet up at the Aquarium’s East Parking Lot; Ed will “lead the way” to the release site.  Additional information about the Aquarium is available at: http://www.virginiaaquarium.com/.  And eagle fans might also want to visit the Aquarium and/or the Gift Shop after the release! 

The eagle release is free and open to the public – I hope you will be able to join us, and please feel free to “spread the word” to other wildlife-loving family and friends.  We are keeping an RSVP list … please email ksluiter@wildlifecenter.org. 

Thanks so much for all of your support of the Wildlife Center!

Kristen Sluiter

Special Projects Coordinator

Wildlife Center of Virginia

Nest Cam Round-up: Hays, Two Harbors, White Rock, White-bellied Sea Eagle, Africam Black Eagle, and Dyfi Osprey, And Bald Eagles Camellia and Grace Checked In

This Facebook page has some nice pics of the Hays Bald Eagles.

The Two Harbors fledgling is at home tonight. At first, she was hanging out at the edge of the nest. (The opposite edge from last night...)

Then she turned her head so I could see her face...

And then she finally came out where I could see her.

Here's the view of the White Rock nest tonight from the wide-angle cam:

Christian Sasse was on live tonight at the White Rock nest. Here are my s'caps from tonight:

I brought up the White-bellied Sea Eagle nest just in time to see Mom and Dad in the nest, but they had Teamviewer up to do something. By the time the screen returned to normal, Dad was gone and Mom was eating. She left as soon as she finished eating.

Zoomer found them on the love branch...

The Africam Black Eagle chick was hiding this morning.

And then some of the "whitewash" at the back of the nest moved... And that's as good as it got during the limited time I had to look before work.

The babies at the Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust's Dyfi Osprey Project nest were easy to spot this morning. But of course they were sleeping...

Bald Eagles Grace and Camellia have both checked in.

Nest Cam Round-up: Berry College Bluebird (Fledge!), Maine, Two Harbors, White Rock, Africam Black Eagle, and Dyfi Osprey

I didn't have much time for nest watching today. I missed the fledge of the Berry College Bluebirds. I did find this video that goes through from hatch to fledge. I missed seeing the hatch and the fledge, so I was happy to find this video. It's a little long (27:27) but it covers the entire 18 days... Here's the empty nest tonight... Be safe little ones!

The Maine eaglet seems to be doing well. Whenever I check in, there is chat about the day's feedings... This eaglet is 67 days old now. We can start looking for fledge next week. I haven't been observing this nest much, so haven't seen any clues as to how ready she is to fledge.

I checked the Hays nest today, and nobody was home...

The Two Harbors eaglet K43 was hanging out just at the edge of the cam. It's nice that she still comes to the nest...

Christian Sasse had his equipment set up and streaming tonight at the White Rock nest. Such a treat!

The eaglet disappeared from view for a little while, so I switched to the wide-angle cam to see what was happening in the nest.

It wasn't long before an eaglet showed up again for Christian. They are constantly looking around. That's how you survive in the wild...

I overslept and got to work super-late today. So, no time to check the cams before work... I did find a video from the Africam Black Eagle from today. There's a lot happening in this video (2:16)!

I can see the White-bellied Sea Eagle nest after work. So it was no big deal missing it this morning. I checked that nest a couple of times today, but nobody was home either time. But that's ok -- we are one day closer to eggs!

I checked the Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust's Dyfi Osprey Project nest after work and it was dark there. I took this s'cap at 8:10PM east coast time.

It's 11:30PM here now and it is dawn at the nest... I don't know when Mom sleeps! She spends a lot of time being alert...