Loch of the Lowes Osprey Day 1,3&4 Third Hatch!, Africam Black Eagle on Hatch Watch

The Scottish Wildlife Trust's Loch of the Lowes Osprey had their third hatch today! So awesome to see this success for this first time pair. I love the look of Mom's feathers in this s'cap. This is such a high quality cam:

Dad fed Mom again today.

And here's the first look at the three babies. The newest hatchling is still half in the shell and its down is still wet from being inside the shell. "Hello World!":

The baby seems to be fitting right in!

I think it gets a little bite of food here. (That's Mom's beak in the top right of the s'cap.)

Hatching is exhausting work. And begging for food has worn it out. You can see between the two siblings that it's still halfway in the shell. It's face is to the right of the right-hand sibling. 

Here's the video of Dad feeding Mom (she was being a little demanding), then Mom gets up and we can see the three babies. This is where the above s'caps came from. Here's  Baby On The Half Shell (8:58):

The Africam Black Eagles are on hatch watch. I had a very hard time getting this cam to come up. And once I got it, it kept freezing. Very frustrating. I don't know if it's having problems because of the increase in viewers for hatch watch. I hope it gets better once things settle down. These are the s'caps that I was able to get today. Every time I'd lose the cam, when I finally got it back she'd be facing a different direction, telling me I'd missed an opportunity to see the eggs...

Finally, I got the cam back and she was off of the eggs. I don't see any sign of hatching yet...

Loch of the Lowes Osprey Day 2&3 Hatch in Progress!, Hatch Watch Starts At Africam Black Eagle Nest

The third egg is hatching at the Scottish Wildlife Trust's Loch of the Lowes nest. In this s'cap, you can see on top where the shell is broken.

Pretty Mom! You can tell that this is Mom by the brown collar.

What a look!

Mom is getting her beauty sleep tonight. Good thing she is getting some rest -- I think she will have three mouths to feed tomorrow.

 

Hatch watch starts 5/25 at the Africam Black Eagle nest. If you check and the cam is offline, you have to wait for them to have sunrise since the camera relies on solar power.

Loch of the Lowes Osprey Day 1&2 Second Hatch!, Berry College Video From The Ground On 5/15, Harrison Bay Eagles Day 53&55

The second egg hatched today at the Scottish Wildlife Trust's Loch of the Lowes Osprey nest! So amazing that it hatched only one day after the first baby hatched. I've got some s'caps and two videos!  First up is one of the videos. (I usually present in the order things happen...) When I first brought up the nest, Mom was calling even though Dad was standing in the nest, on yet another fish. (He's such a good provider!) Then Dad started feeding bites of fish to Mom. It was a really sweet moment. Here's the Dad Feeds Mom video (0:55).

 Mom eventually got up to feed the babies. They are both hungry, mouths gaping open for food.

 
I wasn't very impressed with Mom's efforts to feed the baby yesterday. There's no way to tell if she's a first time Mom. She did't lay four eggs, so maybe. Plus, it took her a little while to figure out the feedings. Yesterday, she was standing too far back. She'd offer bites, but it wasn't close enough for the baby to reach. She did better today. Check out this wonderful feeding of the two babies during the reveal of the Second Hatch (9:26).

Mom spent some time protecting her babies from the rain. In the United Kingdom, this is a regular occurrence...

 
Later in the day, they got a feeding before going to bed. Mom's beak is visible in the top right corner, giving a bite to the baby on the right. The baby on the left is hungry too and eventually figures out that it needs to turn around to get some food! Poor thing, it's also got poop draped across its back, courtesy of its sibling... There is only one egg left in the nest. The other is just a half-shell from the second hatch.

 

I found a Berry College Eagles video on YouTube posted by K Stone on 5/19/15 of B5 and Dad, taken on site at Berry College. I haven't watched the entire video yet (doing too much at one time on the computer and it's buffering). I always enjoy videos that are taken on location. It gives a new perspective... So I'm going to hang in there and let it buffer. (14:41)

The Harrison Bay Eaglets still haven't branched. They look full grown to me now. Here's how their day went.

Loch of the Lowes Osprey Day 1 First Hatch!

The Scottish Wildlife Trust's Loch of the Lowes Osprey had their first hatch today - during the overnight hours! I have some s'caps of the family from today, day 1... But I can't post them yet because I'm still uploading the video from today. I slogged through 11 hours of video... I got it down to 8.5 minutes. But it came up with 3 hours to upload and it's got 2 hours still. So, I'll update this post tomorrow with s'caps and the video. 

Here's the update! These are the s'caps from 5/22 Day 1:

Here's the first look at the baby. It's just in front of Mom and can be located by its eye stripe.

This is the first (and only) bite that I saw it take.

Got it!

Dad was watching Mom fly past the nest.

Here's the video of the First Hatch (8:39):

Berry College Eagles Day 95&97 Early Morning Visit By Dad, Harrison Bay Eagles Day 51&53 Close to Branching Milestone, White Rock Eagles Day 29&30

There was an early morning visit by one of the adults at the Berry College nest today. I think it's Dad. He came in while it was still dark.

He found some nestovers to enjoy for breakfast.

The IR cam turned off while he was still in the nest.

Then he was gone... No sign of the fledglings today...

Still waiting to see the Harrison Bay Eaglets branch. They are so cute, snuggling together.

They both watched as something flew over the nest.

Almost branching, but not quite...

There was a fish delivery and Zoomer gave us some close-ups views of self-feeding.

The dark feathers are coming in nicely on the White Rock Eaglets.

Here's a pretty take-off. I like it when they take off across the camera like this.

The parent came back, then left again, then returned, rising up over the edge of the nest. I like these landings.

Harrison Bay Eagles Day 52&54 Branch Watch, White Rock Eagles Day 30&31, Loch of the Lowes Osprey Hatch Watch Day 2, Ozzie Moved to Large Flight Pen!, Bald Eagle HK Updates

The Harrison Bay Eaglets are flirting with branching. I expect to see them out on the branches soon. Here's one enjoying the morning light on its face.

Here's a good comparison of their sizes, since they are I a similar post and equidistant from the camera. Does one look bigger than the other?

Both eaglets look to be sizing up the branches.

 So close to being up on the branch!

I guess they are talking about it...


Thinking about that branch again... The eaglets were in and out of this area several times today.

It was a pretty evening at the White Rock nest. The babies are getting bigger.

They both are starting to do a little flapping.

The Scottish Wildlife Trust's Loch of the Lowes Osprey are still incubating three eggs here at the start of hatch watch for them. The eggs are visible here:

Coming back from a quick break.

Dad brought in a huge clump of moss.

Just a pretty scene. I love the look of this nest!

Here's a video of the Moss Delivery, with Dad bringing in a big clump of moss and doing a shift change with Mom (1:51).

The male resident of the Southwest Florida Eagle Cam nest, Ozzie, was moved into a large flight pen yesterday. He will have 2-3 weeks in the pen to strengthen his flight muscles before being released back into the wild. You can see a video of him taking his first flight on their CROW's Facebook page.

Pam Monahan is back to blogging about HK and his nest at Honey Bee Golf Course.
HK still building 3/18 -- great pictures!
HK in nest tree 4/10 -- he's all alone...
A four eagle day 4/11 -- HK & Sterling are two of them!
HK and Sterling reappear 4/13 -- the time for eggs is past though.
HK in the nest tree 4/24 -- but he's alone again.
HK reappears (with a different companion) 5/7 -- is it a female?
HK to the rescue 5/8 -- wonder who he's with this time...
As the nest turns: Sterling makes an appearance with HK! 5/10
I think that we will see this revolving door of females until HK has a successful nesting season with one of them. I think raising offspring will form the pair bond and his days of sowing wild oats will be over. Like father, like son...