Eagle Nests on camera

[Claire]

https://www.hancockwildlife.org/inde...te-rock-eagle1

Today one of the 2 eggs hatched at the White Rock eagle nest. The other could hatch at any time. Check out this baby. Cute, cute. It's so neat to see the fierce-looking mother feeding her hours-old hatchling so tenderly.
Be sure to look at the close up camera so you get a glimpse of the chick and egg, or 2 chicks!




https://sportsmansparadiseonline.com...agle_Nest.html

This nest has 3 large babies. hilarious looking and fun to watch.
When you see huge bulges in their lower necks, it is their "crop" where they store swallowed food for later digestion. Sometimes it throws them off balance.

[Claire]

Hey Dixon,
I'm pretty sure that the second egg is cracking open!

[Claire]

Look at this beautiful shot taken Tuesday evening. The feathers in the nest came from a duck or seagull that was defeathered and almost covered the babies in fluff at one point.

[Claire]

The camera at the White Rock nest is freezing all the time due to a Adobe Flash Update incompatability issue.

Here's a little video of the mom feeding the babies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crZq...ature=youtu.be

The chicks will be growing very fast, so now is your chance to see them as wee little peepers.


In this photo the mother makes an umbrella of her wings to protect the babies from the rain.
That is a pile of mostly fish in front of her.





Here we see the nest from the wide angle view, which is a great feature that many eagle nest cams do not have. This will be especially handy to watch the young birds later on as they do their practice flying, called branching.
In this photo you can see the difference in size between the male (on the branch) and the much larger female in the nest.

[Claire]

It's nice to go to the discussion forum for many still shots.
The two eaglets have been named by the owner of the property who also sponsors the two cameras. He is an ex-Air Force man and uses radio terminology (?) for names, alphabetically. Last year's chicks were Charlie and Delta, this years are Echo and Foxtrot, Echo being the older by a few days. Because they grow so fast, even a few days difference give Echo an edge, size wise.

Forum:
https://www.hancockwildlife.org/foru...ow=5&page=1200

[Claire]

A stuffed animal in the nest? funny!

The close up camera is off today, for the most part.

[Claire]

Again, here's the link for this nest in Vancouver. These parents are extremely diligent. They hardly ever leave the chicks unprotected and then only for a few seconds while they chase off an intruder or when the parents are exchanging shifts in the nest.

https://www.hancockwildlife.org/index.php?topic=White-Rock-Eagle1#WideAngle

[Claire]

White Rock eagle nest: A week later the eaglets have grown considerably. The stuffed animal remains in the nest and is used as soft nesting material, sometimes to buffer the babies from the winds at night. It amuses me every time I see it.





this second nest, the Decorah, Iowa site has 3 very large hunkster eaglets that are starting to push their limits. It's hard to believe that the WR babies will be this big in a month (?).

https://sportsmansparadiseonline.com/...agle_Nest.html