American Bald Eagles.

All eagles except White-tailed and Spotted Eagles
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Dad brings home a nice fish!

Local USA time 19:05
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Resting after the food.

Local USA time 19:38
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But it is still very hot.

Local USA time 19:45
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Putting in order in a nest
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The family is disturbed by something
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:peek: Very nice videos, Venegor. Our babies are growing up so big! They are getting real feathers & even tail feathers.
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In the foreground on the right video pictures ants run
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:rotf: Good catch, Venegor! Those look like big, black carpenter ants. They infest trees sometimes & like moist wood.
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Baby birds repair a nest
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:loveshower: That is so cute, Venegor. They look like they were enjoying all that nice new dry grass.
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Fish for a breakfast
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I found a good video posted at the Raptor Resource Project site & it shows the eaglets from May 5th, how they begin to do wing exercises. It also shows closeups of how they are losing their baby down & growing real feathers. The movie was made before the eaglets took aim at the cam lens & got it smeared. :laugh:

I will repost the video below:

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Baby birds have grown, that do not hold at all in an objective vic,
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They are almost too big to fit into the nest! :loveshower:

7:45 PM local USA time: Bald eagle eaglets waking up after evening nap.

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A good stretch to get limber!

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Very much a close up :shake:
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Mother has shown, that it is necessary to do with fish, and further each baby bird extracts a food slice
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USA local time: 6:20 PM (18:20)

Woke from a nap & began grooming. Red-winged blackbird calls in the background-- "con-ga-reeee."

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Possibly at baby birds in feathers it is a lot of parasites, that they cannot sleep easy at night
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Local time 5h57m Sports employment
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15:38 local USA time-- Mom & three sleepy babies have a nap. :innocent:

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15:45-- Mom awakens as a thunderstorm approaches.

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