The two chicks are fed by Mama. The younger one does not quite know how to feed, yet, but it does give a bit of a try. Mama does not ignore it & is offering food. They are cute little fluff-balls!
Re: American Bald Eagles.
Posted: March 29th, 2012, 4:36 am
by Kitty KCMO
Another quick look at the eaglets.
Re: American Bald Eagles.
Posted: March 29th, 2012, 5:19 am
by Kitty KCMO
Dad comes to the nest as darkness falls & wants to babysit or be close with his family, but Mama won't let him take over. Finally, he flies to an overhead branch to spend the night. (Very looooong video.)
Re: American Bald Eagles.
Posted: March 29th, 2012, 8:19 am
by Kitty KCMO
Mama awakens briefly & re-positions herself when the chicks make noise.
Re: American Bald Eagles.
Posted: March 29th, 2012, 8:49 am
by alice44
They are so cute!
Re: American Bald Eagles.
Posted: March 29th, 2012, 9:06 am
by Kitty KCMO
alice44 wrote:They are so cute!
And they will grow so fast! I'm glad the second was born only a day after the first, so they will be more nearly the same developmental stage & the younger will compete for food well. I hope the third is hatched soon, too, but I don't know what date is projected for this.
Re: American Bald Eagles.
Posted: March 29th, 2012, 11:25 am
by Bleggi
28.03.2012 16:08
Re: American Bald Eagles.
Posted: March 29th, 2012, 5:35 pm
by venegor
Children wish to eat
Re: American Bald Eagles.
Posted: March 30th, 2012, 3:42 am
by Kitty KCMO
Nice picture, Bleggi, & also nice video of the little ones eating, Venegor. Thanks you for sharing them. These are photos I intended to share when I took them, at sunset on 27 March. Somehow I forgot to post them, so here they are now. I thought the pink sunset light on the mother eagle was nice.
Re: American Bald Eagles.
Posted: March 30th, 2012, 8:19 am
by Kitty KCMO
The chicks get a meal. The elder abuses the younger one, pecking its head. But Mama offers food to both.
Local USA time = 19:15 pm
Re: American Bald Eagles.
Posted: March 30th, 2012, 9:11 am
by Lussi05
When I see how the olderst eaglet take on the youngest, and they are almost same size, I almost hope that the third egg is not hatching..
They are very cute though..
Thank you Venegor, Bleggi and Kitty for your beautiful pictures and videos...
I have a couple of pictures from yesterday evening ( my local time )
- Feeding at the Sooner nest. I think the eaglet has grown, isn't the black feathers starting to show??
- wing streching at Vian:
Re: American Bald Eagles.
Posted: March 30th, 2012, 9:16 am
by Kitty KCMO
The eaglet in the Sooner nest does look bigger & darker, so perhaps it is beginning to get the dark tips of feathers coming out.
Re: American Bald Eagles.
Posted: March 30th, 2012, 6:33 pm
by Lussi05
Mother Decorah was feeding her eaglets. She made sure that both got some. She is so careful, it's so nice to look at. I wonder If there are cracks in the third egg, or just dirt