American Bald Eagles.

[Kitty KCMO]

While the eldest sleeps on the fish, the two younger ones have an opportunity to eat as much as they wish. The eldest one at the front keeps twitching & shifting in its sleep, but it does not wake up for a long time. Finally, after the othere two have had a good meal, it wakes & scrambles over to Mama for some lunch, too (not on this video).

Local USA time=13:55

[venegor]

[Kitty KCMO]

It is a nice evening in the nest & the eaglets are napping under their parent.



Mama talks back & forth with Dad, who landed on a nearby branch a short time ago.



The eldest eaglet gets the largest share of food at this feeding, although the others do get some, too, after the firstborn has a little.

[venegor]

In expectation of parents. Apr 08 2012 8.25am. Decorah Eagles Nest

[venegor]

Breakfast

[venegor]

Morning warm-up

[venegor]

Have waited mum

[venegor]

The freedom-loving

[Kitty KCMO]

The freedom-loving

This one also looks like it is beginning to show a few dark feathers on its "arms." They are still such cute babies, though! And the chick at the Sooner nest is getting bigger, I see.

[Kitty KCMO]

Tonight, the family is quite peaceful in the nest.

Three little eaglets laid out in a row.



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[venegor]

Studies an environment

[Lussi05]

Kitty and Venegor, thank you for your beautiful pictures and videos Now I can clearly see that the black feathers are beginning to show on the Decorah eaglets..they are growing fast.

[Kitty KCMO]

Venegor, thank you for the movie of the little one exploring the environment. What a cute little eaglet! It's getting big, too.

[Kitty KCMO]

Very, very windy at the nest today (26 to 30 mph or 41.8 to 48.3 k/ph). Mama huddles over the eaglets to keep them from being blown away. The cam panned around a bit to show the horses, & it showed a beautiful apple tree in the background.

[venegor]

Training to flights

[venegor]

Dreamers

[Lussi05]

13:54, local time - fish is served to the Vian teenagers. The oldest eagle eats itself, but the youngest still need a little help:

- but the oldest eaglet want the food to herself, so she snatch it:

- stong wind at Decorah, one eaglet is sleeping on the outside, the two others are hiding under mum:

[venegor]

It is not so pleasant, when it is raining

[venegor]

There that that interesting

[Kitty KCMO]

About 17:45 local USA time--

Mama & her eaglets enjoy a peaceful afternoon. Sparrows chirp & the redwinged blackbirds sing in the background.




Venegor & Lussi, you both got some interesting photos of the Vian eaglets in the rain. Thank you for sharing. I especially liked Venegor's photo titled "Dreamers."

At the Vian nest about 18:00 local USA time-- The eaglets are doing wing exercises & playing with sticks in the nest. In the view of the nest tree, you can see them bouncing around at almost the top of the tree (about 1 second after the view in the close-up cam).



About 19:00 local USA time--

Quiet evening. How big the eaglets are getting, & they all show signs of dark feathers coming in now. In the background, the horses whinny to each other.