this could have been just one bird, first touching the top of the tree and then continuing the flight right away. eagles sometimes give a branch or nest a strong kick and continue flying without stopping.bobbcat wrote:My two cents:
That day that most people think there were three eagles battling over the nest, I thought there were four because I could see two on the nest, heard a third land in the attic & a few seconds saw yet another flying about overhead. I think the couple that has hopefully been mating & are seen visiting the nest frequently (& doing nestwork) is a new pair of eagles (the male is quite endearing with his chatty calls to the female as she does her nestwork) who will hopefully brood soon (we'll know for sure if & when she starts to lie on the nest). I think Robert & Bride have moved on to a new territory somewhere. I would hope that if brooding does take place, the PTB will come up with names for the new couple.
did you hear (and see) the bird leaving the tree top after you saw the flying bird? if an eagle is seated on the top of the tree and takes off from there it makes usually a very noticeable jerk on the tree and a fairly loud sound of take-off.
i quite agree: Robert and his new Bride are somewhere else, either together or separated. Bride seemed to be lost when we saw her the last time. maybe Robert just needed some time alone and ran away from her. he didn't seem to accept the Bride.
the young couple who is staying here seem to be very inexperienced. they don't seem to know much anything about nest building nor mating. Viky in DD wrote today: "Both need some paraugdesmonstrējumu, otherwise they ''18 +' 'attempts to look either ridiculous dikti
In the second attempt, he was able to jump on top of a tree branch It's not surprising that the first eggs appear in 6-7 years, while learn that and how to do it and they take 1-2 years".
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