

this is an interesting Link... a Camera guid
https://www.fws.gov/southwest/migratory ... idance.pdf
Update 6/2/2017 Fledglings have not been back to the nest. Volunteers have spotted them in the area and are doing fine. Camera will be up for another week and then will be taken offline on June 9. Typically the adults return to work on the nest in November. Will have to wait and see what transpires.
Update 5/30/2017 Late this afternoon, the eaglets have now become fledglings. (fledgling means they took their first flight).
In one of WTE threads here in Looduskalender last year or year or two before there were pics (from a ringing of eaglets) from a nest in which there were two WTE eaglets and three buzzard chicks of different ages, youngest about the same age (not much adult feathers yet) as the hawklet in that video. I think that nest was in Germany. Also in the same thread there were pics of another WTE nest in Europe with eaglets and one buzzard chick. Looks like red tailed hawk and Bald eagle are a pair of species analogous to common buzzard and WTE. Sure these are rare occasions, but there are some studies of them. I found this: http://www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.1676/10-084.1.Lubaska wrote:Unusual situation/abnormality in BE nest
Roberts Bay Bald Eagle Nest
Parents raise their own trio of the eaglets plus on more red tailed hawklet!![]()
Eaglets are around 8-10 weeks old, hawklet is younger, some say about 5 weeks old.
Thanks, Hyypio, for the interesting article.hyypiö wrote: In one of WTE threads here in Looduskalender last year or year or two before there were pics (from a ringing of eaglets) from a nest in which there were two WTE eaglets and three buzzard chicks of different ages, youngest about the same age (not much adult feathers yet) as the hawklet in that video. I think that nest was in Germany. Also in the same thread there were pics of another WTE nest in Europe with eaglets and one buzzard chick. Looks like red tailed hawk and Bald eagle are a pair of species analogous to common buzzard and WTE. Sure these are rare occasions, but there are some studies of them. I found this: http://www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.1676/10-084.1.
Birdfriend, I agree. It s incredible!Birdfriend wrote:It's really incredible, but really beautiful, what the nature can do. Thanks for sharing this video!
Edit: Thank you, Mamicja, for the updates from the amazing Trio nest.
But I don't know, if it's true.There was a video a couple of days ago of some ornithologists (I think they were) visiting the nest and talking about this. They think the mother hawk was taken by the eagle just as she was about to give birth and she did in the eagle nest. Sad story for the mom hawk, but at least the baby lived by the nurturing of the eagles. Now to see if the eagles don't eat the baby hawk, or the baby hawk imprinting on the eagles and that not being a good outcome for his/her future survival.
If you watch the long video from Sasse photo channel (1 hour plus something) - from the first day when Mr. Sasse came under the nest tree, you could hear that explanation. I have watched it that day when I posted the first remark about the little hawk.Birdfriend wrote:There was a video a couple of days ago of some ornithologists (I think they were) visiting the nest and talking about this. They think the mother hawk was taken by the eagle just as she was about to give birth and she did in the eagle nest. Sad story for the mom hawk, but at least the baby lived by the nurturing of the eagles. Now to see if the eagles don't eat the baby hawk, or the baby hawk imprinting on the eagles and that not being a good outcome for his/her future survival.
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But I don't know, if it's true.
Great to know! Thanks, Birdfriend.Birdfriend wrote:Update from the Eagle Hawk Nest
"The little eagle" is fledged.