Petruchio, the bald eagle father, went fishing, almost below the nest.
He snagged the fish and made a quick loop up and around and into the nest.
His flight was so quick that the splash he made was still visible when he got to the fledglings.
Jordan Lake
Categoryeagle family report 5-14-15 Wynd’s Jam
VIDEO: http://youtu.be/AU0WXlefF04
Wynd gets into trouble: she hasn’t yet learned how to judge wind gusts.
In the video: Wynd is way down below the nest. She is to the left of the trunk of the nest tree.
Watch for her bright yellow feet.
She decides to try for the nest. But the wind catches her.
She would make a great gymnast! There is slow motion of the action.
I wish I had had a bigger viewing area but am glad I at least caught the action.
eagle family report 5-13-15 Kate’s escort
Size is not always the deciding factor – especially in a territory dispute.
Kate is being escorted out of the established territory of the smaller female above her.
The mature adults will often choose a threat and escort behavior over outright aggression.
Unlike the 3 year old Brassy who wants a fight and looks for it.
eagle family report 5-12-2015: Ice flight
It is getting harder to locate the fledglings as they daily venture further away from the nest.
I can always find them if I am there when a parent brings a fish to the nest.
The determined look on Ice’s face is there because he has seen Kate heading for the nest with a fish.
All he can think about is the food and he wants his share.
eagle family report 5-10-15 Sticks
VIDEO at http://youtu.be/HzB5oGvk9_I
NOTE: wind was gusty and the 2nd video clip shows it!
First Ice brings a stick to the nest – gets it hung up on the rim and he is puzzled.
Then Wynd brings a fat stick to the nest. Gets it stuck on her foot.
Loses interest in the stick and bounces out of the nest and onto the parent’s big roost.
Only she misjudges the distance and ends up right at the end of the limb and can’t figure out what to do with her feet.
Quite a dance she does. She finally bails out.
I wonder if carrying the sticks is good practice for carrying wet slippery fish once the fledglings begin to fish for themselves.
In these photos: 1st is Ice in the very dark early morning; 2nd is Wynd landing with her right foot on the stick and her left foot on the roost.
eagle family report 5-9-2015: Ice and a Crow
It is bad enough that Brassy, another eagle, chases Ice every chance she gets.
It is probably an additional insult to the fledgling that a small, hopping mad, parent fishing crow also harasses the immature eagle.
The fishing crow and its mate have a nest at the end of the cove where the eagle family lives.
Like all parent birds, these crows don’t like intruders and will, as here, chase even an eagle.
By the way, Ice’s eye is in mid-blink, and is therefore not showing signs of a possible injury.
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