Independence Day 2021
bald eagle flight
TagHow Many Bald Eagle Fledglings?
Jordan Lake: the Count is in … 33 … FLEDGED BALD EAGLE chicks for the 2020-2021 Bald Eagle Nesting Season! Out of 24 nests there were 20 nests that produced fledglings. That is an increase of 3 fledglings from 2020. Way to go parent bald eagles … especially the Captain Nest that had triplets!
Fledgling Bald Eagle Details
Jordan Lake: sometimes it is the details that capture my eye … as when this fledgling bald eagle was landing … his strong beak a pointer, sharp glinting talons about to grab the branch. He is beautiful.
Fledglings at LL&H Nest
Jordan Lake: Lady Lake and her mate Heritage, at the LL&H Bald Eagle Nest, successfully fledged their two chicks this week. Here they are, out and about and exploring the lake … my, my oh my!
First Nest Mom and Chick
Jordan Lake Bald Eagle Nest report: First Nest
This is the other chick in the nest. Like its sibling from yesterday, it is pouting … Mom Kate (in the second photo) came zooming in from the main lake and passed right by the nest to go and harass some ospreys. The chick is centered in the nest and it is looking to the right. You can see it has a lot of white feathers across its upper chest. I don’t know yet if this is what is known as a “white belly”. Kate and Petruchio have had other white belly chicks.
Bald Eagle Hunting Cormorants
Jordan Lake: I was driving slowly near an embankment when I heard an osprey screaming. I threw the truck in park and jumped out trying to get my iPhone set to do a video. An adult bald eagle flashed through the trees. Because of the osprey scream, I thought the eagle was probably chasing the other raptor. But, no, the bald eagle was chasing double-crested cormorants. I don’t know if the eagle was after breakfast – they will take cormorants – or as eagles are prone to do, it was harassing the other birds. Not quite a full minute, but, oh boy, is the video full of action.
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