Bald eagles keep an eye on their nest all year. This pair will not get into the whole breeding sequence until later in the year. However, parents must guard their nest. As you can see they are very alert… That’s mom in the 1st photo and dad in the 2nd one. Eventually Captain Doug and I saw the reason for their outlook… another adult bald eagle way up high, perhaps thinking about, oh I don’t know, trying to lay claim to the nest?
What a delightful surprise this afternoon at Jordan Lake: Captain Doug and I found the parents of the Heron Point bald eagle nest sitting side by side … its about time for this pair to start thinking about the next generation!
Oh, joy! Today was my first day back on the lake cruising with Captain Doug since my surgery. We quickly found a female bald eagle and a fledgling right close to her. I don’t know what nest they were from but it sure did my heart a whole lot of good to be in the living presence of such majesty again.
The two bald eagle chicks at First Nest have fledged! 1st fledgling in far upper right and empty nest far lower left. 2nd Mom Kate far left looking up to fledgling far upper right. Capt. Doug has been doing double duty: checking his nests as well as mine to monitor while I am in recovery. My recovery is being greatly helped by shared thoughts and photos from all of you and by Capt. Doug’s continuing observances at First Nest for me. Thank you all!
Yay! we could see a bald eagle chick in the nest. Dad Bard and his chick exchanged glances as they kept an eye on the neighborhood.
In the first photo you can just barely see the bright white sliver of the top of the chick’s head above the blue arrow. The white tail to the right of chick’s head belongs to Dad Bard. The other 3 photos are Bard leaving the nest and in flight.
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