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By JL Eagle nest report: LL&H nest 2/01/2017, 6 photos
WooWee!!! There is a CHICK at the LL&H nest.
As I have noted in the past, the nest of Lady Lake and Heritage is difficult for me to get to.
This afternoon with the help of State Ranger McMurray, we got a look at the nest.
I think the chick is about 2 weeks old.
Lady Lake in the nest.
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The dad, Heritage, coming into the nest.
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Just to the left of the main tree trunk, at the rim of the nest,
you can see the light grey form of the chick.
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You can make out the eye of the chick, as it warms in the sun at Lady Lake’s feet.
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Several times Lady Lake looked behind the chick we can see…
I wonder if there is a second chick? Bald eagles usually have 2.
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Eagle parents spend a lot of time simply watching their chicks.
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By JL Eagle nest report: First Nest has hatched!!! 3 photos, 1 video

Kate proudly sitting on her chick(s).

It will be a couple of weeks before the chick(s) get big enough for me to see them.

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Kate is on the upper limb, glaring down at Petruchio who is standing in the nest.

Petruchio quickly left to go fishing for food for the chick(s).

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Kate is looking down in the nest – apparently admiring her chick(s)!

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Petruchio is standing on the edge of the nest, shredding a fish

and feeding the bites to the unseen hatchlings.

video is courtesy of Scot, one of the other eagle monitors