at last I was able to get some decent video of Quizzical
he is about 7 weeks old and starting to dream of flight
eagles of Jordan Lake
Tagtattered
While sitting at one of the boat ramps this morning, I heard an osprey give its “eagle alert” call.
I looked up to see this ragged 2 year-old eagle soar past and head for the osprey.
The osprey dashed off with the juvenile eagle right behind it.
This eagle probably just started his 2 year of life.
The tattered feathers on tail and wings have been well-used in his first year of life.
He is just beginning his first molt of his original flight feathers.
Eagle Family report: Quizzical glows
The brilliant white semi-circle is the top of Quizzical’s head in the late afternoon sunshine.
At this age the chick appears to have a dark grey mask as he is losing his lighter colored hatching down.
It is the down that has wild spikes and a white glow.
Eagle Family Report: 3/21/2016
O, how quickly eaglets grow.
Quizzical has gotten enough strength to hold his head up and survey more of the world.
This photo was done Saturday morning, dark and cloudy.
Me and Walker (my camera) did our best to show you the eaglet.
Eagle Family Report 3/14/2016
Eagle Family Report: Oh, my, my, my!
I got my first glimpse of a chick in the Eagle Family nest.
That is mom Kate touching the chick with her beak.
At the moment the eaglet is a light grey fluff ball with big eyes and a big beak.
If you go to the Arkive site (one of my favorite wildlife sites) at https://shar.es/1YXPoz
you can see an excellent closeup photo of a chick – wish I had the set up for that kind of photo!
Kate and the Intruder
Kate was surveying the cove when she saw an intruder.
It was another fully mature female bald eagle. One I did not recognize.
Instantly Kate was out of the nest and above the other female.
Kate stayed in the higher position, talons dangling in a threat posture.
She herded the other female out of the cove. Both eagles were screaming.
When Kate got the intruder far enough out over the main lake, she turned and bolted for the nest.
Mom mission accomplished.
to see a short slide show of the interaction, please go to https://flic.kr/p/EKGqCA
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