Big Chick wants to be fed.
She does not want to have to go get her toes wet by fishing.
Fledgling bald eagles are demanding!
Near the end of the video you can hear her high pitched begging.
see the video at https://flic.kr/p/Ks9XPf
immature eagle
TagUPDATE on Proposed Rule changes on Eagle Take Permits
UPDATE on Permit Rule Changes proposal. The filing period ended July 5. I and 1,822 others (both private and organizations) submitted our thoughts and suggestions on the proposed rules.
If you would like to look at the comments, they are on line at https://www.regulations.gov/docketBrowser?rpp=100&so=DESC&sb=docId&po=0&dct=PS&D=FWS-R9-MB-2011-0094.
I will post information as the decision process by the US Fish & Wildlife Service becomes available.
The photo is a 2 year-old bald eagle fishing at Jordan Lake.
Eagle Family Report: Quiz is puzzled
Quizzical looked everywhere for his breakfast fish:
up, down, way up lake, even at me.
Even though he is flying well,
Quiz will continue to depend on his parents for food for the next 4-8 weeks while he learns to fish.
see the video at https://flic.kr/p/HvqKDC
H&G nest report: FLEDGED!!!
Both of the chicks at the H&G nest have fledged!
This is the nest that had been scheduled as the second burn this season.
Thanks to the support of all of you, that burn did not occur.
Fly, Big Chick and Little Chick and parents Hershey and Godiva.
to see a video of the two fledglings flying, go to https://flic.kr/p/HB55hy
in the photo below
Big Chick as just taken off, while Little Chick watches from way down the tree.
stealth
This 3 year old bald eagle was being stealthy.
My friend spotted him way back inside the upper-story of a pine.
The juvenile was strategically placed between 2 osprey nests.
The youngster was willing to wait for one of the male ospreys to fly by with a fish –
that the eagle could steal from the much smaller bird.
DANGER, again bald eagle report 04-17-2016
DANGER, AGAIN
There is a second prescribed burn, under an eagle nest, scheduled. I believe this burn may occur on Wednesday. This is the other burn that I have been trying to get delayed until after the eaglets have fledged. WRC is adamant that this burn will happen. The only chance we have to get it stopped is for all of us to make our displeasure loudly heard. Please, contact again any and all of the people on my April 14th posting. If you know of any eagle, bird, wildlife, conservation or wildlife photography group that needs to be made aware of this situation, please share these postings with them.
I have felt all the prayers, thoughts, and meditations of all of you as we work on this problem together. I am so privileged to be a part of such a caring community.
peace and grace,
doc ellen
doc ellen's journey 