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By JL Eagle Nest report: Petruchio in Action, 1 video and 1 photo 03/19/2018

First Nest

Dad Petruchio wanted a new branch for his nest repair. He eyes just which branch. Walks up to it, measures it with his feet and his beak. The pesky crow isn’t helping. And Mom Kate is heard offscreen hollering for Petruchio to hurry.  He has to be sure his flight path is clear or he will tangle himself up with the branch and the tree. He launches ….

 

By JL Eagle Nest report: a morning at First Nest 1 photo, 1 Video 3/17/2018

First Nest

Kate is on the left, Resolute is peeking out from under tree limb to her right and Petruchio is on the right.

The video is a series of clips from the morning I spent with First Nest.

Activities included bringing in a fish, nest repair, Kate and Petruchio in an eagle chatter duet, and Resolute playing.

By JL Eagle Nests Reports 2 nests, 5 photos 2/20/2018
First Nest
 
 Petruchio brought in a fish for supper.
 
 
 
Kate watches as Petruchio heads upwards with his fish.
 
 
He watched Kate feed the chick(s) – I still don’t know how many chicks.
 
 
The chick is still small so I added an arrow.
 
 
H&G Nest
 
Godiva is still incubating.  Her egg(s) should hatch in about 9 days.
 

By First Nest report: New Stick for the Eagle Nest 12-29-2017
First Nest
Kate was incubating.
Petruchio went looking for a new stick for the nest – nests are in constant need of repair.
Watch for Petruchio’s feet as he snaps the branch from the dead tree.
Once he gets the stick to the nest, he places it where he thinks it should go.
Kate, being Kate, gets up and checks out the stick placement.
She screams her approval and then bails out of the nest.
It is Petruchio’s turn for doing some of the incubation.
The video may be better to view at my flickr site: https://flic.kr/p/21VmA5W

By JL Eagle Nest Report: First Nest 3 photos 12/11/2017
All the parent eagles are busy repairing nests and getting ready for a new season of eaglets.
 
First Nest
 
This is Petruchio eyeing the repair work on the nest.
 
He soon left to get another branch or a talon full of soft material for the nest cup.
 
 
This is Momma Kate headed across the cove.
Kate is usually one of the very first to begin laying eggs – usually between December 24 and January 1.

 

 

By Jordan Lake Neighborhood, 7 photos, 03/09/2017

Petruchio returning to the First Nest after pushing an osprey back to the east side of the cove.

A beaver on an early morning swim back towards his dam.

This mallard drake was traveling so fast with his hen, that I missed getting her in the photo.

A ring-billed gull with a mouthful of fish fresh caught on the surface of the lake.

Wood duck drake starting to glow with his breeding colors.

In the winter you can find two varieties of kinglets at the lake.

This is a golden-crowned kinglet pouting at me.

Here is the other kinglet.  A ruby-crowned kinglet popping his ruby-crown at me when I startled him.