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By JL Eagle nest report: First Nest, 5 photos March 7, 2017

Each year when the ospreys return to Jordan Lake, territory disputes occur.
The east side of the First Nest Cove belongs, more or less, to the ospreys.
The west side of the cove, more or less, belongs to the bald eagles.
The osprey female initiated this encounter when Petruchio crossed the “line”.
Ultimately Petruchio pushed the osprey back east of the line and for the moment quiet reigned.
I gotta admit I admired the spunk of the much smaller osprey!

By JL Eagle nest report: H&G nest, 2 photos March 7, 2017

Godiva is just in front of the nest.
The 1 year old bald eagle to the far upper right made the mistake of flying too close to the nest.
I sure wish I was equipped to be able to show all of you better photos of this nest.
There are only a couple of viewing points that will not disturb the nest –
they are more than 1000 feet across the cove from the nest.

Hershey is bringing in a fish for his chicks.

By JL Eagle Nest report: First Nest 02-27-2017

right to left: Kate almost hidden in the branches

one of the chicks is at the nest rim, looking up at his sibling who is standing and wing wapping

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one of the chicks, center of nest rim, looking up at mom Kate

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one of the chicks half standing and you can see he still has some grey hatching fluff on his head

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both chicks are grooming to remove itchy baby feathers as their adult feathers grow in

mom Kate is in the grooming state of mind too

By JL Eagle nest reports, 4 photos February 20, 2017

LL&H Nest
It is with deep sadness that I must report that the chick at the LL&H nest has been lost.  
When the rangers saw that part of the nest had fallen they did a thorough investigation.
It appears that the north side of the nest had collapsed.  The rangers could not find any remains of the chick.  
There had been a really, really rough windy storm in the preceding week and maybe that is what destroyed part of the nest.  
My heart, as yours, hopes that Lady Lake and Heritage will do what eagle parents do: come back late this fall, repair the nest and breed again next year.
We will keep an eye on the nest through the coming months and I will add updates of any changes.
 
doc ellen
I want to say thank you for all the wellness thoughts and prayers for my knee surgery.  
My knee is doing great and I sure was happy to finally be back at the lake after 10 days away.
 
First Nest
All is fine at the nest.
 Here is Kate dashing off to go find a breakfast fish for the chicks.
 
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One of the chicks just below Petruchio’s chest.
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I don’t know what the chick was watching, but it was very intent.
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H&G Nest
Godiva is on the edge of the nest.  You cannot see Hershey who has incubation duty and is behind the main trunk.
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By JL Eagle Nest Report February 12, 2017

I am blessed with so many friends among all of you.

One of my friends, who is one of the nest monitors,

went out today to check my nests while I recover from knee repair.

He sent me this video from First Nest and said he hoped it would help with my healing.

Oh, it did!  Watch as one of the chicks surveys the world and the other practices wing wapping.

I added 2 freeze frames so you can see expressions better.

And yes, that is poop shooting over the nest edge at the end of the video.

All eaglets instinctively do this to help keep the nest clean.