FEB 23: Eaglets six weeks old

[NewMexiKen]

The younger eaglet (P Piney 22) was calling as if hungry, but no food was forthcoming and the adult roosted to the right the entire time we watched. Judging by body size and the extent to which the corner of their mouth (gape) extends below the eye, the older P Piney 21, on the left appears to be a female and her younger sibling is a male:





The older eaglet decides to stretch her wings, and P Piney 22 gets out of the way:



Note the sheaths on the emerging flight feathers. They protect the blood vessels which will dry up when the feathers reach full size and the eaglet will pick them off: