New photos from Thursday evening, 4-16-09

[Mike Fossler]

Around 6:00pm one parent flew into the empty nest (probably with food) and was joined by both eaglets almost immediately afterward. The parent left to the Australian pine out front to the east for a while then flew off to the malalluca trees. Some new photos are posted on my slideshow of parent at Pines, in flight and at the malalluca trees.

Slideshow link is above or use :

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikefosslerphotography/show/

MF

[AquaLou]

Great photos, Mike.  I never tire of watching shots of our eagles.
Lou

[Trisha]

Great shots! In several of the nest there is a large, brownish feather that seems to come from the prey the birds are eating. I am curious what bird that could be from...it's rather long and not white. The only birds I've seen eaten are white. I guess it could be a young ibis before they change color...but they are larger, I think, than the cattle egrets.

[Mike Fossler]

Pretty sure it was a dove.

MF