Tuesday, Feb 14 -- Only one eaglet (very hungry)

[NewMexiKen]

This morning we watched the nest for a little over an hour, starting about 9:30 AM. The adult female was roosting on a horizontal limb above the nest. We could see the top of the head of one eaglet on the nest.



A sub-adult Red-shouldered Hawk flew in and perched about 10 feet above the eagle. The eagle called briefly but otherwise seemed not to pay attention to the hawk, which flew off after a few minutes.









The male eagle suddenly appeared high over the nest, approaching from the south. He appeared to be carrying prey, but he continued in a NW direction. The female flew after him and both disappeared in the distance.



Shortly thereafter the female had returned to roost in a dead Mealaeuca trunk just west of the nest. I ran over to photograph her as Mary Lou continued to watch the nest. (I could see no sign of injury to its face as I had suspected earlier). The male then appeared on the nest, presumably coming in from behind.



The male tore at the prey, whcih appeared to be a white bird, and fed the chick. I took over 200 photos, trying to see if there may be a second eaglet, but they showed only a single offspring. Photographing the bably eagle was like spelling "banana;" I didn't know when to stop!

[barrynh]

http://www.jessan.com/Wildlife_camera_diagram.cfm

Ken, these are great. Surprising that the eagle was tolerant of the hawk. See the link above – it’s of a SFla company that has done nestcams. I got their name and number from a friend who owns The Energy Store in Hollywood, and I left a vmail. So we found a local systems integrator who has done nestcams!

 

Barry N. Heimlich

954-963-3564

barrynh@...

 

From: NewMexiKen [via Bald Eagles of Broward County, Florida] [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 3:32 PM
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Subject: Tuesday, Feb 14 -- Only one eaglet (very hungry)

 

This morning we watched the nest for a little over an hour, starting about 9:30 AM. The adult female was roosting on a horizontal limb above the nest. We could see the top of the head of one eaglet on the nest.



A sub-adult Red-shouldered Hawk flew in and perched about 10 feet above the eagle. The eagle called briefly but otherwise seemed not to pay attention to the hawk, which flew off after a few minutes.









The male eagle suddenly appeared high over the nest, approaching from the south. He appeared to be carrying prey, but he continued in a NW direction. The female flew after him and both disappeared in the distance.



Shortly thereafter the female had returned to roost in a dead Mealaeuca trunk just west of the nest. I ran over to photograph her as Mary Lou continued to watch the nest. (I could see no sign of injury to its face as I had suspected earlier). The male then appeared on the nest, presumably coming in from behind.



The male tore at the prey, whcih appeared to be a white bird, and fed the chick. I took over 200 photos, trying to see if there may be a second eaglet, but they showed only a single offspring. Photographing the bably eagle was like spelling "banana;" I didn't know when to stop!

Ken Schneider
Web site: http://rosyfinch.com
Blog: http://blog.rosyfinch.com

 

 

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[Nancy B]

These are great shots of the adult feeding the baby!