Re: Hello from Illinois

Posted by NewMexiKen on
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Barb Walker wrote to say that she was under the impression from her reading that the young eagles leave first followed by the adults. "Please let me know if you find out any more about that in case I am incorrect.  At PI950, the nest on the Walmart property the adults are still there but the young seem to be gone.  We have also seen nests with two eaglets fledge with one adult and one young going first and then one adult and the remaining young leave a little later.  This was with a young eagle which was reluctant to go."

Thanks for the info, Barb. I probably remembered wrong. It seems logical that the parents would stay while there are chicks present. Also, maybe one chick was more closely attached to one adult in the second case you mentioned.  Interestingly, after these chicks fledged, several times we saw one chick return to the nest with one adult bringing food. The other came from a different direction, suggesting that the first may have accompanied the parent on a hunting/fishing foray. Let's see what happens. That's the beauty of having such a dedicated group recording their observations on the FORUM.

Ken