JAN 17: Female still sitting deep on nest

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A brief but intense rain and wind storm passed over between 7 and 8 AM this morning. This was the view from our back patio just before sunrise, at about 7:00 AM.



We got out to the Bald Eagle nest around 9:15 and found the nest intact but with a recently dead branch obscuring its right half. It had not been there yesterday and either it was brought in or, more likely, fell from the nest tree. The female (based upon other photos which showed persistent dark tips to several upper tail coverts) was deep in the nest and only popped her head up a few times over the left rim of the nest. .



At about 10:00 AM she stood up, ruffled her feathers, spread her wings and preened for about 5 minutes.





She looked down into the nest...



...and then changed her position to face to the right and settled down deep in the nest. No feeding activity or male eagle were observed.