Bald Eagle - Maryland / Blackwater

[Alison]

Both eaglets are branching now; one visited the nest a little while ago.



The male eaglet has been named Aquila, and the female has been named Avis:

[Alison]

The two eaglets are being well cared for:

[bev.]

And from blackwater

slideshow of a feeding a few days after they were born

[allikat]

Nest Update

03/04/10 - Our older eaglet is already mobile enough to crawl out of the nest cup. In our Eagle Cam Web Log we posted four video clips of our two eaglets. You can also view the clips on our YouTube Channel.

[allikat]

Nest Update

02/28/10 - Chick Alert! For those just joining us, the 1st eaglet hatched Feb. 26 and the 2nd hatched Feb. 28

[Alison]

The brand new eaglet; pic from the site.

[Alison]

The first eaglet has hatched! Of course I missed it . . .

[allikat]

Nest Update

02/26/10 - Egg Alert  The chick is hatching slowly, as expected. But we've definitely had a look at a hole developing on the egg.

[Alison]

The male dropped off a fish for the incubating female, and according to Lisa, "in past seasons that action often meant a chick was coming."

[allikat]

Nest Update

02/25/10 - Weather Note  The big snow is going to miss us, but we will have strong winds on Thursday and Friday, which might cause power problems.  As of this afternoon, neither egg showed clear signs of hatching

[Alison]

They are amazing parents -- they really have protected those eggs through all the storms and snow.


At the same time as the pic above, an eagle was at the Blackwater osprey nest:


Watching over the eggs:

[allikat]

Nest Update

02/12/10 - Looks like our amazing eagle parents weathered the storm and kept the eggs clear of snow

[allikat]

Yes, unfortunately, the cam is down due to power outages in the area.  The cam has been frozen and they hope to get out there to fix but some of the roads are terrible.

The second pic that Alison posted was actually from the first snowstorm which the eagles managed to protect their eggs...however, we have yet to see if this experienced pair of eagles managed to protect their eggs from a record setting snowfall.  Fingers crossed!!!

[Alison]

Despite the storms and huge amounts of snow, it would seem that the eagles have managed to protect their eggs. The cam has been down since yesterday.

[The Peregrine Chick]

Allikat said:

I have been watching some eagle cams...some of them are not doing well.  
Mother Nature has decided to be nasty and dump "A LOT" of snow.  
Think happy thoughts for these early egg laying raptors....  here are some links:


http://www.friendsofblackwater.org/camhtm2.html

The same goes for this nest.  They also had a massive snow storm but managed protect their two eggs.  However, Mother Nature decided to test their parenting skills and give them another snow storm.


From TPC: Moved to a new thread - Thanks Allikat!