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03/31/2012 08:30:46 PM · #501
Originally posted by sfalice:

Does anyone else find themselves with a goofy smile while watching these little eaglets grow?


Yes! I'm fortunate to be able to see a few pairs of eagles during the summer in MN but the eaglets are pretty big by the time we get there. We do get to see them learn to fly, but it's fun to watch these little ones develop! :-D
03/31/2012 08:43:12 PM · #502
Just started feeding again. First a little head poked out of the sitter's chest (so cute) and then s/he stood up, carefully backed away and walked over to the fish, and here we go!
04/02/2012 08:43:59 AM · #503
Oh boy, the kids are loose now. Scrambling time for the parents to keep them in the nest!

LOL - mom just corralled the loose one, stuffed it back in and added more 'fencing' to the bowl.

Message edited by author 2012-04-02 08:45:29.
04/02/2012 01:21:32 PM · #504
Babies are making a run for it!!! Too cute
04/02/2012 01:52:47 PM · #505
Those babies are kind of wild. It's good m&d built the wall to contain them
04/02/2012 01:58:48 PM · #506
They will NOT be contained!!! Mom/dad is starting to look a bit exasperated. Love how she uses her beak to tuck them back in.
04/02/2012 04:07:49 PM · #507
Decorah Eagles

Moving the link up...
04/02/2012 04:08:42 PM · #508
FEEDING TIME!
04/03/2012 10:45:58 AM · #509
Fresh fish and both parents around this morning.
They really grow fast!!!
04/03/2012 12:47:55 PM · #510
There's that one little troublemaker who will NOT be sat on.
04/03/2012 01:30:28 PM · #511
Originally posted by tanguera:

There's that one little troublemaker who will NOT be sat on.

That one has Rights! 24 hours seniority means a lot when you're a ball of fluff.
04/03/2012 04:45:07 PM · #512
Yeah, but the littlest one makes me sad. I don't ever see it getting fed. And it's always flopping over in the wrong direction :-(
04/03/2012 04:46:58 PM · #513
mama feeds him
04/03/2012 06:34:32 PM · #514
feeding!
04/03/2012 08:14:31 PM · #515
The Decorah parents are doing exceptionally well this year. Two of the other nests have not had such a good experience. The Oklahoma nest lost one of their three early on (rainstorm), and the Colorado nest lost one last night when it got out of the nest bowl area and seemingly got caught in the crib rails. The parents seemed to be trying desperately to get it to go back to the nest bowl and they ended up with Mom warming the two in the nest bowl and Dad trying to keep the errant baby warm, but, alas, it was not to be.

I very much appreciate the skill and determination expressed by the Decorah parents. They chose their location well - plenty of food close by. Even though these feisty younglings seem to be pushing the boundaries, I think they have the strength and will and mentors to survive.
04/03/2012 08:23:19 PM · #516
Both parents eating right now and feeding the little ones.
04/03/2012 08:25:07 PM · #517
Originally posted by ancientimages:

The Decorah parents are doing exceptionally well this year. Two of the other nests have not had such a good experience. The Oklahoma nest lost one of their three early on (rainstorm), and the Colorado nest lost one last night when it got out of the nest bowl area and seemingly got caught in the crib rails. The parents seemed to be trying desperately to get it to go back to the nest bowl and they ended up with Mom warming the two in the nest bowl and Dad trying to keep the errant baby warm, but, alas, it was not to be.

I very much appreciate the skill and determination expressed by the Decorah parents. They chose their location well - plenty of food close by. Even though these feisty younglings seem to be pushing the boundaries, I think they have the strength and will and mentors to survive.


I didn't know that there were other eagles being filmed
04/03/2012 08:26:07 PM · #518
both parents are there and feeding
04/03/2012 08:52:30 PM · #519
It's always a surprise to me about what complete protein packages fish are.
Compact and easy to get at with out fur or fuss. (so to speak). these eagles
are taking advantage of that and the ease of their capture, for sure.

The kids are developing so rapidly, I tend to forget that there is time (Days from the egg)
separating each of them. Probably that's why the last one seems to be 'too small.' That one
just hasn't developed yet to the antics of the others.

I suppose if they all developed at the same rate, the parents just couldn't keep up
with all of them and they would lose one or two?

Listen to me. Watch these guys for a couple of seasons and become an "expert." It can't be
helped. This is a remarkable experience.
04/03/2012 09:22:10 PM · #520
Originally posted by sfalice:

It's always a surprise to me about what complete protein packages fish are.
Compact and easy to get at with out fur or fuss. (so to speak). these eagles
are taking advantage of that and the ease of their capture, for sure.

The kids are developing so rapidly, I tend to forget that there is time (Days from the egg)
separating each of them. Probably that's why the last one seems to be 'too small.' That one
just hasn't developed yet to the antics of the others.

I suppose if they all developed at the same rate, the parents just couldn't keep up
with all of them and they would lose one or two?

Listen to me. Watch these guys for a couple of seasons and become an "expert." It can't be
helped. This is a remarkable experience.


How would you like to have triplets every year...OMG...LOL
04/03/2012 09:47:36 PM · #521
Originally posted by cowboy221977:

Originally posted by sfalice:



How would you like to have triplets every year...OMG...LOL

There's only one answer to that:

No, no, no!
04/03/2012 09:54:49 PM · #522
The babies look restless
04/04/2012 01:06:54 PM · #523
What is unbearably appealing about this little family are the antics of the kids.
The 'oldest?' set off for parts unknown, full of vim and enthusiasm, only to get
so far, and no further, as it suddenly became nap time.
Down went the head and it was "I'm gonna take ten."
04/04/2012 01:48:33 PM · #524
well he was tired
04/07/2012 08:17:20 PM · #525
I guess I'm the Jewish mom of the lot and fret that I have not seen the little one eat in the last two feedings. Adam, I know you've said mama feeds it, but I haven't seen her do so today :-(
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