2007 Eaglet Information Table

April 6
(~11:30 am)
(37 days)

April 8 or 9
(pipped on 8th,
cam down,
seen on 9th)
(36-37 days)

younger, lighter colored one
fledged June 28
~ noon
(81 days - 11-1/2 weeks)

older, darker colored one fledged July 11 maybe
~ 9 am
(96 days - 13-1/2 weeks)
(maybe sooner but that was first confirmed flight)

Blackwater, MD

Justice & Majesty

Link

making short flights to branches at 11 weeks - 5/19

January 24

January 26

March 1
(36 days)

March 3
(36 days)

cam view makes it hard to tell, but fledging likely happened shortly after May 22nd (11-1/2 weeks)

Burnaby, BC

Big & Lil

no cam

dates are based on WillPatt's observations from the ground

before
April 12 ?

unknown

maybe ~May 11?
(first seen May 25 and looked ~2 wks)

maybe ~May 14?
(first seen May 29)

August 1 for Big
(maybe 11-1/2 weeks)

August 19 for Lil
(maybe 14 weeks)

Fort St. Vrain, CO

Link

Banded May 21 (~6 weeks)
weighed 7.2 & 7.7 lbs

March 3?

March 6

April 9
(first seen ~ 2 pm)
(37 days)

April 11
(~7 am)
(36 days)

probably but no way to tell from the cam and no announcement on the site

Hornby Island, BC

Thunder &
Lightning

Link

info and dates are based on ground observations by Doug Carrick who has been watching them for years

Thunder and adult female departed August 19;
Lightning and adult male still on site August 21

March 24?

March 28 (if there is a 2nd egg)

April 28
35 days
(fish delivery seen early May)
(one eaglet seen
June 4)

May 2?
Second eaglet
seen July 13!

Thunder (F?)
July 21
(84 days - 12 weeks)

Lightning (M?)
July 26
(85 days)

March 23
(evening)

March 26
(afternoon)

April 30
(~9:30 am)
(38 days)

May 1
(~1:20 pm)
(36 days)

smaller one
July 15
6:00 am
(75 or 76 days)

July 25
7:28 am
(85 or 86 days)

both chicks probably died April 16-17, 2007, during two days of rain and gale force winds; second chick never seen

March 5
(~5 pm)

March 8
(~3:30 pm)

April 12
(first seen 8:18 am
after peeping heard thru night)

April 15?
(possible feeding mid-afternoon)

All three eggs failed – heavy snow throughout the incubation period; one (or more) may have hatched during a snowstorm but none were visible when the cam returned.

February 6?
(seen 2/9 - cam had been down)

February 9?

February 12

one may have hatched March 16 during a snowstorm
(38 days for #1, 35 for #2)

banded April 17 (~5 weeks)

branching at 11 weeks

January 31
(~4:15 pm)

February 3
(~3 pm)

Feb 7?
(first seen in morning)

March 10
(38 days)
(first seen 4:20 pm)

March 12
(37 days)
(first seen ~1 pm)

Mar 14-15
(35-36 days)
(first seen for sure at 3 pm on 3/15)

May 29 - #1
(8:02 am)
(80 days)

June 1 - #2
(morning)
(81 days)

June 2 - #3
(morning)
(80 days)

77 days = 11 weeks

Pinnacle Rock,
Catalina Island, CA

K-00 (male)
K-71 (male)

no cam

the first chicks to hatch naturally without human assistance on Catalina Island since 1945

K-71 found dead
September 2, 2007
under a bush near West End nest

K-00 seen on Catalina Mar 2009

 

March 31

April 1

both by June 19
(79-80 days
or less)

starting around May 13, the eaglet was seen sitting on the unviable egg left in the nest - practicing incubation?

March 21

March 22

April 26
(day 36 for #1,
day 35 for #2)

other egg didn't hatch;
still intact 6/9

on or before July 20
(85 days or less)

Banded June 8 (8 weeks)

died August 15, 2007
near Montello, NV,
after being struck by a car
(age 124 days - about 4 months)

April 13
(day 39 for #1,
day 36 for #2)
(7:30 am)

other egg failed

June 28
about 11 am
(76 days)

Seal Rocks,
Catalina Island, CA

K-03 (female)
K-77 (male)

no cam

the second pair of chicks to hatch naturally without human assistance on Catalina Island since 1945

K-77 died June 2008
while trying to fly to the mainland

 

April 7

April 9

on or before July 9
(91-93 days or less -
probably less but that was the first time they were observed flying)

fed itself - 26 days

March 12 (maybe 7:30 pm)

March 15
(3:34 pm)

April 20
(first seen ~11:15 am)
(day 39 for #1,
day 36 for #2)

other egg may have failed April 17; looked as if eggshell with embryo removed from nest

July 12
probably ~9:30
definitely at 12:30
(83 days)

Twin Rocks,
Catalina Island, CA

K-75 (male)
K-76 (male)

no cam

 

April 3

April 4

both by June 25
(82-83 days
or less)

Two Harbors,
Catalina Island, CA

K-78 (male)
K-79 (female)

Link

Banded May 30 (almost 8 weeks)

both K-78 and K-79 seen on Catalina
Mar 2009

February 27
(~4 pm)

March 2?
(maybe 4 pm)

April 6
(morning)

April 8
1:00 am

K-78 (Sol)
July 3
(86 days if younger)
may have flown
sooner - cam down

K-79 (Luna)
before July 10
(cam down)

this is the nest with 3 parents, two females and one male; one female laid 3 of the eggs and the other laid two - don't remember which is which; all 5 eggs were fertile but one from each female died during incubation

the eggs were removed for incubation February 28 (which is when the 5th egg was discovered - it didn't appear on the cam); the three that hatched were returned to the nest April 8

Banded May 27 (~8 weeks)

K-73 seen on Catalina
Feb 2009

February 20
Wray

February 23
Dianna

February 25

February 27

?

 

April 1
11:57 am

April 1
5 pm

April 4
8 am

Feb 20 to Apr 1
is 40 days

K-72
June 22-25
(82-85 days from 4/1;
79-82 days from 4/4)

K-73
June 25?

K-74
June 28-30
(85-87 days from 4/4)

(cam made it
hard to be sure)