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Puget Sound Eaglet
hatched April 26
fledged on or before July 20

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Most pictures are from the Maine Bald Eagle Cam Discussion Forum's
thread on the Puget Sound Eagle Cam
 

Puget Sound eaglet
Marcia's photo - April 26
Puget Sound eaglet
Sherri's photo - May 8
(12 days old)
Puget Sound eaglet
Sherri's photo - May 10
(two weeks old)
Puget Sound eaglet
Shoebutton's photo - May 12
Note the full crop!
Puget Sound eaglet
Sherri's photo - May 14
the little one starts to incubate the unhatched egg
Puget Sound eaglet
Shoebutton's photo - May 18
(three weeks old)
Puget Sound eaglet
Sherri's photo - May 20
24 days (3-1/2 weeks)
eaglet practices incubating
Puget Sound eaglet
Shoebutton's photo - May 21
Puget Sound eaglet
EmtyBelfry's photo - May 24
(four weeks old)
Puget Sound eaglet
Sherri's photo - May 26
Puget Sound eaglet
JudyB's photo - May 28
32 days (4-1/2 weeks)
Puget Sound eaglet
EmtyBelfry's photo - June 2
(five weeks old)
Puget Sound eaglet
Shoebutton's photo - June 4
Puget Sound eaglet
Sherri's photo - June 5
Puget Sound eaglet
Shoebutton's photo - June 7
(six weeks old)
Puget Sound eaglet
Sherri's photo - June 8
Puget Sound eaglet
Shoebutton
's photo - June 10
Puget Sound eaglet
Shoebutton
's photo - June 13
Puget Sound eaglet
Sherri's photo - June 14
(seven weeks old)

Puget Sound eaglet
Shoebutton
's photo - June 15
eaglet eating on its own -
parent fed a few bites, then left;
the little one figured out what to do next!
(link to the complete series of photos)

Puget Sound eaglet
Marcia's photo - June 19

We think the egg finally disappeared the morning of June 19.
It had been moved nearer the edge, and may have been
knocked out during flapping practice.
(Or it may just be out of sight of the camera.)

Puget Sound eaglet
Sherri's photo - June 20

We observed that the parents spent a lot of time with the eaglet on the 19th, but on the 20th, while they made a couple of brief visits, they didn't appear to bring food until late afternoon. When food arrived, the eaglet did mantle and appeared to be feeding itself. We are speculating that this may have been done to encourage the eaglet to be more assertive about grabbing the food from the parent and feeding herself - behavior that's been observed at Santa Cruz (2 weeks older) and Sidney (one week older). The parents were around frequently on the 21st, and provided many food drops that day, so the day of fasting is unlikely to do the eaglet any harm.
(link to discussion on the Puget Sound thread on the Maine forum)

Puget Sound eaglet
Shoebutton's photo - June 21
(eight weeks old)
Puget Sound eaglet
Sherri's photo - June 21
Puget Sound eaglet
Sherri's photo - June 24
Puget Sound eaglet
Shoebutton's photo - June 27
Puget Sound eaglet
Sherri's photo - June 28
(nine weeks old)
she's looking at least as big as Dad here!
Puget Sound eaglet
Shoebutton's photo - June 28
definitely a lot more flapping going on
Puget Sound eaglet
Shoebutton's photo - June 28
Puget Sound eaglet
Sherri's photo - July 2

Puget Sound eaglet
Sherri's photo - July 2

I know eaglets walk before they fly -
but I don't remember ever seeing one striding out like this!

Puget Sound eaglet
Shoebutton's photo - July 6
(10 weeks old)

Puget Sound eaglet
Shoebutton's photo - July 8

I think this shows the eaglet flapping off to her branching location
out of sight just past in the lower right corner of the screen smile


Sherri's photo - July 12
(eleven weeks old)


Sherri's photo - July 14
Eaglet branching in a new - and more distant spot (top center of the pic)

link to a great series of photos of Mom showing the eaglet how to get to the branch from the day before

Puget Sound eaglet
Sherri's photo - July 16
"Adult was in the nest for almost 6 minutes before Joy arrived........
WHERE was she? Shocked
It seems like if she were on the cam branch, she would have come down before that."

Puget Sound eaglet
Sherri's photo - July 18
"Checking in on Joy, she was on the center branch.....and then disappeared.....don't know where she went" Smile
Puget Sound eaglet
Sherri's photo - July 19
a lot of branching and up-and-down going on
(twelve weeks old)
Puget Sound eaglet
Shoebutton's photo - July 20
looks like an eaglet flying in to see what the parent has brought -
closest thing to proof of fledging I've seen so far!
(parent had been eating in the nest about 4 minutes before eaglet arrived)
Puget Sound eaglet
Sherri's photo - July 22
no sign of the eaglet in the nest at night July 21 or 22, and she didn't return to the
nest until after 3 pm on the 22nd, even though there was a morning food delivery -
more evidence that she has definitely fledged and is exploring the neighborhood
Puget Sound eaglet
Shoebutton's photo - July 23
Puget Sound eaglet
Sherri's photo - July 26
(thirteen weeks old)
Puget Sound eaglet
Sherri's photo - July 30
The cam went offline July 31; it came back in mid-August, but no sightings of the eaglet were reported.

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Thank you for letting me use the images for this compilation.