Most pictures of Luna and Sol are from the Channel Islands Live! Eagle CAM Discussion Forum,
primarily from the photo/video thread All Eagles All the Time
There's a lot of great information there and even a thread on
How You Can Help the Channel Island Eagles and IWS
photo by Naturegal from the IWS Forum - April 12
link to IWS video "Fostering of the Two Harbor Chicks" from the IWS Forum
link to Cambrian's video "Parents and Chicks Meet" from the IWS Forum
photo by EagleDuo - April 14
(one week old)
photo by Paula Eaglet Momster - April 15
photo by Cumbrian - April 16
"Wake up Mom! ... I'm hungry!"
photo by harpo516 - April 17
photo by harpo516 - April 20
"I think that TH chick is trying to do dinner on his own!"
photo by Cumbrian - April 21
(two weeks old)
photo by Cumbrian - April 22
"The smaller chick has learnt some strategies .... similar to what Lil in the Saanich nest did last season with his larger sibling. He crawled his way to the adult and therefore got fed .... his bigger sibling just stayed in the nest bowl for the first feed .... then the adult left and returned with another Garabaldi? ..Orange coloured ... this time Big was ready and put Lil into submission ... but again .... strategy comes into play .... smaller chick heads to the right and around to the Mom .... and waits his/her turn."
photo by Eagle Duo - April 24
photo by EagleLoverFL - April 26
photo by Bee - April 28
"I don't think I can swallow another bite."
(three weeks old)
photo by Ojai Hikers - April 30
photo by EagleLoverFL - May 3
photo by EagleLoverFL - May 5
(four weeks old)
photo by Cumbrian - May 8
photo by Ojai Hikers - May 9
photo by Eagle Duo - May 10
(almost five weeks old)
Eagle Guy reports on the IWS Forum - "May 16, Well, there was a lot of excitement on Catalina this week. A wild fire started last Thursday and came right up to the City of Avalon. Fortunately, the fire department was able to keep it from burning down the city. The wild fire burned about 4500 acres and knocked out the power to Two Harbors, where the video servers for our Catalina eagle cams are housed. We have no idea how long it will be before power is restored. We were finally able to get out in the field today to check on the nests, which were never threatened by the fire. We visited the Two Harbors, West End, Seal Rocks, and Pinnacle Rock nests and all the chicks are doing fine. Steffani will check on the Twin Rocks chicks tomorrow.
Although the web cams are not on-line, the cameras are still running because they are solar-powered. I recorded a little video at the nests to give people their eagle fix. Below are clips from the Two Harbors and West End nests. Hopefully the cameras will be on-line before banding time (last week of May), but if not, we will record the camera feeds for playback."
link to IWS video "Two Harbors Nest, May 16"
photo by Cumbrian - May 22
(a little over six weeks old)
photo by Cumbrian - May 25
photo by Cumbrian - May 26
(seven weeks old)
photo by Cumbrian - May 28
photo by Naturegal - May 30
Steffani returns female K-79 to the nest
link to Dr. Sharpe's video "Two Harbors Banding"
link to Paula Eaglet Momster's video "Two Harbors Banding"
photo by harpo516 - May 31
photo by Patti - June 2
(eight weeks old)
56 - 58 days (about 8 weeks)
photo by cdn-cdn - June 3
photo by Naturegal - June 5
photo by Eagle Duo - June 7
photo by Cumbrian - June 9
"We don't branch - we rock!"
(nine weeks old)
photo by Eagle Duo - June 12
photo by Eagle Duo - June 15
68 - 70 days (10 weeks)
There's been a lot of flapping
going on this week - and as much
branching as possible in a
rocky nest!
photo by Cumbrian - June 16
(10 weeks old)
photo by EagleLoverFL - June 18
male K-78 starts exploring the ledges near the nest
photo by naturegal - June 20
K-78 flies back into nest after "branching" on the ledge
photo by eaglegal - June 21
I think the one on the left is K-79 on the edge of the nest
and the one on the right is K-78 "ledging"
photo by Cumbrian - June 22
K-79 follows her brother out of the nest and onto the ledges
photo by EagleLoverFL - June 23
(eleven weeks old)
75 - 77 days (11 weeks)
photo by Naturegal - June 24
The eaglets, especially male K-78, have been exploring the ledges around the nest -
the equivalent of branching for eaglets in a rocky nest.
photo by Eagle Duo - June 26
"Practicing for the big day!"
Camera down June 27 - ???
edited version of photo by eaglegal - July 3
Fledge!
link to full-size pictures and more news from Eaglegal
(a little over 12 weeks)
photo by eaglegal - July 10
K-78 (don't know if the spot in the upper left is part of the family)
link to full-size pictures and more news from Eaglegal
(a little over 13 weeks)
photo by eaglegal - July 10
These are actually the neighboring Twin Rocks eaglets (almost 14 weeks) -
and it's a really great photo and I bet Sol & Luna fly around like this!
but not posing for pictures - the only one she got looked a lot like the July 10 pic
I did learn more about the parents at Two Harbors, thanks to cdn-cdn with info from Dr. Sharpe:
male K-81 - produced at the San Francisco Zoo in 1998 and fostered into the West End nest
female K-82 - hatched in 1998 from an egg removed from the West End nest and fostered into the Pinnacle Rock nest
And here's a link to Cumbrian's Two Harbors Nest tribute
" Thanks For All The Memories : Two Harbors Nest"