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Goldwing and Linux, in honor of Richard Pitt

The older eaglet appeared to be standing stiffly and completely ignored several feedings on May 28, and his/her crop appeared to be sticking out at an odd angle, as if something might be stuck in it. The eaglet appeared to be improving over the next few days, eating more and lying down some, though still looking a bit uncomfortable, but died during the night of May 31-June 1.

Younger eaglet Linux was found in a field near the nest after his initial flight, and didn't try to fly when a rehab person approached to check on him, so he was taken to OWL for a checkup; he quickly regained strength and confidence, and was returned to the tree (about 30' up and 45' below the nest 3 days later; he made his way back to the nest a day after that, and stayed in the nest tree until July 11, leaving around 4:46 pm (though he may have taken some short flights before that)

~Mar 3

~Mar 3

Mar 6
5:17 pm

Apr 11
seen
6:15 am
(39 days)
died
June 1
(51 days)

Apr 11
11:29 an
(36 days)

July 3
3:31 pm
(83 days)

July 11

as of March 14, the eagles are not visiting the nest (though they are seen perching in and near the nest tree), and no alternate nest has been found, so they may be taking a year off;
as of late April, regular observers reported that the male had not been seen for weeks, and it looked as if two males were vying for the female's attention

last half of Feb - Mar 10

 

chick named "Elizabeth" by Doug Carrick, after Elizabeth May, the first Green Party member ever to win a seat in the Canadian parliament

Mar 19-28

Mar 19
early morning

feeding seen
Apr 25
7:27 pm
(37 days)

July 22
8:38 am
(88 days)

Dad & Elizabeth
Aug 12
~noon

Mom
seen
Aug 15
8:27 pm
heard
Aug 16
morning

Sky
Starlet
Sorrior (for warrior who soars)
(named by students at the Admiral Seymour School in East Vancouver)

Mar 10-16

Mar 13
~7:05 pm

Mar 16
7:35 pm

Apr 19
~3 pm
(35 days)

seen
Apr 21
7:37 am
(36 days)

Apr 24
late afternoon
(~36 days)

July 14
8:01 am
(86 days)

July 19
10:00 am
(89 days)

July 26
6:19 am
(93 days)

3 eaglets
July 31
9:51 pm

2 eaglets
Aug 7
9:11 am

1 eaglet
Aug 8
12:35 pm

Dad - Aug 10
8:30 am

Mom - Aug 14
1:42 am

they are again using their 2011 nest - not the one with the new cam

nest tree blew down in storm May 8-9: both adults OK

first year on cam

 

Mar 1-22

incubation behavior observed March 22

2 chicks
~Apr 20?

#3 seen
May 13

all 3 by
July 8

no cam

Echo (or E)
Foxtrot (or Foxy)

~Mar 13

Mar 13
3:32 pm

Mar 16
~8:10 pm

Apr 19
2:58 pm
(37 days)

Apr 21
1:40 pm
(36 days)

July 13
9:25 am
(85 days)
back
5:47 pm

July 14
1:39 pm
(84 days)

Dad
July 30 - cam
Aug 3 - from beach

Mom
Aug 2

Echo
Aug 3

Foxy
Aug 2

Mom, Echo & Foxy at beach
Aug 6
6 pm

A21(M) & A11(F)
(they were at non-breeding pair at Yellowbanks 2008-2010, and A21 was seen there with A48 before apparently settling with A11 on Anacapa Island in 2011)

nest failed - not sure when because of limited access

early March

incubating or brooding Apr 8

incubating or brooding Apr 8

adults K93(M) & A37(F)

eggs laid Feb 8-9 and Feb 12:
only 1 egg seen Feb 14;
remaining egg there Mar 2,
but only pieces of shell seen Mar 5

Mar 4-29

Feb 8-9

Feb 12

 

adults K65(M) & K56(F)
2012 - K73 has replaced K65 as the male

(first two eggs each lost
within a day or two of being laid;
third egg incubated but did not hatch)

Feb 16 - Mar 3

Feb 14

~Feb 17

≤Feb 23

 

adults K80(M) and K47(F)

banded May 18
K22 (M)/Jerry

younger chick likely blown out of nest during massive windstorm

Feb 18 - Mar 10

~Feb 16

Feb 18

≤Mar 23
(~36 days)

Mar 24
(~35 days)
died
Apr 25

≤June 12
(81 days)

2010 adults were K25(M) & K34(F)
2011 adults may have lost wing tags

banded May 11
K20 (F)/Pukuu - almost 10 lbs
K21 (M)/Micco - a little over 8 lbs

Feb 12 - Mar 5

~Feb 7
(seen
Feb 9)

seen
Feb 10

Mar 16
(38 days)

seen
Mar 19
(38 days)

≤June 5
(81 days)

≤June 12
(85 days)

 

adults K33(M) & K17(F)

K00(M) replaced K33 in 2012

Did not nest in 2012

Feb 19 - Mar 6

 

 

 

adults K81(M) and K82(F)

the eaglet was alone on the nest at 3 weeks old when the male left for the night and the female didn't arrive to keep watch; an island fox entered the nest - and retreated when the eaglet reared up - but returned once the eaglet was asleep, and took the chick.

Feb 17 - Mar 2

Feb 19
6:31 pm

Feb 22
~8:30 pm

Mar 29
11:26 am
(39 or 36
days)
died
Apr 20

1 broke
Mar 26

 

 

adults K01(M) & Wray (F)

banded May 25
K27 (F)/Athena
K24 (M)/Megwich
no wing tags; orange leg band 5Z (F)/Ge-nii

the youngest eaglet is behind in development (though doing great now that there's more food), so was not considered ready for wing tags or a transmitter; she was given a colored band on her other leg to help with identification.

The adults appeared to be chasing 5Z off the nest starting 10 days or so after she fledged, though K27 was still spending a lot of time there for at least 6 weeks after she fledged; K27 frequently chased K24 off the nest, though the adults did not; I've not seen adults chase one of their own chicks off a nest before.

Feb 20 - Mar 14

Feb 18
8:24 pm

Feb 22
~6:30 pm

Feb 26
~6:00 pm

Mar 29
11:28 am
(40 days)

Mar 30
6:35 am
(37 days)

Apr 3
6:20 am
(37 days)

June 27
8:21 am
(90 days)

June 25
8:41 am
(87 days)

July 12
6:39 am
(100 days
- a bit over
14 weeks)

K27-Aug 14

K24-July 29

5Z-Aug 4?

off nest reports:

K24 still on the island as of early Sept but drowned Sept 6

K27 was seen on the mainland on Aug 15

per Aug 15 update, 5Z was still being seen near the nest

2012:
A35(F); no wing tags seen on male (K11?)
(K11 has been the male in this area in the past)

banded Apr 28
A77 (M)/Koa
A78 (F)/Aurora

(A77 jumped/fell out of the nest at least a day before banding but was fine)

A78's body was found on a narrow beach at the foot of a cliff; she may have misjudged a landing and injured herself, or have been weak from lack of food and gone down in the water and not been able to get out; there is no way off the little beach other than flying.

Mar 3 - Apr 5

seen incubating
Feb 5

2 chicks

seen
Mar 5

May 28
(~91 days)

May 31
(~13 weeks)

A77
no updates

A78
body found
July 23
possible drowning

California
Santa Cruz Island
Fraser Point

no cam

adults A64(M)/Spirit & A49(F)/Cruz

(both adults are offspring of the Pelican Harbor pair,
though A64 was knocked off the nest in an attack by a juvie
and released from a hack tower after rehab)

new

seen incubating Feb 28

maybe by
Apr 1
confirmed
Apr 4

nest empty Apr 9

California
Santa Cruz Island
Fry's Harbor

no cam

adults A46(M) & A24(F)

(Male is known as Stephen Jr.)

(eagles were still incubating Apr 25 - no way to know what happened)

new

seen incubating Mar 30

nest empty
Apr 30

California
Santa Cruz Island
Hazards
(aka Baby's Harbor, North Shore or Cueva Valdez pair)

no cam

adults A00(M) & A16(F)

banded June 9
A83 (M)

Died July 11; the IWS team noticed he looked lethargic July 5, so scheduled more time to watch the next day, and he appeared more active though not back to normal; they didn't check the following day as their lookout point is close enough to stress the adults, and when they checked July 8, he was on the ground under the nest, weak but alive; they rescued him and brought him to the mainland for treatment in the morning, but it wasn't enough. They did perform a necropsy, but as is often the case, were unable to determine a cause of death. Rest in peace, young one.

~Mar 17

incubating
Mar 21

California
Santa Cruz Island
Los Piños
(aka Willows
but didn't nest there)

no cam

adults A45(M) & A51(F)

 

new

incubating
Mar 27

nest empty
Apr 5

adults K10(M) & K26(F)

banded June 10
A84 (M)/Marcus

A84 also jumped as the climber approached and flew/glided a few hundred meters

Feb 24 - Mar 8

Mar 6
1:58 pm

Mar 9
2:01 pm

1 broke
Mar 26

Apr 13
5:07 pm
(38 or 35 days)

June 29
8:28 am
(77 days)

on Santa Rosa in late August

adults A40(M) & A27(F)

banded June 8
A82 (F)/Phoebe
A81 (M)/Buster

A81 jumped from the nest as the climber appeared

~Mar 3

Mar 2
6:41 pm

Mar 6
12:26 am

Apr 8
6:32 am
(37 days)

Apr 11
pre-dawn
(36 days)

July 2
12:14 pm
(85 days)

June 21
4:51 pm
(71 days)

A81 seen & A82's signal picked up in late September

possible pairs - haven't nested yet
adding them here to keep track of who is who

Yellowbanks - A21 & A48
Smugglers - A59(F) and A58(M)

 

 

 

adults A39(M) & A43(F)

(chicks appeared to be about a week old when first seen on March 14)
(only one chick seen April 3; remains of other found downslope from nest at banding - cause unknown - age 2-3 weeks)

banded May 2
A79 (F)/Kaya - B

early March

incubating
by
Feb 23

~Mar 7

~Mar 7
died
late March

≤June 14
(~14 weeks)

on Santa Cruz and Anacapa in late July

adults A08(M) & A22(F)

banded May 16
A80 (F)/Rosa

early March

incubating
by
Feb 24

1 seen
Apr 6

between
June
19-26

seen on Santa Cruz in early October

adults Patriot (M) & Liberty (F)

Shasta
Lassen

Feb 6 - Feb 15

maybe
Feb 3
definitely
by Feb 5

feeding seen
Mar 15
5:25 pm
(~39 days)

~Mar 18?
seen
Mar 30

≤June 12
(89 days)

June 8
8:40 am
(82 days)

both fledglings seen in the area June 25

Shasta seen July 1

Patriot seen July 25

Colorado
Fort St. Vrain

Link

On April 1, the two older chicks were exploring the edges of the nest, and the middle chick either couldn't figure how to get back, or may have gotten caught on something like twine or fishline as he was able to move quite a ways, but never succeeded in getting all the way back to the nest bowl. He was uncovered for several hours after dark, then the male arrived and brooded him for a while, but we hadn't seen much motion for a while before that, so it may have been too late; by the morning of April 2nd, it was clear that he had passed away.

The remaining two chicks died April 12 when the adults were unable to keep them warm and dry during a severe wind/rain storm.

Rest in peace, young ones.

Feb 14 - Mar 6

Feb 15
6:06 pm

seen
Feb 19
9:06 am

seen
Feb 22
8:30 am

Mar 25
seen
6:34 pm
(39 days)

seen
Mar 27
6:25 am
(37 days

Mar 29
seen
2:43 pm
(36 days)

 

 

adults Hope & Valor

Apparently eggs were untended quite often, but still hatched;
chicks were also untended, and one after the other made their way to the edge of the nest and fell over the side.

Rest in peace, tiny ones.

Feb 1

Feb 1

Feb 4

Mar 14
(42 days)
died
Mar 17

Mar 15
(40 days)
died
Mar 19

 

 

adults Liberty & Justice

Faith
Hope
Spirit

One or more may have fledged before June 16, but all three were somewhere in the nest tree on previous visits, and none were there on June 16.

late Feb - early Mar

Feb 11
2:54 pm

Feb 14
1:30 pm

Feb 17
4:40 pm

Mar 19
~6:25 am
(37 days)

Mar 21
9:46 am
(36 days)

Mar 24
by 10:30 am
(36 days)

all three by June 16
(84 - 89 days)

cam stopped working in early July; all 3 fledglings seen in area July 9

one seen July 16

D12
D13
D14 (M)

D12 was found electrocuted at the base of a power pole the morning of July 1. The power company was notified, and modified the top of that pole and several other poles in the area; they are continuing to identify and modify poles to make them raptor safe. D12 had been flying about 2-1/2 weeks. Rest in peace, young one.

D14 has a transmitter - http://www.raptorresource.org/maps/D14_latest.php

D14 was found dead November 26, also electrocuted while landing or perching on a power pole. The announcement from the Raptor Resource Project reported "He was healthy and butterball fat. There were no signs of wear from the transmitter or backpack." - so while his life was short, it sounds as if it was a good life with lots of fish. Rest in peace.

Feb 23 - Mar 2

Feb 17
7:54 pm

Feb 20
9:09 pm

Feb 24
8:05 pm

Mar 27
1:53 pm
(39 days)

Mar 28
~9:00 am
(37 days)

Mar 31
<6:50 am
(36 days)

maybe
Jun 12
8:25 pm
(77 days)
definitely
June 13

June 14
6:38 am
(78 days)

June 18
7:31 am
(79 days)

cam off June 30
D12 & D13 seen, D14 nearby

D12
died
July 1

D14 died
~Nov 26

"Eden"
"Geddy"

There was a major rainstorm June 3-4, delivering 8-9 inches of rain; the adults were not on the nest as much as I'd expect when chicks are under 5 weeks old, but it was apparently warm enough that they came through the storm all right. Unfortunately, food deliveries were few and far between in the wake of the storm, and the older eaglet not only got almost all the food, but also initiated a series of brutal attacks on the younger eaglet. Around 4:33 pm on June 8, the younger eaglet, who had been driven to the edge of the nest during an attack, slipped over the side; BRI reported that the eaglet did not survive.

Rest in peace, young one. ♥

Mar 5 - 24

Mar 26
5:29 pm

may be a second egg

seen
May 3
5:49 am
(38 days)

seen
May 4
10:45 am
(36 days)
died
June 8

July 17
3:52 pm
(75 days)
(maybe just flight to another branch, but flew; definitely by July 20)

Sept 26
12:21 pm
(146 days, or almost 21 weeks)

calls similar to hers being heard into November

It appears that the male died around the middle of March, electrocuted when he flew into a power line, perhaps while chasing an intruder; a new male was seen on the nest shortly thereafter, with a dark spot on his head and some darker feathers in the tail, but he was quite inexperienced in his attempts to mate (even standing next to the willing female a couple of times while making all the right motions, but nowhere near the target area), so there were no eggs.

no eggs seen yet

 

 

 

 

Feb 26 - an adult eagle landed at the nest and attacked the 8-day-old eaglets while the adults were off the nest, killing the older one and fatally injuring the younger one.

Rest in peace, little ones.

Jan 11 - 30

Jan 11
2:44 pm

Jan 14
4:09 pm

Feb 18
12:22 pm
(38 days)
died
Feb 26

Feb 18
evening
(35 days)
died
Feb 26-7

 

 

no cam and no local observer reports in 2012

Feb 28 - Mar 6

 

Harmon
Kirby

The younger eaglet fell from the nest when he was 16 days old and did not survive; it appeared that he was standing on one end of a piece of skin, and when the adult moved the skin, he was tossed up to the edge of the nest.

The older eaglet became stuck in the nest when he was a little over 3 weeks old; he was removed from the nest the afternoon of May 4 and taken to rehab to be cleaned and checked out (there were some puncture wounds (from sticks in the nest?) - and maggots), and fed; there were no serious injuries, so he was returned to the nest the afternoon of May 6, along with a supply of fish heads and tails. He was alone that night, and as a second night approached, the team made plans to remove him - when the adults suddenly appeared on the nest. The reunion was amazing - I've been watching eagles for a long time - and seeing both adults trying to feed him at the same time, and then Mom preening him - it was one of the most touching scenes I've ever witnessed.

?

Mar 6

Mar 9

Apr 12
5:47 pm
(37 days)

Apr 14
6:14 am
(36 days)
died
Apr 30

July 2
(81 days)

Aug 19
(cam down for a couple of weeks after that, so not sure if that's exactly when the eaglet left)

adults Elsie and Einstein

Spirit
Sunshine
Chance

Feb 11

Feb 7
early morning

?Feb 10?

Mar 15?
(37 days)
confirmed
Mar 16

Mar 17?
(36 days)
confirmed
Mar 18

Mar 19?
seen
Mar 24
1:53 pm

June 11
5:53 am
(88 days)

June 12
early morning
(87 days)

June 5
1:26 pm
(~78 days)

at least
one seen
Aug 4

 

early March

Feb 25

(more eggs likely)

Mar 26

?Mar 28?

?
seen
Apr 16

all 3
fledged
successfully

 

There were two chicks as of May 13 when the cam went down and only one when it came back up on May 28; the other chick may have died shortly after the cam went down as a May 16 email from the folks on site mentioned that there was one chick; there's no way to know which one was lost - the younger chick in a nest faces a few more challenges, so that seems more likely.

Cam stopped working June 7; the remaining eaglet was looking good

Mar 16-Mar 19

by
Mar 13

seen
Apr 24

seen
Apr 27

June 7 -
cam stopped working

no cam for 2012

info from reports of biologists watching from a distance with a spotting scope

~Feb 28

by Feb 28

?early Apr?
1 seen
Apr 27

by
May 24

 

adults Derek (M) and Savannah (F)
(both non-releasable)

Carolina (F)

moved to hacking tower April 9 (44 days)
tower doors opened before dawn May 3 (68 days)

on May 18 they added a platform to the corner of the outside perch and began putting Carolina's food there; on May 19 they closed one of the doors (Carolina was perching on the outside perch and the door frame, but we didn't see her inside much by the 18th); the second door was closed the afternoon or May 21, and two rescued eaglets were placed in the tower. The doors were opened again on May 31 and the older eagled fledged immediately; the crew checking the tower hadn't seen Carolina for a few days so we don't know if she was still in the area; the younger eaglet fledged June 10, and was seen perched with what was probably the older rescued eaglet - humanizing, but the younger one seemed a bit intimidated by everything, so I like the idea that his buddy from rehab waited so they could leave the area together (even though I do know from tagged eaglets that they don't generally stay together after leaving the nest territory).

Jan 5-25

Jan 18
4:07 pm

Jan 21-22
overnight

Feb 25
1:12 pm
(38 days)

did not hatch

May 10
10:05 am
(75 days)

May 26

the cam went down in late March; approximate fledge date is from a local photographer

Dec 2-7

Dec 2-5

Dec 5-8

Jan 11
2:44 pm

Jan 12
seen
8:36 am

both
~Apr 3
(about
82-83 days)

still in area
Apr 15

The youngest chick was significantly smaller and behind in development - but was holding his own and getting a good share of the food most of the time; he probably died of exposure - there was heavy rain overnight and his older siblings had feathers to protect themselves while he did not. Rest in peace, young one.

Dec 17 - Jan 3

Dec 17
~4 pm

Dec 20
4:29 pm

Dec 23-4
overnight

Jan 24
10:47 am
(38 days)

Jan 25
12:56 pm
(36 days)

Jan 29
4:38 pm
(36 days)
died
Mar 8

Apr 14
(81 days)

Apr 17
(83 days)

both
May 14

one
May 15

maybe one
May 16

The cam was set up on the artificial nest they used 2008-2009 - but they went back to the small nest in a tree they used in 2010; by the time the cam there was activated on March 9, they had three eggs.

It looked as if one of the adults accidentally stepped on the older eaglet while moving towards the nest bowl to brood the chicks for the night, then got her foot tangled with the chick, possibly injuring it further; it was lifeless at the edge of the nest at the first observed feeding the next morning.

Feb 1 - Feb 18

3 before
Mar 9

Mar 11
6:53 pm
died
Mar 18

Mar 14
2:21 pm

did not hatch

~June 7
(12 weeks)

June 16

adults Cascade (M) and Lady Odell (F)

did not nest, as far as we know

Mar 24 - Apr 19

 

adults Franklin (M) and Independence (F)
(both non-releasable)

L2/Griffith (F)
J2/Braveheart (F)
F2/Ranger (M)

Griffith first landed in the woods, then in the lake; she swam to shore and was captured and returned to the tower to rest and recover. She appeared to be favoring one leg, so after Braveheart fledged, the AEF team closed the tower and caught her for a health check, and discovered a discovered a significant abrasion on the bottom pad of her right foot, so she was returned to AEF for treatment, and will be brought back to the tower for release when her foot has healed. (Note - I don't know which chick is which - Griffith was described as "the big 12 lb female" so I'm guessing she's #1.)

Mar 23 - Apr 3

Mar 24
7:00 pm

Mar 27
7:15 pm

March 31
3:30 pm

May 7
12:06 am
(44 days)

May 7
1:40 am
(41 days)

May 8
4:57 am
(38 days)

Aug 15
morning?
(100 days)

Aug 15
after 6 pm
(100 days)

Aug 13
afternoon
(97 days)

Griffith
re-released
Sept 29

The former female of the Norfolk pair was killed in a collision with an airplane on April 26, 2011; the male found a new mate, but she unfortunately died after flying into power lines; he then spent time with two other females (#2 & #3), and as of March 14 has been keeping company with #4, nicknamed "DT" (dark tail or dirty tail) because she still had some dark feathers on her head and tail, and those of us who watch the cam and follow the reports of the local observers were hoping they would nest in 2013.

Sadly, that is not to be. The USDA Wildlife Service had recommended that the nest be removed to reduce the likelihood of another collision between a plane and an eagle, and the City of Norfolk (which owns the 155 acres where the Garden is located) had the nest taken down on October 4th, and has authorized the use of "dispersal techniques" (sounds, lights, paint balls, etc.) to discourage the eagles from building a new nest. I understand why the City of Norfolk may have felt compelled to do this - but personally I don't think it will reduce the odds that an eagle will fly across a runway at some point in the future, and find it very sad that an eagle watched and loved by tens ot maybe hundreds of thousands of people is now an outcast, being driven from his home. But nests do fall down naturally from time to time, and eagles do move to new locations if there are too many disruptions - so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that Dad Norfolk and his new lady will find a safe place to nest, out of the public eye. ♡

Jan 31 - Feb 10

 

 

 

 

adults James and Virginia

There was some major sibling rivalry here when the chicks were a couple of weeks old, probably partly because food was scarce. I need to do a bit more research, but think that there was concern at one point that the adults might be abandoning the nest and chicks because of the cams - will try to refresh my memory about that and include it soon.

Added - from Virginia News 12/12/12 "Virginia and James surprised the experts when they left the nest untended for three days in April. A veterinarian twice fed the chicks by hand before the parents returned."

mid-late Feb

Feb 8
5:44 pm

Feb 11
6:17 pm

Mar 16
7:30 pm
(37 days)

Mar 18
7:31 am
(36 days)

June 1
6:48 pm
(77 days)

June 2
8:07 am
(76 days)

cam off
June 15

observers reported both chicks still in the area as of early July

did not nest

The WDFW website suggested that one of the previous pair may have died too close to nesting for a new mate to become established in time for eggs to be laid this year. The pair is visiting regularly so we hope they will nest next year.

Mar 13 - late Mar

 

 

 

 

adults Shep (M) and Belle (F)

Liberty, the former male, disappeared in mid-March 2011, and likely died after a territorial fight with the new male; as this is the first year for the new pair, their schedule may be different than before

Jan 31 - Feb 12

Feb 5
5:34 pm

Feb 8
11:11 pm

Mar 14
3:38 pm
(38 days)

seen
Mar 16
7:20 am
(37 days)

June 3
7:10 am
(81 days)

June 4
7:07 am
(80 days)

both seen
July 3

cam down
for 10 days

one seen
July 14
(~120 days)

adults Larry (M) and Lucy (F)

Luke (F?)
Lilly (M?)

One of the eaglets missed a landing and fell from the nest at 3 pm on June 26; the eaglet was seen on a branch 20 feet under the nest later that afternoon, but not seen in the nest tree the following day, so the assumption is that she(?) flew to a nearby tree; she returned to the nest the morning of June 28 at 9:38 am.

Mar 2

Mar 2
4:30 pm

Mar 5
6:54 pm

Apr 7
6:19 am
(36 days)

Apr 10
6:20 am
(36 days)

~June 27
(81 days)

June 29
6:01 pm
(803 days)

both
early Aug

one
Aug 10

adults George (M) and Martha (F)

Shadow (6.85 lbs at banding)
Feather (7.42 lbs at banding)

banded June 2 (~5 weeks)

Mar 22

Mar 22

Mar 25

Apr 28
(37 days)

Apr 30
(36 days)

<July 25

~July 25

Aug 22
9:29 am
(116 days
~16.5 weeks)

Sept 1
4:53 pm
(124 days
~17.5 weeks)

black eagle eggs hatch in about 45 days;
if more than one hatches,
the older will kill the younger;
the eaglet fledges in about 14 weeks

adults Emoyeni (F) and Thulani (M)

Jabulani (F?)

Apr 9-17

cam down

June 6
7:32 am

June 9
10:38 am
died
~June 16

Sept 12
7:35 am
(99 days)
(~14 weeks)

cam down after fledge (black eagle fledglings are less likely to return to the nest than bald eagles)

S3 (F?)
S4 (M?)

The chicks became tangled in fishline, and S3 ended up with the hook caught in her throat; both were rescued October 15; S4 was checked out, banded and returned to the nest; S3 was untangled and went to vet for surgical removal of the fish hook, and was banded and returned to the nest on October 15.

Banding Measurements
Eaglet Band # Leg Age Weight HB Wing Length Tarsus Tail 3rd toe Feather P8
S3 - 150-40836 Right 55 days 2446g - 376mm 112.6mm 150mm 62mm 265mm
S4 - 150-40837 Left 53 days 2346g 101.2mm - 364mm 103.1mm
At banding - "We don't know gender ... but both of their weights exceeded the known size for males at that age."
(S3 seemed quite a bit bigger than S4 at fledging - so maybe S4 is a big male)

~July 4

July 12
~6 pm

~July 15

Aug 22
(very early)
(41 days)

~Aug 24
(40 days)

Nov 23
12:39 pm
(93 days)

Nov 14
1:37 pm
(82 days)