A long bonding session.

Video of NX's release yesterday!

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wav4J_VSEOo#ws

DC showed up, looked at both eggs and left

So much for that!

He better show up soon and with food or I'll come down there and pinch his feathers myself.  Maybe he's a big fraidy cat cause she yelled at him yesterday...his dad is like that too..all kacking but no action 

LOL Carly. He is real late today. Maybe Pigott has eggs too and he's just so confused! 

Wish someone could check BS to see if he's there and OK.  Weird he's not been around at all yet.

Joyce is coming to get me to go check the gorge nest site in Niagara Falls. I'll ask if we can check BS first

Check out Nik Wallenda-practicing for his gorge walk!

Poor B.  Archer did the same last year, if I remember right-didn't show up for hours to see the first egg because he was with Unity. 

I was chatting with Big Frank about this and it looks like it could be a respiratory illness called Frounce, where they can't swallow and eventually succumb to it without treatment. If that's what it is then the eyases are susceptible for it is contagious. Too darn sad!  

I was thinking the same thing.  This is sad.  If I remember right, I think it was New Jersey a few years back where they had big problems with it and started giving medicated quail to the chicks early.

5/11/2012  ::   Banding Results
This year we have two male eyases- one weighs 560g, the other 590g. They're both in good health. The banding event seems to awaken the eyases to the fact that they can get out of the scrape and explore the nest ledge. This is critical to their physical development. They will begin building the strength and agility that will be necessary for them to attempt their first flight, which should happen in a few short weeks.

It's reported on BCAW today that NG (mom) is in bad shape-was noticed yesterday that she wasn't acting right.  They posted a video of her that's tough to watch and last time she was seen was this AM. Lil Dad continues to take care of their boys. 

On Wildlife Center of Virginia's FB page today!

Success! Wildlife Center President Ed Clark reported in from the field earlier today -- he said Bald Eagle NX was successfully released at the Rapphannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge at 12:10 p.m. She flew about 75 yards to a tall tree, took in her surroundings for about five minutes, and then flew off through the woods, over an estuary, and into the forest! She did "everything she's supposed to do!"
 

Egg!!!!

 

Guarding his wannabee eggs!

He had his wings stretched out for quite awhile.

I actually thought of Archer when he did this. Went around to a few cams today and pretty much a few were doing just the same thing.

It was the first thing that came to my mind too when I saw him like that.

We looked out the window today to find the nesting materials had been moved and all the bunnies are gone.  No signs of a predator but maybe mom moved them or they left on their own. No signs of them around the yard either.

I don't think Bill will find them very cute when they start eating his vegetable garden! 

We already have quite a few rabbits around here so he says what's 6 more and actually the deer do more garden damage than anything. These babies are awful tiny and cute! He saw the nesting material and thought it was a birds nest.  What a surprise!

http://pix.kg/p/102246575213%3A318540157/scl

Baby bunnies!  A nest of about 6 of them at the base of our Clematis!