From their blog:

Last update for today.

February 26, 2012 (final post for the day)
Our ranger -- who can see the live cam feed -- relayed the following news:

"As of 3:30 pm, the remaining chick was still alive. Parent was not on the nest at the time but soon returned. At 4:10 pm, I glanced at the TV and finally saw both parents on the nest. Male appeared to be sitting, and female chowing down on something. Did not see chick get fed, though. This is good, however, because I reviewed a couple hours of the tape from this morning and never saw a visit from the other parent."

The other chick does appear to be dead and is slowly getting buried in the nest material. Sometimes eagle parents remove the body and sometimes they let it get buried in the deep nest.

If the remaining chick is still alive later on Monday, we'll turn the cam feed back on

No bands.

Safe journey, Cheyenne!

Posted on their blog:

We believe one chick has died and the other is injured (or possibly dead at this point). We're keeping an eye on the cam and we'll turn it back on once we don't have images of an injured eaglet crawling around the nest.

We don't plan on keeping it offline for a long time. Just until the chick's immediate survival plays out.

       
 

Possibility of intruder causing harm to chicks:

http://www.friendsofblackwater.org/eagle12blog/

[Eagle Cam Web Log]

Sad news at Blackwater...

Nest Update

02/26/12:
Special News

We have some sad news at the nest. Please read our latest Eagle Cam Web Log entry for details.

Just read that on FB. Very sad. 

Good to hear that Beauty is doing well.   

Very touching story, Donna.  Thanks for sharing.

One of the eggs has hatched!

I know you say be patient but its been a week. There should be some news by now. geeze

come on is she healing or getting worse.


(I wish she was with Marge in Wisconsin)

Patient is all we can be. 

Can June S. contact the DEC to see what's going on?

I'll ask her.

Thanks!

I know you say be patient but its been a week. There should be some news by now. geeze

come on is she healing or getting worse.


(I wish she was with Marge in Wisconsin)

Patient is all we can be. 

Can June S. contact the DEC to see what's going on?

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/09/the-secret-life-of-the-rambling-puffin/?emc=eta1

You can only vote when the time is right.

Archer was a good dad and Beauty was a great mom! 

    and welcome to the Forum!