An updated video of Lily, Faith and Hope:

http://youtu.be/wS3rTK2Ut4I

 
by NewsChannel 36 Staff

WCNC.com
Posted on April 12, 2011 at 12:46 PM

HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. -- An eaglet at the Carolina Raptor Center is now about four weeks old and staff is preparing to transfer the bird to its new home.

The eaglet now weighs more than five pounds and is ready to start learning how to survive on its own.

In the next week or two, the eaglet will be taken to a 30-feet tall hack tower, which looks similar to a tree fort, where it will learn to live on its own and get acclimated to the wild.

A full medical examination will take place prior to the move to the hack tower.  At that time staff will do a DNA sample to determine the sex.

At 10-12 weeks of age, the eagle will be ready for the doors of the hack tower to open so it can test its ability to fly. Staff members will continue to feed the eagle while it's in the hack tower.

CRC staff do not plan to fit the eaglet with a tracking device.

CRC's newest bald eagle was born the weekend of March 4.  Its sibling died March 31.  Medical staff examined the eaglet and found nothing abnormal.

The eyes of the world have been watching Derek and Savannah through the 35 day incubation period and during the past four weeks as the remaining eaglet has been growing from a small gray fluff ball to an almost full sized bird. The WCNC EagleCam has given eagle enthusiasts, school children and researchers a unique insight into a bald eagle nest.

WCNC has installed a solar powered camera in the hack tower to give eagle cam watchers a few more weeks of footage before it flies away.
 

I think we will do better once we have babies to watch!   

And if we can get on national news

I was going to say that they've been broadcast on all the top national nightly newscasts which was then broadcast by local news stations so it's had great exposure.

Found this article today on Twitter.  What I thought was interesting is that the author thinks the nestbox is still on Kodak according to her next to last paragraph! I did post a comment.


http://www.rochestersubway.com/topics/2011/04/kodak-tower-extreme-makeover/

News just in: our female osprey, known as 'Lady', at Loch of the Lowes has just laid its first egg of the season. This is the 59th egg she has laid in 21 years. She's thought to be 26 years old. We could see chicks in around five weeks from now!


This is great! Good luck Lady!

 

He always was weaker than Faith-very meek, not adventurous like his sister.  When Lily made the decision to leave the den and started traveling with her cubs, Jason found it hard to keep up.  While his sisters were climbing trees, he would sleep at their bases.  It will be interesting to see what the autopsy shows.  Possibly malnutrition with Lily nursing 3 cubs at the same time? 

Phoebe's latest 2 both fledged on 4/6 and yesterday she laid another egg!    

 

Yes kris! Thats the one thanks so much. Although i'm glad to have the other ones because i missed those too, beautiful pictures. Off to work but thanks for finding it for me!

Glad to help!  I thought that this was the one- beautiful pic by Carol!

Great news!!   

Looks like he's saying "Lunch has arrived."