The webcams are live again, and both Harriet and M15 have been seen at the nest tree today.









http://www.dickpritchettrealestate.com/eagle-feed.html

Eagle in the evening light:

Beauty was not far away; her shadow is visible in the second pic, and she did step into the nest box for a moment.

     

     

Early visit by DC:

(movie)

They have a BABY!!!!!!!    

Great catch, Donna! Congratulations to Diamond and Xavier on their beautiful new chick!

The Beautyful one at the nest by herself:

       

       

DC there and gone again:

   

Beauty and DC:

(movie)

DC back again:

       

DC:

       

[Dunedin, New Zealand]

Dunedin, New Zealand

It's a special duck that can force a small army of burly contractors with hefty earthmoving equipment and a strict project timetable across a major Dunedin stream and keep them there for a month.

But Claudia the duck, heavy with egg and in need of a nesting site, did just that.

Claudia decided to settle in to produce her ducklings this year in the middle of where Downer workers were busy on the $3.5 million Otago Regional Council Leith flood protection scheme.

Site engineer Scott Reid - through an ORC communications spokeswoman - said Claudia's nest was found early last month by Mark Green, a man he described as ''a very observant member of the construction crew''.

Mr Green was undertaking some cleaning on the right bank wall extension of the waterway, 5m upstream from the Leith footbridge, when he discovered the expectant bird.

''After consultation with Fish and Game and discovering it would take about 30 days for the eggs to hatch, it was decided that work on this section of the contract would be put on hold to allow nature to take its course,'' Mr Reid said.

Claudia took advantage of the reprieve and last week produced nine ducklings.

The family was last seen ''playing in the weirs downstream of the work site''.

Article and photos:

http://www2.nzherald.co.nz/the-country/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=499&objectid=11922104

These are great, Kris! Beautiful baby birds. Thank you for posting the link.

Yankee's black band is on his right leg instead of his left which is consistent with your photo above Alison - I see the USFW on the left leg 

I know that Yankee's black band is on his right leg. I also caught a glimpse of it as he moved around while I was watching him, but decided not to post those images because the quality was so poor. Yankee's silver band on the left leg is visible in the first pic I posted.

Ralphie:

Dixie: