Is wearing your lunch on your head sort of like wearing your heart on your sleeve? 

I blame the influence of Kate Middleton...

To wit:

The final chapter...

are they as crowded as they look? that nest box looks small for 5

It is pretty crowded in there, but they'll be up on the perch in no time. 

one more question--do they hatch in order of being  laid?  thanks for you time

That's hard to tell.  The first one laid does have a dark spot, so we may be able to tell this time.  Generally it's hard to tell one from the other unless they're marked and in an incubator.

The Hieronymus Bosch moments have begun...

(cannot find the comparison picture-I think it's a piece of Garden of Earthly Delights)

The eaglets in their new nest

question---is it likely that b's second hatch be as much as 8 days after her first?

They didn't start incubating full time until after the last egg was laid.  This is so they will all hatch close to each other.  In other nests where there has been a long delay between eggs this has been true as well.  But we won't know until they start hatching!

why in reply #4 does donna's fantastic picture of quest seem to have a silver band?

Thanks Ei, I was just posting that! 

Scary sometimes how much we think alike!

why in reply #4 does donna's fantastic picture of quest seem to have a silver band?

The one labeled Ian Davies (I think)?  The tape fell off her USFWS band before she got to Cape Cod...

And I re-read the article over lunch & did some digging-the fellow quoted about Mom eagle's body is the airport's executive director-not connected to NBG or VDGIF.  Hopefully he was just saying something he heard in passing.

This was just re-posted:

updated post from NBG today -

Source Norfolk Botanical Garden: She will be sent to the National Eagle Repository in Colorado
http://www.fws.gov/le/natives/EagleRepository.htm

Source Norfolk Botanical Garden: We did not ask - she was not our bird, she was wild.

The babies are on the webcam!

http://www.wvec.com/marketplace/microsite-content/eagle-cam.html

I'm curious to know how Archer's egg brooding compares to his Grandpa Kaver.  I have a feeling there will be a huge discrepancy.

The charts are all still there at Shaky's...

http://shakymon.com/rfc-info.html



2003 (Kaver's 2nd year)

I think we all crashed the site..."The eaglets are in the nest!  They actually made their way up the hill well over an hour ago — but our website traffic has been so high, it’s tough getting in to provide updates and photos!"

Anyway...

Norfolk Botanical Gardens placed in nest

 I can post from my iphone, there's no place to hide from myself! 

That's why I put the before this year's fledge as an option!  But we don't want you to stop...far from it! 

I'm not even close to 10,000 posts, and I'm no posting slouch!  So, what do you think?

Hmmm...can't get into the WCV site...wonder if they're off line to connect the planned webcam?

And I re-read the article over lunch & did some digging-the fellow quoted about Mom eagle's body is the airport's executive director-not connected to NBG or VDGIF.  Hopefully he was just saying something he heard in passing.