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She said the people she spoke to said the eaglets were 5 weeks old. So I decided to head that way this morning since they should be starting serious wingercizing about now.
As I walked out onto the road
I saw what appeared to be 2 eagles in flight. Didn't even have my camera turned on yet...I lost them before I got this shot. There was not a single soul other than me looking for eagles. I stopped a walker and she said the nest was over there...that tall clump of pines...or maybe that one...she wasn't sure...
I scouted every branch and didn't see a thing. Then I caught a quick glimpse of a dark bird with a left primary missing fly into the area of the right arrow. My first instinct said eagle.
Maximum zoom of where the bird went. Maybe there's a dark pile of sticks left lower quadrant.
Like any good bird watcher, patience is the key...and it was pretty out there today...
Finally saw a bird take off from there...
I followed it with binoculars off to the east. It looked like the other one I had seen but not missing a feather. It was definitely a juvie bald eagle. It flew below the level of the walkway and I was able to see the back & head feathers clearly.
There are at least 2 fully flighted juvies so they're at least 12 weeks old. Either my co-worker forgot when she was there or the photographers gave her bad info. In any case, I saw what I went to see!
Beauty ain't tellin'
