Shepardstown Eaglet: NCTC

[Donna]

 Eagle Nest Updates
Spring Update #7 - July 15, 2010

Our young eagle has been flying around the nest area now since its first flight since on or around June 13th. While the bird has learned to fly, it has only started to learn to hunt, leaving it often times in the nest yelling to its parents for dinner.

Note the turtle shells in the nest. Turtles have been easy prey this season for the eagles and we have counted at least four shells (probably more) in the nest.

With its rudimentary hunting skills, the young eagle will soon head off away from its Shepherdstown home, not to be seen again in these parts. Our adults will very likely hang around for the rest of the summer, and in the Fall begin to tidy up the nest for the next nesting season.

This is the nest that lost the 3 eggs in the snowstorm back in Feb. They had a 2nd clutch, 2 eggs, 1 hatched.