Savannah & Derek are live again! WCNC Eagle cam

[Donna]

  Good news. I'm having such a hard time keeping up. I need a break! Thanks!!

[Kris G.]

First pics of Eaglets from Carolina Raptor Center site:

[MAK]

 

[Dumpsterkitty]

Holy Moly!  Those eaglets are HUGE already!

[Kris G.]

They just posted that one of the Eaglets has died. Fly free, little one. 

[Annette]

They just posted that one of the Eaglets has died. Fly free, little one. 

This are so sad. 

[MAK]

 

[Donna]

Oh, I just can't take no more!

[Donna]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – An eaglet at the Carolina Raptor Center continues to grow and flap its wings while staff continues to research how its sibling died last week.

Staff entered the nest on Thursday and retrieved the dead eaglet.

Medical staff examined the eaglet and found nothing abnormal.

"She was a female, and had plenty of abdominal fat, meaning Derek and Savannah were feeding her well. Her lungs, liver, and air sacs were all normal," said Michelle Miller Houck, with the Carolina Raptor Center.  "She had been much smaller than her sibling all along."

Medical staff also examined the surviving eaglet, which is three weeks old.  The eaglet weighs four pounds and 14.62 ounces.

The eaglet was immediately returned to its nest after handling.  Savannah and Derek continued to feed the eaglet several times throughout the afternoon.

In two weeks, 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.

The eaglet will be released around 12 weeks old.

Healthy lone eaglet

[Donna]

http://crc-rehab-blog.tumblr.com/post/4424329197/new-photos-of-crcs-eaglet Some pics of the lone eaglet. So cute.

[MAK]

Awww, it looks so lonely! 

[Kris G.]

 
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.
 

[Kris G.]

2011 CRC EAGLET HAS A NAME

HUNTERSVILLE: Officials at Carolina Raptor Center announced today that the eaglet hatched by their nesting pair of American bald eagles, Savannah and Derek, will be called “Kinseyâ€� in honor of donors Jim and Deborah Secunda of Belmont.  The eaglet name will work for a male or a female bird, so the center decided to announce the naming before the eaglet’s sex is determined in two or three weeks.

 â€œWe were surprised to be offered the naming rights for CRC’s 2011 eaglet. We decided to name it after my mother’s maiden name, and we are excited we can honor her in this way,â€� said Jim Secunda. “We were so impressed with what we saw at Carolina Raptor Center when we visited a few weeks ago, that we knew we wanted to be more involved there. â€�

 â€œKinseyâ€� will be transferred to a hacking tower in a remote location in Mecklenburg County this week. CRC staffers will continue to feed the eaglet once a day as it gets used to its environment and prepares to be released into the wild. It will spend time flapping its wings to build up flight muscles and growing in the final feathers before the doors are opened and it fledges.  There are no current plans to place a tracking device on the eaglet.

Jim and Deborah Secunda are the lead donors in an operating support campaign, “Eaglets, Orphans and Kids,� that is slated to reach its first milestone on April 30, 2011, by hitting the 90-day $102,000 goal.

 The eaglet, “Kinsey,â€� is the surviving sibling of two eaglets born at Carolina Raptor Center on March 4. No cause of death has been determined for the deceased eaglet that lived almost 4 weeks and passed away early in the morning on Thursday, March 31.

[Kris G.]

Kinsey, along with 2 other Eaglets-siblings who were blown out of their nest, have all been moved to the hack tower today.  A live webcam has been placed in the hack tower.

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

I'm so glad that he/she has companions this year instead of being alone like Noah was last year. 

[Donna]

I always feel bad for mom and dad when this happens. Glad he/she is with company this time.