New Cam: Sea Eagles in Australia.

[Donna]

http://www.ustream.tv/seaeagles 2 eggs to hatch between Aug 13-16

[MAK]

  Way down under! 

[Donna]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0RbhdjQi7A# A new life emerges!

[MAK]

 

[Donna]

How precious is this little Eagle!!

[MAK]

   Oh,oh it's so cuuuuuute!!!!!! Thanks! 

[Donna]

They are adorable! S1 and S2!

[annieinelkhart]

  These little ones are so darn cute!  Thanks for keeping us updated.  I don't get to see many of the videos while up north.  I use my cell phone as an internet tether.  BUT when we get back south I have free wi-fi and can see all that I want, bummer it is the wrong time of year for all the little ones I love to watch!   

[Donna]

Sad Day for Sea-EagleCAM
by EagleCAM on Saturday, August 20, 2011 at 3:58am

Today is a very sad day for Sea-EagleCAM and everyone following these eagles. Late yesterday, Friday 19th August, one of the eagle chicks died in the nest. It is believed by the Ustream chatters that the eaglet that perished was S1, the first chick that hatched on Sunday 14th. However, we are still trying to confirm which one has survived.   

 

From reviewing the High Definition video footage it has shown that as mum flew back onto the nest with a pigeon carcass, she tried to release her grip but her back talon got caught in the pigeon. She tried a number of times to let it go but it would not release. She stepped forward into the nest bowl and, as normal, crouched over the chicks but unfortunately dragged the pigeon into the nest bowl. Sometime later she flew off of the nest leaving the pigeon in the bowl and on her return she stepped in as normal. One of the chicks was standing in the bowl, the other was laying down and when mum sat down it forced both chicks into the side of the nest bowl. The chick that was upright was OK but the chick that was laying down had the pigeon forced against its face and against the wall of the bowl. We think that this pressure, combined with a wet carcass, was too much for such a young chick of about 4 to 5 days old to be able to deal with and its breathing was inhibited and it suffocated. The red colouring that was seen on mum’s feathers and on both of the chicks was from the pigeon carcass.

 

The surviving chick is doing well even after a cold and wet night (see the photos in the Chick 2011 photo folder) and we look forward to watching it grow towards fledging in November. 

[MAK]

  Thanks for the update! 

[Kris G.]

How sad for the poor baby.

[Donna]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHKhpAiClY0&feature=player_embedded#! Tug O war between mom and dad. The little cutie being fed.

[Annette]

I love little white fluffballs! 

[MAK]

 

[Donna]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wu5FVv5-hg8#

Looking more like an eagle. They don't band them? Funny, another S2.