Watching the eagles

[Trick-or-Treat Stevens]

Liberty and Freedoms two eaglets at lunch today.

 

[Long Lashes]

Liberty and Freedoms two eaglets at lunch today.

Aww :love5:I can't get enough of these little cuties.

Just look at those funny little faces .

@Michelle Stevens I'm getting SOAP and CHAT vibes from these two

The first time for this nest, to have two eaglets, since 2019. I'm glad we have a set to watch this year.

I'm so happy to see two, I used to feel sorry for FLUFF being all alone last year.

Let's hope the hawks and owls stay away.

Me too. Lets hope they're too busy with their own babies to bother our eagles

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Lipstick and Guy are great producers. This is the third year that I know they have had three eaglets.

Lipstick and Guy now have four babies! :gidd:

here are the little crew ...

Wow, what a surprise! I didn't see 4 eggs

 

[Trick-or-Treat Stevens]

Aww :love5:I can't get enough of these little cuties.

Just look at those funny little faces .

@Michelle Stevens I'm getting SOAP and CHAT vibes from these two

I found a YouTuber who had videos of Soap and Chat and other clutches from Liberty and Freedom from throughout the years.

Here is Soap and Chat in late-April 2019 in their ugly, teenage stage.

I'm so happy to see two, I used to feel sorry for FLUFF being all alone last year.

Indeed, poor lonely eaglet. I hope Fluff is doing well. Soap and Chat should be getting white head feathers this year.

Me too. Lets hope they're too busy with their own babies to bother our eagles

Agreed!

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Lipstick and Guy now have four babies! :gidd:

here are the little crew ...

Wow, what a surprise! I didn't see 4 eggs

I read that! It's so super rare to have I wish we had a better view of the eggs to know that there were four. I hope eaglet #1 is kind to eaglet #4. They have about a week or so of age difference. Lipstick and Guy will be very busy indeed.

I read this post by the moderator of the one cam for that nest.

Very Cool! Four young is very rare but is in the published range for the species. When the Game Commission was monitoring nest productivity (stopped in 2015), four young was documented once, and all four fledged. Like most birds, egg production is tied to the health of the adults and food availability—so that’s a good thing! The adults will be tasked with LOTS of food provisioning if all four end up fledging. It is also worth noting, other 4-egg nests have been documented as the result of two females laying in the same nest!

 

[Long Lashes]

I found a YouTuber who had videos of Soap and Chat and other clutches from Liberty and Freedom from throughout the years.

Here is Soap and Chat in late-April 2019 in their ugly, teenage stage.

Ooo that was wonderful to watch :love5: what happy memories it brought back of watching SOAP and Chat, thanks for posting it.

I bet that was CHAT sprawled out lying down .. SOAP was always more inquisitive, I guess that's why she was the first to fly out of the two of them. Do you remember how she used to wreck the cameras? Lol!. And the time I thought she was a goner? (I actually cried) when she accidently got knocked out of the nest, what drama we had that season. CHAT I will always remember for his cute cheeky expressions and for his lounging about and reluctance to fledge .

How I loved these two, I think it was them who got me really interested in eagles.

Indeed, poor lonely eaglet. I hope Fluff is doing well. Soap and Chat should be getting white head feathers this year.

I wonder if Liberty and Freedom keep an eye on them? I'd like to think so, but they will have so many children flying around its probably impossible.

 

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I read that! It's so super rare to have I wish we had a better view of the eggs to know that there were four. I hope eaglet #1 is kind to eaglet #4. They have about a week or so of age difference. Lipstick and Guy will be very busy indeed.

The difference in sizes between number one and number four is going to be apparent. Number four (we need more names . Lol!) is going to need to be tough, I hope it does well.

Very Cool! Four young is very rare but is in the published range for the species. When the Game Commission was monitoring nest productivity (stopped in 2015), four young was documented once, and all four fledged. Like most birds, egg production is tied to the health of the adults and food availability—so that’s a good thing! The adults will be tasked with LOTS of food provisioning if all four end up fledging. It is also worth noting, other 4-egg nests have been documented as the result of two females laying in the same nest!

Wow! After reading this it proves that Lipstick and Guy are very clever they must be at their peek in fitness and they're going to need to be fit and healthy to keep all four babies fed. Thank you for posting this Michelle, otherwise I'd never have known how rare it is to have four eggs.



Freedom's been mega busy bringing in the food, here he is (poor chickens )

Four chickens. Someone somewhere is going to be hopping mad to have lost these chickens. Lipstick started to pluck one whilst I was watching, but that was a step too far for me I had to turn off the camera.:fp:




Lipstick does have a thing for juggling, she's often doing this ...

Maybe it relieves her boredom of sitting on the eaglets? one of her babies has popped out to see what she's doing..Lol!



Here are her fab four ...

Its been very windy in the nest this week, those eaglets are so tiny I was afraid they might get blown out of the nest.



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Meanwhile, over with Liberty and Freedom

Their main food of choice for the eaglets is fish ...

Poor fish

Here's a nighttime shot, please note the alien eyes

With Liberty and Freedoms nest one of the web-cam's is a lot closer to the nest which is fab for these close ups.

 

[DallasFanForever]

R.I.P. to all chickens and fish that were either injured or killed in the making of this thread

 

[Trick-or-Treat Stevens]

R.I.P. to all chickens and fish that were either injured or killed in the making of this thread

That could be an issue (with the chickens) as a bird flu is affecting the area. I hope the eagles don't catch it.

 

[Trick-or-Treat Stevens]

The difference in sizes between number one and number four is going to be apparent. Number four (we need more names . Lol!) is going to need to be tough, I hope it does well.

How about John, Paul, George, and Ringo as for names?

Wow! After reading this it proves that Lipstick and Guy are very clever they must be at their peek in fitness and they're going to need to be fit and healthy to keep all four babies fed. Thank you for posting this Michelle, otherwise I'd never have known how rare it is to have four eggs.

Not much rest for Lipstick and Guy for many months ahead.

Freedom's been mega busy bringing in the food, here he is (poor chickens )

Four chickens. Someone somewhere is going to be hopping mad to have lost these chickens. Lipstick started to pluck one whilst I was watching, but that was a step too far for me I had to turn off the camera.:fp:

Indeed a sad sight but as I stated above a bird flu is in this area and I hope it stays away from our eagles.

Lipstick does have a thing for juggling, she's often doing this ...

Maybe it relieves her boredom of sitting on the eaglets? one of her babies has popped out to see what she's doing..Lol!

LOL! She's having fun while keeping the eaglets warms.

Here are her fab four ...

Its been very windy in the nest this week, those eaglets are so tiny I was afraid they might get blown out of the nest.

A morning feeding with what looks to be bunny remains in the background.

And a wide-shot with our cleaners nearby.

The Starlings have no care in the world for what's going on above them.

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Meanwhile, over with Liberty and Freedom

Their main food of choice for the eaglets is fish ...

Poor fish

i do hate seeing an animal die to feed them but that's all they eat. Maybe we could feed them some of the TT gremlins that arrise from time to time.

Cuties!

The youngsters see the bitter truths of life and death to survive. :fp:

Here's a nighttime shot, please note the alien eyes

LOL, the alien eyes! :floor:

With Liberty and Freedoms nest one of the web-cam's is a lot closer to the nest which is fab for these close ups.

Waking to a new day.

 

[9unfold]

How about John, Paul, George, and Ringo as for names?

Seems like a fitting set of names.

 

[9unfold]

Lunar and Celeste were beating the heck out of each other

I'm thinking the babies are playing rough?

 

[Trick-or-Treat Stevens]

Good morning from the Quad Squad ... or Fab Four.

Seems like a fitting set of names.

Maybe they would be Ringo, John, Paul, and George to be in age order?

 

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Not much rest for Lipstick and Guy for many months ahead.

Lucky they're both young and healthy, here is a middle of the night feed ...

I suspect these two are stood on top of the smaller ones .

bird flu is in this area and I hope it stays away from our eagles.

Oh no, I'd be devastated if any of our eagles suffer that fate, they're all doing so well.

A morning feeding with what looks to be bunny remains in the background.

And a wide-shot with our cleaners nearby.

Ooo that poor little bunny, what a sad end.

Over in Liberty and Freedoms nest they've had a squirrel, I love squirrels ..... all that's left if its poor beautiful tail. Its times like this I wish our eagles were vegetarians, but then I eat meat so I have no right to complain.

, And a wide-shot with our cleaners nearby.

I do like our cleaners they look like they're having a village meeting ..Lol!

The Starlings have no care in the world for what's going on above them.

If only they could see what the eagles have done to that poor bunny :fp:

Good morning from the Quad Squad ... or Fab Four.

How well behaved they're all being here .. I hope the smaller two are getting their fair share.



Here's a snap of Lipstick with one of her babies peeping out ...

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Over to Liberty and Freedom



Here are the loving twosome having a loud sing-song ...

:laughing:



Proud father Freedom with one of his beauties ...

 

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Maybe they would be Ringo, John, Paul, and George to be in age order?

Ooo very clever Michelle

Seems like a fitting set of names.

Yes it does. Maybe we could call Liberty and Freedoms two babies Lunar and Celeste instead? if this is okay with @Biggie?

I'm thinking the babies are playing rough?

Don't they just

In contrast of the violence, here they are looking sweet and calm ...

Its difficult to see where one eaglet starts and the other ends? they're just a bundle of eaglets

 

[Biggie]

@Long Lashes yes that Dove tails quite well. (See what I did there?)

 

[Biggie]

Is 4 babies above the usual number expected?

 

[Long Lashes]

@Long Lashes yes that Dove tails quite well. (See what I did there?)

Fabulous! and yes I saw what you did there

Is 4 babies above the usual number expected?

Apparently its quite rare. I'll re-post this information which @Michelle Stevens posted the other day, it explains it better than I can ....


This is from one of the moderators of the web-cams ...

Very Cool! Four young is very rare but is in the published range for the species. When the Game Commission was monitoring nest productivity (stopped in 2015), four young was documented once, and all four fledged. Like most birds, egg production is tied to the health of the adults and food availability—so that’s a good thing! The adults will be tasked with LOTS of food provisioning if all four end up fledging. It is also worth noting, other 4-egg nests have been documented as the result of two females laying in the same nest!

 

[Trick-or-Treat Stevens]

Happy Friday everyone. Liberty and Freedom nest.

and on the Lipstick and Guy nest ... quite windy too.

Is 4 babies above the usual number expected?

Yes, very rare from what I have read.

In contrast of the violence, here they are looking sweet and calm ...

Its difficult to see where one eaglet starts and the other ends? they're just a bundle of eaglets

LOL, they will not remain this cute for much longer.

Lucky they're both young and healthy, here is a middle of the night feed ...

I suspect these two are stood on top of the smaller ones .

Wow, they get fed 24/7. No time to sleep.

Oh no, I'd be devastated if any of our eagles suffer that fate, they're all doing so well.

Fingers crossed.

Ooo that poor little bunny, what a sad end.

Over in Liberty and Freedoms nest they've had a squirrel, I love squirrels ..... all that's left if its poor beautiful tail. Its times like this I wish our eagles were vegetarians, but then I eat meat so I have no right to complain.

And then they would be eating PLANTS .... like your beloved Orkie or Tiny Tim. Plants have feelings too .... kinda, maybe.

I do like our cleaners they look like they're having a village meeting ..Lol!

LOL, they are fun to watch. They must be productive neighbors to have.

If only they could see what the eagles have done to that poor bunny :fp:

Indeed, poor bunny and with Easter not that far away. How dare they.

How well behaved they're all being here .. I hope the smaller two are getting their fair share.

I feel so bad for #3 and #4, they have to compete so hard.

Here's a snap of Lipstick with one of her babies peeping out ...

Great image!

 

[9unfold]

Excellent recent photos and video.

How long does it take for the babies' feathers to change from grey to brown and white?

 

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I feel so bad for #3 and #4, they have to compete so hard.

The difference in size between #1 and #4 is incredible ...

^^^ #1 is double the size of #4




I've been worried about #3 and #4 not getting enough food, but I was pleased to see that yesterday they were finally at the front of the queue and getting well fed ..

Something was upsetting Lipstick and Guy last night...

They were definitely unhappy watching something flying nearby. An Owl maybe? or whatever it was they were shouting out warnings.

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Liberty and Freedom nest.

Life is certainly less hectic for Liberty and Freedom with just having Celeste and Lunar. They seem to be chilled out eaglets, but this may be due to the fact of just being two of them and also they hatched very close together timewise, so they're both similar sizes.



This scene made me laugh, it looks like Liberty is saying - "and why are you two still up when I already told you its past bed time!" :laughing:

Here's Liberty a couple of mornings ago ....

Oh my, she got a real soaking overnight as she kept her babies warm and dry.




Nest building and maintenance is an ongoing task, here's Liberty flying in with fresh straw...

Even Celeste and Lunar get down to some early nest building action

And then they would be eating PLANTS .... like your beloved Orkie or Tiny Tim. Plants have feelings too .... kinda, maybe.

Ooo no, they can't eat my Orkie and Tiny Tim

... so that's a no to cute squirrels or poor bunnies or defenceless fish. Which just leaves them with fresh air and water to live off

 

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How long does it take for the babies' feathers to change from grey to brown and white?

It still amazes me how quickly they develop


This is a development chart from last years Liberty and Freedoms eaglet, who we called "Fluff" ..

From this chart it looks like from week three onwards their plumage starts to change and then they go through a more unattractive looking period, before becoming more Eagle-looking.

Look at the huge out of proportion feet on Week 4 and 5