Psssssssssssst watch the eaglets

[malaise]

http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles

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1. I only see two chicks....

is the third dead? I hope not.

[malaise]

2. No all three are there

:hi:

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22. I see them now!

[lamp_shade]

3. Cute l'il mouth breathers. I hope she's sitting on #3.

[robdogbucky]

7. She is

Little #3 just poked its head out.

Just like you said, she was sitting on it.

[Duer 157099]

4. I was just going to post about them too

Firstborn was laying down in a kind of "I can't believe I ate the whole thing" position, and Secondborn, who is constantly being pecked on by Firstborn, came over and tried to nuzzle up to him. Then, Firstborn just righted himself and started pecking Secondborn in the face again. Poor lil Secondborn. I wish we could see close-ups in focus to see how much damage is being done to those tiny faces by those viscious beak attacks.

Earlier when I was watching, the three were left alone in the nest for a little while. Firstborn wiggled his gigantic behind so that it was almost facing the camera and his head was faced down into the nest. Then suddenly this white stream of liquid explodes out of his behind and squirts at least a foot away. I wish I had been recording that "stream" when it happened.

It was funny. How does a week-old bird know to not shit in the nest? Although, to be fair, it did get all over the food, so maybe he's not so smart.

[lamp_shade]

10. When they get a little older, mom won't allow pooping in the nest. You'll see them lower their

heads and aim their fannies very carefully to "squirt" outside the nest. You can hear it. I watched a batch (2 eaglets) a couple of years ago for TWO AND A HALF MONTHS before they finally took their maiden flights.

[Duer 157099]

11. You mean they go to the edge of the outer nest?

This one just aimed outside of the nest bowl, but right onto the food, lol.

BTW, what are they eating right now? Is that a new animal?

[lamp_shade]

16. That leg looks like it belongs to a rabbit. And... yes... they'll go close to the edge

of the nest to poop but not for a few more weeks.

[Duer 157099]

17. The foot/toes don't look rabbit

they look sorta more like badger? Or racoon?

[amerikat]

5. I only see two babies...I thought there were three.

or am I just not seeing the third?

[robdogbucky]

6. There's three

I just saw eaglet #3, the newest and smallest one, poke its head out. He was sleeping under mama, maybe for safekeeping, eh?

[amerikat]

8. I see three now....cool(nt).

[Lasher]

12. That third guy needs to wake up and eat.

Maybe he's full. There seems to be plenty of food.

[Autumn Colors]

13. No, I'm glad to see #2 and #3 getting all the food for once

#1 has already has his/her fill. Seems almost like mom waited for #1 to be asleep to feed the other two so they wouldn't get pecked at.

:)

[Duer 157099]

14. Exactly. #1 is a monster unless his belly is filled to the brim n/t

[Autumn Colors]

15. Wonder what #1 has been dreaming about

I keep seeing him flap his wings in his sleep every once in awhile. Eagle dreams. haha

[malaise]

19. Roaming all over the nest

:D

[QED]

9. Yum dinnertime!

They are such cute little puffs!

[Duer 157099]

18. #1 looked ready to take a flying leap

He still does. He's wandering further away from mom, and now he's doing his Don Quixote impression, fighting with a twig

[tammywammy]

21. I saw that too

It's funny, she was moving back a bit and the two under her kept moving back too. Like they were saying "hey, it's warm under here, don't move!"

[Autumn Colors]

20. Uh-oh.... baby's too close to the edge.... (nt)

[tammywammy]

23. He's really on the edge now.

Fighting with the twigs it looks like.

[Autumn Colors]

24. haha -- mom's calling for parenting help... (nt)

[tammywammy]

27. Now he looks passed out n/t

[Duer 157099]

25. I'd bet if #1 managed to fall off the nest (and he looks quite capable of it)

Mom would cock her head and resume whatever she was doing.

[Autumn Colors]

26. Looks like he's going to go to sleep there

Oops.... nope, back to mom.

I'm waiting for #1 to find his way over to the food cache and start digging in by himself.

[Duer 157099]

28. Catnaps? They should be called birdnaps

I've never seen such short naps where the animal all but looks dead and then wakes up after a minute, lol.

[Duer 157099]

29. He did that the other day

Right now he looks stuffed to the gills though. He can barely move.

[Duer 157099]

30. They're makin a break for it!

Mom just flew off and #2 and #3 are running in the opposite diretion of #1, lol

[Autumn Colors]

32. Dad's shift has just started

I have to wonder how #1 is even going to fit under either of them. He's gotten HUGE in the last few days.

[Duer 157099]

33. Interesting system they have going there

Passive aggressive mom just leaves the nest when she feels her shift is over.

[Autumn Colors]

34. No, she called out before

Maybe she was calling him in. I wondered if she was calling him in for help when the one was wandering all over.

[Duer 157099]

31. Uh oh. I don't think dad noticed lil #3 outside the nest

He's under dad's butt now.

[Duer 157099]

35. Yikes. Is that a cat? I thought that white fluff was a cottontail

but I just saw a cat-like ear...

[Autumn Colors]

36. I was hoping it was a squirrel

I hope it's not a cat. :(

[Duer 157099]

39. If it is and the head/face come into view

I'll bet the webcam viewership drops by about 50,000 immediately.

I'm not sure I'd be ready to see that either.

[Duer 157099]

37. Woot! #2 just squirted a #2 away from the camera

lol, why is that funny? I don't know but it was

[Autumn Colors]

38. Dad doesn't seem to break up the fighting

Looked like #2 was actually going after #1 this time.

[Duer 157099]

40. But he sure has a thing for flies

An eagle who can't stand flies. Like a pig who can't stand mud.

[babydollhead]

44. #2 is always starting shit with the others

We noticed on it's 2nd day out of the egg. I have a kid like that.

[Autumn Colors]

41. OK, now no one's underneath dad

I see #3 wandering around in the back of him.

[Duer 157099]

42. Good, at least #3 isn't smashed

Dad was sort of oblivious when he sat down.

[Autumn Colors]

43. Seems like he's ignoring everything but the flies (nt)

[malaise]

45. LOL

He's only feeding the big one

[Redford]

46. Very cool

now I'm addicted.....

[malaise]

53. They do that to you

Welcome to DU :hi:

[Duer 157099]

47. Mom's back from her spa session with a big ole stick

wtf is up with that? a switch to keep someone in line?

[Autumn Colors]

48. Some home improvement, maybe? (nt)

[malaise]

49. Hahahahaha - that is some big stick

Strengthening the nest to prevent them from falling

[Autumn Colors]

50. OK, that was gross

...panning closeup of all of the carcasses...

[tammywammy]

51. There's a lot of carcasses in there too. n/t

[malaise]

52. They don't have a fridge

:evilgrin:

I like momma eagle new guard rail

[virgogal]

54. Me too. Amazing,isn;t it?

[malaise]

55. Really amazing

I was clueless about eagles and their young

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56. They are all asleep now.

The chicks are all kicking like babies everywhere.
The sound (of a generator?)is annoying. I would prefer just the quiet wind.

[mrmpa]

58. 1:36 a.m. EDT, they are still all asleep, but yep, the chicks are

kicking and moving like babies everywhere.

[amerikat]

57. There is a great beach boys song about eagles....well

worth listening to. From the album "Holland" 1973 vintage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmuIf40JM84