Decorah Eagle Cam. An Eaglet Has Hatched.
Mar 28, 2012 09:27:20 #
I think someone posted this link to the Decorah Eagle cam a week or two ago and I've been checking in on the nest ever since. Well, yesterday the first eaglet hatched. He's a cutie!
http://www.farmyou.com/falcon_cams/decorah_eagle_xcel.html
http://www.farmyou.com/falcon_cams/decorah_eagle_xcel.html
Mar 28, 2012 19:58:00 #
Got some screen captures of the two eaglets in the nest. Earlier, there was a half eaten fish in the nest, and I think one of the eagles dragged a dead chipmunk out of the material surrounding the nest. Not shown.
Mar 29, 2012 15:52:44 #
Mar 29, 2012 15:57:42 #
PapaJon wrote:
There is a second one now. Both chicks have been fed by Mom & Dad.
I have no idea how else they would eat. And when the3rd egg hatches and they get a little older, it's constant feeding. Normally they have a diet of trout since the
nest is on a trout farm.
I'm glad you guys are enjoying this. This is my 2nd year watching them from hatchling to leaving the nest which will happen around July 4.
Gordon
Mar 29, 2012 16:28:05 #
Day before yesterday there was a half-eaten fish in the nest area. I see one of the parents tearing bits off a rodent; chipmunk or squirrel (?) now.
Mar 30, 2012 02:23:50 #
Today the third egg has it's pip. It's a small hole made by the eaglett prior to hatching.
Apr 1, 2012 21:01:03 #
All three chicks are hatched and eating. Although they are wobbly they are so much fun to watch.
This is Dad on the Branch office
Apr 1, 2012 21:04:12 #
PapaJon wrote:
All three chicks are hatched and eating. Although they are wobbly they are so much fun to watch.
I'm a little worried about the runt. He doesn't get fed as well as the other two. Also, on of the adults, I think it's the papa, favors the biggest one and he's not too good at his job.
They are fascinating to watch.
Apr 2, 2012 00:32:55 #
He doesn't do as good a job as mom, but the youngest is too young to eat as much as the other two.
Apr 2, 2012 09:42:48 #
PapaJon wrote:
He doesn't do as good a job as mom, but the youngest is too young to eat as much as the other two.
OK, watching them feed now and it's hard to tell which is the runt. They're all getting fed, by mama, I think, because the feeding is being equally distributed.
I feel better now.
Apr 2, 2012 13:16:23 #
[quote=IndiI'm a little worried about the runt. He doesn't get fed as well as the other two. Also, on of the adults, I think it's the papa, favors the biggest one and he's not too good at his job.
They are fascinating to watch.[/quote]
There is no such thing as a runt eaglet. Runts occur in
litters such as puppies or kittens but not when anything hatches from eggs at different times. The eggs were laid at different times and hatched at different times. Last year the subject of runts came up and the mods made it very clear what I have said here. I, too, had never thought about it that way.
Also, I assure you the father and mother are doing their job just fine. They have a 100% success rate in raising their young and this is not their first time around this block.
Enjoy watching the show.
Gordon
They are fascinating to watch.[/quote]
There is no such thing as a runt eaglet. Runts occur in
litters such as puppies or kittens but not when anything hatches from eggs at different times. The eggs were laid at different times and hatched at different times. Last year the subject of runts came up and the mods made it very clear what I have said here. I, too, had never thought about it that way.
Also, I assure you the father and mother are doing their job just fine. They have a 100% success rate in raising their young and this is not their first time around this block.
Enjoy watching the show.
Gordon
Apr 2, 2012 14:19:19 #
[quote=GordonB.]
Yep!!
IndiI'm a little worried about the runt. He doesn't get fed as well as the other two. Also, on of the adults, I think it's the papa, favors the biggest one and he's not too good at his job.
They are fascinating to watch.[/quote wrote:
They are fascinating to watch.[/quote wrote:
br br There is no such thing as a runt eaglet. ... (show quote)
Yep!!
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