What a joy it has been to sip my morning coffee and watch two eagle families going about their lives not having any idea that there are school children and people all over the world intently following everything they do.
Everyone loves cute fuzzy little eaglets especially when they are good to one another. Gabby and Samson at the NEFlorida nest have two of the sweetest little ones you would ever hope to see on an eagle nest. I have been watching them for days – without the usual beaking – amazed. Then it occurred to me that we were saying the same thing about the Port Lincoln Osprey nest. Is it possible that Gabby and Samson have two little boys?
There is nothing like two very civilized little eaglets having lunch to warm your heart.
Samson has the nest full of nice fish for Gabby and the babies. The wind is really gusting in Jacksonville and it is raining. Not a nice day at all!
It is really hard to feed two little bobbles in the wind and rain and keep them fed enough and dry enough so they do not get a cold or get grumpy over food.
Let us all hope that this weather system moves quickly!
Louis has been delivering meals to the nest in the Kisatchie Forest. This morning he has brought in a Coot, an unidentified duck, and a nice large bass just a few minutes ago.
The soon to be named eaglet has been nibbling and eating off of the waterfowl. Is this self-feeding? It is certainly getting bites and eating them unassisted! just like R2 on the WRDC nest. Of all the nests, Anna and Louis’s is my favourite for many reasons. The parents are incredibly good. Louis can’t keep the nest too stocked with fresh game from Kincaid Lake. The eaglet is simply a cute and you have three of the best people running a chat and answering questions – Cody, Steve, and Tonya.
The camera has an amazing zoom that shows the area around the nest. This is Kincaid Lake where Louis goes to fill the pantry. Everything is always fresh.
It is a beautiful sunny day in central Louisiana!
You can also get amazing close ups with their camera especially if you are trying to identify prey items brought to the nest or to look at the eaglet.
Today this eaglet has been focused on that nice bit of the waterfowl (I am not sure if it is the duck or the Coot) and has been feeding itself small bites.
Anna has just fed the baby some of the nice fresh bass. Looks like the little one is going to have to have a sleep soon!
Louis is on the nest brooding the baby. The sun shines on that beautiful fully adult white head of the Bald Eagle.
It is just such a pleasure to see the joys, the triumphs, and the challenges our Bald Eagle families face. There are some funny moments in the KNF nest between Anna and Louis when she doesn’t want Louis in the pantry. Just look at that pantry!
This is Samson and Gabby’s third clutch and Louis and Anna’s second. Both families have fledged each chick that hatched.
If you want to put in a name for the little eaglet on the KNF nest you have until the 30th. Then the top three most sent in name suggestions will go to a final public vote. You can send those name suggestions to nametheknfeagle@gmail.com
Have a great day everyone. Thank you for joining me today. All is well on the other nests so no worries at all. See you soon!
Thank you to the NEFlorida Bald Eagle Nest and the AEF and the KNF Bald Eagle Nest for their streaming cams where I took my screen shots.
Thanks so much Mary Ann for the updates! All the little ones are so cute and the parents are wonderful! Thanks for the photos of them! Best wishes to them all. đź’•
Have a great evening and thanks for all you do for us to be able to watch these beautiful eagle families!
Linda
So welcome. It is always my pleasure. I have to go and check on them. I hear a big cold spell is heading to the SE. Stay warm!