Tears. Baby for Jak and Audacity. Saturday in Bird World

15 March 2025

Good Morning Everyone,

Jak and Audacity’s baby worked its way, a long time, out of that crushed shell to the joy of everyone who has cheered and cried for this couple.

Just look!

It is cold to the bone on the Canadian Prairies despite the hint of spring arriving. There were two beautiful Blue Jays in the garden along with the two crows so it appears that all is well with part of the garden family. Brock is eating as I write. The Girls are resting – waiting for their late night snack.

I am certain that most of you have checked on several Bald Eagle nests today including that of Jackie and Shadow, Jak and Audacity, and Beau an Gabby. Maybe you even went to see if the eaglets at Kistachie E3 have been fed.

There were still two eaglets at the nest of Jackie and Shadow on Friday. More Coot has come to the nest supplementing the usual fish. The snow on the water must be keeping the fish at bay.

In the feeding below both are up. Earlier they appeared cold and worry set in. We do not know the fate of the the other eaglet (I am not saying it was the third hatch – it looked to be the second to me but the experts can confirm). It has made our hearts drop and feel ever so sad. But let us wish these two a long and healthy life.

I am worried that one of the eaglets does not appear as well as the other.

‘PB’ reports that both eaglets were fed well at 17:28. The feeding lasted approximately 10 minutes for the eaglets and another five for the adult. I wonder if the one is ‘sweaty’ from the warm brood patch or damp from the nest???

Feeding video by SK Hideaways: https://youtu.be/_SpuLJYXMh8?

Saturday morning and both eaglets are alive at Big Bear. We might never know which one perished.

Hatched! The last time I checked on Friday the eaglet at Sauces was still trying to break free of that membrane.

That eaglet is moving and moving and it looks like it is almost here. Pinch me please.

VH Hock caught it on video. This is a small capture form that FB video:

Dr Sharpe says:

So many are hoping so much, hoping beyond hope for this couple. Thanks, J.

The two eaglets at the Kisatchie E3 nest were fed yesterday and there was food on the nest today. Some relief there!

I believe you are looking at the only hatch at Moorings Park Osprey platform in Florida this season. The other eggs do not appear viable. Let us wish this one strength!

Was there a visitor at the nest of Gabby and Beau today? Or was i seeing double? Beau finally sent the visitor packing.

Milda and Zorro have two eggs in their White-tail Eagle nest in Durbe County, Latvia. Wonderful.

My heart leaps whenever it sees Blue 33. He has been flying around with fish hoping for his Maya to appear. We need her to come home healthy. She had a difficult year in 2024.

It happened last year. Everyone wants Blue 33! Geemeff writes, “Rutland Ospreys: resident male Blue 33 eventually gives intruder female Blue 25 his fish 

And since I recorded this, there have been mating attempts- hurry home Maya and Blue 11!”

I am waiting for Blue NC0 to land on the Loch of the Lowes nest as well as well as all of the other UK ospreys. Oh, let them have a good season.

We have an egg at Lake Murray. ‘H’ writes: :3/14 – Well, the Lake Murray Osprey nest of Kenny and Lucy really has an egg now.  We don’t know what to make of the fact that they have both been incubating an unseen egg for the past 6 days, which may or may not have been hidden inside of a glove, lol.  We are calling this egg #1, and it was laid on 3/14 at 10:59.”

We can just see a wee osplet from under Mum’s breast at Frenchman’s Creek.

Maintenance on Big Red and Arthur’s cam at Cornell University.

From the nest it appears that Angel and Tom have been working on their nest. There is even a pinecone in the centre!

The eaglets at Hilton Head are getting their juvenile feathers!

Egg at Wolf Bay.

‘J’ asked me if I have purchased or read any books on Flaco, the Eurasian owl that escaped from the Central Park Zoo. As it happens, I am reading the recently released book by David Gessner on Flaco. Half way finished. Will let you know the verdict soon!

Rescuers help birds caught in Cyclone Alfred.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/15/a-perfect-storm-the-dedicated-rescuers-caring-for-sodden-seabirds-blown-in-by-cyclone-alfred?CMP=share_btn_url

Thank you so much for being with us today. I need to take a wee bit of a breath so the postings for the next couple of days might be quite short while we wait to see what happens at Big Bear and Sauces. Surely there will be more osprey arrivals as well. Take care everyone. See you soon.

Thank you so much to the following for their notes, posts, images, conversations, videos, and streaming cams that helped me to write my blog today: ‘Geemeff, H, J, PB’, FOBBV, SK Hideaways, IWS/Explore, VH Hock, Dr Sharpe, Kistachie National Forest E3, Moorings Park, NEFL-AEF, LDF, LRWT, Loch of the Lowes, Lake Murray Ospreys, Frenchman’s Creek Ospreys, Window to Wildlife, Hilton Head Island Trust, The Guardian, Wolf Bay Ospreys, Geemeff