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Parents reunite with rescued eaglet at Two Harbours

26 April 2022

Isn’t this the most reassuring image you have seen today? It is Cholyn with her baby, full of fish, nestled underneath her.

At 14:07:02 a parent tried to land on the nest at Two Harbours in the Channel Islands. There were gusts. It took some seconds longer.

Chase immediately arrives after Cholyn.

The eaglet was hungry and Cholyn was so happy to have her little one home.

Look at Cholyn’s face as she feeds TH1. Love. Joy.

Parent and eaglet reunited.

It just doesn’t get much better than this. Cholyn and Chase reunited with their eaglet, TH1, that fell from the nest yesterday when it caught on Cholyn’s talents.

The eaglet was rescued by Dr Sharpe and his team this morning. Now that eaglet is safe under its mother with a full crop of fresh fish!

We can all sleep much easier tonight because of the efforts of everyone at the Institute For Wildlife Studies and the volunteer mods on the chat who kept everyone calm and focused on scientific fact. Yes, the parents would return.

One of the mods was so grateful for the number of viewers which increased, they said, from an average of 20 to well over 1200 today. S/he hoped that everyone watching would learn something and would also be able to compare one nest to another in its treatment and care of the wildlife. What we witnessed today was a generosity of spirit and commitment by Dr Sharpe and his team.

If you would like to express your appreciation to Dr Sharpe, here is his e-mail address at the Institute for Wildlife Studies: psharpe@iws.org

This really is the news event of the day. This evening the winning name pairing for the Redding eagles will be revealed. So far there are only 3 eyases at the nest of Big Red and Arthur. The two surviving ospreys on the UFlorida-Gainesville nest are doing well. Life has moved on and there seems to be no more angst on that nest. To my knowledge all of the other nests are doing fine. Louis and Dorcha have their first egg in the Loch Arkaig Osprey nest in Scotland.

Take care everyone. Thank you so much for joining me on such a joyous occasion!

Thank you to IWS and Explore.org for their streaming cam where I took my screen captures.

Two Harbours Eagle Rescued!

26 April 2022

It has been a long wait since TH1 grabbed onto Cholyn’s talons on Monday afternoon at the Two Harbours nest. Cholyn flew off and the baby fell from her talons – luckily landing on a tiny ledge about 10 feet below the nest. It was the middle of the afternoon. That little eaglet held on until the rescue team could reach it!

At 10:46 Pacific Time, Dr Sharpe and his two member team prepared to lower Dr Sharpe to retrieve the eaglet. Here are the images from the rescue.

The team prepares to lower Dr Sharpe with a carrier to retrieve the eaglet. Notice the condition of the railings on the nest pre-rescue.

Dr Sharpe descends to remove the tiny eaglet from the cliff edge. You can see the small grey ball above the letter ‘W’ in Wildlife below.

Dr Sharpe goes below the eaglet with the carrier bag.

Dr Sharpe gently removes the little one from the cliff. He will place it in the carrier bag he has over his shoulder.

The precious cargo is lifted back up to the top of the cliff.

The team have brought up twigs to create railings on the Two Harbours nest.

Dr Sharpe is cradling the eaglet in his left arm.

TH1 is home!!!!!!!

People and news stations from around the world were watching this rescue. In less than two weeks, Dr Sharpe has rescued two eaglets this season – one of Thunder and Akecheta’s eaglets fell out of the nest and now Chase and Cholyn’s baby. The world needed a happy ending and we need a hero and Dr Sharpe you and your team are it!

TH1 you are now an international celebrity!

When you consider making donations, think about the Institute for Wildlife Studies and others who actively assist and rescue these amazing raptors when others turn a blind eye.

Thank you to Explore.org and the Institute for Wildlife Studies for their streaming cam where I took my screen captures.