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Eagle Lover from NYC - Starr's photo - May 19

link to Soundguy's video "Rapid Wing Feather Growth"

terrytvgal's photo - May 19
"Look at my legs!"

lyndabird observed: "May 19, 11:53 am Dad is in with a small fish. He landed by the dining area and dropped the fish. The eaglet moved over closer to Dad but is just preening his tummy as no food is forthcoming. Dad's doing his statue impersonation again, just looking out toward the meadow."
trek observed: "May 19, 1:17 pm Mom is finally in...she has somthing in her talon but cannot tell as picture is quite blurry. She drops it and finds the fish dad left and immediately begins feeding the babe. The wind is incredible right now. The nest is rockin'... "
trek further observed: "May 19, 1:21 pm Just a quick observation re this feeding..the babe is very hungry..he is snatching bites at record speed. He is also doing a whistling Lil type cry as he eats. This feeding session has gone quick."
Reviewing the posts a month later, it seems that they are beginning to encourage the eaglet to start feeding himself, but he's not quite ready to do that yet, even though he was described as very hungy and the food had been available for over an hour.

queenie's photo of a wet eaglet - May 20

link to BBE's video "Cover Me Up - Please!"

bociany's photo - May 20
"Mumbrella and her chick"

link to beans's video "Spring Rain"

Janner observed: "May 20, 3.10 Mum started pulling mounds of grass around - at first I thought she was trying to cover the parts of Let still exposed! Then she sat on the mounds and I realised she had raised herself to enable Let to get under better!! Pretty nifty I thought - hope someone has captured that."

Eagle Lover from NYC - Starr's photo - May 20

trek observed: "May 20, 10:58 am The babe was up, found a little scrap on the side of the nest and nibbled at it..then he found another scrap, bigger this time and lifted it up and looked like he was going to try and pull it apart with his talons but he is so unsteady on his feet still. Very wobbly. He definitely needs to practice this skill. He flops back down and it appears he is going to wait for a parent to feed him."

trek observed: "May 20, 8:05 pm Mom is back..she picks up a fish off of the side of the nest and as she was walking towards the babe the babe snatched it from her. She stole it back and he snatched it from her again..this went back and forth at least 8 times. Mom was as stubborn as the babe was in trying to secure the fish. Mom is trying to rip up small pieces but the babes is snatching anything she tears off...big or small..The fish is done in less than 2 minutes. Now she pulls a gull wing from where the fish was and is pulling bits of that as well. There seems to be stringy bits off it so it could be fresh. She is eating those bits herself. Not long after she begins fluffing the nest.."

Eagle Lover from NYC - Starr's photo - May 20

link to Skipper's video "One Month Old Today"

Eagle Lover from NYC - Starr's photo - May 20

link to Sierra's video "Poop Shot of the Century"
(hint - the little one doesn't look to see where he's aiming)

Eagle Lover from NYC - Starr's photo - May 21

whippets84 mentioned in the Discussion thread: "May 21, Our 'let is getting lessons on what it's like to be on your own. Parents are spending less and less time with h/her now. I'm sorry to see that, but that's nature."

Eagle Lover from NYC - Starr's photo - May 21

link to Skipper's video"Morning Routine"

lyndabird observed: "May 21, 12:45 pm As Ostrich mentioned earlier, his pin feathers are quite evident all over his body now and his flight feathers are starting to really show up at the ends of his wings. Quite a big difference in just a few days."

queenie's photo - May 21

link to queenie's video Poop Shot, Walking, Talon, Small Crop (49 sec)
"5/21/07~11:15am pt ~ She is walking better today ~~ doesn't go through so much movement for a poop shot ~~ scratches talon ~~ small crop but gets fed later ."

terrytvgal's photo - May 21

link to Soundguy's video "Family Time"

lyndabird observed: "May 21, 12:54 pm PDT Dad has just landed near the dining area and looks down at the eaglet, who eagerly made his way over to right in front of him. He's looking for a meal, but it doesn't appear that Dad has brought anything home. Dad's calling out but there are no responses heard.
12:55 pm Dad jumps off the nest and flies away to the right WA. The eaglet steps up closer to the dining area and it looks like Dad may have brought a fish. He is pecking at it continually trying to get a piece to eat. He hasn't mastered the technique of holding prey with his talons and ripping flesh, but he's sure giving it a good try.
12:59 pm Dad landed back and then right after him Mom came in.
1:00 pm Dad left and Mom started to feed the fish to the hungry babe.
1:02 pm You can hear Mom pulling pieces off the fish and they're quick pulls so the 'let is eating quickly. There are some long stringy pieces and Mom is eating a few bites herself, but mainly feeding her babe. He's taking in some very large pieces. He just got one piece that was huge and Mom took it back and broke it up for him. He's still grabbing the pieces eagerly. "

queenie's photo - May 22

link to queenie's video "Preening and Big Wings"

slickrock observed: "May 22, Fuzzlet did a little bit of preening and stretched out one wing. You could really see the feathers starting to come in on the edge of his wing. He's really feathering out -- you can see them on the end of his tail as well as the edges of his wings. Little dark feathers are poking up all over the rest of him as well. He's grown so much in the last week. When Fuzzlet stands next to Dad you can really see how big he's gotten!"

Eagle Lover from NYC - Starr's photo - May 22

link to Soundguy's video "A Study at 32 Days"

Sierra's photo - May 22

link to Skipper's video "CU Cam for Breakfast"

terrytvgal's photo - May 22

Skipper's photo - May 23

queenie's photo - May 23

Eagle Lover from NYC - Starr's photo - May 23

link to Skipper's video "The Little 'Preen"-cess" (the preening process)

jkr observed: "May 23, 11:38 Fuzzy is now next to the CU cam. The change in his plummage is becoming more noticeable each day. The darker feathers are now much longer than his grey fluffy ones."
lyndabird observed: "May 23, 1:05 pm The eaglet seems to be spending more time preening. He has keratin sheaths on those new feathers and is biting at them. Soon we'll see those feathers open as they grow in length."

Eagle Lover from NYC - Starr's photo - May 23

lyndabird observed: "May 23, 5:08 pm PDT I just noticed the sounds of food being crunched and the eaglet is trying to pull at food in the dining area. He's picked up some pieces and tried to swallow them. No parents are in the nest. I did not see him actually swallow anything but possibly someone will have a video on SS&V later to confirm if he actually ate anything."

Eagle Lover from NYC - Starr's photo - May 23

link to Skipper's video "I Believe I Can Fly" (with a hop!)

gordon24freak observed: "May 23, 6:01 Kid is flapping himself around the nest, and he is getting much better at walking, and scratching his head too. His balance is improving daily."

terrytvgal's photo - May 23
"Tail feathers are coming in!"

Eagle Lover from NYC - Starr's photo - May 24

link to harrymilt's video "Pudlet with Wings Extended"

link to Soundguy's video "Wing Feathers May 24"

wendybacalar: "May 24 - One of the most stunning changes in the 7 days I was gone is Fuzzlet's ability to walk balancing with his/her tail instead of using wings as a prop - both the tail and wings are now extended and working - flaps up, ready to roll (sorry I have been flying a lot this week *grin*) Very, very incredible to me. Awwwww...growing up here so quickly."

wendybacalar's photo - May 24

link to Soundguy's video
"Closeup Claw and Talon Study"
This 2:45 video includes very tight stills of wing and tail feathers at the end.

Eagle Lover from NYC - Starr's photo - May 24

trek observed: "May 24, 11:44 am Parent is in with a wriggly fish. The babe snatched it right out of the parents mouth and wabbled over a bit. Now he has no clue what to do with it so he drops it and sits at the parents side. I believe this may be dad due to his reluctancy to feed the babe and size. Can hear another eagle calling in the distance.
11:48 am The babe really wants this fish. He picks it up and drops it several times..dad leans over to check on the situation and continues to watch up above his head..the babe patiently waits to be fed...
11:50 am This is great...on the W cam it appears the babe was able to get a hold of the fish with his talons without falling over the edge...and grab a couple of bites...he does this as dad watches over him and now dad finally takes pity on the babe and feed him...hopefully this was caught on screenshots.."

wendybacalar's photo of little one eating - May 24

wendybacalar's photo - May 25
(5 weeks old)

wendybacalar's photo - May 25

wendybacalar observed: "May 25, I tuned in at 5:10 to find no adult with a sleeping fuzzlet in the nest."

slickrock observed: "May 25, 6:30 am PDT: A lot of bird chirping close by has roused our sleepy Fuzz. He does a little preening and when he stretches his neck out you can really see all the little dark feathers growing in. He looks like a porcupine! Every morning I check in on him I swear more feathers have appeared in the night."

wendybacalar's photo - May 25

so2yo observed: "May 25, 10:31 'let at 7:00 on W/A looking over the edge. Boy, I wish he wouldn't get that close to the edge of the nest, he's just not steady enough."

trek observed: "May 25, 2:53 pm The babe has found an old gull wing at the very edge of the nest by the tree trunk. He is tugging at it..trying to dislodge it from the sticks. He gave a couple of big tugs on it and nibbled something. Now he gives his wings a good stretch and is standing really tall and steady. He has let out his wings a few times now but no hops. And on that note a parent just landed on the lookout branch...finally..lol...the babe walks across the nest with his wings extended all of the way..looking more like a chimpanzee walk than an eaglet"

Eagle Lover from NYC - Starr's photo - May 25