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Now that one eaglet has fledged and the second is nearly there, the adults are spending more time away from the nest. Tuesday evening (7/15) while I was at the marsh, I heard gull alarm calls coming from the southeast corner of the marsh in the vicinity of the fish hatchery and saw some strafing the raptor tree on the fish hatchery grounds.
I could not see anything, but a close look at my photo after I returned home showed one of the adults perched on the tree.
The other eagle was perched at its usual spot on one of the telephone poles at the west end of the marsh near the railroad tracks.
The adults are spending more time away from the nest. Thursday afternoon (7/17) the two flew east across the marsh from the marina. One of them was screeching the entire time, for what reason I don't know. Mid day heat waves continue to make photography difficult.
They both returned and perched on adjoining telephone poles next to the railroad tracks at the west end of the marsh.
My sister in Vancouver, WA. gets upset with me if I don't keep her apprised of the eaglets via this thread. Saturday (7/19) my son and I drove up to see how they were doing.
One eaglet, we believe the female, has fledged but does return to the nest. She is in the nest while her brother likes his perch above and to the right of the nest.
The reason for the female's return to the nest became obvious when the mother flew in with a fresh fish dinner.
My one concern is that the lesser developed of the two babies, the one which has not yet fledged, can compete with its sibling for the food delivered by the mother.
It flew back up to its perch, but I don't know if it got anything to eat.
This year the Hutt Park eagles have been a mystery. They have not been perching on the family spar in the park, which I interpreted as them tending babies in the nest. Yet, I could not find any evidence of babies in the nest in the park.
The mystery was solved Tuesday (7/29) when a person who lives next to the park told me that the eagles had switched nests. They are now using a nest a few blocks north of the park
I believe I located the nest. It looks like a first year nest as it is not very big. Note the feather hanging from the side.
I also heard the unmistakable crying of an eaglet and found this one in a tree about a block from the nest. The eaglet has fledged because last night a heard it crying from a different location closer to the nest.
The Pt. Edwards eagles have been incurring the wrath of gulls as they fly along the waterfront and perch on the telephone poles on the west end of the marsh next to the railroad tracks.
The low sun provided some dramatic lighting for Tuesday evening's strafings.
