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Mr. Luddite

On 3/19/2015 12:44 AM, wrote:
On Wed, 18 Mar 2015 20:44:43 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

Thanks a lot Wayne. You got me addicted to watching the drama with the
eagle nest down your way. :-)

I check it once or twice a day to see how the little E6 offspring is
doing. He/she "branched" on March 8th. Branching is when they
flap their wings and hop out of the nest for the first time to a branch
close to the nest. "Fledging" (taking off and flying for the first
time) usually occurs 2-3 weeks after the first "branching".

Ozzie and Harriet (the parents) have been sharing the tasks of teaching,
maintaining the nest and hunting for food to feed E6. Ozzie is the
primary hunter. Harriet prunes E6, feeds him/her the food that Ozzie
delivers and concentrates on nest keeping.

Yesterday Ozzie disappeared. It appears he was injured somehow and
recovered by a non-profit organization called CROW that treats, cares
for and rehabilitates injured birds. Ozzie has been identified as
the one CROW recovered and determined he has a broken wing and will
require a few weeks of rehab.

So, now the drama is on to see if Harriet picks up the slack for the
hunting and food delivery tasks for E6.

We have a pair down here in the scrub and that baby is flying now. I
saw mom, dad and the chick flying over the river today in the boat.
One adult was flying top cover at 500' or so while and the other two
were skimming the tree tops. Baby seems to be getting the hang of it.

According to the people who have the website and webcam that Wayne got
me hooked on, the baby eagles have a 50/50 chance of surviving in the
first year after leaving the nest.