It's a beautiful and historic day at the West End Bald Eagle nest on Catalina Island, California
The First Fledgling Eagle has been out adventuring for several hours.
The camera pans up to the historic nest and finds the First Fledgling is taking in the view for the last few hours. But it's getting late and it's time to head back to his familiar natal nest.
The fledgling carefully picks his way down and across the rocky landscape to reach a rock directly above the new nest.
He flies onto the nest below and the biggest eaglet battles him with wing-slaps and and pushes him off the nest!
The Fledgling tries over and over to get onto the nest, and the big aggressive eaglet keeps battling and pushing him off every time! The biggest eaglet stands as a sentry guard at the nest to keep the little fledgling away for the night!
The Fledgling finally gives up and goes away for the night.
No worries, he spends the evening with his Papa Akecheta on the evening perch below the nest!
Aggression is normal at this stage of development in eagles.
All is well at West End.
The West End Eaglets have been named by donors to the Institute for Wildlife Studies!
1) "Koa" (means protector/warrior)
2) "Treasure"
3) "Sterling"
Eaglet 1 Hatched March 9
Eaglet 2 Hatched March 9
Eaglet 3 Hatched March 12
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My reply to comments about the blue wing tags is as follows:
The Channel Islands Bald Eagles are part of a long-time eagle restoration project after the eagles were wiped out by the effects of DDT. The blue tag is a "wing tag" which has been critical to monitoring the eagles to help restore this magnificent bird the the Channel Islands. Several years ago they banded and used wing tags to help track the eagles and keep records on where they went, what could be done to help them flourish, etc. Obviously the wing tags are much easier to see at a distance or when flying than the leg bands are. One of the things they discovered is that many of the eagles return to the Channel Islands after a number of years travelling the mainland. Reports were kept of all the sightings (as they do with California Condors too) and people could more easily see wing tag numbers to assist in the restoration project. Nests are monitored, eaglets are counted and yearly reports written. These cameras are not 'just for fun' but have a scientific purpose, too. The tags are treated just like a feather to the birds, and are designed to fall off over time. "Akecheta (A61) was hatched and banded in 2016 and wears tag A 61. "Andor" (A14) hatched in 2017 and wears ta A14. They have stopped using wing tags simply due to the organization who used to keep track of them is no longer doing so, and the improvement in spotting scopes to read leg bands in recent years. Eagles also used to carry radio transmitters also, but also no longer do so. The tags don't bother the birds - they preen them just like another feather!
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