It's early morning on the Fraser Point Bald Eagle Nest on Santa Cruz Island, California
"Andor" (male) is comes to the nest bringing a fish for breakfast.
"Cruz" (female) arrives and they two parents fight over the fish!
Andor: "I brought that for the kids, not for you to eat!"
Cruz: "I'm going to save it for the kids; I'm not going to eat it; let it go!"
They spar and fight for a moment; it's over quickly.
Andor steps away and hops to the left side of the tree calling out; Cruz joins him in calling out. Calling the kids to their breakfast??
A few minutes later we hear one of the fledglings near the nest squeeing.
The fledgling flies to the nest with beautiful wings!
Cruz steps back and turns away, and as she does, one of her white tail feathers pops off and falls to the ground! Beautiful!
The nest now has a long white eagle tail feather for decoration!
All is well at Fraser Point
Institute for Wildlife Studies iws.org
Return Flight: Restoring the Bald Eagle to the Channel Islands:
kzitem.info/news/bejne/yKSgvqeNaXN-q6gsi=tM9VRgnHYEubNuDy
Fraser Point Bald Eagle Nest 2
Explore.org www.explore.org/livecams/currently-live/fraser-point-bald-eagle-nest
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!
Негізгі бет Үй жануарлары мен аңдар Parent Tiff; Kid Flies in& Cruz Loses Tail Feather! Fraser Point Bald Eagle Nest Explore.org 6-28-24
Пікірлер