Mom comes through once again and arrives with her 5th roe deer fawn (Capreolus capreolus) ~ her chick rushes over and mantles it fully! Mom is quite pleased with her delivery and seeing the aggressiveness in her chick now in mantling and claiming the incoming prey. She leaves and allows her chick so learn how to self feed on this mammal. The chick is smart and stands on it and pulls and tears small bites. Of course, the chick is not strong enough to totally self feed yet - Mom returns 50 minutes later and picks up the deer fawn and begins to feed her vocal & hungry chick!
This is a long feeding that continues on well past the length of this video. The chick's crop just continues to grow & grow as Mom serves up this nutritious iron and protein clad meal. Watch as the chick swallows more bones and big bites. At the very end of the video Mom will swallow one of the deer legs 33:44. The female golden eagles is an excellent huntress and this substantial meal was a much needed turning point as the eaglet had very little sustenance over the previous 5 days. In fact, the last time the eaglet had a large crop like this was on June 16th. Well done Mom! Dad will also bring in a hooded crow - will be in a subsequent video! Thank you for watching!
Video captured & edited by Lady Hawk
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This nest is located in a remote area of Bucovina Romania where a pair of Golden Eagles have been nesting and raising their young. The Wild Bucovina Association is a non government and non profit organization that has set up a new webcam recently to observe a rare pair of golden eagles raise their chick. This pair has been observed locally for the past 6 years. Setting up the cam has spooked the male and he had not been back to the nest. On 6/13/21 the male returned to the nest with prey for the first time since the cam installation.The female is hunting and taking care of their chick.The male has been seen and photographed flying with the female close to the nest and is also hunting for the family. Due to the sensitive nature of nest disturbance & the consequences involved, caution is advised while viewing this wild golden eagle nest.
Courtesy of Wild Bucovina Association & Stelian Bodnari. Many thanks for the livestream on the golden eagle family.