It was another day of flying, soaring and chasing the adults for food deliveries for the Trio. The video opens with the juvies screaming and chasing after a parent - lots of chortles and squees heard. The delivery must have been off cam!
Later, all three fledglings are seen soaring and flying over the ocean and the cliffs! Some flybys right in front of the cam! Just beautiful ♥
Later Koa is on the historic nest and Sterling joins. Sterling flies off and returns - both leave when it is time to head to the night perch to roost! I am not sure which one is in view at the end of the video :) It might even be Treasure lol
To see the highlights below, please click on the timestamps to advance to that portion of the video.
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 OPENING Adults fly past to left - juvies begin chase
03:01 All three juvies soaring over the ocean and around the cliffs
06:28 Koa on historic nest
07:02 Sterling on Historic nest
09:12 Sterling flies off
09:47 Koa to rock
10:36 Sterling returns
13:03 Koa flies off
14:00 Sterling flies off - one seen on night perch - not sure which one!
Video captured & edited by Lady Hawk
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Nest info: Eaglets WE1 (Koa), hatch 3/9 -3am; WE2 (Treasure), hatch 3/9 -7pm; WE3 (Sterling) 3/12 hatch by 4:10am; Thunder (F) 15 yrs old; Akecheta (M) (wing tag 61) 8 yrs old.
This eagle pair is a success story, part of a bald eagle restoration program started by the Institute for Wildlife Studies in 1980. Their nest has been active since 1991 and has been streaming live since 2005.
The West End Bald Eagle Cam is made possible through an educational partnership between Institute for Wildlife Studies, Montrose Settlements Program, Santa Catalina Island Conservancy, and Explore.org.
Read the full nest history here: www.iws.org/west-end-nest-his...
I recommend watching this video to learn about why the eagles have patagial tags also known as wing bling & the conservation work conducted in saving the bald eagles:
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