Late birthday present

Months late, but I don't mind. The important part is - she's here!

Eagle pool party

Some moments from SWFL Bald Eagle cam yesterday. The fledglings are still hanging around for now, but it's starting to be the time where they could leave for their big eagle adventure any day now (or they could continue to live at home and enjoy free food for several more weeks, only time will tell).

Dad brought a bird prey to the pond, and after a scuffle between the eaglets, E15 claimed it. E16 got some fish later. Though the food is caught for them and brought to them, there's always at least a little bit of "stealing" behavior in receiving the food deliveries, whether it's towards their sibling or the parent. That's great for preparing them for eventually being on their own. Here's E15 guarding her breakfast on the left, E16 is in the middle, and dad M on the right.

An evening visit by a hare

Baby Booted Eagles

A pretty big collection of screenshots I've taken from the livestream of the Sierra de Guadarrama National Park Booted Eagle nestcam over the past month. This year's two chicks, Lasai (hatched June 7th) and Lucky (hatched June 9th), being cute and getting along. Warning that a few screenshots show half-eaten prey pretty clearly.

Mom looks so worried. That's just her face, though. Birds don't have the facial muscles for much change of expression.

The eaglets are like fluffy snowballs. A little over two weeks old here.

Summer trees

Fledglings at the nest

Eaglets E15 and E16 hanging out at the nest and nest tree branches together at the SWFL Bald Eagle nestcam.

E16 allopreening E15.

Masu in the sun

The dark surface of the table and her dark fur get very warm.

In the shade rather than in the sun, but she also likes to hang out at the balcony. She's not as big of a fan of having her nap interrupted by a photographing human.

Apology chinscritches.