Now that the foliage on the trees is full, it is hard for me to monitor the status of the baby eagles in several Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) nests at Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge. On Wednesday, however, I detected some motion as I was peering at one of the nests and realized that it was the flapping of an eaglet’s wings. I managed to find a visual tunnel through which my view was mostly unobstructed and was able to capture this view of two eaglets. I was shocked to see how big they have grown and suspect that they soon will be flying.
The nest is probably too small to hold the adults along with the youngsters—what I would call “full nest” syndrome, i.e. the opposite of the more commonly known “empty-nest” syndrome. The second image shows one of the presumed parents perching on a higher branch of the tree in which the nest is located.
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Talk about a work-in-progress – great photo. Thanks for the update, Mike.
Majestic, even when young.
Nice you found an open ‘hole’. We have the same problem here. I have yet to see the young Eagles at all.
Nice, Mike, and fun to capture even a glimpse! They do grow fast and the adults have done well to raise two chicks to this point.
Nice Mike! Always fun to phootgraph Eagles in the nest.