Thanks, Donna. He definitely does seem to have a mark there - and I'd be in favor of keeping the pictures whether or not it turns out to be a cause for concern - if only as an example of the messy things eagles sometimes get into. I didn't take any pictures, but did see them with prey of some sort earlier today. I also saw some fairly assertive beaking going on between the two of them.

I'll try to keep an eye on them, though there is a lot going on these days.

We can all keep an eye on it when we see them in the nest. I think it is Pa that has the mark.

Lucy has been eating for almost the whole hour and 1/2 I have watched. He has been bringing in sticks and even more food. He is very alert and active. He has not been eating.

Have you ever seen a male eating when there's a female around, Donna?

Not to say that Moms are greedy, mind you - but they do know what they need!

Thanks for the "heads-up", Donna. As soon as I saw your pic here of the red mark on Larry's neck, then I went to the cam. Need to take a good look at my s'caps and video but it does look as if it could be an injury. As you say, "...does not seem to be bothered by this".

Here are a few s'caps from my video:

2:28 pm,
Lucy with her prey. Larry on his way in with talons full of nest fluff(?).


Red mark on Larry's neck. Thanks for letting us know about this, Donna.

2:30 pm,
Larry leaving the nest. Lucy has her prey in her talons. Larry was only on the nest a couple minutes this time.

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Looks as if they got a bit of snow overnight.



One of the adults was in for a while, checking it out.



I'm guessing they're not expecting eggs right away - I'd expect them to have spent the nest keeping the nest cup dry if they were planning to use it in the next day or two. Or at least I've seen that on occasion at other nests.

Hello Eagles4Kids,

Hi JudyB,

Believe there is more snow on the nest in your pictures than there was when I first looked in this morning. Had planned on getting my s'caps up long before now.

Lucy was already on the nest when Larry flew in at 6:30 am. They both started working on the nest together but again, they were not entirely successful at agreeing to disagree.

6:31 am,
Moving/placing sticks and branches around.


Just after they had a disagreement, Lucy moves; her tail feathers were over Larry for a short time.

The nest is empty but it looks like some of the snow has melted and Larry and Lucy are bringing in new fluff!!