con't flexing talon with branch on the nest
practicing talon flexing on branches next to the cliff

Emoyeni flys in with food and lets Mbuso self feed himself

con't Mbuso continues tio self feed why Emoyeni looks on and supervises
food in beek
mom you pushed me away from the food
biting Emoyeni's tailfeathers while she's eating

con't
Mbuso continues to be too close to the edge and is trying for a nestover that is a little out of his reach
nope dunno what it is so I'll drop it
scratching chin
and finally Dusk with both Emoyeni and Mbuson eating together side by side

Hi nightowl, Judy and welcome Karen!

Here's a great video I captured of Thulane delivering prey to the nest with Emoyeni following behind him. Mbuso was quick to grab it and mantled over it until Thulane flew away. Enjoy!

Mbuso grabs prey from Thulane 8-23-11

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2011

Good morning Jean and Judy! Welcome Karen!

I was busy all day yesterday, so I didn't even turn on the cam. You guys got some great s'caps of Mbuso, so I feel like I didn't miss a thing!

Jean, thanks for the videos again! You're getting to be and old pro at making them! In the one from Monday, you caught what I missed. I didn't see Emoyeni fly in with food, only Mbuso's hesitation at digging in. WOW! I've never seen Mbuso mantle before! :blink: He's really purty with his feathers all spread out over his dinner, isn't he? One thing I noticed was him mantling when Thulane was on the nest...only. That must be an 'eagle' thang, cause David and Alexandra only mantled when Pa brought food to the nest, and now Mbuso is repeating that behavior. Wonder what it is about the male bringing food that sparks the chicklets to mantle?

When Thulane flew off, Mbuso looked up like "was it something I did?"

Good morning nightowl! Thanks for the praise. I am really enjoying doing videos.
I had the video going this morning since I got up, but Mbuso isn't venturing out too far. I am going to be leaving soon, so maybe tomorrow will be a better day for caps and videos! Have a good day all!

Hello Wednesday on the nest, Nesties
Mbuso alone took the first scape early in Africas morning and really late PDT
7:57AM - 10:57PM PDT last night
5:18PM - 7:16AM PDT
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