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By: jkr (offline) on Sunday, August 07 2011 @ 09:49 PM EDT

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11:46 a.m. and Monday August 8th in Sydney

Adult is observing everything in the area while incubating the eggs.
There is a breeze blowing creating shadows across the nest.

~ Judy ~

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By: tuckerfan (offline) on Sunday, August 07 2011 @ 10:17 PM EDT

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What beautiful eagles these are...same types of mannerisms as our Baldies, and their coloring is so different, but refreshing! I can't believe the size of their eggs they're huge Looking forward to some little ones here

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By: Raining22 (offline) on Sunday, August 07 2011 @ 10:36 PM EDT

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Quote by: liberty1998

Late afternoon changeover combined with nestorations OR is it a ploy to egg sit?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jV2lowjERQ

That's how it's done!

"And little eagles wave their wings in gold.” Alexander Pope

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By: MaryF (offline) on Monday, August 08 2011 @ 12:28 AM EDT

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About 1:25PM nest time

What a pretty girl our Mom is!!!!!!

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By: beans (offline) on Monday, August 08 2011 @ 02:23 AM EDT

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She sure is!

Please help preserve wildlife and wildlife territories

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By: elfjune (offline) on Monday, August 08 2011 @ 03:30 AM EDT

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12:21 am PST: Eagle cam went down. I think this is when it normally switches over to infrared.

Before the cam went down, adult was on eggs alert, and looking around.

12:28 am pst cam back up and on infra red

Looks like the same parent as before but not sure. Parent was changing position and repositioning eggs.

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By: elfjune (offline) on Monday, August 08 2011 @ 04:00 AM EDT

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Around 12:49 am PST, parent was getting sleepy. Parent did 'wake up' a few minutes later but then started falling asleep again with head up. Very windy on nest but I don't think I've ever seen the nest when it wasn't windy [not that I see it a lot.]

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By: Pat B (offline) on Monday, August 08 2011 @ 12:22 PM EDT

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I was intrigued by reading that this nest is in a Scribbly Gum.
So Off I went to Wikipedia, to find out.

Eucalyptus haemastoma

Scribbly gum (Eucalyptus haemastoma) is an Australian eucalypt that is named after the 'scribbles' on its bark. These zigzag tracks are tunnels made by the larvae of the Scribbly Gum Moth (Ogmograptis scribula) and follow the insect's life cycle. Eggs are laid between layers of old and new bark. The larvae burrow into the new bark and, as the old bark falls away, the trails are revealed. The diameters of the tunnels increase as the larvae grow, and the ends of the tracks are where the larvae stopped to pupate.

Eucalyptus haemastoma is a small to medium sized tree (or occasionally a mallee). The bark is smooth, white/grey. Juvenile leaves are stalked, ovate or broadly curved and oblique to 22 x 8 cm, pendulous and blue-green. The adult leaves are stalked, broad lanceolate or curved to 15 x 3 cm, concolourous, glossy green. White flowers appear in late spring to early summer. Capsules are pear-shaped, to about 8 mm diameter, with usually 4 enclosed valves. Distribution is restricted to the coastal plains and hills in the Sydney Region.[1]