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We checked the local Bald Eagle nest, hoping to see one or more chicks peeking over the rim of the nest. The first-hatched is about 13 days old today. At 8:15 AM the female was quiet and rather low in the nest, so we assumed that the chick(s) had been fed and were probably sleeping. We note that when a food drop approaches the hen stands high and gets restless. Therefore we went on the Chapel Trail and returned at about 9:30 to find the male roosting in the nest tree on a horizontal limb above the nest. The female was active, tearing at prey and feeding the the chick(s). I think we had just missed a prey drop. About 10 minutes after our arrival the male flew away low to the west. The female remained on the nest for less than 5 minutes before flying over to roost on a Melaleuca snag just to the west. She flew back to the tall pine just west of the nest and roosted a few minutes, then settled back on the nest. This was the first time this season we witnessed the nest uncovered and without a lookout nearby. Visit blog.rosyfinch.com

We checked the local Bald Eagle nest, hoping to see one or more chicks peeking over the rim of the nest. The first-hatched is about 13 days old today. At 8:15 AM the female was quiet and rather low in the nest, so we assumed that the chick(s) had been fed and were probably sleeping. We note that when a food drop approaches the hen stands high and gets restless. Therefore we went on the Chapel Trail and returned at about 9:30 to find the male roosting in the nest tree on a horizontal limb above the nest. The female was active, tearing at prey and feeding the the chick(s). I think we had just missed a prey drop. About 10 minutes after our arrival the male flew away low to the west. The female remained on the nest for less than 5 minutes before flying over to roost on a Melaleuca snag just to the west. She flew back to the tall pine just west of the nest and roosted a few minutes, then settled back on the nest. This was the first time this season we witnessed the nest uncovered and without a lookout nearby. Visit blog.rosyfinch.com

We checked the local Bald Eagle nest, hoping to see one or more chicks peeking over the rim of the nest. The first-hatched is about 13 days old today. At 8:15 AM the female was quiet and rather low in the nest, so we assumed that the chick(s) had been fed and were probably sleeping. We note that when a food drop approaches the hen stands high and gets restless. Therefore we went on the Chapel Trail and returned at about 9:30 to find the male roosting in the nest tree on a horizontal limb above the nest. The female was active, tearing at prey and feeding the the chick(s). I think we had just missed a prey drop. About 10 minutes after our arrival the male flew away low to the west. The female remained on the nest for less than 5 minutes before flying over to roost on a Melaleuca snag just to the west. She flew back to the tall pine just west of the nest and roosted a few minutes, then settled back on the nest. This was the first time this season we witnessed the nest uncovered and without a lookout nearby. Visit blog.rosyfinch.com

We checked the local Bald Eagle nest, hoping to see one or more chicks peeking over the rim of the nest. The first-hatched is about 13 days old today. At 8:15 AM the female was quiet and rather low in the nest, so we assumed that the chick(s) had been fed and were probably sleeping. We note that when a food drop approaches the hen stands high and gets restless. Therefore we went on the Chapel Trail and returned at about 9:30 to find the male roosting in the nest tree on a horizontal limb above the nest. The female was active, tearing at prey and feeding the the chick(s). I think we had just missed a prey drop. About 10 minutes after our arrival the male flew away low to the west. The female remained on the nest for less than 5 minutes before flying over to roost on a Melaleuca snag just to the west. She flew back to the tall pine just west of the nest and roosted a few minutes, then settled back on the nest. This was the first time this season we witnessed the nest uncovered and without a lookout nearby. Visit blog.rosyfinch.com

We checked the local Bald Eagle nest, hoping to see one or more chicks peeking over the rim of the nest. The first-hatched is about 13 days old today. At 8:15 AM the female was quiet and rather low in the nest, so we assumed that the chick(s) had been fed and were probably sleeping. We note that when a food drop approaches the hen stands high and gets restless. Therefore we went on the Chapel Trail and returned at about 9:30 to find the male roosting in the nest tree on a horizontal limb above the nest. The female was active, tearing at prey and feeding the the chick(s). I think we had just missed a prey drop. About 10 minutes after our arrival the male flew away low to the west. The female remained on the nest for less than 5 minutes before flying over to roost on a Melaleuca snag just to the west. She flew back to the tall pine just west of the nest and roosted a few minutes, then settled back on the nest. This was the first time this season we witnessed the nest uncovered and without a lookout nearby. Visit blog.rosyfinch.com