The Eaglets are Flying
I checked the nest a couple days and found it empty. It was eerily silent and empty. I figured that I would most likely not see the babies (who all are grown up now) again.
Yesterday, I swung by the nest hoping that I would see something. When I arrived there was one eaglet in a branch above the nest. I was very surprised. I was hoping to see it fly and get a picture – but no such luck. I needed to leave to get my sister – so I picked her up and brought her to my mom’s and returned to the nest. The eaglet was now in the nest and eating lunch. I must have missed one of the parents dropping off food. I watched the young eagle eat and then it looked in the distance and before I knew it – the dad flew into the nest.
The dad and young eagle were busy eating when from below was hear the screeching of the other young eagle. I then notice it in a tree limb below the nest. It was very vocal. A bluejay was bombarding it and the eagle finally took off and flew around to the back of the nest to join its sibling and father in the feast.
Dad did a bit more housekeeping as the young eagles ate. He stayed a while longer and ate a bit himself – before flying off. A thunder storm came in so I left. The two young eagles were still in the nest. I am sure that their time back at the nest now that they are flying will be rarer and rare. I certainly will miss watching them. It has been an exciting spring. I hope they both make it. The first year is the hardest. The parents will most likely keep an eye on them for a while to make sure they are doing ok – as long as they know where they are. It is a very vocal time. I still am amazed that we have eagles so close to home. I would have never dreamed of seeing them being in NH let alone nesting in New Hampshire, when I was growing up.
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