Delta2 2022 - 2023 Observation and Discussion Forum

[RoseA]

11:02am looking at the same East Field tree from the East Cam I'd say it is an AE perched in there.

11:04am they flew off.

[JudyB]

December 28, 2023
12:20 pm

Still having issues with my computer - will probably need to stop streaming Delta 2 East for a few minutes while I reboot a few things.

[RoseA]

4:10pm one of the tower eagles perched on a pole to the right of their tower.

[RoseA]

4:41pm both tower eagles on their nest.

[RoseA]

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2023

[RoseA]

8:16am AE in previous nest tree.

[RoseA]

8:24am mate arrives, so both are now in the previous nest tree.

[RoseA]

4:50pm AE perched in the stick tree.

They flew off at 4:52pm.

[JudyB]

New YouTube link for Delta 2 West is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cb47bY1Sw9w and the cam is streaming on our Live Cams page https://hancockwildlife.org/delta-2-cams/

Still having some issues with my computer, but it seems to be improving.

[RoseA]

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2023

[JudyB]

11:27 am
The new YouTube link for the West cam is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHJwc4CyMeE and it is also streaming on our live cams page - thanks, Ken!

[JudyB]

Catching up on a few things - this is the list of updates for the 2023 nesting season that I had included on the Live Cams page; most of the events below are probably in the opening posts, but I thought I'd put it here as well, since I'll be starting the updates for 2024 soon.

Updates from the Live Cams page for the 2022-2023 nesting season

The new Delta 2 nest was installed on Monday, September 12, 2022! Details and lots of pictures are on the forum starting here. Big thanks to everyone who donated to the GoFundMe drive that made this happen and to our annual maintenance drive for work on all the cams!

As of December 1st, we have had owls visit the new nest several times, but have not seen the eagles there. Local observers report that there is a pair of eagles building a new nest on one of the large power line towers nearby, unfortunately out of sight of the cams. We suspect this is Ma Delta and DM, but have not been able to confirm that. Eagles do sometimes start nests, then change their minds, so there’s still a chance they might check out the nest on a pole at some point.

December 26 – Ma Delta brought some food to the new nest – first time we’ve seen an eagle there! DM may have stopped by one of the perches afterwards. More info, pictures and videos on the forum starting here – viewtopic.php?f=10&t=574&start=19740#p630762.

A juvenile bald eagle stopped by the new nest later on December 26 to snack on the leftovers and spend the night and the next day; no idea what might have happened, but the young eagle was missing their right foot. The future will be challenging for this young eagle, but we’re hoping for the best. Posts start here – viewtopic.php?f=10&t=574&start=19755#p630859. Sadly the young eagle did not make it; he or she flew off the nest for no apparent reason around 10:30 pm on December 27, and his or her body was found under the nest the next morning. David Hancock said the youngster was very skinny and the foot may have been lost to electrocution.

June 27 – zoomer and local observer RoseA visited the nest site and got a photo of an eaglet in the tower nest. We think there may have been eggs laid around March 13, which might have resulted in hatching around April 20. That would make the eaglet around 10 weeks old. Link to photos of the site visit start here.

August 16 update – Speculating a bit, if the hatch date was April 20, the eaglet would have been 12 weeks old on July 13. Eaglets generally fledge when they are between 10 and 14 weeks old. The eaglet – likely a fledgling by then – was seen perched on the tower August 4 (possibly about 15 weeks old). Two eagles were seen on the nest on August 8; the observer couldn’t tell if one was the fledgling or both were adults. There have been no sightings since then.

[RoseA]

12:08pm eagle perched on the First
Tower.

[RoseA]

4:11pm someone perched on one of the smaller towers to the right of the tower eagles.

[RoseA]

4:18pm someone perched on the First Tower.