Update - Because there were no chicks in 2019, I'm going to continue this thread rather than setting up a new one for the 2019-2020 nesting season; posts for the new season start here. ~JudyB
currently off-line - Redding Eagles POV cam - https://hdontap.com/index.php/video/str ... gle-nest-2
(Because there was no indication that the eagles would use the nest at Turtle Bay, it hasn't been set up to stream; it is still in the tree, and I don't know if it could be turned on remotely)
currently off-line - Redding Eagles IR cam - https://hdontap.com/index.php/video/str ... gle-nest-1
(The IR cam was damaged as a result of the flooding that submerged the island over the winter of 2016-2017 and has been offline since then; if the eagles return to Turtle Bay, it might be possible to revive it.)
The current adults are named Liberty (F) and Guardian (M); Liberty's former mate since spring 2014 was Spirit, who was last seen January 26, 2019.
2019-2020 Season:
- adults return: September 25, 2019
- nest chosen: back to Turtle Bay, and the nest Liberty and first mate Patriot built in 2011
- eggs laid: switch seen February 12
- hatched: March 22; feeding behavior on April 2 suggested there were at least two chicks
- seen: first eaglet seen April 10; two eaglets seen April 12
- sad news: the younger eaglet was not seen again
- named: Hope
- branched: by June 11
- fledged: by June 17
- last seen: mid-July
2018-2019 Season:
- adults return: both seen October 7, 2018 (Liberty had been seen a few days earlier)
- nest chosen: by November 7, the old hawk's nest at Riverview
- sad news: Spirit was last seen January 26, with Liberty on the Christmas Tree
- new mate: As of February 11, Liberty was being seen consistently with a sub adult
- more sad news: the new nest came down in a record-breaking snowstorm on February 12; Liberty and her new mate are fine
- eggs laid: sadly the new pair did not lay eggs
- new male named: Guardian, March 26
- hatched:
- named:
- branched:
- fledged:
- last seen:
River and Sky, May 12, 2018, courtesy of eaglewoman
Link to last season's thread for these eagles - viewtopic.php?f=44&t=86