Port Tobacco MD Bald Eagle Cam - Seasons 2020 - 2024

[ondabebe]

7.25Pm The Male is perched over the nest

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[ondabebe]

Today

6.44Am Pt9 is alone at the nest preening

6.53Am Hope is back and feeds Pt9

Hope leaves and Pt9 preens. Nice crop

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[ondabebe]

8.29Am Hope is back with what looks like a discarded fish. She doesn't stay though and flies off

8.36Am The Male arrives and devours the orange fish. It is one hungry eagle

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[ondabebe]

It moves to the other fish and does offer PT9 some bites but doesn't look like PT9 likes that fish

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[ondabebe]

8.50Am The Male is gone

8.55Am Hope is back. A bit confused looking

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[ondabebe]

9.48Am Pt9 Pin feathers coming in nicely

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[DCeaglefan]

I'm convinced the male is Chandler, but I do wonder about his injuries. Instead of bringing food to nest, he's chowing down on what Hope has brought. He did give PT9 some bites (not that kiddo really needs more food) but spent most of the time -- like Monday -- filling his own crop. That makes me think he's injured enough to have difficulty fishing -- for himself and PT9. In contrast, when he showed up with bloody right eye and cuts on head last season (viewtopic.php?f=44&t=473&start=1395), he never missed a beat in bringing daily deliveries of fish and sticks.

[Kitcat11848]

Seems like strange behavior but I hope it is Chandler.

[DCeaglefan]

Chat moderators wanted to get a good look at male's cere to judge if Chandler's dents evident. Looks like his cere might be even more banged up, but I think these shots show cere & dents pretty well.

[ondabebe]

2024-04-18
Good Morning!

Weather: Port Tobacco, MD

Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. Northwest wind 6 to 9 mph.

Night: Increasing clouds, with a low around 49. East wind 5 to 8 mph.

Egg #3: February 14, 2024 6.35Pm - Hatched March 23 2024 - 26 Days Old - Named PT9

Eggs Laid:

• Egg #1: February 8, 2024 4.37Pm - Egg Broke - March 13 2024

• Egg #2: February 11, 2024 3.25Pm - Failed Hatch - March 19 2024

[ondabebe]

Lots of discussion going on about whether this Male is Chandler. There are things about this Male that indicate to me that it could be him but also there are traits that Chandler has that this Male is just not doing. The Male has definitely been in a battle. Could the fight have caused Chandler to deviate from his prior character?
No Mods on chat have confirmed yet that this is Chandler or if it is not so we wait and see what their decision will be

[DCeaglefan]

The previous shots also show a lot of deep cuts and dried blood on his talons. That wasn't as evident last year when he showed up with ghastly eye/head injuries. Hard to say whether worse eye injuries or worse talon injuries to Chandler -- or perhaps to an eagle other than Chandler -- explain differences in behavior. But I still believe this is Chandler doing his best to survive and somehow contribute to his kid's survival. There have been times when Hope was feeding PT9 that I saw shadows of birds circling all around the nest, and while Hope glanced up, she didn't alarm. So I think Chandler's injured from fending off intruders, and he's now starving from the energy expended on those efforts, but too injured or too exhausted to do much fishing. All complete speculation on my part -- only time will tell, but hoping for the best. Churn in mates at other nests in past few seasons has not led to success in many cases.

[ondabebe]

2024-04-19
Good Morning!

Weather: Port Tobacco, MD

Day: Cloudy, with a high near 63. Southeast wind around 7 mph.

Night: Scattered showers, mainly between 7pm and 3am. Patchy fog between 2am and 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 52. Southeast wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Egg #3: February 14, 2024 6.35Pm - Hatched March 23 2024 - 27 Days Old - Named PT9

Eggs Laid:

• Egg #1: February 8, 2024 4.37Pm - Egg Broke - March 13 2024

• Egg #2: February 11, 2024 3.25Pm - Failed Hatch - March 19 2024

[ondabebe]

From what I read yesterday the Male did not come to the nest as the previous day but Hope also did not leave food on the nest from what I saw, which might have stopped the Male from coming. If this is Chandler I wouldn't think he would come to the nest whether there is food or not. Wait and see kinda thing

6.23Am Pt9 has spent the night at the nest alone. Hope is most likely perched above as we see a wing flutter at 6.16Am fly away

6.43Am Hope in with some wet nesting. Pt9 is not to happy it is not breakfast. Hope flies off again

8.24Am Pt9 alone. Hope has not been on the nest since she left

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[ondabebe]

9.08Am Hope back with what looks like a small duck

She defeathers it and feeds PT9

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