Duke Farms NJ Eagle Cam 2023-2024

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E1 does a winger

E2 self feeds off the fish

8.09.33Am Male brings what is left of a fish.

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8.12.21Am The Male about to leave

It appears the river here is no longer flooding the area but tomorrow's forecast is rain again.

E1 watches E2 self-feed

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Mom brings the head in from the fish the Male brought in. She feeds E1. E2 being cautious

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8.38.49Am Mom done feeding for now and tucks E1 away as she watches E2 self-feed off that fish

Mom watches for quite some time. I think Mom made sure E1 couldn't see E2

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8.51.24Am Mom is up and feeds E1

E1 moves away and Mom is right in there to give E2 some bites but E2 is scared but does get some

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9.05.13Am E1 attacks E2 again

9.08.51Am E1 calmed down and Mom continues to try and feed bites to E2

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9.15.34Am E1 has gone to its corner and E2 is getting a proper feeding

Mom is done feeding for now. She has been at it for an half hour or more now

E1 has an idea but Mom has another and stops E1. She does not look impressed here

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She offers E1 a morsel to stop it and it works

9.24.40Am One E on each side of Mom.

9.32.45Am Mom has flown off and the difference in size of these two can be seen even now though they are only a day apart. Both have crops. E1 being bigger

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From: Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ

March 26th, 2024

All is well at the nest. A fish was brought in this morning and the smaller chick was fed plenty of food. We received many messages over the past few days about the lack of food in the nest and the aggression of the 1st chick toward the 2nd chick. We understand and appreciate everyone's concern but please remember that this is nature and sometimes the reality can be harsh. While no intervention was needed in this situation, attempting one could cause more harm than good. Neither of the adults were missing over the past few days. There are several factors that could have contributed to the lack of food delivery. The heavy rain over the weekend caused flooding in the area and made hunting conditions difficult, hence the lack of food and aggression by the larger chick. There was also behavior from the adults that suggests there was an intruder eagle in the nest area and the adults were defending the nest from this eagle.

A close up of the chicks this morning show that the smallest chick doesn't have any damage to it's skin, from the larger chicks aggression. This morning a fish was brought to the nest by the female and the second chick was fed plenty of food. Hopefully today the nest gets stocked with more fish.


Updates to the nest from the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ can be found here:
https://www.conservewildlifenj.org/education/eaglecam/

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12.43Pm E2 still works on self-feeding as E1 watches

E1 pin feathers are coming in nicely

2.57.55Pm The E's are still alone but no aggression going on

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3.17.39Pm

3.18.09Pm Mom in with a huge fish

E1 in to feed

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3.39.03Pm E2 trying to sneak in

E2 sneaks a bite

E1 attacks

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3.44.01Pm Mom flies off. I don't think she likes what is going on here

E2 to self-feeding again

4.57.08Pm Both lay together

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5.25.32Pm Mom is back and E1 attacks E2 immediately

Mom feeds E1

5.31.29Pm Another attack on E2

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5.46.38Pm No one getting fed. Mom figuring out what to do

Sit on E1 while E2 works on getting bites

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