Australian White Bellied Sea-eagle - 2019 Season

Observations, scaps and videos of this nest. Look for eggs in early July

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Re: Australian White Bellied Sea-eagle. 2019 season

Post by DDuckies2 » Tue Aug 27, 2019 2:45 pm

EagleCAM
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WBSE 2019 - Week 4 HD video showing the first four weeks of SE23 and SE24's development.

http://youtu.be/VjuBB6oHfYY

This screen capture or video is courtesy of "EagleCAM @BirdlifeAustralia Discovery Centre, Sydney Olympic Park"
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Re: Australian White Bellied Sea-eagle. 2019 season

Post by DDuckies2 » Wed Aug 28, 2019 2:44 pm

Aug 29 2019
7:32am.
1st feeding of the morning.
Every day brings changes to their feathers.
Beautiful rust colours showing on back of their heads.
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Re: Australian White Bellied Sea-eagle. 2019 season

Post by DDuckies2 » Wed Aug 28, 2019 10:51 pm

Aug 29 2019
3:32pm- 3:38pm
this afternoon chicks experience their first rain. :rain:
Mumbrella deployed
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Re: Australian White Bellied Sea-eagle. 2019 season

Post by DDuckies2 » Thu Aug 29, 2019 11:17 am

Aug 29 2019
both had a late meal before dark.
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Re: Australian White Bellied Sea-eagle. 2019 season

Post by DDuckies2 » Thu Aug 29, 2019 11:19 am

Aug 30 2019
A cool, windy,& rainy night for our family.
Lady doing her best keeping her chicks covered. :rh:
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Re: Australian White Bellied Sea-eagle. 2019 season

Post by DDuckies2 » Fri Aug 30, 2019 10:23 am

Aug 30 2-19
After a rainy day towards evening the rain stops.

3 smallish items of prey are delived within 1 &1/2 hours.
17:13pm SE 23 trying some self nibbling.

17:38pm Full crops.
Se23 pecked at 24 a few times after last meal, then Lady came back to nest and they settled under her for the night.

2:43am. During the night Lady left the chicks alone for periods of time
2:43am. Everyone is dry and preening. Dad to the left.
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Re: Australian White Bellied Sea-eagle. 2019 season

Post by DDuckies2 » Sat Aug 31, 2019 8:37 pm

Sept 1 2019
12:30pm
Dad dropped off a small fish which SE23 claimed.
Se23 pecked at Se24 to keep him away.
23 Tried self feeding.
Lady comes in to claim fish and feeds 23. 24 stayed away.
Later in the day , evening, 24 got a long feed from Dad. Went to sleep with a full crop.
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Re: Australian White Bellied Sea-eagle. 2019 season

Post by DDuckies2 » Sun Sep 01, 2019 11:29 pm

Sept 2 2019.
Feeding # 1 Lady feeding 5:50-6:20 feeding 23, 24 gets up and 23 honks and pecks and pulls down out Lady starts feeding 24 some pieces on nest at 6:24-6:27 (fed leftover fish from last night) 24 only got some small pieces that was dropped on nest

Feeding #2 Lady feeding 6:35-6:41 Lady fed 23 a small part of fish dad brought in at 6:34. 24 did not eat
Feeding # 3 Lady feeding 7:22-7:29 23 was fed 24 wasn't. Fed small fish dad brought in at 7:21
Feeding # 4 Lady feeding 12:57-13:24. Only 23 ate 24 didn't get any. 23 was fed the gull that Lady brought in
Feeding # 5 Dad feeding 14:20-15:04 Dad fed 24 first. 24 ate about 90% of it then 23 joined in (fed fish dad brought in at 14:18) nice size crops on both
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Re: Australian White Bellied Sea-eagle. 2019 season

Post by DDuckies2 » Mon Sep 02, 2019 3:32 pm

Sept 3 2019
SE23 is 39 days old and SE24 is 37 days. :)
early morning fish drop of by Dad and Lady feeds both chicks. SE24 got more then half this feeding so a great start of the day.
No pecking by 23 to 24.
6:35am Feeding over and can see SE24's huge crop . Lady in bowl with 23.
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Re: Australian White Bellied Sea-eagle. 2019 season

Post by Philjo56France » Sat Sep 07, 2019 9:04 am

A visitor in the left side of the nest between 01h33 and 01h40 local time 08/09 until SE23 woke up
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just on a lower left stick/branch
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on the base of the left tronk
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still there
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Re: Australian White Bellied Sea-eagle. 2019 season

Post by Philjo56France » Sat Sep 07, 2019 9:06 am

2019-09-07_17h40_40.jpg
again
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but a small noise wakes up SE23 and the visitor is going away trough the left lower side of the nest
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Re: Australian White Bellied Sea-eagle. 2019 season

Post by Philjo56France » Sat Sep 07, 2019 9:07 am

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leaving the area by the same stick it used to come in..
I was said it was a Ring-tailed Possum White tipped tail.
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Re: Australian White Bellied Sea-eagle. 2019 season

Post by DDuckies2 » Mon Sep 09, 2019 10:25 am

Sept 9 2019
Some scaps from when the power was out all day.
Both sporting huge crops :thumlft:
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Re: Australian White Bellied Sea-eagle. 2019 season

Post by DDuckies2 » Mon Sep 09, 2019 10:58 pm

sept 10 2019.
6 deliveries! 4 fish and 2 birds and it's only 4pm so there still might be another meal before night fall.
3:28pm. scap. SE24 standing up
11pm for me, so time for bed.
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Re: Australian White Bellied Sea-eagle. 2019 season

Post by DDuckies2 » Wed Sep 11, 2019 9:48 pm

Sept 12 2019
SE23 's wings.
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