Australian White Bellied Sea-eagle - 2019 Season

[DDuckies2]

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"

[DDuckies2]

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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Aug 29 2019
3:32pm- 3:38pm
this afternoon chicks experience their first rain.
Mumbrella deployed

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Aug 29 2019
both had a late meal before dark.

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Aug 30 2019
A cool, windy,& rainy night for our family.
Lady doing her best keeping her chicks covered.

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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.

[DDuckies2]

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.

[DDuckies2]

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

[DDuckies2]

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.

[Philjo56France]

A visitor in the left side of the nest between 01h33 and 01h40 local time 08/09 until SE23 woke up

just on a lower left stick/branch

on the base of the left tronk

still there

[Philjo56France]

again

but a small noise wakes up SE23 and the visitor is going away trough the left lower side of the nest

[Philjo56France]

leaving the area by the same stick it used to come in..

I was said it was a Ring-tailed Possum White tipped tail.

[DDuckies2]

Sept 9 2019
Some scaps from when the power was out all day.
Both sporting huge crops

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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.

[DDuckies2]

Sept 12 2019
SE23 's wings.

[Philjo56France]

tonight 9/17
at 19h38 SE 23 & SE 24 are alone in their nest under the rain and strong wind

as at 18h18
WBSE 2019 - Lady fall 17th Sep
HD Video - Lady missed her landing and we don't know where she ended up. She is not stuck in the branches, looks like she ended up on the ground.
courtesy of [email protected] Australia Discovery Centre, Sydney Olympic Park
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOg2MlefxMo

At 21h02 one of the little one is still up and awake (be careful with the strong wind SE 23/24?)

SE24 ready to sleep at 21h22

Still no news about where is Mom

[Philjo56France]

23h07 Still windy, still up and still alone

[Philjo56France]

On the Chat

http://www.sea-eaglecam.org/video.html

[Philjo56France]

01h35 two soaking guys in the nest

http://www.sea-eaglecam.org/video.html

[Philjo56France]

Still raining but at 07h00 all the family was together Inside the nest

at 15h13 Lady is in the nest wit her two kids, under the rain.

[DDuckies2]

Sept 18 2019
Possum with baby on back visits nest.

[DDuckies2]

Sept 22 2019
health check - no trich in sight.
Se 23
Se 24

[DDuckies2]

Sept 25 2019
Thank to GR8 from Chat, for todays summery :
"gr8lakes
Quick update for Wednesday at the nest: Today was a feast day compared to yesterdays light feeds. There were 8 prey brought in by both Lady and Dad, fish and bird. 8 feedings including several self feedings by SE23. All 4 eagles went to bed with full crops. It was a good day for both weather and food delivery and growing eaglets. "

[DDuckies2]

OCT 5 updates.
SE23 and SE24 are 10 weeks old now and are doing well. They are flapping, jumping, mantling prey and self feeding some of the time. For updates check out http://www.facebook.com/Sea.EagleCAM/ For more information about the EagleCAM project check out the website http://www.sea-eaglecam.org/

TY gr8lakes for Sat's food info:
Prey delivery for Saturday: 2 silver gulls and 1 fish. Lady fed one gull to both after SE24 started on it. SE23 self fed a fish and SE24 self fed a gull.
Sydney goes on Daylight Savings in the morning, so they will jump ahead an hour at 2am.

[Philjo56France]

Oct 06. 18h31
All the family in the nest tree

[Philjo56France]

the visit of the possum family

on the left tronk we can see Mom Possum's body

then the Baby Possum Following Mom

and SE23's reaction

http://www.sea-eaglecam.org/video.html

[Philjo56France]

cont.

and then SE24's reaction too

http://www.sea-eaglecam.org/video.html

[DDuckies2]

7th October, 2019
SE23 is 73 days old and SE24 is 71 days old.
17:56pm. SE24 decided it was time to follow Dad up to the perch branch (PB). Pretty close to "proper" branching

courtesy of [email protected] Australia Discovery Centre, Sydney Olympic Park

[Philjo56France]

Many bats around the nest tonight

[DDuckies2]

4:43am.
The whole family sleeping standing up.