Avon Lake, Ohio -- 2018

[RitaR]

Monday April 23, 2018

Hi Mary, OH how cute they are! All 3 are out front getting some air time.

[RitaR]

Friday April 27, 2018

6:47 pm The kids are alone. Little one has a full crop and is sleeping. Middle one is nibbling on whatever the white thing is. Oldest one is preening.

Dad arrives and all 3 look at him.

[MaryF]

Hi Rita!! I've been MIA for a while ans have some older scaps to add---just because I guess! Bear with me!!


from 4/22 ---


A parent next to the nest (from one of the folks on the ground who has given me permission to post their pictures)

A nice dual feeding but the chicks are hidden

Real good stuff!!

[MaryF]

more from 4/22 ---


A big bite for the tiny eaglet

A good look at all three eaglets

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from 4/24 ---


I don't know who started it but we had a triangle of eaglets all bonking each other

[MaryF]

From today 4/30 ---


Mom did a big wing stretch and we got peek at all three eaglets!

Doing the mumbrella thing! Giving the chicks a bit of shade

5:30---Dinner time!!

[MaryF]

One of the eaglets sitting up with a huge crop and big yellow clown feet! Check out the cute one peeking from behind!

Total food coma time! That nest is full aleady!

A great shot of our three full eaglets with no parent in the way

[MaryF]

Precious eaglets sleeping in a row while Mom watches over them

[MaryF]

The trio found their own shade on this warm, sunny, Monday afternoon.

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[jwin36]

This is cute. The babies look like little round gray lumps.

Cute little lumps. Mom looks tired.

[MaryF]

from 5/2 ---


I was a warm afternoon---lots of panting going on

I wonder what they were all watching? Maybe dad was doing fly-bys

The littlest one has a crop drop

[MaryF]

from 5/2 ---


A big crowd at the nest--Mom flew in with something so the entire family was there on that smallish nest

I see that it was a pretty small fish. the eaglets already had big crops from the previous meal---so no takers

A big crop, huge feet and a nifty hair-do on the oldest eaglet

[RitaR]

May 3, 2018

Oh my goodness Mary. They are getting so big!

Meal time.

Oldest one appears to be starting to get some dark feathers. Giving the middle one a wing hug. Little one must be full and sitting the meal out.

[RitaR]

May 4, 2018

Taking a peek in. Taking time to rest. It's pretty windy at the nest today.

[MaryF]

2 very late scaps from 5/3 ---


A nice big crop on the youngest eaglet after breakfast

One last big sneaky bite for a hidden eaglet

[MaryF]

From 5/4 ---


What a nice sight! Mom and the kids---all with nice crops already---going after another fish.

HEY!! where's mine??

[MaryF]

From 5/5 ---


These two are wondering where the food is--they think Dad has it

WRONG! Mom has the food and is calmly feeding the third eaglet!

All lined up in the shade of the tree trunk

[MaryF]

It looks like Mom and the eaglets are having a nice lazy Sunday afternoon!

A triangle of eaglets and a pretty feather

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[MaryF]

Finally got a good look at Mom's white leg feathers. It's easy to ID nher if you can see them

Later in the day it was raining and Dad came to help keep the eaglets dry You can't see it very well but both patents had rain drops on their backs

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[RitaR]

Hi Mary. Love reading your posts. Wished I had more time to check in here.

May 8, 2019

My gosh they are getting big! Oldest one is really getting the dark feathers.

Wingers!

[RitaR]

Oh how cute! Parent in with a fish and they are all lined up and ready to eat.

[RitaR]

Hmmm Dad moved the food over to the left edge. The two oldest move over to eat. The little one is going to sit this meal out it looks like.

[RitaR]

Friday May 11, 2018

Wow Mary! Can't believe how much they have darkened with the new feathers in just a few days. Getting fed some fish.

[MaryF]

From Weds, 5/16



I couldn't figure out why the eaglets were ignoring Mom who had food

I guess they were full!!

[MaryF]

These eaglets are now so dark but they seem small to me at nearly 6 weeks old.

One is flapping while being ignored by the other 2

What a group!

[MaryF]

They sure were busy watching something!

Anticipation LOL!! Nothhing came into the nest but a parent must have been there.

[RitaR]

Friday May 18, 2018

Hi Mary. Oh my goodness how they have grown!!! Three beautiful eaglets. So happy for the Avon parents this year.

Rolled back to see a feeding.

They look great and very healthy. Hope it stays that way.

All 3 of them taking a nap.

[MaryF]

We have one snoozer in the bunch.

It must be warmish with 2 of them having there wings open to catch a breeze.

[MaryF]

Mom and the kids

A short time later Dad joins them---nice family picture and a very full nest!!!

[MaryF]

From Sat, 5/19


Mom eating her dinner with one eaglet watching closely

A big crowd in the nest again.

A late snack for one eaglet while the two watch--they must be full

[MaryF]

A very wet Sunday breakfast

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This does not look good!! It appears like 2 of the eaglets have swallowed opposite ends of some kind of line!!!!

It sure looks like some kind of line to me