Davenport Alcoa ~ 2012

kittenface · **Posted:** Sat Jan 07, 2012 12:25 am

Elf that sure is a great help on Id'ing them I always go by the size

obxbarb · **Posted:** Sun Jan 08, 2012 2:28 pm

Wow, that is one deep nest bowl! Like a super thick comforter.

kittenface · **Posted:** Mon Jan 09, 2012 5:04 pm

Boy the way mom is sitting and scutching around you'd think she is going to lay an egg :teehee:

elfruler · **Joined:** Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:31 pm **Posts:** 95

KF, I'm on the watch for that. Liberty has been in the nest a lot today, a couple of times just perching for endless minutes. This was one of those:

After this they both came for a little while, Justice tried out the bowl. And right now (4:30 CST) Liberty is back with a stick.

kittenface · **Posted:** Mon Jan 09, 2012 7:11 pm

Oh elf your a lifesaver I'm trying to get pics and videos but never seem to get them :snowflake6:

Thank you so much

elfruler · **Joined:** Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:31 pm **Posts:** 95

KF, I do love this nest and am delighted that I've been able to capture so many views of Liberty and Justice. There were several visits today, this one begins with Justice (male) and then Liberty (female, distinctive with an arched "eyebrow" on the bony ridge above her eyes) doing some nestorizing and a teeny bit of beaking. Liberty flies away, Justice fluffles around in the bowl, then leaves. Liberty returns with a branch, finds a place for it, and flies off.

After this there were two more landings. They are sure interested in that bowl!

elfruler · **Joined:** Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:31 pm **Posts:** 95

This was fun. Follow the play-by-play under the vid:

kittenface · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2012 10:28 pm

WOW elf you really got a good one today I love love love when Liberty gave us that awesome closeup I wonder I saw that the cam was moving a bit I wonder if Justice was up on it for a few seconds

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 63313

Was she digging to China? I swear Elfruler, you have the magic touch... Every time I check this cam, nobody is home...

kittenface · **Posted:** Thu Jan 12, 2012 2:00 pm

Boy that wind sounds terrible and its snowing :tantrum2:

elfruler · **Joined:** Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:31 pm **Posts:** 95

A pre-dawn nestorizing session yesterday:

And at the end of yesterday:

And here is what the nest looked like this afternoon after several inches of snow:

kittenface · **Posted:** Thu Jan 12, 2012 9:09 pm

Thanks so much elf your the best and like SGB said they seem to only like to show up for you

elfruler · **Joined:** Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:31 pm **Posts:** 95

A juvie just landed on the nest and is pulling fluff out from under the snow. I'm guessing it's an older sub-adult, from the mottling. I'll post vid later.

Revised: I changed my mind, there's hardly any yellow in the beak, I now think it's in first-basic stage. Is it Freedom? Freedom was hatched March 25, so is now about 9.5 months old. An eaglet from the previous year's clutch would be about 1 year and 10 months.

Video:

kittenface · **Posted:** Fri Jan 13, 2012 3:37 pm

WOW what a great catch elf I just got home after 5 hours at a dr. appt and find that your
great thanks so much

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 63313

WOW....what a great catch, elfruler....

This was posted on the cam page:

A Visit from Freedom?

I was surprised to look this morning and see an eagle I was not familiar with in the nest. After a few minutes it was clear this was a young eagle since it did not have the white feathers. I am wondering if it was baby Freedom stopping by for a visit to see what Mom and Dad had done with the place since he left back in August. He stayed for about a half an hour digging around in the snow in the nest and pulling at some of the sticks. It was very interesting to spot an eagle I was not expecting to see in the nest.

PattiO · **Posted:** Sat Jan 14, 2012 11:33 am

Beautiful juvie! Looks like a male - but just a guess of course! :)

kittenface · **Posted:** Sat Jan 14, 2012 12:58 pm

PattiO wrote:

Beautiful juvie! Looks like a male - but just a guess of course! :)

I thought the same think but I can't tell til male/female are side by side

kittenface · **Posted:** Sat Jan 14, 2012 1:15 pm

A bit of yelling from somewhere but no sight of which one it was maybe elf got something

obxbarb · **Posted:** Sat Jan 14, 2012 9:57 pm

That is really interesting. We've seen this with eagles a few times, but I don't remember seeing an eagle juvie return. Thanks Elf! The is a great cam!!

elfruler · **Joined:** Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:31 pm **Posts:** 95

No sight of the adults yesterday until late in the day, when they made a brief stop to check on the damage inflicted by the juvie. They are alert to something going on outside the nest:

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