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Sorry Mick, I didnt understand that they had in fact confirmed seeing Liberty. I thought they only confirmed 2 eagles flying to the river, and that this one above the nest was an intruder. Just checked, and intruder landed and fought with Belle. Belle did flap and scream at it. It is very large next to her. Could not get a scap quick enough. It did not rush off the nest either. Belle went over and sat on the eaglet and did not further chase it, and it left 15 seconds or so later.

I'm glad that you caught the beginning LeeLee!

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Sorry, the cam audio keeps cutting out.

I have the cam up, but it had stopped and I didn't notice. Dang! Thanks to LeeLee and Mick for capturing and describing the latest incident. I missed it!

Wow!!!! Thanks for all the updated reports! That is quite a shot Mick!! That is a big adult female. I'm rooting for Belle, and hopefully this female will give up. She's way too big for Lib to handle. The Wildlife Center of Virginia is not far away from here and would be the place where an injured eagle from this nest would end up. It seems like Lib is smart enough to keep this from happening. Something like this happened in Norfolk a few years ago. Patti would remember, but I think the resident male left for a few days.

Great video Mick, and thanks for that info also obxbarb. I have only seen youtube videos of eagles fighting, and it was always in the air above the nest, and nasty. Have never seen bold enough to land in the nest like this, in the short time I have been watching eagles. Maybe it happens all the time, I dont know. It is just freaking me out though. So afraid of a mis-step with the eaglet and egg there, yikes! Why cant this female bully just get moving on?!! Thx again for all your posts folks.

I'm getting bleary eyed and can't think straight and I'm hopping from one forum to the next.

Mick ... Dana's report came from the blog .... a lot of the people there are locals who know the nest well. Dana is wvgal_dana. She's been around the forums for quite a few years.

This is the blog you can trust .... http://www.eaglecam.blogspot.com/

This was a second report posted ....

One more post ... (I can't watch anymore either SGB ... breaks my heart).

LeeLee ... most times a male will not attempt to attack a female eagle. The females are too big - and this one is big, that's for sure. If there was no chick and egg on the nest ... I'm sure Belle would have escorted this girl outa here 2 days ago. She's torn ... she has to protect her chick. :(

I know .... I want to go down there and chase it away!! Some are speculating on it being one of their offspring, returning to it's natal area to breed. Possible I guess but I'm sure there's lots of nests in that area.

Thanks PattiO. That's the forum I've been reading too. I feel the same, like I'm flopping from spot to spot.

Unsettled tonight, I spect from watching this too long today. Good night all.

I just checked the Shep. blog and the cam, and there is no new news. Belle is sitting peacefully on the nest and Paddy O'Joy was seen moving around this morning.

I would think the darn thing would be hungry itself by now!! chick is alone again right now but it sure looks to be moving around OK to me.

PS - carly, the cam pauses after 20 minutes or so of viewing ... depending on how many people are watching. They posted a note right under the cam. Just hit the play button again.