OT: Duke Farms Eagle is back

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The camera was down for a while but it is back. If you remember last year, the one little baby got picked on a lot and had trouble getting food from the parent. They both ended up being vibrant healthy birds. Thus far this year there are no babies yet.

 

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It has 3 eggs. If they all hatch there will be a lot of competition for the babies.

 

[RUPete]

Here we go! This is right there with pitchers and catchers reporting soon.

 

[RUPete]

The Eagles’ comeback in this state has been incredible. I was walking in Johnson Park a couple of years ago and MC Parks had signs posted about staying on the path and avoiding general areas due to eagles nesting.

 

[SouthJerseyRU]

It's a sign

 

[Kbee3]

The camera was down for a while but it is back. If you remember last year, the one little baby got picked on a lot and had trouble getting food from the parent. They both ended up being vibrant healthy birds. Thus far this year there are no babies yet.

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It was damn frustrating that the camera was down for so long. We missed everything up to and including the egg laying.
Now we'll just have to watch the Philadelphia Eagles laying an egg in the Super Bowl.
BTW, the Big Bear eagle cam is way better and so are their eagles...Jackie and Shadow.

 

[ashokan]

Super Bowl sign?
Fly Eagles Fly Saquon

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

I can't believe it but I am rooting for the birds.

 

[newell138]

It's a sign

I’ll be glad when we don’t hear this expression for a few months

I see eagles on the regular now down in cape may county

 

[29PAS]

That's one helluva nest. Go Birds!

 

[Kbee3]

Tough night for them with the snow.

 

[mosito]

What happened to the 2 babies from last year... They do their own thing and never come back?

 

[Kbee3]

What happened to the 2 babies from last year... They do their own thing and never come back?

Apparently. I think they were banded so they may know whether they're OK or not.
I guess we'll never know.
BTW, I think I read somewhere that the survival rate for the first year is 50%...that if they make it through the first year they should be fine.
Of course, those of us who watched the second chick struggle for food last year are wondering how the third one is gonna fare this year.

 

[ScarletR97]

Apparently. I think they were banded so they may know whether they're OK or not.
I guess we'll never know.
BTW, I think I read somewhere that the survival rate for the first year is 50%...that if they make it through the first year they should be fine.
Of course, those of us who watched the second chick struggle for food last year are wondering how the third one is gonna fare this year.

Site has answers to some of these questions.

For instance:

Do we know what happened to any of the chicks that were banded at the Duke's Farm nest?

The oldest of the three males from the 2009 nest (C-96) was identified while fishing in 2013 at the Conowingo Dam in Maryland. The smallest male from the 2009 nest (C-94) was observed nesting in Connecticut and has fathered at least four chicks as of 2015. Finally, another male that was banded at Duke Farms in 2014 (D-98) was found near Little Sebago Lake in Maine. Unfortunately, residents witnessed him being attacked by a nesting adult bald eagle and he was later found deceased.

 

[Kbee3]

Site has answers to some of these questions.

For instance:

Do we know what happened to any of the chicks that were banded at the Duke's Farm nest?

The oldest of the three males from the 2009 nest (C-96) was identified while fishing in 2013 at the Conowingo Dam in Maryland. The smallest male from the 2009 nest (C-94) was observed nesting in Connecticut and has fathered at least four chicks as of 2015. Finally, another male that was banded at Duke Farms in 2014 (D-98) was found near Little Sebago Lake in Maine. Unfortunately, residents witnessed him being attacked by a nesting adult bald eagle and he was later found deceased.

Yeah...that's great. But they only mention two birds from 16 years ago and one from 10.
The poster mosito was asking about the two from 2024 that flew off to who knows where or what. If one watches them break out of their eggs and grow to the point where they can fly, it's not unusual to then wonder what happened to those little guys.

 

[LETSGORU91]

I thought the bird was dead and frozen solid just now in the snow. It didn't move a millimeter for about 15 seconds. Then she turned around and buried her head into the back feathers. This camera view is pretty damn cool!

 

[eso1989]

Yeah...that's great. But they only mention two birds from 16 years ago and one from 10.
The poster mosito was asking about the two from 2024 that flew off to who knows where or what. If one watches them break out of their eggs and grow to the point where they can fly, it's not unusual to then wonder what happened to those little guys.

If I recall, the person that used to climb to the Duke Farms nest so they could be banded and tracked retired a couple of years ago.

 

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The eagle is getting snowed in.

 

[Kbee3]

Someone pointed out that the bald eagles are thriving in Alaska....so they must be perfectly capable of handling some New Jersey snow.