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Story and Pix of Nest:
http://yukon-news.com/news/winged-migrants-get-new-deluxe-loft-accommodations
Another Story of Nest:
http://www.yukon-news.com/sports/into-every-eaglets-life-a-little-rain-must-fall
Pictures of Yukon Eagles by Arbitrage:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/100907765@N08/sets/
Pictures of Yukon Eagles by Echoshadow:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/44472227@N02/
List of Other Eagle Cameras:
http://eagleholic.wordpress.com/bald-eagle-cams-2014/
List of More Cameras:
http://www.beakspeak.com/
YECL Posted 5 Videos of early egg incubating:
http://www.youtube.com/yukonelectrical
Y1 Has Hatched and Y2 on the way:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmKpykAC4vo
Y2 Has Hatched:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHc8f7QORJo
Y3 Has Hatched:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XE05ArLRfM
Nest Swimming:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6xbBPbsSNc
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Trip Down Memory Lane, May 25&27:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVXL3TPAGXM
Come Eat or Lose Your Fish:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPh9jE65Lkk
Eaglet on Sand Bar Having A Drink of Water:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB6_2XGEIFk&list=UUitUTUa8mfuofnLAJ34UQfg
Food Overboard, Y3 Overboard:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEB44hpWKv4
Le'Go My Leg:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9mz2jBPKQQ
Magpie or Breakfast Pie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZUUZAuHhlM
Get Off My Nest:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0LO2JGV5CU
I Don't Want It But You Can't Have It:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRWB5f782Tc
One Fish, Three Hungry Mouths:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J38BSHKNHsQ
Y2 Loses Breakfast - Twice:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2brl4AxU38
Y2 Flies Away With Fish:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LmSxDiH48c
Plastic Bag Brought To Nest:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxGJBNuI8Mo
Squirrel Visits Nest:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHAiJ7duVdk
Y2 Attempts to Carry Stick:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7qPNeF2Vmo
Tag, You're It:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-csktIEOsU
Invasion of the Rain Drops:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XArxyUSBWV8
Y3 Flies Away With Breakfish:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snQNRQbyjUE
What Are You Looking At, Y1?:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i9oSPPtN_o
Eaglets Attacked by Rogue Adult:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBu9BGxhWqk
Second Visit by Intruder Next Morning:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42ZxeD2JX1I
Triplets Play Tag Again:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYxsQZCP42c
You Call That Breakfast?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vem5sUI3Fm4
Now You See It, Now You Don't:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YZXzGRXBpU
Now You See It, Now You Don't (Redux)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRJvDhw_R4E
Teeter Totter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7Rv91NZi1o
Video For Your Birthday:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6SRO3wMh
Story for Children, by MsOls:
Once
upon a time, two eagles fell in love and decided to have some babies. They
picked a nest near Whitehorse, Yukon in Canada. Together they brought in soft
grasses and made a nest bowl surrounded by stick rails. Then dug a hole called an egg cup and the
mama eagle laid three eggs in it. Both
the mama and the daddy sat on the eggs to keep them warm. This is called
incubating the eggs. After 35 days, all three eggs hatched.
In the beginning, the babies were covered
in soft white fuzz, called baby down. They were not strong enough to hold their
heads up straight to be fed, so we called them Bobbleheads. While still babies, they stayed in the egg
cup and were referred to as Hatchlings.
Mom or Dad had to sit on them to keep them warm and safe. This is called
brooding.
After a few days, they were able to climb
out of the egg cup and crawl around the nest bowl. Now they were referred to as
Nestlings. At about two weeks old, they
started to grow dark gray, woolly down to help keep them warm. A parent would still sit on them if it was
very cold, or when raining. The babies
grew very fast, especially their feet and beaks.
Around one month old, they started to get
bumps all over their bodies. Out of these bumps emerged dark brown or black
feathers. Shortly thereafter, they began
to stand up and walk normally. They still crawled sometimes, but needed to
build up their leg muscles.
At six weeks, they began to flap their
wings to make them strong. This is called wingersizing. The parents still bring
in fish or animals to feed the nestlings, but they are trying to learn how to
feed themselves. Soon they will know how to stand on a fish and tear off bites.
As their wings grow stronger, they will
begin to jump around and also up into the air. When the wind is good, they will
go into the air and hover there for a few seconds before coming back down. This
looks kind of scary, but is necessary training for learning to fly.
Once they have learned how to self feed
and to hover, they will begin branching. This means they will leave the flat
nest and hop up onto the rails and poles.
If the nest was in a tree, they could jump onto the tree branches and limbs.
They feel all grown up then, and may begin to sleep standing up like their
parents do.
When they are about 10-12 weeks old, they
will fly for the very first time. This is called fledging and the eaglets will
be called Fledglings. Which tree do you
think they will fly to? They will stay
near the nest for several more weeks and practice flying and to get food from
their parents. They will also follow their parents to the river and learn how
to catch their own fish. Once they learn
all that they need to know, the juveniles will fly away and live happily ever after. (They will not get the white head and tail
until five years old)
