Thunder flies in with her first fish delivery for the triplets & Koa is the one to claim it! Thunder hightails it out of there to go fishing again! Koa is eating the fish when Thunder arrives with fish #2! When Thunder lands, Koa lets go of its fish and Sterling seizes upon the opportunity and steals it. In the back, Treasure is there to claim fish #2 and indulges!
After eating, Koa and Sterling engage in dual wingercising on the nest! Akecheta will fly in with fish #3 and it is a huge one! Everyone goes for it but it is Treasure who claims the fish and takes it the cave to eat. It is so big that Treasure gives up and Koa gets in there and drags the fish out and eats.
Akecheta returns about an hour later and he starts to eat off that big fish. Koa approaches and Dad will feed his eaglet ♥♥ They finish off the fish - Koa does a big PS and it flies right over Sterling lol
AK is in the cave and he goes towards one of the previous fish nestovers but gets mobbed with eaglet warnings so he escapes and flies off! lol
Thunder & Akecheta have been exceptional parents raising their three eaglets this season - everyone is healthy and strong and will be looking to fledge soon! Thank you for watching!
To see the highlights below, please click on the timestamps to advance to that portion of the video.
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 OPENING Thunder flies in with fish #1
03:22 Thunder flies in with fish #2 - Sterling steals Koa's fish & Treasure claims Thunder's fish delivery
04:43 Wingercising on the nest
05:40 Akecheta flies in with fish #3
07:43 Sterling drags fish out to eat
10:31 AK returns and eats some fish
12:08 AK feeds Koa
15:36 Koa pulls out a nestover piece of fish to eat
16:06 Koa does a PS - flies over the head of Sterling lol
16:46 Eaglets corner AK in the cave - protect their nestover fish from him! AK flies off
Video captured & edited by Lady Hawk
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Nest info: Eaglets WE1 (Koa), hatch 3/9 -3am; WE2 (Treasure), hatch 3/9 -7pm; WE3 (Sterling) 3/12 hatch by 4:10am; Thunder (F) 15 yrs old; Akecheta (M) (wing tag 61) 8 yrs old.
This eagle pair is a success story, part of a bald eagle restoration program started by the Institute for Wildlife Studies in 1980. Their nest has been active since 1991 and has been streaming live since 2005.
The West End Bald Eagle Cam is made possible through an educational partnership between Institute for Wildlife Studies, Montrose Settlements Program, Santa Catalina Island Conservancy, and Explore.org.
Read the full nest history here: www.iws.org/west-end-nest-his...
I recommend watching this video to learn about why the eagles have patagial tags also known as wing bling & the conservation work conducted in saving the bald eagles:
Return Flight: Restoring the Bald Eagle to the Channel Islands: • Return Flight: Restori...
Courtesy of IWS West End Bald Eagle Cam and Explore.org.
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