Saturday's Lunch Special

Catfish delivery! Strange though, when Hiram delivered this to the nest, Julia hid the catfish under the straw. I didn't see the babies or Julia eating on it at all. I guess she decided it would be saved for later! (Some may wonder how we know what's going on in the nest. Two of the photographers have a

wireless camera scanner that picks up on the frequency of the camera that is installed above the nest. This allows one to view exactly what is going on in the nest. I want a scanner so bad, but it's around $400. Guess I'll have to wait!)

Hiram bringing in a fish as Julia checks it out

Here's Hiram bringing in a catfish for dinner as Julia sits checking it out. Check out his wing span!

Sibling Rivalry!

Well, this was an interesting and rather lengthy fight between the two babies. And yes, the babies actually get into fights in the nest. Twice now, I've seen on the video two actual knock-outs in which the baby was hit so hard by his sibling, that he fell over knocked out cold and lifeless in the nest. With this particular fight, there were no knock-outs - just a lot of head butting and "beaking" going back and forth between the two babies. And what does Mom do during these fights? She just sits and watches. I've not seen her intervene not one time.

A baby peeking out. They're growing!

Fish guts - Yuck!

Yuck! You never know what nasty stuff you will see in their beak or talons!

Hiram hears about the puddle

After Julia was finished in the puddle, Hiram then flew over to the same puddle to perform for us. He splashed around in it, and at times he even looked like he was dancing! LOL

Julia taking wet leaves back to the nest

After Julia was done playing in the puddle, she left out of it with wet leaves in her talons and headed back to the nest. We weren't sure why, other than maybe that was her way of getting water back to the nest for the babies to drink.

Julia playing in a puddle

After a big rain earlier this week, we watched Julia drink from a puddle and then begin playing in it. I'm not sure if this was a way of taking a bath, but it looked more like she was playing and having fun to me.

Lunch has arrived!

Hiram frequented the "Lite" menu today from the looks of this small fish. Guess this was dessert since the main course was a pretty good sized turtle earlier today. And wouldn't you know, I wasn't there for that! I have been wanting a "turtle in the tallons" shot for a while now!

Here's Hiram surveying the land. Just leave your small dogs home if you come visit him! They may end up lunch! LOL

It's fishing time! Off Hiram goes back to the river!

A juvenile

So, this is what they call a juvenile. Just what is a juvenile? I like to think of it as an American bald eagle that is in the teenage years. As you can see, the markings are very different than what we know as the American bald eagle. It takes approximately 5 years for the juvenile to get the white head and white tail feathers.

The Catch of the Day

Off Hiram goes back to nest with the catch of the day!

A Good Day Fishing!

I went to the river just to see if I could see Hiram fishing. Much to my surprise, here he came right at me with a fish! I was also surprised to see a dear friend and her children down at the river looking for Hiram too. Her children were so excited over how big the fish was! What a treat for us all that day!

Back with fish for Julia and the babies

Hiram caught a fish and is now flying back to the nest to feed his family.

Off to the River!

Flying in for a Landing!

Here's Hiram coming back to check on Julia and the babies.

Isaiah 40:31

Did you know that eagles are mentioned in the Bible 26 times?

Shiloh National Park Eagles

So here's my latest obsession - photographing two American bald eagles at the Shiloh National Park. Meet Hiram and Julia - I apologize Julia is not showing you her best side. She's tending to their newly hatched baby eaglets. Here's a link to a website that will show you Julia feeding her little ones. http://www.shiloheagles.com/ (Thanks to Ken Crawford for the video and Jay Turner for putting together such an awesome website that will give you more info on the eagles.)