Thanks, Sue - I totally agree on the size, but it's my impression that the male here is fairly large, and I can't consistently tell who is bigger. Once we get to know more about them - which one prefers which perch, does one have a funny feather that sticks out - it will be easier to combine that with size to confirm ID. But for now, I cannot tell for sure who is bigger - and would love to have you join the forum if you're not a member and share your thoughts on that. Link to their thread is forum.hancockwildlife.org/viewtopic.php?f=138&t=751 And they do have names! With thanks to the local observers, the male is Glen, in honor of Gleneagles, and the female is Gladys, because it goes well with Glen. ~JudyB

@ Good morning HWF🙏🦅🦅. So nice to hear from you. With the Bald Eagle I’ve always been told that it’s the larger Eagle to be the female and the male is always the smaller one. However, I do believe I’ve seen where both Eagles are almost the same size but one still the female and the other still being the male. Like I’ve said, I have been only going by what I’ve learned from people who put out videos on our Eagles here in Florida and the US too. Also, I’ve learned too it’s the neck feathers on the back of the neck that shows the female from the male too but I haven’t been able to figure that out yet. The Female Eagles here in Florida are definitely bigger than the males. I was just curious to know, how come there isn’t a live chat with the live Eagles cams like most Eagle cams have and this is just a chat forum? Also, don’t people need to have a Facebook page in order to be able to get on the forum chats? I don’t have a Facebook page nor do I care to and in fact, I’m not on any kind of social media platform cause I think they are a waste of time and there can be a lot of nasty people on those things too. Yes, there can be nasty people on KZbin live chats too but, those chats seem to be moderated and those nasty people do get either put into timeout or they eventually get banned. I’m just curious and now I shall go for now. Do take care and have an awesome and blessed day. Sue M. Florida,USA 🙏🦅🦅❤️🥰🎅🏻🎄❌⭕️

@@susanmorris5520 Quite frankly, we don't have enough active members to properly manage a live chat - they can be great, but really need moderators online most of the time for that to happen, and most of us are too busy with other things - like documenting the activity on our forum and making videos. If we had some members who wanted to manage a live chat, we'd consider adding that - but we're currently focused on a more permanent documentation of what the eagles are doing - and while I know that folks on chat make great observations, I do not know how to save those for future researchers. If you have thoughts about that, please let me know. ~JudyB

@ Hi Judy. Nice to hear from you. I’m so sorry that you don’t have enough members or subscribers to have a live chat on the cam. I do know it takes a village to run cams and live chats too and also need mods to keep the chats friendly and let me tell you, some chats surly can have quite a number of nasty people. I’m also sorry too and please forgive my ignorance too, I didn’t realize this channel was just a research on the Eagles and information about them too and their daily lives. As of right now, I don’t have anything to share with you but if I ever do come up with something that would be of use for you and your channel I’d greatly help out. Do take care and have blessed night. Sue M. Clearwater, Florida ❤️🙏🎄🎅🏻🌴🦅🦅❌⭕️

I don't think so, though it is odd looking - seems more like a bit of wood or something. ~JudyB

Me toooo 😊

@@girluvshepherds 🤗

Not yet, though I think the local observers are discussing that topic, so we may have an update on that before too long! You can peek in on our forum at forum.hancockwildlife.org/viewtopic.php?f=138&t=751 to see if there is any discussion of that - and we'd love to have more people join and post their observations of what they see on the cams. I actually live in Maine, though I'm hoping to get back to BC for a visit in the next year or two so my husband and I can see some of the newer nests like this one in person. ~JudyB

Oops - not good at multi-tasking (embarrassed smiley here). Link is hancockwildlife.org/harrison-mills-cams/ ~JudyB

We were hoping, but probably not. More likely Dad/Pere keeping watch over the territory, while Mom/Mere and Blue were looking for fish or exploring the nearby landfill. There were experienced observers in the area, and they didn't see Blue or a second adult.

We're missing Blue as well, but I really do think she or he was ready to go, and this is a great time of year for a newly fledged eagle to find food, so while her landings may be a bit rocky for a few days, I do think she'll land on her feet! ~JudyB

Why you didn't help them😢????!!!!!!!!

There's an issue with the internet feed - and they actually think it might be fixed tomorrow in spite of it being a weekend, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. A local observer went by the nest a little while ago and reported that all was well.

A local observer reported a feeding this afternoon; it's an annoying time for the internet to go down, and we're hoping it will be back tomorrow, August 4. We've all been a bit worried, but everything has been looking much better the past few days. ~JudyB

We've had an issue with the cam, but a local observer was there earlier today and said that all was looking good, and Blue had gotten some food. We're hoping the cams will be back online tomorrow, August 4. ~JudyB

@@jezjezzy1 exactly.

Good question - and the answer I've received from those who have worked a lot longer than I have is that young eagles like Blue have the instincts they need to find food and survive, though the first year is tough for a lot of them. It helps if they are able to follow the parents around and "steal" their food for a while, not to mention see where they find easy food, like roadkill and spawned out salmon - but in BC, it seems that most of the fledglings instinctively head north to the salmon rivers, and if the salmon runs are good this year, they'll find enough food to get them through the first few months - and will see enough eagles get other prey to figure out how to do it. We had first time parents on our Surrey Reserve nest last year, and watching them figure out how to feed the peeping little things that had recently been eggs was a bit scary and very amazing - and they did great! One of our eaglets with a tracker hatched at Surrey Reserve when the previous pair was there, and got into a bit of trouble after fledging and spent some time in rehab - getting lots of food, and watching other eagles, but not hanging out with parents. Loki headed north immediately after being released, probably totally based on instincts, and on seeing other eagles heading that way. Because we have a tracker on her, we know where she's been - and we know she was still going strong as of June 1st if this year. She hatched in April 2020, so she and her tracker are now four years old - so if we don't hear from her again this fall, it's likely the tracker that has failed, not her (she often doesn't check in much this time of year, preferring remote areas with few cell towers). You can learn more about Loki here (BETA04 is her tracker number) - hancockwildlife.org/our-projects/beta-project-page/beta04/ Hope that helps explain our perspective on all this - and keeping fingers crossed that Blue will also survive and thrive.

@ghostrider7104 blue isn't getting enough food for energy to fledge. I think these platforms are not helping the eagles. They might have chosen a tree with branches to nest in. Very disappointed 😞

Thank you for saying what I tried to say better than I could. We also are watching the leg feathers - and the slower development of them might be related to some issues with lack of food, but they seem to be growing (I think - not always easy to be sure), and the energy level and flapping/lift are definitely improving. And we all want what will give Blue the best chance for a long and happy life. ~JudyB

As I mentioned in the second paragraph of the description, Blue is getting food, and is doing more flapping and at this point, Blue (and parents Mere and Pere) seem to be providing the support Blue needs! We will continue to keep watch but for now are trusting the eagles. I'm working on a video of Blue claiming a nice sized fish from one of the parents this morning - should be up soon. ~JudyB

@HancockWildlifeFoundation so they have to wait until blue falls out of the nest and possibly gets injured from the fall before they will help?

@@FL.native Given that the choice at this point appears to be between watching Blue continue to strengthen her/his wings and with a bit of luck fly strongly out of the nest and with a bit of luck have a long happy life, and chasing Blue out of the nest by approaching in a giant lift - well, I'm going with option 3, which is hoping that Blue is flying well when she/he leaves the nest (and maybe comes and goes and eats on the nest for a week or so, like our fledglings at White Rock and Surrey Reserve are doing) - and knowing that there are people who may be able to rescue her/him if flying doesn't work as well as we hope initially. ~JudyB

Blue im worried sick over u 😢❤❤

@HancockWildlifeFoundation The live streaming is stuck on 9am this morning will anyone be able to fix it today, on this Saturday August 3rd?

Yes - quite a bit of food yesterday, and an adult dropped in with a fish this morning, which Blue quickly grabbed. Posts for today, August 1st, on our forum begin here: forum.hancockwildlife.org/viewtopic.php?f=136&t=709&start=7485#p763204 ~JudyB

Yes, Blue has been getting more food, and I posted a video earlier today (August 1) showing Blue energetically flapping around the nest, as eaglets do when they are getting close to fledging. ~JudyB