Bucovina Golden Eagles ~ Tragedy At The Nest! Accidental Death Of First Golden Eaglet 💔 5.9.23

[@Myssy1]

oh her little peeps oh ... 😟😢😥 that little angel . it was weird as she held onto the food and went out of the nest bowl. I have never seen that before .. little angel did the best she could ...

[@kcloveonaleash]

Thank you LadyHawk as i know this kind of thing is tragic and hard for you to post. Big hugs❤

[@lorid5684]

Oh my little baby 😢She was loved and will be remembered. I will miss her precious little voice. Rest in peace sweetheart. Fly high & free sweet one.💜🦅😢 Thank you lady hawk for the news. 💜

[@taffyb4007]

Thank you . Well explained and appropriately edited. Positive thoughts for the remaing eaglet future.

[@sunflowerab3212]

I've been waiting for your video Lady Hawk. You always find the right words. Yesterday I watched everything, but not to the end. Little One's Cries (+Memories of Klints) Too Sad for me! Such a strong, healthy chick had to go. Fly high sweetheart ❤ And yes, I know nature can be cruel.

[@ladyhawk]

Yes this little one was healthy and strong and had a pair of lungs that was heard throughout the forest.Such a terrible accident to have happen. I was not expecting this - I thought that the youngest might not make it with Golden Eagle siblicide but I had hopes for both this season. This eaglet will be remembered and is loved!! ♥

[@tdowell8615]

It’s crazy they are fine picking it up after it’s dead but doesn’t try while it’s alive.

[@LemonLadyRecords]

That's because it's already dead and can't be hurt. But the beak and talons are not for picking up fragile young chicks. It's surely been done but most often it wouldn't turn out well. Parts of those chicks are bare, thin skin, easily punctured. However, she will pick a dead chick up because it can't be hurt and they know the difference. Too bad the nest bowl had good rails, as it should, but they were too high. Lucina was thinking about things to do, and made a couple attempts but she was distracted and her first job is the nest. She would have fed it if the cold hadn't been so bad as to kill it, and if given more time, she might have got it back in the bowl. It would be crawling in a few days, and could get back, but at this age, no. Survival is tough, and one little tiny thing like this can be fatal. Fair winds, little one, you grabbed my heart. And ears! ❤️🦅🎉 I hope this makes sense I was asleep. Take care.

[@ladyhawk]

Hi No Name The eagles do not pick up their chicks with their beaks and they don't have the instincts to pull their chicks back into the nest. The eagles only pick up prey with their beaks which is what she did after the baby died. I have seen eagles nudge eaglets back into a nest cup if they are very close. In the DNR nest, this is what the female did a couple seasons ago and saved the youngest from dying of hypothermia. I think Lucina was waiting for the chick to crawl back under her.

[@janemillerick9614]

I don’t think any raptor (owl, osprey, Falcon, eagle) ever uses the beak for anything other than food with young. I think maybe a nudge, gently with closed beak but that’s it.

[@lildebboston455]

Awwwww.the poor lil nugget. I can't watch anymore right now. Poor Mom Sending hugs & luv..😟😓💖💖💖

[@pesyira]

😢😢 so sad...😢😢 white lil fluff ball.. Fly high, lil Eaglet 💔 Hoping the youngest fluffy ball is healthy🙏 Keep warm, dear Eagle family🙏🙏 May the weather be nice there🙏

[@rosanunfio9415]

😢😢😢😢RIP BABY CHICK

[@michellecoshow2927]

What a heartbreak. I will be praying for this nest, and that the second baby we'll make it. It's such a shame they have to have the babies in bad weather.😢 thank God for a good father to. RIP precious one. Thank you Lady Hawk, GB and TC. 🙏🩵🦅🕊

[@mingwu1133]

Why it was abandoned outside when still alive?

[@ladyhawk]

Hello ming wu Lucina did not abandon the chick, she does break some little branches between her and chick as she waited for the chick to come back underneath her which it sadly could not do being so young. The eagles do not pick up their chicks with their beaks and they don't have the instincts to pull their chicks back into the nest. The eagles only pick up prey with their beaks which is what she did after the baby died. I have seen eagles nudge eaglets back into a nest cup if they are very close. I think Lucina was waiting for the chick to crawl back under her.

[@CuriousCat7]

How very sad! 😪 They really aren't equipped to handle a situation like this. Truth be told, I was prepared to see a tragedy between the chicks. It happens quite often with Golden Eagles, unfortunately. 😢 Rest in peace, sweet little eaglet! 💐 TYLH! 😿 Be blessed, everyone! 🙏🦅💖🤗💕

[@CD-nx8jg]

So sad that Lucina did not scoop the chick gently back to the nest bowl.😥It was only a couple of inches away. RIP sweet angel!🐥❣

[@janetgeller7272]

I am so sorry tiny one. It is hard to understand how an eagle parent’s instincts will work. ❤

[@Zombies12344bc]

And you know adults have feelings too they will sit there and grieve is there another one in there besides that one

[@ChanelNo005]

That is so sad. 😢 I wonder why she didn’t try to help it get back into the nest? Poor baby. It was trying and just didn’t have the strength. 🐣🙏🏻❤️

[@JoJo-JoJo-JoJo]

Rest in peace little one 😢

[@Zombies12344bc]

That’s so sad🙁🙁

[@Greg414]

O no that's very unfortunate and sad rest easy little one

[@Tata-eagleslife]

I didn't watch it, I can't see it, the description is enough. It's a horrible incident.💔🐥😭

[@mariemurray629]

RIP little one! You will be missed! 😢

[@shirley9240]

So sorry, little one. You are so loved and will be missed. RIP, sweet baby. Thank you, Lady Hawk. 💞🙏

[@SamtheMan0508]

😢 It's always sad when something like this happens. Fly high little one.

[@EmmaDee]

What a trip, wonder why she didn’t pick it up and move it back to the nest…..how crazy was this..

[@ladyhawk]

Hi Emma the eagles do not pick up their chicks with their beaks and they don't have the instincts to pull their chicks back into the nest. The eagles only pick up prey with their beaks which is what she did after the baby died. I have seen eagles nudge eaglets back into a nest cup if they are very close. In the DNR nest, this is what the female did a couple seasons ago and saved the youngest from dying of hypothermia. I think Lucina was waiting for the chick to crawl back under her.

[@jenniferross4646]

Oh No, 🤭😵😥😢! R.I.P. Sweet Precious Golden Baby! Thanks Lady Hawk, Heartbreaking News!

[@pertejsner4640]

Thank you LH.

[@nicoley8491]

Poor mama!! It was as if she was trying to figure out a way to get it back in.. i noticed she broke the sticks hoping baby would get back in the nest bowl! I really wish she had the instincts to nudge baby back in 😭 i feel so sad for her

[@Zombies12344bc]

Golden eagles look beautiful though

[@Judy-wv4mx]

Didn't one of Harriets eaglets escape from the nest bowl once? She nudged and pushed the baby back into the bowl but it took her forever. (maybe it was a different site?) RIP little one.

[@MarleyCarl]

That was E21!

[@fidelaromo6705]

Yes ,but FLORIDA January only gets down at night into the 50s degrees not 0 like in situation

[@ladyhawk]

@@fidelaromo6705 Correct. There are quite a few nests with very cold temps and the chicks will succumb to hypothermia quickly if not brooded.

[@wendym.7648]

💔💔💔

[@victorapalkow8681]

😭🐤💔 =🐤❤

[@lorilori3]

😪💔

[@Fadedecho1]

So precious and so young. Unfortunate tragedys seem to happen in the animal kingdom. Little birds have such a hard time as well. Sad news again. RIP SWEET BABY.. ❤

[@sergei7995]

В начале видео видно,что мама сама в клюве вытащила малыша из под себя. Почему? Может он был не совсем здоров и мама так избавилась от больного ребенка? Или он нападал на младшего и она так предотвратила драку, пожелев младшего? Или поняла,что двоих им невырастить-мало еды ? Но почему она убрала старшего, более крепкого? Может старший был девочкой, а младший -мальчик и она оставила по половой принадлежности? Это мы некогда не узнаем. Можем строить только догадки. Спасибо огромное за видео !😢

[@cf5053]

Looks like mom was feeding the chicks and the older one ate a piece that she couldn't swallow and so mom tried to pull it out but baby was biting hard on it and was carried away with the food in it's mouth. I think it was a complete accident.

[@sergei7995]

@@cf5053 We will never understand the birds what they are thinking about. Why do you do that? It was terrible. RIP baby. He is on the rainbow 🌈.

[@serapmehmet3346]

A Terrible Tragic ending for Chick #1. Very Sad 😢unfortunate circumstances ,and accidental 😢Such a Shame.. I'm very tearful, Especially a perfectly healthy chick.. Its Nature we know.. Let's hope all will go well with #2Chick.. Thankyou Lady Hawk ❤🙏😪💙💗❤

[@SilvanaSouza-wy5rv]

😓💔😓 Oh God!! What a painful tragedy!! 😭😭 I'm deeply saddened and distressed by this irreparable loss. 😭😭 Another precious life gone so soon. 💔🐥💔 RIP little one!! Fly high and free on your little wings, sweet little angel. 🙏❤️🐥🌈🙏 You will be remembered forever. 💞🐥💞 Sending prayers, love and strength to this precious family and everyone affected by this terrible tragedy. 🙏💞🙏 Thank you for this update, Lady Hawk. Love and hugs to you and everyone here. 😓😭💕🦅🐥🦅🌴🌈💔🐥🌈💕🙏

[@ladyhawk]

Beautiful words of remembrance for this little life ♥ I was hoping to see something like like what happened at DNR when Dad was brooding E1 and E2 was left outside the nest bowl in the rain. Then Mom comes in and gathered E2 to her and brooded. Each set of parents and circumstances are different. Remembering Cookie at Big Bear as well dying of hypothermia - and the Berry chicks. RIP little golden eagle - ♥

[@mjoao4635]

F H litle One ,,,,a mum like this , with experience i don t understend why She knows that the chic is out the ball nest and doesn t take it to their 🤔🤔,,,maybe the One chic unless grow up is the the thing , i don t now

[@ladyhawk]

Hello m joao the eagles do not pick up their chicks with their beaks and they don't have the instincts to pull their chicks back into the nest. The eagles only pick up prey with their beaks which is what she did after the baby died. I have seen eagles nudge eaglets back into a nest cup if they are very close. I think Lucina was waiting for the chick to crawl back under her.

[@mjoao4635]

@@ladyhawk yes i know that only very close they push they to the ball nest ,,,,,hawks and Kestrels do the other side , dont let One litle out the balll .....in this year in 367 Collins streets the mum even pick up by the beak two big chics from One side to the other becouse the heat ,,,,,,i supose is the instint like you Said ,,,,but its an instint not very good ,,,,its to much cold ,,,in other nest a few days a see One episode like this but the chic almost in the end finally do it ,,,,,thats the nature ,,,thanks 👍

[@ladyhawk]

@@mjoao4635 Hi M yes Peregrine falcons are known to pick up their chicks with their beaks and even carry them around. But Eagles don't have that instinct. I think if there was only one chick and this happened she would have nudged it back to the nest bowl or she would have brooded it there on the side. In this case she had to brood #2.

[@mjoao4635]

@@ladyhawk me too if theres ONLY One i almost have certain that only that could hapend ,,,,She Will brood what with the ball empty !!! ,,,,the thing that i Said " One chic is their main gold" ,,, unfortanally, its like that ,,,,thanks

[@philippejosse8470]

RIP #1 😪💔🙏 and merci Lady Hawk. I saw that after Pascale told me but i didn't know it was the elder. Fly high and Freely with always a full crop little one. Stay araound your nest to protect your family and your life isn't finished as you will finally fly with Mom and #2.

[@jayhouse3149]

My great grandkids said at 6:40 Lucina looks at her screaming chick, made no rescue attempt and then she seemed willful to neglect! 7:35 her chick pleaded one last time then it crawled to face away from mom as if it knew it's fate...sad really

[@gregthegroove]

Wow how unfortunate 😢 I know instincts kick in and all that good stuff but it baffles my mind that birds don’t have the ornate ability to pick up a chick and gently move it about the nest anywhere, but have the ability to gently grab a good sized branch, break it off, then carry that stick anywhere and drop it. Same with prey as mentioned LH. They can pick up a mouse in their beak and hold it like a toy in their talons and “play” with it like a toy. OK cool man! Be my guest, have at it. Grab the baby and drag it like that toy and let go in the bowl. I’m sorry so frustrating LH! Thanks for the vid so much 😢

[@mistermac56]

Eagles depend on their instincts that are built into their DNA for decision making.

[@LauPalomas]

I can't watch.. Gives me anxiety. I read the info so thx Lady H. Is the nest from my home land and it makes me sad but life goes on.. Lucina is a good mom. Caliman such a good provider. Small and beautiful family.

[@16MedicRN]

My God 😢 Well we're all here voluntarily. We understand the risks... RIP little one

[@kcloveonaleash]

Well put. Must remember that during sad times like this😢

[@quieteagle920]

Thanks Lady Hawk.

[@gen1twenty2]

This was so sad! We watched as it happened, and Ive rewatched many times bc it was so odd. Partly looked like an accident, as you described LH, but a couple things suggest it was not that simple. It was complex, bc like you said, the cold was getting to Lucina with visible shiver spells. She'd already cut feedings short, imo bc when she tried to feed e1 was getting aggressive to e2, and none were eating much effectively & It was clear to see Lucina was observant of it and she would end it abruptly. We dont see how feeding was going, she had her back to us. But if you look right before the accident, she looks a cpl times directly at the area right next to nest bowl, where e1 ends up. She tries to help in ways that I believe she expected e1 to accomplish--breaking branches, also rotates her brooding body so that e1 is under her tail and couldve used her body, beaked her tail feathers and did start to move fwd, but stopped. I think e1 was too cold, too quickly. But the question everyone had is why, when the ec is so close that Lucina could position herself over it and shuffle/scoop with her beak, easily and quickly. We see them do it all the time. She did not. She stared at e1 the entire time as it froze. It was horrific. I do NOT think she abandoned e1 and still think accident is the best description. But I think there was more to it. Id already seen Lucina gently nudge e1 when it was bonking a lot, Id seen her be much more inclusive of e2 in feeding, which it seems they often dont and older always gets first dibs. Notably, e1 was not great as grasping food with beak, and was more into bonking at meals than feeding. Her cutting feeds short suggests she noticed poor feeding habits too, that had to be balanced with cold exposure, and it was e1s antics. Again, not saying on purpose, but do say I tjhink she expected e1 to have the same tenacity at climbing back in bowl as it has in feeding time antics, esp since she coaxed it back. When we see BE parents give food to oldest 1st, when younger gets bonked, we explain the didcomfort of watching it as a survival driven instinct. Heck I watched River straight up ignore 19--completely, I also watched our delightful joy 22 get seconds every time, and sometimes 21 got it all. Look how all of these nests turned out. We also see the skills the youngest acquire when they do pass that initial test--its an inner strength test and if they can make it, they are better from it. What Im saying, is I think there was a survival driven choice by Lucina, knowing e1 is full of energy, has what it takes if helped. But saving it entirely where it needed no strength itself was with survival in mind, the same way we say it is when parents feed oldest 1st. At minimum. But it is also a possibility (that I hate) but its that she did do it on purpose. As a time out (using human words bc we are human but obviously I describe something no less likely than when we explain away oldest eating all the food and younger missing meals). That e1 was disrupting feeds and not even successfully getting food itself, with interest to bonk and attack for the last day more than even itself eat--and Lucina knew the weather would not allow them to make it long with this--and nether were eating enough. Ive been watching since they hatched and before this noted the feeds were getting less productive as bonks increased. She put e1 outside nest (it wasnt far as we see) at the exact place she looked at 3-4 times right before. Expecting if it has inner survival drive, it will come back. This wouldve been a lesson similar to what youngest ones learn in feed deprivation. Or do we say one is a survival driven instinct but one is not. This particular situation, I believe, as a snapshot looked like simple accident. If viewed as one scene in a longer reel, Id say there was more to it. But all of it was from the same survival instinct, I def dont think it was abandoned, but do think the choice was made for the good of both Es, to coax and help, but not rescue it. She could have and we all know it. It was with the expectation e1 would grab hold of her tail, would respond when she encouraged it back, immediately. BUt when it didnt, she had to watch the worst thing ever. And I believe in eagles world, watching this is the worst but what is understood as survival for the rest. Sorry so long, I love GEs, they are like a wonder in the world--almost like a mythical creature, very mysterious and solemn. Not the rip roaring moments we see with the BEs sometimes in their animated ways and chortles. TLDR-I believe we witnessed more than a simple accident, but calling it that is probably best since its debatable w/unverifiable details by us viewers, but imo based in the day leading up to it, more complex. It was a correction instinct driven by survival minded parent in freezing weather, who we could see was observant of nonproductive feedings, and cutting them short, to balance with conserving body heat. Who expected e1 who'd been very feisty until then, to use the same grit to climb back this very short distance, esp when coaxed immediately. And she stared as it happened knowing once initial minutes passed, it was past recovery. This occurrence has the same survival instinct as when we see the older bonkers getting fed all the meals, while younger misses some and submits. And either they dont make it past that, or they become E22.

[@MarsTaurus28]

Sad turn of events in Bucovina 😢 will hope and pray 2nd eaglet grows strong and fledges. Fly free little one ❤️‍🩹🤍🤎

[@rosemary2144]

Dear Lady Hawk ♥️ So sad - Rest in Peace Little One ❤

[@Zombies12344bc]

Is this what the adult looked like as adults ? If so that’s so cool

[@ladyhawk]

Yes the adults were all white when they were chicks!

[@cf5053]

Baby is so cute and so precious 🥰. So sad 😢

[@jayhouse3149]

Golden eagles are very hardy species, being well adapted to cold climates, however they cannot abide declining available food sources in the northern stretches

[@silviacoste3761]

Sooo dad. 😢😢😢

[@lindaschad9734]

I watch a cam on storks in The Netherlands, and three of five storklets died from exposure, but in a different way. The parents got wet in the rain and brooded the chicks, making them wet, too. When they left to find food, the smallest chicks died of hypothermia. SIGH!

[@maxsonthonax1020]

I didn't realise what had happened at the Bucovina nest this year. 😔 Thanks, though.

[@mariaparra8025]

💦💦💦very sad precious baby died broken heart 💔 blessed to other precious baby 🙏🌹♥️💦💔🐥

[@franceshenry2305]

😢😢😢😢

[@janemillerick9614]

whenever I’ve seen this species in the past it’s been an experienced res couple (those in Estonia). from what I understood this is a species similar to Verreaux/ African black eagles; there might be more an one egg, even up to 3 (usually 2?) hatches. due to the amount of food the parents provide the kids etc it winds up being a one eaglet, one juvenile fledged from a nest a season. this is only based on a who is thriving basis.

[@miemie912]

RIP little one 🙏 However life will be easier for the second chick now . The deceased one had been quite aggressive towards him/her then.😢😢😢

[@melissamcclain34]

To me it seemed Lucina keep adjusting herself to see if she could get close enough for the little one to get back under her but unfortunately she couldn't 😢 On a lighter note I did get a good laugh at 13:27 when the E had a PS 😂

[@lauralewis3769]

It appears after feeding mom realizes what’s amiss and thinks of moving the pine branch then looks confused!😢

[@nemoname6854]

Эта случайность сыграла в пользу второго птенца, иначе старший убил бы его. Редкий шанс дя №2.

[@cf5053]

Mom accidentally pulls baby out of nest bowl, then watches it freeze to death without bothering to nudge it back 😞

[@lizzyyork]

It's that bird brain...They know how to pick up prey but not realize they can/need to move the chick back under them.

[@Sasser2015]

You'd think all types of birds would've learned how to better deal with this situation through evolution. But over and over across many different species, when the hatchling wanders too far from the nest bowl, the adults seem powerless to remedy the situation. Fixing this problem just simply is not a part of their instinctual programming...... an overwhelming majority of the time, at least.

[@Luxsword29]

So sad.

[@pamelaseitz8962]

Why can't they try to pick up baby with beak ever so carefully, like they so carefully feed them?

[@ternberry]

If it’s the oldest chick that means it bullied, tortured and killed its sibling or siblings.

[@YaelSharon3410]

This is so sad.

[@leticias520]

😭😭😭sorry

[@adrianabarreto391]

Sorry, mas na minha opinião a natureza sabe o que faz, este pequeno já estava batendo no irmão e não deixando ele comer.

[@Ironsja11]

No loss, it would have killed chick #2 as soon as it got a few days older anyway. Golden eagle nests are brutal.

[@ullihaus9695]

😢 ..so close yet so far.. 💔 RIP little one 🌈🐥🌐💚

[@TunkamTungkhang]

I think this species of eagle are not good food gatherer, their nest always have less abundance of food unlike other species of eagle