Fort St Vrain Eagles~Pa Leaves Babies-Brings Rabbit-Ma Claims- Feeds Eaglets_4/13/24

Pa is on daddy day care duty. He suddenly gets up from brooding and flies out of the nest. He returns a few minutes later with a bunny. Ma arrives right after and grabs the rabbit. There are vocals and a commotion, but Ma wins. She gets busy prepping dinner and then feeds F49 & 50. Newly hatched 51 is still wobbly and sleepy. A newly hatched chick doesn't usually eat for several hours. They are exhausted and have absorbed nutrients from the egg. They can go several hours without eating. Thanks for watching!
***In case you missed it on Facebook, Mom's ankle band numbers were sent off to USGS. Mom was banded in Colorado in May 15, 2002. she is 22 years old! She has hatched 36 eaglets. **
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Live Nest cam courtesy of Raptor Resource Project partnered with Excel Energy.
What does the Fort St. Vrain bald eagle site look like? The eagles' nest (FSV-N0) is 9 x 8 feet wide, eight feet high, and 57 feet off the ground. It has a perimeter of about 26 feet, a total area of about 56 feet, and probably weighs between 2200 and 2700 pounds! The nest is located in a cottonwood on the banks of the St. Vrain River near Platteville, CO, on property owned by Xcel Energy. We’re not sure how old it is, but Bob Anderson and Rob MacIntyre put the first cam system up in 2003, when the nest was already well established. FSV-N0 is built primarily of cottonwood branches (the dominant tree in many river systems out west) and lined with prairie grass. After the primary limb supporting the nest fell in August of 2020, RRP Director John Howe worked with Xcel Energy to put up a new bionic limb and restore the nest. The eagles gave it their seal of approval just a few days later.

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I could watch them be fed all day

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超可愛的雛鳥寶貝 願上帝保護 你們平安健康長大成人，翱翔天際🦅🦅 阿們🙏。

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Zatiaľ krmenie zvláda v pohode... Ale keď mladé vyrostú a ešte nebudu lietať, rodičia s uštvu...!

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Sad that these beautiful creatures only have numbers and not names.😢