SWFL Eagles ~ 4/11/20 ~ Nest Dynamics Change - Sibling Rivalry Ramps Up

This is a long video, but it was a long day (of getting pecked) for E16.
Every eagle & eaglet has a different and distinct personality, and every sibling group has a bit different dynamic. Almost all go through a period of sibling rivalry for food; some minor, and some tragic, but most somewhere in-between.
This nest has seen it to some degree every year, but this season is a bit different. E15 is either a big female, or E16 is a small male, or both, because the size difference for just three days apart considerable. And that makes things all the more difficult for little E16.
The parents job is to prepare these kids to survive on their own in the wild in just a few months, so they don’t intervene (and shouldn’t) because the young have to figure out how to fight for food, who to take on and who not to, and creative ways to be smarter and faster for the smaller males. Everything from the time they hatch until they leave for good is a lesson, and these parents are pros (even if it looks harsh to us soft humans sometimes).
E16 has already figured out to stay clear of E15 when it’s meal time, but E15 blocks him even when she is full. So E15 is going to have to be faster & smarted if he wants to survive (just as he will have to throughout life), and I have faith he will figure it out. I will admit that as much as I understand wildlife, I still route for the underdog, and sometimes I want to shake E15, and Mom and dad too. LOL

[@jennifers4528]

It just amazes me how food aggressive these guys are but how delicate and gentle they are with their young. Nature is such a beautiful thing to witness! 😍💜

[@kathleenmccaffery1313]

I am really appreciating your honesty with your own human behavior. "Rooting for the underdog" defines myself as well. I'm always silently funneling words of encouragement to the vulnerable ones who are generally smaller and still hungry. I'm sure I will never be hardened to the plight of others.. Human or otherwise ☺️🙏❤️God bless‼️

[@Rainwatercolor]

Fast forward 2 years... they had a clutch of 2 this year that were adorable, they were inseparable buddies and when they fledged they went down to the lake and played and learned all their skills together. What a difference a few years make and a new clutch. It really was an amazing thing to watch them from being eggs laid to fledging! I have seen the brutality this year in other nests, some killed their siblings due to near starvation circumstances. Other pushed them out of the nest again for survival of the fittest. It's brutal to see. There are so many worse things out there for them they will go up against, that it's true the strongest must be preserved.

[@silvermainecoons3269]

Fast forward 9 months or so and the mom Harriet is missing and presumed dead and M15 the dad is trying to raise the two eaglets on his own. Tough circumstances mean more brutal sibling rivalry, the 2023 season has been heartbreaking.

[@zahidakaramat6931]

Cute chicks especially the small one so adorable ❤️❤️💕💕👌👌👍👍👍

[@Kazaguruma-104]

自然界は、生まれながらにして不平等なのがむしろ自然のようだ、先に生まれたのが大きく強いに決まっている。ならば卵をなぜ2個以上生むのか理解できない、強いものを選別するなら、同じく生まれなければ、りくつにあわないでしょう。よくわからない、こういう理にかなわなことが私は、実に不愉快になる。

[@ericasnow5622]

I Absolutely Love The Eagles Taking Care Of Them Babies...🦅🦅

[@nancymarybarahona4978]

Que mal cae el más grande que casi no deja comer al otro, lo agrede constantemente, pobrecito, sino fuera porque se llena el más pequeño no sobreviviria

[@sirleideabreu6063]

❤❤❤😅

[@jimmyandino6646]

Great father he makes sure they are well fed good provider at that.Just Awesome 👍💯💪🏼💕💕💕💕💕

[@thefemias]

Just came back to watch. I remember how vicious E15 was. I worried for E15. Turns out E16 was OK, and it's E15 I worry about now! How ironic... E15 is learning alot, I'm sure she'll be just fine...

[@nancymarybarahona4978]

Cómo duele el más pequeño, como debe esforzarse para poder comer,gracias que el mamulon se durmió

[@realtorsangsok8381]

Thank you for sharing the awesome video. Beautiful eagles!

[@quanghuy3553]

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[@loretalabitag9744]

Great job momma eagle,feel sorry for d youngest lucky still able to eat

[@fidelaromo6705]

DAD

[@dskyyksd]

It's best to try not to worry about what might happen in a wild nest. Two straight years the older, aggressive sibling in this nest died mysteriously and we wasted all our worry on the wrong eaglet.

[@kathleenmccaffery1313]

Never found out why E15 died???

[@dskyyksd]

@@kathleenmccaffery1313 E15 didn't die, at least not as far as we know. In fact, she hung around the nest long after E16 dispersed, well into October. Harriet and M were getting ready to use their alternate nest because she wouldn't leave. I was refering to E3 from 2014 and E5 from 2015.

[@kathleenmccaffery1313]

@@dskyyksd Thank you for that clarity. It gladdens my heart to know that E15 is alive and well! That's the beauty of this community of friends that delight in these birds lives.. I was really concerned and you took the time to share that I misunderstood. I really appreciate that! God bless 🎀 🤗

[@jayhouse3149]

Had thought that little bunny was dead but after zooming in and seeing the tag near it's tail, it's a kid's stuffed bunny! Misidentified as live prey, I guess

[@riverratt101]

In other words, E15 is a massive bird! That explains things a bit better. Wow. Isn’t that something? No wonder the owl never tried an attack and only did after taking a good amount of time to size the bird up. That’s wild.

[@Ladybug23940]

It’s a sad thing to watch! I’m always for the underdog too…always yelling at the oldest, but like it says… life for them is who is the strongest.🙁 M15 and Harriet were great parents. E15 was a female… she actually stayed around the home nest the longest that year. E16 was somewhat smaller but not in proportion as to when they first started out. They actually got quite attached to each other like they all do as they grow up. I remember her and M sitting close to each other on a branch. E15 was just going off chattering away at M15something pretty important I guess . M just sat there and listened. A couple of times she got right up in M’s face and turned up the volume! LOL it was hilarious!😂 M pulled his head back and looked at her like WTH! I believe that went on for close to 15 minutes until M said that’s enough for me and flew away! Harriet was sitting down the way in another tree … I’m sure she could hear as well! E15 had a lot going on that day… but who knows what it was all about! RIP 😊🦅❤️ GoodLuck

[@Airbearncubz]

Wow, he’s so greedy he actually keeps just laying on the food so mom can’t get to it she has to rip it out from under him and move around. Yikes...I never knew the eagle parents were so caring and the babies were little tyrants....the little one keeps making so much noice 😞 even when he’s eating. At around 38min the big one is almost asleep and the little one won’t stop crying. Every single time he wakes his brother up, I thought it was cuz he was in pain from the abuse from earlier but that’s not it. The sad cry’s isn’t what wakes him up it’s when E15 feels E16 squirming around and there was once where E16 sounded like he made a happy chirping sound and the bully jumped up and bit him so hard! Smh such a shame, his siblings tears put him to sleep & the sound of joy is like an alarm clock.

[@HungHung-z7j]

環境好髒,媽媽後來有餵食E16，感恩上天

[@lisabocchino1322]

Thank you so much for this video! Camera 1 was down today! So this makes up for it!! I was worried about my lil E16, seemed a lil chilly today, and of course our precious E15, The “Incredible Hulk” 😂 active with his bonkfest over E16! I noticed both E’s were trying to eat the fish themselves with a lil peck here and there, or didn’t I? I love when they both pass out after a “foodie fest” 😂 they sink there lil heads in the nest and sleep! Even tho E15 can be a bully! I notic d him snuggling up to E16 because of the temperature drop and Rain 🌧 Mom H was a really good momma and covered them under her for warmth and dryness!! I so love 💕 these two lil “lovies” they are so precious! Wow, tho, E16 is huge! But I do feel and see E16 is getting food, holding his own, and trying is best not to get “head bunked” until time is right! Small, but genius!! 😘🥰😀 Good night 💤 SWFL Eagle 🦅 Family! Stay safe and be Blessed!! xo 😘

[@lisabocchino1322]

My comment above was from 4/16/20 viewing! *

[@kathleenmccaffery1313]

@@lisabocchino1322 It nay have been two yrs ago, but Harriet is the most marvelous mom ever ❣️✌️😍🦅

[@fidelaromo6705]

​you must be confused, because DAD did most of the feeding here. And he was a genius about it , even though the older kept trying hard to block the fish so littlest wouldn't eat , M 15 always the best eagle DAD. @@kathleenmccaffery1313

[@vanda6121]

E 15 is a little girl who does not want to share food with brother, she is jealous and dominatrix!! This at least while they are small, from Eaglets everything all changes!! 💕🐥🥊🐥🐟🦅💕

[@YaelSharon3410]

Did the little one survive and fly out?

[@Ladybug23940]

He absolutely did! He fledged first!😊‼️

[@みいこ-y5m]

優しいママ

[@margaretcomella3318]

I'm sure it's already been discussed, but I'm new here...is that a stuffed animal in the nest?!!

[@arvpghqxz8837]

Answer: 24:46

[@margaretcomella3318]

@@arvpghqxz8837 Thank you! Do you know how it got there? Did a parent bring it one day or did a human?😉

[@alphaintelligent]

I like how E15 keeps getting between the fish and feeding. Turns out being close to talons will get you poked in the wing. After that E15 seemed to tone it down a little.

[@Butterfly-mt5ml]

You should definitely change it from "intelligent" to "ignorant."

[@ธิดารัตน์รักน่ะ]

ครอบครัวนี้ ตัวเล็กจะรอดไหมน้า

[@Oxzilion]

Not only is 16 small, it’s incredibly stupid to boot, so it’s got two things going against it. It drops and/or misses 1/4 of the food presented to it. Even when not being attacked.

[@jedsteelwell2354]

I like 15 even when it's full it slaps the other one around 😂😂😂

[@barbaragardner1475]

Only the strong survive ....

[@Airbearncubz]

It’s messed up because the big one (E15) isn’t even hungry. He just doesn’t want the little guy to get any food. He is clearly not going hungry so why let the food go to waist? 🤨 it’s just strange because my cares for both of them, this isn’t a learned behavior, has to be a natural instinct. So I suppose if it was the other way around and the little one was the bigger baby, then he would be giving the same treatment to his sibling

[@Butterfly-mt5ml]

Read the detailed description. It's definitely not easy on our human eyes but there's reasoning God created these amazing Eagles just as they are and this creator explained it perfectly in the description. -Stay safe

[@TheTalksoup]

is that a stuffed animal?

[@Nook747]

🤣...Yes!

[@M.Farooq555]

Great

[@loannaxxx8845]

Looks like the little one going to make it

[@EFRAÍNMartínez-t1n]

QUE TIENE DE HERMOSA LA NATURALEZA? SER CARIÑOSO CON UN HIJO Y ALIMENTARLO MIENTRAS IGNORAN AL OTRO HIJO SABIENDO QUE TIENE HAMBRE? ESOS ANIMALES SON INTELIGENTES PARA UNAS COSAS PERO MUY IDIOTAS PARA OTRAS

[@Nomadrockz]

The father comes with another fish lands right in front of E 15 the bigger one that happens all the time when the bully gets full and walks away parants seems unintrested feeding the weaker chick somtimes the right piece of meat doesnt come out and when they come off the bully wakes up and, unwillingness to fight to survive of those tortured little ones it seems like the little younger once are the cursed once they meant to suffer even their parants dont care when their elder siblings torture them they die suffering all the time.

[@Лариса-ц8ю7у]

Бедный маленький!!!!

[@scooterpush]

Thank you for the video and description. New sub here.

[@cecimartinez2557]

Very good, that is what you have to do moms.

[@Shepco123]

And now look. That bully is still living at home!!!

[@jacqulinecampbell2304]

Lol

[@Shepco123]

Shoenheim Easy dickheim. We all know it’s life and death on the millions of nests everywhere.

[@nndmnsms2937]

Mỗi lần con nhỏ Đc ăn mình cảm thấy vui vẻ và rễ chịu

[@gregthegroove]

So I guess nobody talkin about how the fish is still alive and kicking with half its head missing? 🤔 15:11

[@안순자-s2x]

아기새는 어찌 됬나요? 잘 성장해 날아갔으라 믿습니다

[@jayhouse3149]

Eaglets are not as active as songbirds during feeding. Songbird chicks eat one bug then poop!

[@chrysology]

This mother is going out of her way to try to feed 16. I love how 15 blocks and bonks the sh*t out of 15 to prevent 16 from eating, even fighting off the power of her food coma to get the job done! 15 is pretty adventurous in trying to get to the food, and mom meets him half way a fair amount. Still, I hope 15 ended up killing 16, and then herself was killed by a GHO or raccoon.🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@fidelaromo6705]

Scary human being , wouldn't want to meet him in a dark street 😮😮

[@damienrubensson2211]

Damn at 7:00 #1 falls on his back and you can see #2 mind racing thinking this is my chance to feed but that extra second of over thinking caused him the chance to cross over towards mom.. Furthermore @ 7:08 #2 is intercepted stopped on his tracks by big #1 saying WTF U THINK UR GOING??!

[@rosievaughan3507]

E 15 mean bird Until dad steps on E 15's wing he did not stop abusing E 16. E 15 did everything to get in the way of E 16 being fed. E 16 needs to start being aggressive for food to survive. Pray for E 16

[@eileenjones3918]

The duty of the parents is to protect both babies from harm including from each other....15 needs an occasional shove to remind it who the boss is. 16 must be a male and 15 must be a female because if you watch mom and dad...she is the boss. maybe thats why dad favors the little one. If 16 survives, i will be surprised......God PLEASE help 16 survive .....give him the strenght to fight back.

[@jennifers4528]

@@eileenjones3918 Most occasions, the parents do not intervene with sibling rivalry. They may try to divert the attention of the aggressor by feeding or brooding but they will not stop it all together. Sibling rivalry is something that the siblings will work out for themselves. This is a natural behavior in the Eagle world.

[@田々-s1j]

腹立つ〜❗️ 鳥の悪ガキは許せないー❗️

[@jayhouse3149]

Eagles don't keep their nests clean, at times there are a few dead animals rotting away. They're nothing like songbirds!

[@sugengwidodo8863]

👍🙏

[@Airbearncubz]

It’s nice to see mom loves them both unlike the psychotic shoebill mom. If the little one would stop talking and let I think E15 take an nap he’s be able to get some non abusive meal time

[@jedsteelwell2354]

Lol it's not love it's just instinct. If it was love they wouldn't watch one kill the other like so many do

[@ngalliher3001]

That is a small fish

[@reggiemoise232]

Did you guys see the stuffed squirrel toy? Wow, the eagle must've been pisses when she realized the squirrel wasn't real! "Fuck it, they can play with it" says momma eagle!

[@goodkrypollo1706]

Yea I was wondering why no one mentioned this

[@marianadiah4131]

Saudaranya sendiri tidak boleh ikut makan.

[@dianereynolds]

Even as little hatchlings E15 was the bully. She didn’t know how to mantle her food but she knew how to block E16 so he wouldn’t eat! She’s a survivor for sure! 🥰🥰

[@aizhanaizhan9813]

Қайсысы тірі қалды енді

[@hmongdestinyband1259]

YUP E16 thinks, the day I can fly I will leave this abusive family and will never return. Its exactly what happen. E16 is gone the moment he is fully feathers. A good boy. You don't need this family.

[@Taka_neko]

They don't think like that way. No hatred, no grudge, they live present moment. Totally different from human's nasty way of thinking like you😂

[@Butterfly-mt5ml]

Read the description. Maybe it'll make u understand their behaviors.

[@안순자-s2x]

배 불음 잠이나 잘거이지ㅋ 끝까지 못먹게 하네 엄마가 야단좀 쳐 주세요

[@kapka7398]

The bigger chick should be thrown out from the nest

[@안순자-s2x]

작은 병아리는 어찌됐나요

[@barbaragardner1475]

Only the strong survive ....