SWFL Eagles ~ E9 All Grown Up & Gorgeous 4.20.17

[@gerryburklow5097]

Ditto, thank you Ladyhawk. Have so enjoyed the whole family, our first eagle journey

[@jennifermacnicholl3072]

totally so much love I have for you E9 ...been watching you since you were just an egg .. you have grown up guick and very strong independently Eaglet ... wish you so much good health and love..

[@71742s]

E9 is indeed a fine specimen of the eagle family. One of my favorite things to watch is when E9 is out of the nest tree and mom or dad bring food to the nest and E9 spots it. Here he comes in overtime speed and plops down covering the food and warning mom or dad to get moving. LOL. I have spent a lot of time laughing at his antics. Now he is a majestic young eaglet on his way to being totally independent.

[@kathyhenslee9444]

Sandy Miller p

[@25centsworth]

Gotta love Dad. He knows what's up. Standing by to give a helping hand if need be. E9 looks so healthy and alert. Thank you, Lady Hawk.

[@loveofeagles003]

Once again a great video. It would so amazing to see E9 when he's older and in full suit. I can imagine how beautiful and majestic he will be. Thank you for all your great work Lady Hawk. I'll be looking forward to next season!

[@TheSandiemt]

E-9 is a very special Eagle. He is beautiful and we have had the Awesome pleasure of watching him hatch and grow to what he has become today. I personally have never seen something so awesome. I fell head over heals for him! Lady Hawk made this all possible and I thank her! E-9 is one handsome Eagle!❤️❤️❤️❤️🦅🦅🦅🦅

[@ladyhawk]

Hi SaNdra and you're most welcome. E9 has captured all our hearts - what a great season it has been. I still hope to see him for a short time before he departs for good.

[@woodyaan]

he IS! an embodiment of poetry!

[@daricekimball6886]

Awwww e9 such a pretty, handsome bird. Great parents, and very smart I know she/he will do well! About 10 more days till 4 months. We love you E9!! Thankyou so much Ladyhawk!!

[@ladyhawk]

Hi Darice - you are most welcome! Let's hope E9 stays around to celebrate his 4 month birthday with us!

[@jaeshasway]

It took me a moment to realize M was in the background. What a perfect moment. So powerful to watch. E9 is the next generation, standing ahead, learned, regal, and looking towards the future. The Dads in the background strong, steady, living his life with purpose, and preparing his young for what's ahead. ❤️

[@ladyhawk]

Hi Terri - that is a great observation - love it! Can I use that in my video description?

[@jaeshasway]

Lady Hawk Most definitely!😀

[@maryscales4772]

Lady Hawk

[@barbaramallick2097]

Yes, E9 is an extremely elegant Eagle. This video really captured just how majestic E9 has grown. Thank you so much.

[@psdavenport]

Beautiful videos. We love you E9 and we will miss you.

[@terrimartens3976]

Mom and Dad have done a wonderful job - he is so healthy and smart. Thank you "Lady Hawk' for bringing this to us. My two in Osprey, FL are doing well too - I will miss them. Thank you

[@ladyhawk]

Hi Terri and thank you so much for watching! Lucky you to have osprey in your area - I do not have them where I live so I enjoy watching all the live cams!

[@chamed27]

E9 you are definitely a beauty! Wild thing you make my heart sing! 🎶❤🎵

[@johannabhattarai3789]

Look at him he's so precious and adorable, if you could hug and kiss an eagle 🦅 I would want to give E9 hugs he's so cute, love him lots , thanks Ladyhawk for all your wonderful vids 🦅🌸

[@anastasia122108]

Johanna Bhattarai Good morning, I have always thought I'd love to hold him/her to my chest and kiss that beautiful little head that's going to eventually turn white and majestic. He is so beautiful and just like a little kid. I have laughed my head off at E9 and cried my eyes out. I guess us women are just like that. ❤️

[@anastasia122108]

Lady Hawk. How I thank you for supplying these beautiful vids of our little family. Love them so much. And so appreciate you, thank you again. ❤️🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@ladyhawk]

Hi Johanna - it would be wonderful to hold E9. I have often thought about the volunteers at CROW who get to handle and care for our raptors daily and the time E8 was first rescued as a baby- what it must have felt like to hold him and give him a kiss. ♥♥

[@ladyhawk]

Hi Evonne- thank you so much! Glad you are enjoying the videos!

[@SunLightFawn]

Yes > ...and He is not all grown-up, yet!! We Can state that when He Has that White Feathered Head, and Yellow Beak+ :-) I know there is another name for a Bird's/Eagle's 'beak', right? With the Parakeet it's called a Sauer, but I don't think that's the right spelling? It's just how the word sounds - let Me know if Someone knows?

[@shirleyshore7939]

E9, looking fine. just beautiful !!!

[@CandeeKis]

I love you E9. Please don't go. Not yet. You are so precious to me.

[@eileenmetivier2079]

E9 grew up to be a beautiful eagle. Been watching this sense she had the 2 eggs,I cried and laughed and was so proud of E9 at times. A big thanks to all .

[@jennyswords5645]

how majestic!....thank you Lady Hawk!

[@sarahwimberly2346]

Thank you for these pictures.

[@teresahillier9862]

I have enjoyed watching E9 go from egg, to eaglet to eagle. Thank you for the privilege for me to marvel!

[@adreannaspellman5120]

what a beautiful eaglet ! I have enjoyed this family ! live a long life E9 Thanks to everyone for their hardwork and dedication..

[@madinina504]

he s so beautiful with his long feathers💖

[@nextpagepj9058]

Oh, I so love him... I never in a million years would have dreamed that an animal I've never seen in person, held, nor touched, could have stolen my heart the way E9 has... I will SO miss him when he goes, yet I know this has been just a small part of his journey and he has too... Thank you for all your wonderful videos...

[@ladyhawk]

You are most welcome Next Page PJ- E9 has stolen all our hearts! Thanks for watching!

[@pattyrhodenizer4716]

This is my third time watching this video Lady Hawk. You have captured so many beautiful views of this baby it is going to be hard saying good bye. Again, thank you for ALL the fantastic moments you have shared with us. These videos will be forever in our hearts. God bless you for all the time you put into these families.❤️❤️❤️

[@ladyhawk]

Hi Patty!! Thank you so much--I know it will be very hard to say goodbye to E9 - he has captured all our hearts!

[@georgiecelli6462]

Just gorgeous 🌼🌼 thank you he's beautiful...

[@frantucker608]

He is really very special! He did really well in that nasty wind! I would have run for the nest if I were he!

[@TomSawyerEaglePro]

Hi Ladyhawk! Beautiful shots of E9 and dad in this and yes he's all grown up. Mom was on her throne warning those grackles and crows quite a bit lol. Be cool if E9 caught one! I got a lot of nest watching in today due to being home sick with the flu :-( . I hopped over to check on the Valors a few times too. Ty for todays vids :-)

[@kakawyayo3478]

I have a few seasonal Grackles that visit my feeders during spring and early summer months. I've noticed like crows and Jays they tend to alert other birds of potential dangers. Grackles remind me of Cat Birds or Mocking Birds, they will do everything in their power to protect their territory. They see this Eagle family as a threat and will do what they can to provide safety for their own, even as bold as these antics are. It's all a good lesson for E to know what he is in for in the long run.

[@TomSawyerEaglePro]

KKY good info and I see these crows and grackles are not messing around protecting that territory! Def a good lesson for E9 in the long run.

[@TomSawyerEaglePro]

Janice, thank you so much! :-)

[@ladyhawk]

Hi Tom - hope you are feeling better today! I also have grackles in my yard - they are always chasing the other birds away. Very territorial. I heard that Harriet caught a crow yesterday but did not see it on the cams - I guess she had had enough too (if that was indeed what she caught) Someone else said it looked like squirrel.

[@TomSawyerEaglePro]

Hi Ladyhawk thank you! ❤ I am feeling better today another day off work needed. Watching the Stewards nest today and popping in on SWFEC to see if there's any activity. I don't get a lot of crows or grackles where I am in Charleston/Kiawah S.C. lots of seagulls though lol. If H really ended up catching a crow yesterday that would be awesome :-)

[@laurenza757]

This dude bebe is awesomely cutee and so much fun to watch! Thank you for blessing us with such wonderful postings. Love watching your great videos of E9 and his family. Keep up to good work!

[@ladyhawk]

Hi Laurenza and thank you so much for watching and being a part of this great family!

[@Missmarti77]

I love you E9. Live long and fly free you beautiful eagle

[@ldylina6355]

E9 is eagle a la perfection!

[@DebraGill]

He is beautiful, hope the best for him.

[@franceshenry2239]

Tears of joy.love u E9.

[@dovwythe7797]

He certainly is a beauty. It saddens me that he will be gone soon and if he comes back I hope we can recognize him or her. Look how big and brown those eyes are, so amazing.

[@ladyhawk]

Hi DovWythe - We all are feeling the sadness already of E9 leaving us and if he ever did come back we would not be able to recognize him. Whenever a juvie is spotted at the nest tree we all like to think that perhaps that is one of H & O's offspring (depending on the age). I love E9's big brown eyes!! They just melt my heart ♥♥♥ Thank you for watching!

[@dovwythe7797]

Thank you so very much Lady Hawk.

[@DeborahItaliano]

This baby is beautiful. Her face is adorable. I've looked at the other eaglets at SWFL but none compare to the cuteness of her face. The others looked like eagles (if you know what I mean.) She still looks like a baby. Even when she eats she looks like an innocent. I guess I like her (Ha!)

[@judithstevens630]

The word l also thought of while watching the video was regal. How beautiful he has become. Even if l watch others after he leaves home, he'll always have a special place in my heart. What a privilege to watch him grow from an egg to this magnificent young bird. Can't thank you enough Lady Hawk.

[@ladyhawk]

Hi Judith - your most welcome. That is a perfect word to describe E9- regal ♥♥♥

[@pascale_eagles]

Lots of love to you E9.... I think I prefer when he looks face to the camera with these big beautiful dark eyes :O than when he's in profile... He's my first eaglet, and I feel so lucky and blessed to have visited this site when E9 was in his egg... I haven't missed a single day since ! I don't know if you saw that Harriett killed a crow yesterday evening, finally.

[@ladyhawk]

Hi Pascalou - that is awesome that you have watched from the very beginning too. What an incredible journey this has been. I think my heart melts each time I look at those big dreamy brown eyes of his in this video! I heard yesterday that Harriet caught something on the tree - was it confirmed it was a crow? lol if it was- good for her. Maybe E9 will catch one too!

[@charzpak7173]

love e9s big eyes

[@chuckmaurice3646]

I have been watching this one Eagle since he or she was born and she has gotten vary independent now, so we won't see her to much more when she flies away with the parents, I have enjoyed every moment watching this bird grow from a chick to an perfect bird will keep watching until its , "Fairwell"

[@debrahange5711]

Gorgeous

[@PsYcoPink]

HEY SWEET LADY, HOW ARE YOU? IM so sorry 4 being awol, had sum personal tings going on. i tink of u and da eags everyday n ive rly missed u all alot. E is amazing, majestic, beautiful and incredible, ive huge love in my heart 4 our precious fam. hope ur ok my lovely lady, i was worried ud tink id forgotten bout u, ur still my fav raptor lady n ill nvr forget u eva. ty 4 beautiful amazing vid, ur amazing my fav lady hawk! peace and love frm me 🐦💜🐦

[@ladyhawk]

Hi Psycopink - nice to see you again! I was wondering where you have been. Did you still have a chance to watch our baby E9 these last few weeks? I am doing well thank you! I hope you enjoyed seeing him all grown up and looking so mature now. Still is very inquisitive about everything around him. Hope things are okay for you and that you can catch up on all these great nests. Take care!

[@Lw5212]

Something very special about E9 almost reminds me of Ozzie and I cant pinpoint why

[@ladyhawk]

Hi Memphis - you are not alone in that observation. I also see it and I see a lot of M in E9.

[@Lw5212]

I cant agree more with you about M and thanks again for always replying

[@djr6876]

Enjoyed watching E9 go from egg to eagle. I have seen other eagle nest footage and noticed a lot of sibling rivalry between eaglets . Bonking , and sometimes killing. Being that E9 is an only child I didn't have to witness that with him. Is this typical behavior between all baby birds or just eagles 🦅

[@psdavenport]

I know that black vultures do that too. Probably lots of baby birds do.

[@ladyhawk]

Hi DJR- it is typical for eagles and some other raptors. I have seen it on osprey nest to a lesser extent - mostly it is driven by competition of the chicks over food. I watch several Peregrine falcon nests and have not seen any aggression with the siblings like with the eagles. As for other baby birds, I don't know if that occurs in all nests. From the nests I have observed, it did not.

[@nancyh1931]

It's so weird to think that E9's eyes and beak will change colors as well as his feathers. But the eyes and the beak are really interesting.

[@judithstevens630]

Wasn't he beautiful? I'd love to see him today. He always seemed to love the camera.

[@ladyhawk]

Hi Judith - yes he was so beautiful ♥♥ Definitely loved posing for the cams!

[@cathyv51]

Going out on a limb here ( no pun intended), but am I the only one who pets E9 " on the screen"?

[@pascale_eagles]

Ohh Noooo I do the same !!! :D

[@cynthiaramming2504]

Nope I do the same.

[@wina018414]

When E9 leaves will Harriet and M stick around? Do other birds end up using there nest too??

[@ladyhawk]

Hi Nancy- yes, H & M do not leave the territory. They stay here year round. They will not frequent the nest very often during the summer, but will perch in the nest tree , visit the pasture and Yonder pond. No other birds use this nest. We have seen visitors come for a brief stay but they move on quickly.

[@johoult4293]

your doing a great job thank you when will we know if e9 is a female or male xx love Australia

[@ladyhawk]

Hi Jo and thank you so much. We will never know if E9 is male or female - needs a blood test to confirm it and we can't tell just by looking at him. I think E9 is a male based on my observations though :) Thank you for watching.

[@DeafJana64]

Awesome! Curious: how long will it take his color feather will change to look more like a bald eagle like his parents. and its good to see E9 to stay in. I'm afraid he'll be gone sooner before but guess one day he'll disappear. I'm afraid but I know its the nature.

[@ladyhawk]

Hi Jana - E9 will start to have color changes in his feathers, beak and eyes beginning after his second year. They will slowly change from years 2-5 then E9 will have a full white head, tail and yellow beak and yellow by the time he is 5 years old. That is when he is sexually mature and ready to start a family. Here is a good link for you to see his progression! www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2013/01/27/a-guide-to-aging-bald-eagles/

[@DeafJana64]

Wow! Thank you for the link. That is so interesting. Thanks for sharing!

[@rgmcree]

Where is the audio??

[@karenbelow6503]

what's wrong with E9s voice ?

[@psdavenport]

Maybe sound and video were out of sync?

[@ladyhawk]

Hi Karen - nothing's wrong with his voice. E9 was making very soft vocals in this video. His voice at times seems to be changing and becoming softer.