TWO HARBORS EAGLES ~ BANDING DAY! IT'S A BOY! 😊 5.27.23

[@TomSawyerEaglePro]

Huge thank you to Dr. Sharpe for another successful Two Harbors banding day and a thank you to Lady Hawk for the full coverage! Banding Eaglets and beak and hallux measurements should be done at every monitored nest. Thanks to Dr. Sharpe we now know the chick is a male and he can be tracked through his bands which gives us access potentially to future sigtings. We'll also always know if the chick returns to Catalina for the future like so many others have done that are banded. Those who watch this whole video note how educational the footage is. Dr. Sharpe carefully approaches TH-1 so as not to startle him. TH-1 was nippy and is a feisty young version of his Dad Chase. The falconers hood was used to calm the chick so they could take measurements. Careful handling when he took TH-1 in his arms and careful placement of TH-1 back on the nest when it was all said and done. TH-1 will be named soon so everyone should keep an eye out for that event. Mom Cholyn returned about 6 hours later with a Rockfish for dinner for TH-1 and is roosting on the nest again tonight. Thanks LH! SEDs🌙🌚🦅💜

[@misslordy7359]

Thought he’s a calm eaglet until he sees some humans and his personality shows! Cant wait when he’s ready to claim fish from his parents and hover like Mom and Dad!

[@SW13333]

A great thanks to Dr. Sharpe and Amber ! It takes much control, balance, coordination and knowledge to accomplish this big task.. Was this the only eaglet this year at this nest? He's strong! Thanks Lady Hawk - Stephanie

[@WildWestGal]

"Banding Eaglets and beak and hallux measurements should be done at every monitored nest." I couldn't agree more. How different things would be if they did this at SWFL... Harriet, E21... we might have had a chance at knowing something about their whereabouts. It boggles me that these birds, which are endangered and federally protected, not to mention the nation's mascot, aren't properly accounted for.

[@TomSawyerEaglePro]

@@misslordy7359 - He's doing some impressive mantles now at Mom and Dad when they bring prey in! I'm proud of Anthony's(that's his new name) progress.☺️

[@TomSawyerEaglePro]

@@SW13333 - Hi Stephanie! Yes this was the only Eaglet this year at TH. Mom Cholyn broke one of her eggs accidentally so they just have Anthony this year and he's adorable for sure.

[@jozzy5322]

Thankyou Dr Sharpe!! wow not many people get to hug an Eagle! we'll miss you.

[@pattimiller9157]

Talk about a great view for that nest 🥰 those birds chose wisely

[@pascale_eagles]

Dr sharpe is retiring and I read this beautiful boy was the last eaglet he had banded. Thanks for all the great work, dedication and savings of these beautiful young birds and happy retirement ❤ And thank you my friend. Please do not retire!... Yet 😊❤

[@barnowlwatcher]

What? Where did you read this? I would hate to see him go!

[@pascale_eagles]

@@barnowlwatcher they said it on chat during banding yesterday and on Friday. Yes I know it's 1 very sad news but Amber will take the situation over ❤️

[@barnowlwatcher]

@@pascale_eagles Bummer! Is he really retiring or moving on to explore something new?

[@pascale_eagles]

@@barnowlwatcher I'm sure he will continue hiking and watching eagles

[@fledge1234]

It's bittersweet news, that this was apparently Dr Sharpe's last banding, but it's good to know he has an heir-apparent in Amber. And that he is still plenty young and active enough to assist when and where he is needed. Smart move.

[@misslordy7359]

My 2nd favorite eagle nest! Love Mama Cholyn and Papa Chase. Congratulations on their sassy little boy! 🥰💙🎉

[@mariaparra8025]

Awesome thanks Dr sharpe and Amber for the great and fantastic job to love the majestic eagles blessings and thanks 🙏 🙏🦅🐥🦅🤍🤍🤍

[@vanda6121]

It's a beautiful job, being in contact with these wonderful Birds!! ❤

[@buffalosabresloyalist8913]

Thank you for taking care of the equipment! We'd be lost without our nest cams! ❤❤❤

[@mariaparra8025]

Thanks lady hawk 🙏🌹🌹🌹

[@sunflowerab3212]

What a proud and courageous young eagle boy. Luckily everything went well. Looked dangerous sometimes. Thank You for the video, Lady Hawk.

[@bt.c.1829]

I am in awe of their skills. Love their cacti shin protectors!👍 I know they're safe but,I got queasy looking down at the ocean🤢 ty LH for bringing us this banding video!👏✌️💞🇺🇲

[@franceshenry2239]

Love these Eagle's.

[@culatergaterlionwarrior4148]

Those two did an amazing job 🎉💕😊

[@SilvanaSouza-wy5rv]

What a wonderful new!! We have an eaglet boy. 💕💘🐥♂️💕 Behold our little Prince TH1 👑🐥 Chase and Cholyn's precious son. 💕🦅👑🦅💕 Oh!! And what a lovely, pretty, chubby, fluffy, feisty eaglet he is!! 🤗💘🤗 Many blessings and love to this beautiful Eagle family. 🙏💞🙏 A huge thank you to Dr Sharpe & Amber Schenk for the banding day and to you, dear Lady Hawk for sharing this wonderful coverage with us. 💙💙 Many blessings and love to you all, dear friends. 🌺💙🙏🥰🥰💕🦅🐥🦅💕⛰️🙏

[@serapmehmet3346]

TYSVM Lady Hawk❤, Beautiful coverage indeed.. Also A Big Thankyou to Dr Sharpe 😊, You make it look so easy!.. Our Eagalet was very energetic but All went well with the Professionalism Dr Sharpe has!! . Wishing you all the very best in your Retirement Dr Sharpe, We shall Miss you very much !! THANKYOU ❤🙏🦅

[@js7246]

That's not a easy job. My hat is off to you two. Thank you 💖💖🦅🦅🇺🇲

[@Whatnok]

We looove Dr Sharpe and his team and Lady Hawk! I love that he bands them in their nest and doesn’t take them to their office unless it’s necessary. A few peregrine falcons were being banded in an office and four people were standing around wasting time just talking laughing recording indecisive so unprofessional!!! causing stress on the tiny peregrines 😡 Thank you for this video. I knew he was a boy! Beautiful boy💙✨

[@wandae9906]

Aw, we have a boy! Thanks for sharing this......I love watching Dr. Sharpe banding the eaglets & his timing could not have been better to help get that wacky stick situated for the eagles----they needed a helping hand, and Dr. Sharpe was there to lend his!! Our super hero! 🦸-Hugs 🤗

[@levithewonderdog335]

Love how Dr Sharpe says "and how are you today?" ❤

[@jeanb8848]

A feisty young one indeed! Nicely done. 👍

[@cheshkat6321]

Sounded like one of the parents was nearby, vocalizing. He gave the humans a perplexing side eye when they were leaving.

[@mariaparra8025]

Lucky 🍀 handsome prince 👑 🌹🤍👑be safe 🌹🐥🍀

[@karenburkey1737]

Thanks for the video. What an amazing process.

[@pesyira]

Many many thanks to Dr. Sharpe and Amber Schenk (and their team) for banding these Eaglets 😍💞 Oh, this amazing fluffy Eaglet 49D is impressively feisty 😊💖💪 But he is perfectly posing😃 for Dr. Sharpe's camera😊😍 Mom Cholyn was slightly worrying during the human visit - all is well, dear Mom😍💕 Keep thriving, amazing precious Eagle family😍 Daddy Chase/Mom Cholyn and your fluffy boy 49D 😊💞❤💖 Thank you, dear Lady Hawk, for the great news!😍👏👍💞💖

[@TomHigginsWx]

8:14 ohh my GOD!! His little bites & chirps when the hood came out was beyond adorable! I would LOVE to hold that little feathery cutie.

[@lisalisagraven]

After reading all the comments, there’s not much else to say, but I ditto all of it. Thank you thank you . What wonderful work you all do ❤🙏🦅😍🥰😎

[@lexirose7327]

Wow lovely view, in CA and NJ wow the rent cost for that view would be high🤣 They are so gentle and talk to the eagle just like we do through our screen. I do not follow this cam ( did not know about it until it showed up on my feed). I just started watching the SWFE cam when Harriet disappeared. I have learned a lot about Eagles ( my late Dad loved eagles and collected wooden carved ones from all his travels and when my Mom passed away 31 years later all of us children took one! My Dad would have loved these cams.The rest went to the grandchildren or friends ! Watching this was so educational! I wish that Harriet's and M15 last 2 eaglets had been banded just too know how they were doing and if they came back home from time to time. They had to be so careful with the little one. Well he did pose for his glam shots. I will check back in to see what his name is and how he and his parents are doing.

[@joanies6778]

What a handsome boy!

[@marie-andreefortin41]

Tous les jours je le surveille car je l’ai vu petit et maintenant grandi merci beaucoup je ne suis pas une scientifique mais j’aime ce petit aigle que j’ai vu grandir Merci 🙏🏻 et Gratitude à vous tous du Québec Québec Canada ❤

[@butterflydana3856]

@Dr Sharpe I remember watching you when the egg shells was too thin and you came up got them put in fake eggs took eggs down and put them in the inhabitors (sp) hatched them and brought the chicks back up into the nest; you both times always waited around to see it they were excepted - Thank you so much for all your work you have done in years and years/decades for the Eagles to survive and have eggs that had much harder shells. You are such an awesome man (at that time I was one of the people on the National Conservation Center Eagles Nest in Shepherdstown West Virginia (at that time we had Liberty-Dad and Belle-Mom; you helped us know so much to help our Eagles there). God Bless you Sir and your work for Eagles.

[@enricotoesca3941]

Good Sunday Lady Hawk and very thanks 🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@karendegeyter2937]

So good with the eaglet

[@sergei7995]

Thank you for the interesting video!

[@dianewelshansapker5489]

Quite the little struggle..thecsecondvis below. How awesome is this! ☺️

[@cathie9614]

It's a boy... 🤗💙 thanks for sharing this story.

[@allanegleston4931]

good show researchers . and for not falling off

[@judymcdougall]

That’s very incredible. Thank you so much to all. What area is this beautiful place

[@WildWestGal]

I'm speechless! Bravo to Dr. Sharpe and his assistant for doing this important work so professionally and so successfully! I don't think I breathed for a good 15 minutes of this video! When Mom flies in with dinner later, 49D will have a lot to tell Mom of the goings-on while she was away ... aliens landed and abducted me from the nest! Then, made everything go dark and put an implant around my leg! Mom, they're "monitoring" me! But, you'll be proud to know, I left the big alien with a souvenir from my beak! 🦅

[@gregthegroove]

24:15 = “Ummmm…yea, nobody, and I mean NOBODY is going to believe what in the name of *poop shoots* just happened.”

[@marypritchett115]

Those little distress chirps from the parents must translate to “Bite them with everything you’ve got, son!” 😅

[@conniwright450]

Feisty little guy! 😮

[@mamabird129]

Aww. Poor guys feathers look a bit ruffled towards the end lol.

[@beata328]

Brawo❤❤

[@lois.mepstein5830]

Glad it went well. Sorry they did not band Sw Fl nest.

[@bt.c.1829]

SWFEC is not a research nest. Please appreciate them for the incredible cams they provide. ✌️❤️🇺🇲

[@lois.mepstein5830]

I know that . Sometimes other organizations will band the babies too. Harriet disappeared and this was her last clutch. She was a very well known and precious Mom and different from most others. Her mate raised the eaglets alone and did an amazing job. Banding would have provided a way to track and recognize them in the future. They were the last of a legacy and they were followed and loved worldwide .

[@Mlkkwlpn]

Так увлекательно наблюдать за вашими лействиями

[@silvikoitla7550]

😃❤💞👍...super !!!

[@CaptainStaySea]

That’s one unhappy eaglet lol

[@annepearson1551]

My gosh! How big he is for 7 weeks!!! It surprised me that he didn't make a frantic attempt to get away from the team when they approached. I thought he was tangled up in branches for a second..

[@eos5336]

The Eaglet was captured an relieved without being eaten this time.

[@Maria.Mi-nt3ji]

😍😍😍💞🦅

[@eileenone8665]

❤

[@LilianBatista-wp4mi]

Please, band E22 🙏 its the last eaglet of our beloved Harriet and the Magnificent M15. Most likely I won't see it as an adult but future generations deserves to know about these amazing eagles family. 🙌

[@pascale_eagles]

They won't be able to catch him, the Eaglet is flying strong and will fight

[@Andijt]

@@pascale_eagles Yeah, it's WAY too late for that!

[@LilianBatista-wp4mi]

@@Andijt It didn't hurt to write it 🤷‍♀️

[@Andijt]

@@LilianBatista-wp4mi I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend. I was just agreeing with Pascale that it's too late. I, too, wish we could see E22 in the future and know that it was him.

[@LilianBatista-wp4mi]

@Andi No no no! No offense! we are here for the same reason, we all love our eagle families. I know there is an age bracket to bands them. I think E22 should've been. It's the last of the Mohegan 🥰😂

[@mariegatzmer829]

Kudos to both of you, that was difficult to watch,

[@lyndatruitt4245]

❤ have we named him yet?

[@honesty3440]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@pattimiller9157]

💗

[@daniellebg4617]

En WE también colocaron las bandas hace 15 días y anoche me enteré que han cambiado de nido 😃 me parece perfecto para darle a los aguiluchitos más protección 🙏🏻♥️🦅🐥🐥🦅♥️🙏🏻

[@kathleenmccaffery1313]

Where is the WE nest my friend? The nest was reinforced? Capital idea!! Thanks for sharing this! 🥹❤️‍🩹

[@melissamcclain34]

@6:21 Definitely a fiesty one as he was going straight for the face. My clumsy self would have hit the cactus plant and landed in the water lol You never realize how big these eaglets are until you see them in the arms of a human.

[@RosenutAZ]

Looked like a dangerous hike! What was Dr saying about last year's chick, did it fall out of the nest and so this eaglet is TH1?

[@michaelhalahan]

Sharon--Yes. it got tangled up in Mom's talon set taking off and she(in flight) pulled it off the nest and it fell off the nest outcropping to a lower ledge a few feet down and stayed there until Dr. Sharp rescued it a few days later and put it back into nest. Last yr was a busy yr for Dr. Sharp Rescues on Diff island nests--thankfully, All were Successful.

[@yiannimil1]

Move the branch, doc!

[@CissyBrazil]

I wonder if Mom was nearby watching.

[@2101case]

I'd lose my pen.

[@lisalisagraven]

Me too !

[@dianewelshansapker5489]

I keep one hung on a necklace type around my neck

[@kathleenmccaffery1313]

Very humorous 2101case!! 😂🫶 Have a lovely holiday🌹

[@JohnDoe-xu2vx]

Pretty scary, so close to edge

[@pattyp3429]

Where’s Mom & Pop? Do they watch from a distance? Or just not home at the time 😅?

[@rydndrtyllama]

Damn hoomans, you could’ve at least brought some yummy fresh fish chunks to feed me before n after groaping me, to show you are frens! - 🦅😅

[@G.Photogirl]

What's the purpose of the banding? Is it to track the eaglet?

[@drea0903]

In this area in CA ,more specifically Catalina Island ,the eaglets and eagles are banded for tracking and data purposes. They reintroduced eagles into the area( I don’t know the exact year). Several nest are studied but there are eagles that are not banded .

[@De.D1]

​@@drea0903 I believe they banded a few Big Bear eaglets in the past. Jackie and Shadow eaglets Stormy, Simba and Cookie were banded.

[@magnoliap5824]

A large IWS study here in the Channel Islands. They were nearly wiped out years ago.

[@magnoliap5824]

@@De.D1 Big Bear Valley is no longer banding so Simba is the last one!

[@De.D1]

@@magnoliap5824 They didn't band Spirit. They are not going to band anymore Big Bear eaglets in the future? Thank you! Have a blessed day!!!🙏🥰

[@allanegleston4931]

he's already making squeaky hinge noises.

[@yourenough3]

What would happen if the parents came to the nest and seen a person by their baby ?? Just curious

[@annwilliams1073]

What is the footage drop to water?

[@michaelhalahan]

Ann--it's pretty high--about 80 ft to water--this nest sits on a sheer rock outcropping.

[@annwilliams1073]

@@michaelhalahan oh my goodness, certainly a lot of skill & nerve involved in that banding. Unbelievable. Thanks

[@michaelhalahan]

@@annwilliams1073 Yes. i hate climbing but Old stuff to Dr. Sharp as he has been banding every year since '98 all the eagle nests on channel islands(9 islands) and a scattering of PF nests as well.

[@laurabrunner744]

Will the bands ever become too small as the eagle grows?

[@Andijt]

No, they don't do anything that will harm the eagles.

[@jeanb8848]

No, the eaglet's legs are adult size when banding is done.

[@laurabrunner744]

​@jeanb8848 that's amazing

[@laurabrunner744]

​@andi5150 that's good to know.

[@ladyhawk]

Hi Laura no the bands are the right size for the eaglet. They wait to band the eaglet when their legs are the same size as an adult and they can size it properly.

[@buffalosabresloyalist8913]

I am surprised that they don't take a blood sample to create a DNA map.

[@spenland6261]

I only see one?

[@dewbow134]

The other egg was broken