Fort St Vrain Eagles~Two Fish Deliveries Ma Claims-Feedings-Bulging Crops_5/4/24

Look at these big babies & their bulging crops. FSV49 & FSV50 are growing so fast. Pa delivers a fish. Ma, of course wants to claim it and feed the babies herself. Pa leaves her to it. Later in the evening Pa returns with another fish for dinner. Same scenario. Mom arrives to take charge. Both Babies each get a private feeding. FSV49 is in the back while Ma is feeding FSV50. She will pull the fish around facing FSV49 and feed the older sibling. FSV 49 is clearly stuffed. Thanks for watching!
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Live Nest cam courtesy of Raptor Resource Project partnered with Excel Energy
FSV49 hatched April 9
FSV50 hatched April 9
FSV51 hatched April 13; died on April 14 @ 12:05 pm MT
**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 at age 45 days. She is 22 years old! Her natal nest is 45 miles east of FSV along South Platte corridor. She has hatched 51 eaglets of which 19 died on the nest, 30 survived to fledge . Thank you Lisa Levesque for posting this information!* The full post can be seen on Fort St. Vrain's Eagle Cam Facebook page.
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Video & Photos captured and edited by chickiedee64
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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These two do get a variety of food! They are 4 weeks old and seem to spend a lot of time next to each other. I felt bad the last three seasons when there was only one in the nest after 4 or five weeks. The tree should start leafing and provide some needed shade.