Llano Bald Eagles 2005-2006
April 17 We saw one of the adults, but it left at sunrise and we did not see the others.
April 10-06BE4737 April10-06BE4753 Eaglet with turtle
April10-06BE4759 Eaglet take-off April10-06BE4763 Eaglet in flight
April 7-06BE4597 Eaglet March31-06BE3513 Eaglet in flight.
March30-06BE3947 The eaglet left the nest at 7:08 and flew around for about 3 minutes. March30-06BE3977
March30-06BE 3982 Landing March30-06BE4008 Sun finally comes out.
March30-06BE4057 Notice the limb where the eaglet is perched. It broke off!
March30-06BE4065 It can be a jungle out there. March30-06BE4082 Other female with her typical grass
but to an empty nest.
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March30-06BE4093 Eaglet gradually makes his way back to the nest for some of that turtle an
adult had brought to the nest while he was out flying around. Above: FREE AND PROUD
March 30-06BE4116 This fledging is hungry. March30-06BE4134 Finally! Got the turtle.
March30-06BE4156 Adult brings a duck to the nest. March30-06BE4157 Eaglet seems pleased with more food.
March 29 Another rainy day. The next two shots are for into only.
As of 1:30 p.m. the eaglet had not yet fledged.
March 28 No flight from the nest yet for the eaglet.
The next two pictures from March 27 are for info only and are not for sale.
This is to let those of you who are following the daily nest activity know
that as of this morning the eaglet had not fledged.
March26-06BE3844 Looking out on the world, just not going yet. Fish for breakfast.
March 25 As of noon today, it is still just practice. No flight away from the nest yet.
March22-06BE3317 March22-06BE3324 Eaglet grabs its talon hoping for
Third adult eagle brings a limb to the nest. food.
March22-06BE3337 Female brings in a fish March22-06BE3349 Eaglet investigates all the squawking.
and the third adult fusses at it in an attempt to run it off.
March22-06BE3352 Female has enough and leaves. Eaglet ended up eating by itself, no one feeding it.
March22-06BE1983 Eaglet is really getting March22-06BE3363 Third bird watches the practice.
high with its practice and maintaining it for some seconds.
March21-06BE2994 Feeding eaglet March21-06BE2995
March21-06BE3007 March21-06BE3015 Bringing fish to nest.
March21-06BE3026 March21-06BE3053 Male comes to nest.
March21-06BE3041 Cleaning beak after eating. March21-06BE1652 Bringing fish in to nest.
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March 20-06BE2956 Eaglet, beak open, March20-06BE2958 Just grass!
awaits what the adult brings to the nest.
March20-06BE2927 Almost 10 weeks this eaglet has quite a wingspan. March20-06BE2922 And an attitude!
March20-06BE1603 The eaglet is getting quite high over
the nest now and maintaining that height for some seconds.
Adult below watches.
The first three pictures from March 15 are for info only and not for sale.
The eaglet is out on a limb, as far out of the nest as we have seen it this year. Notice the tongue of the adult here.
This osprey flew by the nest today but was warned away.
March 14-06BE2727 Adult eagle takes a turtle from the nest. March14-06BE2728
March14-06BE1432 Eaglet is beginning to get pretty good height in its practice flights. BE2752
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The next two shots show how the eaglet is now getting more and more into
practice flight. Notice the wing span in the first photo.
March 9 was a nice sunny morning after a rain in the general area and it made for some really good shots.
March 9-06BE1091 Tail of fish sticks through eagle's tail. March 9-06BE1099 Eaglet awaits coming of fish.
March 9-06BE2392 Eaglet grabs talon of adult trying to get at the fish. March9-06BE2397 Still pulling on the talon.
March9-06BE2430 Another adult eagle feeds the fish to the eaglet. March 9-06BE2434 Tongue of eaglet grabs at food.
March9-06BE2440 Still feeding. March9-06BE2455 Eaglet must have been hungry.
March9-06BE2462 Adult passes large piece of fish to eaglet. March9-06BE2463 Same piece.
March 9-06BE2464 Finally eaglet takes the fish.
March9-06BE2477 Adult alarmed at something on the ground. March9-06BE2479
March7-06BE2331 March6-06BE2293 Notice the feathers of the almost 8 week old eaglet.
March4-06BE2214 March4-06BE0943 Take-off
March4-06BE2216 March4-06BE2199 Adult eagle brings grass to nest.
March4-06BE2200 March4-06BE2208 Adult plucks feather from bird brought
as food.
March4-06BE2208 Lunchtime.
March2-06BE0861 The eagles continue to build on/repair the nest. March2-06BE2046
March 1-06BE0768 Eaglet welcomes fish to nest on nice sunny day. March1-06BE1950
March1-06BE1908 Adult bald eagle leaves nest. March1-06BE1852
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March1-06BE1889 Eaglet ducks as adult leaves nest. March1-06BE1876 Happy Eaglet!
The next three pictures are not for sales but info for those following the progress of the eaglet.
Notice the size of the eaglet compared to the adult. It is getting quite a wingspan.
It is also now adding jumping to the wing flapping.
Feb28-06BE1 Adult eagle brings fish to nest. Feb28-06BE2 Places fish in nest.
Feb28-06BE3 Kingfisher lights in tree next to eagle nest. Feb28-06BE4 Eaglet with mouth wide open.
Feb28-06BE5 Eaglet, seven weeks old today, is almost as big as the male bald eagle in the nest.
Feb. 27-06BE4 Adult eagle leaves eaglet in nest. Feb27-06BE5 Eaglet in nest alone.
Feb. 27-06BE2 Eaglet will be 7 weeks old tomorrow. Feb. 27-06BE6
Feb27-06BE3 Adult eagle moves limb as eaglet watches. Feb27-06BE1 Adult eagle stretches with one foot stand.
Feb 23-06BE412 Eaglet with wings outstretched. Feb23-06BE418 Adult bald eagle leaves the nest.
The next five pictures are not for sale. We just wanted those of you who are following
the eaglet's growth to be able to see how it is coming along. It was a cold, misty, cloudy day.
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Feb 21 Adult brings bird to the nest for food. Feb 21 Eaglet's feathers are really developing now.
Feb. 21 Compare the size of the eaglet here to the cardinal which land briefly in the nest area.
Feb7-06BE1 Adult eagle brings fish to the nest.
Feb16-06BE1410 All three adult eagles in the nest at once Feb16-06BE1474 Eaglet with one of the adults
with the eaglet in the background. 5 1/2 weeks and growing.
Eaglet with one adult when we finally got a little sun.
Feb. 15-06BE1327 Eaglet, beak open, awaits arrival Feb15-06BE1329 Beak still open, staring at a limb
of adult eagle. (Maybe it was hoping for a fish).
Feb.15-06BE1333 Adult eagle leaves nest. Feb. 15 Nothing special here, just dark clouds in
the background made for interesting light on this adult eagle.
This is just to show the development of the wings of this now 5 week+ eaglet.
Feathers are really growing now.
Feb14-06BE1278 Eaglet leans against adult eagle. Feb. 14-06BE1287 The wings are really developing now.
Feb14-06BE1291 The eaglet, now 5 weeks old, sits nice and tall in the nest.
Feb. 13-06BE1183 Eaglet under adult wing. Feb.13-06BE1189 Eaglet with adult bald eagle on nest.
Feb13-06BE1197 Adult eagle with eaglet. Feb13-06BE1204 Adult eagle leaves nest with something.
Feb13-06BE1219 Two adult bald eagles on Llano nest. Feb. 13-06BE1227
Feb13-06BE1237 Adult eagle feeds eaglet. Feb. 13-06BE1240 Still feeding.
Feb13-06BE1243 Eaglet's pin feathers are growing. Feb13-06BE1248 Two adult eagles on nest.
Feb13-06BE1252 Adult eagle leaves nest area. Feb13-06BE3247 Third eagle brings grass to nest.
Feb 9-06BE1 Eaglet with adult bald eagle. Feb9-06BE2 Eaglet and adult.
Feb9-06BE3 The eaglet is really growing now. Feb. 9-06BE4 Eaglet and adult eagle.
Feb9-06BE5 Eaglet pecks at adult. Feb9-06BE6 One adult eagle brings grass and twigs to nest.
This is for info only. Notice the eaglet's wing size now at just over 4 weeks old.
Feb7-06BE1 Adult eagle brings fish to the nest. Feb7-06BE2 Eaglet takes bites of fish from adult eagle.
Feb6-06BE1 The eaglet is beginning to have a few pin feathers on its wings.
Feb2-06BE16 Eaglet leans against adult eagle. Feb2-06BE15 Eaglet in front of adult.
Feb2-06BE14 Adult looks at eaglet. Feb2-06BE12 Eaglet with two adult eagles.
Feb2-06BE10 Eaglet with two adults. Feb2-06BE4 Adult eagle looks down on eaglet.
Feb2-06bE3 Eaglet near adult. Feb2-06BE18 Eaglet with tongue hanging out.
Feb2-06BE1 Adult bald eagle. Feb2-06BE17 Adult eagle mounts up to fly.
Jan 31-06BE1 Still seeing only one eaglet( just to the left of the adult). Jan31-06BE2 Eaglet directly in front of the adult.
Jan 30 Saw one eaglet fairly well today. It is just to the left of the adult.
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Jan 26-06BE1 Can clearly see one eaglet head now just to the left of the adult. Jan 26-06BE2 Eaglet with open mouth
Jan 26-06BE3 Squirrel lower center disturbs eagle. Jan26-06BE4 Landing.
Jan 25-06BE1 Adult eagle leaves the nest. The red arrow points to an eaglet's head. Info only.
This is our first sighting of a now 2 week old eaglet.
It is just a grey fuzzball at this stage of development.
Jan 20-06 Still have not actually seen the eaglet/s. Notice the fish in the first photo. It was too cloudy. Info only.
Jan 19-06BE1 This adult seems to be looking at the young. Jan19-06BE2
Jan17-06BE1 Jan 17-06BE2 Another takeoff
Jan 14-06BE1 Bald Eagle takeoff Jan 14-06BE2 Bald Eagle portrait
Jan 14-06BE3 Bald Eagle landing
Immature eagle showed up at the nest area today, Jan 12
and created quite a stir before he was finally chased off
by the male adult from the nest. Here's how the action went:
Jan 12 Immature eagle lands in tree close to nest. The females in the nest are not happy and the squawking is frantic.
The intruder is on the far right. One of the females chases the intruder, at times coming close
to the nest. The intruder is higher in the air.
Back and forth they go in the air. Adult female is on the right, the immature on the left.
Circling around, the intruder is not ready to leave... until the male adult comes in.
It took a while for the male to answer the calls
of the females, and by the time he arrived, his tongue
was hanging out.
Once the male chased the immature away, he The female even left the nest and left the male
returned to the nest (on the right), and calm returned. eaglet sitting!
Jan 11, 2006. Still watching those young eaglet/s. This older bird of the three brings a fish to the nest today.
Unusual for her.
On the left side of the picture you can see the squirrel that made
an unwanted visit to the nest today. The adult eagle is
chasing it off - and it left in a hurry after that!
Jan 10, 2006. It appears that at least one eaglet has hatched. Fish was brought
to the nest, and there was a lot of movement to and from the nest, as well as
within the nest today.
Jan10-06BE1 Observing eaglet?? Jan10-06BE2 Fish coming in to feed eaglet/s.
Jan10-06BE3 Staying close to the nest.
Jan 7, 2006 Now news on eaglets yet.
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Jan 6, 2006 The bald eagles of Llano are still apparently
sitting on the eggs, although they should hatch any day now.
All three adults were seen today.
Jan 6 BE1 Waiting to take a turn.
Still waiting. No comment.
Dec. 27 As you can see from the photo below, the bald eagles are still sitting on
the eggs. This adult eagle sat on the nest for three hours this morning without
help from the other two.
Dec. 15 Christmas arrives early as one adult bald eagle brings a fish to the eagle
who had been sitting on the egg/s.
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Dec15-05BE4 Dec15-05BE5 Now the fish-bringing eagle
takes its turn sitting egg/s.
Dec. 14 This adult eagle has just arrived at the Dec. 14 Dec14-05BE4
nest to change out with the one down in the nest
who had been sitting on the eggs.
Dec. 14 Notice how different the tree and nest appear Info only. For the hunters from Longview
now that the leaves are gone. Info only. who taped this action.
Dec. 13 shows the three eagles are still at the nest site and are still changing guard
for sitting on the egg/s. The first three pictures are for info only for those who
are following the history of the nest this year.
Info only from Dec. 13.
It must have been a hard day at the office!!
The bald eagles of Llano County, Texas have basically finished rebuilding the old nest from last year.
It appears, as of Dec. 5 that they are now sitting on eggs. There is a changing of the guard, and one
adult is always on the nest, though at times, almost entirely hidden down in the nest.
Dec 5-05BE3 Eagles now appear to be sitting on egg/s.
Dec05-05BE1 Adult bald eagle. Dec05-05BE2 Looking you in the eye!
Here you see two of the three adult bald eagles on the nest on November 29 and one of the eagles bringing a limb to the nest building
project.
Nest as it was on October 19, 2005 Nest on November 8. A lot of limbs have been added.
Nov 14BE1 All three bald eagles are in the nest. Notice how the nest is built up now. Nov 14BE2
Nov 14 Adult bald eagle leaves the nest. Nov 14-05BE3
Nov 5-05BE1 Bald eagle in early morning sun. Nov 5-05BE3 Adult bald eagle brings limb to the nest building area.
Nov 5-05BE2 Bald eagle approaches landing. Nov 5-05BE4 Bald eagle flying by the trees.
Nov 4-05BE1 Rebuilding an eagle nest. Nov 4-05BE2 Working together
Nov 4-05BE6 More limbs added. Nov 4-05BE5 A bald eagle takes flight.
Nov 4-05BE9 Bald eagle peck. Nov 4-05BE7 Bald eagles working together.
Nov 4-05BE11 Bald eagle in search of building materials. Nov 4-05BE12
Nov 4-05BE10 Bald eagle wing span Nov 4-05BE8 Bald eagle couple.
Nov 4-05BE4 All three bald eagles are back at the nest area. Info only. For those who remember from last year,
this third bird's feathers were different on the one wing.
The bald eagles returned to the Llano nest area the later part of September.
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