Patient Mother

Mom (K26) arrives early with a fish for Limuw's (A63) breakfast, but Limuw is no where to be seen...or heard, so she leaves and comes back a few minutes later, still carrying the fish. Limuw can be heard whining close to the nest for a long time before he finally arrives at the nest and wrestles the fish away from Mom. Such a good a patient mother, she allows this, knowing he will need to be aggressive on his own in order to survive. She patiently goes up to the E-branch while he eats the fish. Afterwards, he tries to 'bully' her off the E-branch....now his favorite perch on the nest, but she remained calm and aloof, until he actually jumps up on the branch with her. She then calmly flies down to the nest and begins picking at nestovers. Limuw quickly joins her and she patiently begins feeding him the nestovers.

You can read about the struggle to reintroduce America's symbol, the Bald Eagle, to the Channel Islands as well as watch this miracle of nature via live eagle-cam by going to http://www.iws.org and clicking first on 'interactive' and then choosing one of the 3 nests to view.... 2 are on Catalina Island and 1 on Santa Cruz Island or go to: http://z7.invisionfree.com/CHIL_EagleCAM/index.php?act=idx

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Pets & Animals

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• bald_eagle
• eagle
• eaglets
• fledgling
• birds
• nests
• K10
• K26
• A63
• Limuw

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Go to IWS org to view this nest and learn about bald eagle restoration on the Channel Islands.