Interesting Exchange Between Dad & Son

With Limuw (A63) on the nest calling, Dad (K10) arrives with food. Limuw charges Dad and grabs the food; takes off and flies around the nest. Dad leaves and returns again within seconds. We see Limuw fly behind the nest and hear him land on the nest just out of camera range. He remains there, whining all the while. Dad eventually leaves, but Limuw continues whining. Not on this video: He later returns without the food and calls out to his parents repeatedly.

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

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• 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.