Llano Bald Eagles 2006-2007
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March 24 The eaglet has fledged!
March 23 Eaglet is still in the nest. It is now over 11 weeks old.
March 21 The eaglet was down in the nest. No photo. Note the bluebonnets and
other flowers are beginning to bloom in the Texas Hill Country.
March 12 The eaglet is now 10 weeks old and will soon fledge.
The adult bald eagles do not spend much time at the nest at this stage of its development.
Here, it has a scrap of food it found laying around in the nest.
March 9 The eaglet is getting higher with its' practice wing flapping....and living on the edge.
March 9 One proud eaglet. Food? Anyone with food?
March 8 The eaglet spent several hours this morning alone, normal for this
stage of development. In another couple of weeks, it too
will be off, flying wherever it wills.
March 7 Adult male eagle feeds the eaglet. Eaglet-far left. Female-center. Male-top right.
Notice the size of the eaglet at just over 9 weeks.
March 7 Male adult eagle after feeding the eaglet. Adult male eagle in flight, about to land.
March 6-07BE4435 Eaglet with food. March 6-07BE4450 Eaglet
March 6-07BE9716 Male eagle brings a fish to the nest. Getting closer with the fish.
March 6 Nearing the nest with the fish. Ready to lay the fish in the nest.
March 6-07BE9737 Female with eaglet.
March 5 The eaglet is now getting some height with its wing-flapping practice.
It is 9 weeks old now.
March 2 Eaglet Eaglet in nest. Male above eaglet. Female on right.
March 1 Notice the wing length on the eaglet as just over 8 weeks old.
March 1 The eaglet sits proudly in the nest. An adult eagle soars on the strong wind of today.
February 28 Another one of those cloudy days.
Female eagle is on the left, male on right.
February 27 Male bald eagle feeds the eaglet. Male and eaglet in nest.
February 27 Eaglet takes food from male eagle. Still eating. Notice that the eaglet is getting almost
as big as the male. It is now 8 weeks old.
February 26 Male bald eagle brings fish to nest area. The eaglet pretty well ate this fish by itself.
February 26 Eaglet practices flapping its wings. "I'm hungry!!!"
February 24 Eaglet In the wind the female soared.
February 24 Female eagle flies over nesting area. Female adult eagle.
February 23 Okay, by now you know the routine. These photos above were taken on a cloudy, misty day. They are
posted just to let you know what was going on at the nest today. Left you see the new female attempting to swallow
a fish's tail. The eaglet watches but did not get its share of this fish. Right you see the eaglet, almost 8 weeks old now.
Feb 21 Male eagle on left and female on right. Female bald eagle.
Feb 21 Eagle observes something in the nest. Then, reaches down (with tongue showing) to pick it up.
Feb 21 It looked like an old turtle shell with grass and feathers sticking to it.
Feb 21 The eaglet continues to grow. Eaglet with wings outstretched.
Feb 21 The male eagle brings in a small fish............................then, a really large fish.
Feb 21 He deposits the fish in the nest. Female in nest (here showing the whole nest).
February 19 Eaglet with male adult Eagle landing.
February 19 Eagle landing Eagle on perch
February 19 Adult eagle in flight. Another flight.
(For more pictures of February 19, click here)
February 17 The new eagle in flight. Feb 17-07BE2927 Feb17-07BE2928
February 17 The male eagle attempting to chase this female away.
February 17 More of the chase. Adult male eagle landing.
February 17 Eaglet Eaglet with wings outstretched.
February 17 Male makes warning sound at visiting eagle. Male in nest.
February 16 The day started off fairly normal with the adult plucking a bird (see the feathers in its beak on the left)
and feeding the eaglet. Notice the eaglet's feather growth to the right.
February 16 However, another adult eagle showed up in the nest area and it seemed the attempts to chase it off (above)
failed at first.
February 16 This is the other adult eagle that came to the nest area.
February 16 Again, the other eagle. The parent eagle on the nest stayed close to the nest
and gave constant warnings sounds to this eagle when it was near.
February 15 The sun actually broke through the clouds for a while this morning.
February 15 The eaglet's feathers are getting browner.
February 15 An adult eagle lands... and flies. Look at that wing span!
February 14 It was a cold, cloudy day. However, we did want to post something for those of you
who follow the nest activity. On the left you see the two adults and on the right one adult eagle with the eaglet.
The large stick on the front of the nest was added yesterday.
February 13 Eaglet with adult eagle in the nest. The eaglet's feather are really beginning to show.
February 13 Eaglet
February 13 Adult bald eagle lands. Adult eagle lands in the nest.
February 13 Male on left and female on right. Adult eagle on perch.
February 13 There were several flights today.
February 10 Just a couple photos of the eaglet today.
February 10 The adult eagle brings a fish to the nest.
February 10 The adult gets to the nest with the fish, then pulls on parts of it as it feeds the eaglet.
February 9. Another cloudy day!!! The eaglet, as just over 5 weeks old, has an incredible wingspan now.
February 9 The adult brings yet another limb to the nest. The eaglet sits tall beside the adult.
February 8 It was a cold, misty, cloudy day. You can see from the two photos above, the eaglet with an
adult and the adult bringing a large limb into the nest as the eaglet watches.
February 7 Eaglet watches as adult eagle leaves the nest. The constant work of nest maintenance never ends.
February 7 Each day the feathers grow longer. The feathers on the back are growing brown now.
February 6 Eaglet with large hunk of fish in its mouth. Eaglet
February 6 Eaglet sitting in nest. Eaglet with wings outspread. Notice the feathers. (back view)
February 5 Just look at the size of the eaglet now, at 5 weeks of age.
February 5 Notice the wing feathers starting to develop.
Feb 1 There was rain and drizzle at the nest today, then clouds. However, we did want to post
a few shots just to let those of you who follow the action know how the eaglet is coming along.
Feb. 1 The eaglet is really growing fast. Here you see a series of shots of it pecking at the male eagle in the nest.
Feb 1 The last photo to the right shows the eaglet leaning back, the adult giving it a hard stare, as if to say,
enough is enough.
Feb. 1 Mating in the rain, very early in the morning.
Jan 30 Now 4 weeks old, the eaglet is beginning to grow darker in color. Above, see it between the legs of the adult eagle.
January 30 One adult eagle brings a fish to the nest. (Same fish, two different stages of arrival at the nest.)
January 30 Another fish brought into the nest. The wind was blowing the head feathers.
January 30 Landing Take-off.
January 29 The happy couple.
January 29 The eaglet with its wings up. One adult feeds the eaglet some fish.
January 29 The was an immature eagle at the nest again today.
Click here to see several shots from that fight as the adult chased it away, locking talons.
January 27 The adult eagle brings a fish to the nest.
January 27 The eaglet is beginning to get tiny pin feathers. The eaglet, with tongue out, waits for the nest bite.
January 27. The eagle flew in an almost roll in the air.
January 27 Later, the two eagles flew very close together, back to the nest area.
Jan 27-07BE6952 Love these take-off shots. Jan 27-07BE0830
January 26 Today an immature eagle came by the nest area, but it was not welcomed by the two adults.
January 26 As the immature eagle flew around one of the adults chased it away.
January 26 The adult eagle and the immature visitor flew all around...
at times, getting very close together.
January 26 The eaglet is getting larger and larger. Not quite 4 weeks old, you can see the wings to the right.
January 26 This gull that came by the nest area was watched closely. (Right) The adult calls out as it lands.
January 26 The photo to the left was taken just before sunrise at 1/1.5 second exposure.
The eagles were in this position before good light.
(Right) An adult eagle leaves the nest.
January 25 A raven came by the nest area today and one of the adult eagles chased and chased it
until it finally left.
More chasing of the raven. January 25
January 25 While it chased the ravens we got some flight pictures, and there is nothing more beautiful...
than a bald eagle in flight.
January 25 the eagle looks down at the raven. It dives at the raven.
January 25 More flight shots.
January 25 Coming in for a landing.
January 25 Touchdown. Coming to the nest with a stick. There was a lot of
nestkeeping work done today.
January 25. Bringing grass to the nest. The eaglet is growing but only it's head is usually seend.
January 25 More flight shots.
January 24. We added the red arrows to point to the eaglet's wings. Here you can just see the eaglet's head.
(It was another one of those rainy, cloudy days).
January 24 The adult feeds the eaglet. One adult brings a fish to the nest.
January 24 One adult eagle leaves the nest. The eagle wipes it beak on a limb to clean it after eating.
January 23 The nesting eagle brings in a fish to the nest. The other eagle sort of took over.
January 23 Note the big clump of grass on the right. A delicate balancing act as the eagle turns around on the limb.
Jan 22 The other bird spent more time in the nest today. Now, is the eaglet cute or what???
January 19 An eaglet's head clearly shows beside the adult eagle in the two photos above. So far, we are only
seeing one eaglet this year.
January 19 The nesting eagle lands and...................................takes off. Jan 19-07BE9800
January 19. Shaking it up. This one needs a caption.
January 19 Just look at the wing spread as the eagle leaves the nest!
January 18. The nesting bird shown here seemed to still have wet feathers from all the sleet and rain of
the past few days.
January 18 Again, this is the nesting eagle.
January 18 The other bird was in the nest several times today.
January 18. The other bird came into the nest to get food. To the right it looks down at the baby's head (below arrow).
When the nesting bird brought a Coot to the nest...
it chased the nesting bird out of the nest and ate the Coot itself.
January 18 An immature eagle also passed by the nest today, but was chased away by the nesting bird.
January 17 Saw the two adult eagles and at least one eaglet today. All survived the sleet and storm well.
There were small remnants of ice on the eagle's feathers when we arrived at the nest in the afternoon.
The ice did not seem to hamper its flight at all.
Small amounts of ice remained on the fence posts at the roadside when we arrived, but were
gone by the time we left.
January 16. These shots taken in the afternoon show no accumulation of sleet or snow, although there was still a light
sprinkling of sleet when they were taken. The nesting eagle feed the young. The other bird sat nearby watching it all.
January 16. The nesting eagle then left and flew to the nearby Cottonwood tree but only for a minute and then it
returned to the nest.
January 15. This is as close as we have seen the other eagle approach the nest. The original nesting
eagle seen on the right still did not seem happy with its presence, though it did not communicate with it
quite as much today. (By the way, there was no ice at the nest site.)
Jan. 15. We found it very interesting that the other eagle came in close to the nest to chase away some ravens
that were coming too close to the nest. The original nesting eagle is way down in the nest with the young.
We clearly saw again today, Jan. 15, the eye and beak of an eaglet (within the red circle).
Jan. 15. Above are three shots of the other eagle.
Jan 15 Here are a couple of shots of the original nesting eagle.
We saw one eaglet today where the red arrow points. We are still not sure how many eaglets there are
this year. The photo to the right is the other bird who came by for a while around mid-day.
The second eagle flew by the nest several times today. The eagle to the right gets all the nest duty today.
A late afternoon feeding. Coming in for a landing.
We did see two eagles at the nest today, January 10.
The eagle on the nest did a lot of vocalizing today, January 10. The second eagle flew into the
area and the vocalizing never stopped. The second eagle did not land near the nest.
The adult eagle is feeding the eaglet(s). They are not yet large enough that we have seen them or it.
The eagle brought two fish to the nest by noon.
January 8 Still just one adult bald eagle is seen at the nest. It feeds the eaglet(s), watches, goes for fish...
and occasionally gets out of the nest to stretch. The moon was nice at the nest area today.
January 6. Still seeing only one adult eagle, feeding and caring for eaglets. It was a cloudy, misty day, so the above
photos are for information only.
January 5. The local squirrel appeared near the nest again today and the adult eagle on the nest was not a happy bird.
Even though this adult was at the nest alone, it flew off for a short spell. We did not see more than one eagle
at any time today, January 5.
Landing in a nearby tree. Later, in the afternoon, when lighting was bad,
one eagle flew away from the nest. We were not sure if the one that returned with the fish was the same one
that left or if it was another bird. The eagle at the nest seemed to feed the eaglet(s) several times during the day.
January 2, 2007. It appears from the behavior of the adult eagles that at least one eaglet has hatched. You
can see from several of the photos today, the adults are looking down into the nest.
In the photo to the right, the adult bald eagle is plucking some kind of bird brought to the nest the day before. It did
at times seem to feed an eaglet. January 2, 2007.
December 22 Still sitting eggs. Info only.
December 22 A couple of shots for some friends who stopped by.
December 21. There was very little movement this morning. After about three hours on the nest, one adult eagle
came in to replace the one that had been sitting on the egg (s). That eagle then left the nest. Info only.
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The sun was sometimes behind the scattered clouds, but we wanted to put these four shots
on the internet for information for the couple from Houston who stopped by the nest today.
The eagles are still sitting on the egg(s) and regularly swap turns. Below left, this eagle gets
ready to depart from the nest after having taken its tour of duty.
The nest shot shows a smaller bird (our highlight) looking down into the nest area.
The two photos above were taken in the fog this morning. Something was disturbing to the
eagles, and all three seemed alarmed. We could never see what it was. After a while, they
calmed back down. The eagles are very protective when sitting on the egg(s).
This squirrel is getting braver and braver as it nears the bald eagle sitting on the eggs.
It never made it into the nest, but the eagle sure was watching it.
Here, the eagles have changed duties for sitting on the eggs. The one freed of its work for a little leaves the nest.
In the three shots above, you can see the eagle preening a tail feather; taking it in its beak and sliding it along to the end.
The four shots above show some of the flight shots as the eagles changed turns in the nest as they continue to sit
the eggs.
Dec. 8 Not much activity this morning. Note the squirrel in the highlighted area, bottom right.
The eagles did not fly in today to chase it away. There was one adult way down in the nest.
December 6.
Dec 6-06BE7910 Grass trails from eagle's talon while in flight. Dec 6-06BE7911
Eagle arranges grass in the nest as it sits on the egg(s). Info only. Eagle preens a feather from its back.
A squirrel (highlighted to the right) climbs a little too close to the nest and catches the eye of an eagle sitting about
200 yards from the nest. The eagle immediately flew to where the nest area and the squirrel quickly disappeared.
Meanwhile, the eagle sitting the egg(s), maintained its position.
December 4 There is not much activity at the nest these days, the eagles are just taking turns sitting on
the egg(s). It was 19 degrees at the nest this morning.
December 4 One adult eagle comes to the nest to relieve the one way down in the nest sitting on eggs.
The one down in the nest was not yet ready to leave, so it flew off again.
December 4 Info only
November 29 Egg sitting behavior continues as the adult eagles rotate whose on the nest, deep inside.
Info only. The head of the adult can be seen in the right center of the nest.
November 27 One eagle is down on the nest, and the behavior continues to indicate
that they are sitting the eggs now. Info only. You can imagine how deep the nest is when an adult eagle can
be completely hid inside.
Nov 25 It appears that the eagles are now sitting on egg(s).
One eagle comes into the area to relieve the one down in the nest. The one in the nest gets up and...
leaves the nest area. This is typical behavior for the sitting on eggs.
Info only. There was also some early morning mating today.
Eagle prepares for landing. Nov 2506BE5392. Nov 25-06BE7604 This eagle landed
closer to the roadside than normal.
Click here to see more picture from Nov 25 of some of the close-up shots.
November 24 The day started out with fog and the nest area was barely visible.
Foggy nest. Info only. The eagle looks directly into the camera.
The third eagle, the older female, soared around overhead a little about noon.
November 22 There was a lot of talking and moving around today. The eagle to the left is dark with its
own shadow.
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It finally arrives to the limb and the other one is still talking to it.
Nov 22-06BE7316 Still talking. Nov 22-06BE7341
Info only. They mated at 8:49 and again at..................................9:18 Hmm. Will eggs be coming soon?
The bald eagle is absolutely gorgeous in flight. November 22
Yes, that is what eagle poop looks like on its way out! The photo above is just for info, thought the look was unusual.
November 16 The bald eagles are still adding limbs to the nest, as shown in these four photos.
Nov 14-06BE7082 Two of the three adult bald eagles that were at the nest site today, November 14.
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The third eagle stay off by itself as the other two worked on the nest a little.
Nov 14-06BE5133 Nov 14-06BE5140 Okay, it managed to stretch a little.
Notice in the photo on the right, this third eagle of the nest still has some damage on its wing.
When it shook, feathers flew (white spots behind the eagle).
November 11 Just the current nest work today on the Llano Bald Eagle nest. 4 photos below for info only.
This eagle started out the day a little grumpy in the fog and stayed that way later. :)
Nov 9-06BE6925 Adult bald eagle leaves the nest after working on the rebuilding process.
Nov 3-06BE4940 This adult bald eagle flew looking for limbs for the nest rebuilding. Nov 3-06BE4943
Nov 3-06BE4944 The four photos above show the different wing positions of the eagle in flight. Nov 3-06BE4947
The eagle lands with one smaller stick.
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The eagle takes off again looking for more sticks.
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The eagle this time brought back an extremely long stick, stretching across more than half of these pictures.
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Nov 2-06BE6840 An adult eagle adds grass to line the nest. Nov 2-06BE4908 Adult bald eagle takes off from nest.
Nov 2-06BE6824 Nov 2-06BE4912 Young immature eaglet
passes briefly by the nest area.
Oct-31-06BE6752 The adult eagles are still working on the nest.
The two shots above are just for info, but the wing span on the first is interesting and the second just shows
some communication.
Nest rebuilding at the Llano Bald Eagle Nest continued today, October 30.
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Oct-30-06BE6600 Nice job, my dear, let's call it a day! Oct -30-06BE6730
All three of the adult eagles were in the nest together today, October 27.
Oct-27-06-BE6554 The three adult bald eagles of the Llano, Texas nest.
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October 24. Nest rebuilding continues. The nest is now deep enough to almost
fully hide one of the adult bald eagles.
The two photos above are for information only.
All three of the adult bald eagles were seen at nest on Hwy 29 near Llano, Texas, today.
The adult eagles worked on rebuilding the nest. This seems earlier than the previous years.
Oct 21-06-0015 Adult eagles rebuilding the nest. Oct 21-06-0018 Male and Female bald eagle on nest.
Oct 21-06-0022 Adult bald eagles in nest Oct 21-06-0023 Adult bald eagles in nest.
Oct 21-06-0044 b Adult eagle perched on limb. Oct 21-06-0021 Adult bald eagle
Oct 21-06-0012 Adult eagle in morning sun. Oct 21-06-0014 Bald Eagle on limb.
October 9 Two of the eagles appeared to be doing some nest rebuilding. Info only.
October 2 The two eagles above were seen on the nest and in the tree nearby today.
This is to show the nest at the beginning of this season.