Bald Eagle nest with baby 2023 (2 adults, 1 baby)

2023.03.14 - Egg(s) probably layed around 2023.03.01.

2023.05.01 - Day 1.  Estimated egg(s) hatched.

2023.05.11 - Day 11.  One parent usually guarding nest / resting while other hunts.

2023.05.20 - Day 20.  First sighting of baby this year.

2023.05.25 - Day 25.  Bringing in more nesting material.

2023.05.25 -  Day 25.

2023.05.25 - Day 25.

2023.05.31 - Day 31.  Baby not visible most days.

2023.06.07 - Day 38.  Baby more adventurous about sticking its head up.

2023.06.07 - Day 38.

2023.06.15 - Day 46.  Baby less shy about being visible.
Apparently only one baby this year.

2023.06.18 - Day 49.  Being even more visible.

2023.06.23 - Day 54.  (C90 telescope)

2023.06.23 - Day 54.  First day of wing practice.  Several weeks of flapping and hopping exercises before actual flight.

2023.06.29 - Day 60.  Only pix of all three.  Baby head poking out left of center.

2023.06.29 - Day 60.

2023.07.07 - Day 68.

2023.07.07 - Day 68.

2023.07.07 - Day 68.

2023.07.11 - Day 72.

2023.07.12 - Day 73.  About to liftoff, and...

2023.07.12 - Day 73.  ...baby's first true flight.

2023.07.12 - Day 73.

2023.07.12 - Day 73.  First true flight. Not just a hop.  ~ 2 meters.

2023.07.14 - Day 75.  Working on its apex predator menacing scowl.

2023.07.19 - Day 80.

2023.07.23 - Day 84.  Longest flight yet.  About 4 meters.

2023.07.23 - Day 84.

2023.08.03 - Day 95.  Visitor, but no eagles today.

2023.08.06 - Day 98.  Baby is now about same size as adult.

2014.06.16 - My first picture of this nest, with adult and baby.   Tree was green and healthy.
2023.08.08 - Day 100.  9 years later, last picture of baby near nest.  Tree is now dead.  
Nest has been there for 44+ years.

2023.09.06 - Dead and precariously leaning tree is removed.  
Stump 4.5 feet.  Tree was about 125 feet (?).

2023.09.06 - Upright section is base. 4+ by 8 feet.

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