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With a break in the rain, we finally get a look at Eaglet 2 and Eaglet 1 together. Eaglet 1 is feeding while Eaglet 2 (the one on its back at times) is still trying to get more stable. With it raining all day here they have spent most of the day under Mom or the Male. Both eaglets appear to have gotten enough bites for today to get them through until tomorrow. Remember they don't need a lot of food at this size yet. They are both so adorable.
𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠!

✿ 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞: 𝐃𝐮𝐤𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐬. 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐬:
𝐄𝐚𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝟏 - 𝐄𝟏
𝐄𝐚𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝟐 - 𝐄𝟐
𝐈𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐈𝐃

✿ 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐃𝐚𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧

✿ 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐈𝐬 𝐍𝐨 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐍𝐞𝐬𝐭 ✿

𝐄𝐠𝐠𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐢𝐝:
𝐄𝐠𝐠 #𝟏: 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟐, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 𝟑.𝟒𝟖𝐏𝐦 - 𝐇𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟗 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒
𝐄𝐠𝐠 #𝟐: 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟓, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 𝟑.𝟑𝟔𝐏𝐦 - 𝐇𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟏 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒

𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 *
It has been confirmed that the Male at the Nest is not our beloved Dad by the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey.

✿ Mom is the resident female on the nest arriving in September of 2019. Based on when she arrived and that she was 5 years old, Mom would be 9 years old now or older as of 2023 She is a great Mom and has fledged 5 eaglets here over the past 3 years

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐬𝐭
The eagle nest at Duke Farms was discovered in the fall of 2004. A cam was placed on a tree in 2008 for all viewers to enjoy. In 2012 the Nest tree was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy and the eagle couple built a new one that December in an American Sycamore tree in a restricted area of the property. This is the tree that is the one we now see live on YouTube. In 2013 the cams were moved to the new nest to accommodate better viewing of the nest.

𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲:
𝐃𝐚𝐝 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟎-𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑
After 17 years of protecting his territory, Dad was last seen on Cam on May 19, 2023. He was 23 years old.
Though we could not see past the cam view it was evident that Dad was in a territorial dispute over the previous days by the action of him at the nest.
We will all miss you, Dad. There are no words to describe the dedication and courage you had over the years protecting your young and taking so well care of them. Your legacy will live on with over 30 fledglings you have helped bring up over the years. ❤️

My hope is always that Dad left the territory being older and wiser and not being able to defeat the intruder and is still somewhere out there. No eagle with his bands has been found up to now.
We will all miss you, Dad.

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