Here is an excellent article written by Raptor Resource Project on week two milestones for eaglets! "In their second week of development, the eaglets will gain roughly two pounds between their 7th and 14th day of life. They will experience rapid growth in features like beaks, culmens, and footpads, start replacing their white natal down with thicker grey thermal down, and begin exploring the nest. Although they aren't yet standing on their toes, they are able to sit up - way up! - for feeding and shuffle around on their metatarsi. Their eyes are wide open and fit more comfortably in their eyesockets, features like brow ridges are beginning to appear, and their legs and footpads are yellow, not pink. Gary Bortolotti wrote that bald eagles might gain more weight per day than any other north American bird, although the majority of their weight gain occurs within the first 30-40 days. This rapid weight growth is fueled by their nutrient-rich diet of meat. In the week to come, we can expect (continued) rapid growth in footpads, talons, and legs. Beak growth will rapidly slow as the eaglets' beaks approach adult size and we may see dark juvenile feathers start to sprout from their grey down. Overall weight and height gain will continue, most likely reaching their steepest curves some time this week. By the end of their second week of life, the eaglets will be almost a foot tall! Enjoy eaglet earholes and egg teeth while you still can - their earholes will soon be covered by down and their egg teeth are wearing away. The general stages of eagle development are: Stage 1 - Structural growth. In their first thirty-five to forty days of life, eagles grow very rapidly, gaining weight and building bones, muscles, tissue, and features like tarsi, footpads, toes, and claws. This phase of development slows down about halfway through an eaglet's time in the nest, even though individual features might continue some level of growth. Stage 2 - Feather and flight-related growth. Eagles grow four sets of feathers - natal down inside the egg, thermal down, juvenile feathers, and adult feathers. Thermal down starts growing at about ten days, juvenile deck feathers at about 20-23 days and juvenile flight feathers at about 27 days, but feather growth doesn't overtake structural growth until thirty-five to forty days after hatch. Flight muscles also begin growing as eaglets wingercize, flap, hover, and eventually branch and fledge. Neurological coordination occurs throughout an eaglet's time in the nest. During week two, their eyesight and basic coordination skills are improving as they grab food from Mom and Dad, sit up tall for feedings, shuffle around on their tarsi, and explore the world with their sensitive beaks. As they grow, they will become more adept at controlling beaks, legs, wings, and feet. They will learn to stand on their own feet, tear food, self-feed, and flap their wings, going from cute but clumsy clown clompers to graceful young eaglets poised at the edge of fledge." Link to RRP article: raptorresource.blogspot.com/2018/04/eaglet-growth-and-development-week-two.html
Thanks Lady Hawk for sharing each milestone from these Lil ones!🐥🐤 Very interesting how they will develop such growth within days! Wow,can't wait to see all the changes occur!! Great article and post,thanks again..much appreciated!🤗😇
Thankyou so much Dear Lady Hawk ❤For sharing all aspects and facts on each Milestone achievements...These facts never get old abd we can certainly say The E's are growing Beautifully into their stages of growth ❤❤.. Greatly Appreciate the link my friend🌹🍀🌹, Wishing you and all Friends a Wonderful Sunday 🙏🦅🐥🐥♥️🥰🤗🌹
@@oliverl4150Dearest Oliver 💙🤗💙...Long may this Beautiful Ambience continue here with Our Amazing SWFL family 🙏🦅♥️ Wishing you a Wonderful evening be blessed sending you Love and hugs 🤗🌹💞🙏🦅
Thank you so much Lady Hawk for all these interesting informations regarding the growth of the eaglets .... we are so fortunate to be able to follow their development in live 🤗🐥🦅
The article was quite interesting. Amazing how fast they add weight! I didn’t realize that. Need to enjoy them now as lil fluffy birds. Soon will develop and change. So exciting.
Thank God they are thriving and growing so fast, I forgot just how fast they develop. Soon they will pin (with other baby birds it will look like the quill with a little "paint brush at the end" lol. They are like our fingernails (the feathers) So incredible how the Father gave them instinct even at this age. Just beautiful and F and E's constant care, just a beautiful sight. Thank You so much for your sharing, without you I would never have had this opportunity. And also it has led many others to "snoop" in on our Beautiful National Bird, and it's awesome adventures. Blessings!
They are just growing too fast. So adorable, those little wingers are just so stinking cute! Not much bonking either. Just love them! Such awesome parents!
🦅 Thanks Raptor Resource Project For The Excellent Info, Thanks Lady Hawk For Posting & All That You Do To Bring Us 🦅 Joy, 🦅Thanks To The Pritchett Family & SWFL 🦅 Cam For Making All Of This Love, Joy & Happiness Into Our Beloved Eagles Lives Possible, Most Appreciative! 🦅
They are so incredibly precious! Everything about them is so adorable. Beautiful closeups of the little ones. 🐥🐥 Oh my gosh we are blessed! I’m so happy there hasn’t been any owl activity. We are definitely blessed!! Thank you Lady Hawk for ALL that you do to keep us informed, you are so appreciated. ❤
The owls lost their nest last year so we don’t know where they moved to! But I think they’ll be back! They usually aren’t around until the eaglets are older and are about the age to fledge from the nest the first time or two!😊👍
@ladyhawk thank you 🙏 I look forward to hearing your thoughts on all the news and updates on the latest developments. Much love and appreciation for all involved. Have a wonderful week ahead! 🥰
🥰💞🐥🐥💞 These two are a total cuteness overload!! 🥰🥰 They are growing up and thriving beautifully!! 🐥🌱🐥 thanks to all daily feedings by their Super Mama F and Super Daddy M. 💞🦅🦅💞 Bless their hearts. 🙌💞🙌 Oh those cute clown feet are so adorable and fascinating!! 🥰🥰 Oh how I love those little wingers by sweet E25!! 🥰💘🥰. May they be blessed, stay safe under divine protection and keep thriving beautifully. 🙏🌱🙏 God bless them abundantly always. 🙏💞🙏 Thank you so much for this lovely video, much appreciated, Lady Hawk. 💙💙 Take good care and be blessed. 💐💙🥰🥰💞🌴🪹🦅🐥🌱🐥🦅✨💞🙏
Thank you, dear Lady Hawk, for this wonderful and educational video plus narrative. It is good to see both eaglets doing well, and E25's thermal down beginning to show. It may give him a little bit of "padding" for when E24 gives him a peck or two! Glad to see that things are generally peaceful in their roomy nest, even when F23 takes off to get some more grass! Your pinned information below is very much appreciated, as although I have watched Peregrine falcons in the past, these eagles are a whole new raptor for me to observe! (p.s. Your "chapters" breakdown are excellent help for me to know what I am seeing.) ✨✨💖💗💗💖✨✨
This is so cool. What is the significance of the crop drops. I’m new to the channel. Thank you! Very Very cool. How can I learn about your camera equipment? I’m just interested…. You zoomed in on the eye…🙆🏻♂️
Hello Jeffrey and thanks for watching! The eagles all store food in what is called a crop - it is a pouch that is just under the esophagus that can hold up to 2 lbs of food in it (for adult eagles). The crop drop is the mechanism that the eagles /eaglets use to send portions of the food from the crop down to their stomachs of gizzard to be digested. Having a storage crop helps the eagles to survive in the wild when food is scarce - they can go a week or longer without eating with a full crop. I don't know the name of the cameras that are used - there are four different ones with 4K and PTZ and a 360 view that you can manipulate yourself from your computer (only on the 360 cam) Here is the information that the Pritchett's give on them: dickpritchettrealestate.com/southwest-florida-eagle-cam/?cam=1
Here is an excellent article written by Raptor Resource Project on week two milestones for eaglets!
"In their second week of development, the eaglets will gain roughly two pounds between their 7th and 14th day of life. They will experience rapid growth in features like beaks, culmens, and footpads, start replacing their white natal down with thicker grey thermal down, and begin exploring the nest. Although they aren't yet standing on their toes, they are able to sit up - way up! - for feeding and shuffle around on their metatarsi. Their eyes are wide open and fit more comfortably in their eyesockets, features like brow ridges are beginning to appear, and their legs and footpads are yellow, not pink. Gary Bortolotti wrote that bald eagles might gain more weight per day than any other north American bird, although the majority of their weight gain occurs within the first 30-40 days. This rapid weight growth is fueled by their nutrient-rich diet of meat.
In the week to come, we can expect (continued) rapid growth in footpads, talons, and legs. Beak growth will rapidly slow as the eaglets' beaks approach adult size and we may see dark juvenile feathers start to sprout from their grey down. Overall weight and height gain will continue, most likely reaching their steepest curves some time this week. By the end of their second week of life, the eaglets will be almost a foot tall! Enjoy eaglet earholes and egg teeth while you still can - their earholes will soon be covered by down and their egg teeth are wearing away.
The general stages of eagle development are:
Stage 1 - Structural growth. In their first thirty-five to forty days of life, eagles grow very rapidly, gaining weight and building bones, muscles, tissue, and features like tarsi, footpads, toes, and claws. This phase of development slows down about halfway through an eaglet's time in the nest, even though individual features might continue some level of growth.
Stage 2 - Feather and flight-related growth. Eagles grow four sets of feathers - natal down inside the egg, thermal down, juvenile feathers, and adult feathers. Thermal down starts growing at about ten days, juvenile deck feathers at about 20-23 days and juvenile flight feathers at about 27 days, but feather growth doesn't overtake structural growth until thirty-five to forty days after hatch. Flight muscles also begin growing as eaglets wingercize, flap, hover, and eventually branch and fledge.
Neurological coordination occurs throughout an eaglet's time in the nest. During week two, their eyesight and basic coordination skills are improving as they grab food from Mom and Dad, sit up tall for feedings, shuffle around on their tarsi, and explore the world with their sensitive beaks. As they grow, they will become more adept at controlling beaks, legs, wings, and feet. They will learn to stand on their own feet, tear food, self-feed, and flap their wings, going from cute but clumsy clown clompers to graceful young eaglets poised at the edge of fledge."
Link to RRP article: raptorresource.blogspot.com/2018/04/eaglet-growth-and-development-week-two.html
Thanks Lady Hawk for sharing each milestone from these Lil ones!🐥🐤
Very interesting how they will develop such growth within days!
Wow,can't wait to see all the changes occur!!
Great article and post,thanks again..much appreciated!🤗😇
Thankyou so much Dear Lady Hawk ❤For sharing all aspects and facts on each Milestone achievements...These facts never get old abd we can certainly say The E's are growing Beautifully into their stages of growth ❤❤.. Greatly Appreciate the link my friend🌹🍀🌹, Wishing you and all Friends a Wonderful Sunday 🙏🦅🐥🐥♥️🥰🤗🌹
@@oliverl4150Dearest Oliver 💙🤗💙...Long may this Beautiful Ambience continue here with Our Amazing SWFL family 🙏🦅♥️ Wishing you a Wonderful evening be blessed sending you Love and hugs 🤗🌹💞🙏🦅
Thank you so much Lady Hawk for all these interesting informations regarding the growth of the eaglets .... we are so fortunate to be able to follow their development in live 🤗🐥🦅
@@serapmehmet3346Lovely comment,well said Miss Serap🎉
Good to have you here enjoying Lady Hawk's special treat😊
Hope you're well,take care🤗😇🤗
Oh be still my heart! They are doing so well. Happy and healthy! Everything is going so well. This nest is blessed!❤
I just love hearing their little squeals
Such rapid development, thanks LH for all your additional information
2 sweet adorable babies with most wonderful parent s. ❤❤❤
I love it when they flop their little wings.😀
Thank you LadyHawk for the fascinating article!! ❤️
Flapping his little wings so cute I will fly one day he or she probably thinks just like mom and dad🦅♥️
The article was quite interesting. Amazing how fast they add weight! I didn’t realize that. Need to enjoy them now as lil fluffy birds. Soon will develop and change. So exciting.
Thank God they are thriving and growing so fast, I forgot just how fast they develop. Soon they will pin (with other baby birds it will look like the quill with a little "paint brush at the end" lol. They are like our fingernails (the feathers) So incredible how the Father gave them instinct even at this age. Just beautiful and F and E's constant care, just a beautiful sight. Thank You so much for your sharing, without you I would never have had this opportunity. And also it has led many others to "snoop" in on our Beautiful National Bird, and it's awesome adventures. Blessings!
Have to agree! They are growing fast!
These babies ate well today.
Great to watch the precious and gorgeous family eagles babies absolutely gorgeous and adorable 🙏🐥❣️🙏🐥❣️❤️🦅❤️🦅mommy and daddy the best ❤️🙏🦅❤️🙏🦅
adorable
Our precious babies looking so healthy and well cared for by Mom and Dad! ❤ Love the close ups and those adorable wingers!!!
Amazing close ups! It's so awesome to be able to see this!
Thank you again, Lady Hawk for great video and educational information!!❤
They make me smile!😊
They are just growing too fast. So adorable, those little wingers are just so stinking cute! Not much bonking either. Just love them! Such awesome parents!
Thanks Lady Hawk❤
These two are so cute! So happy they have 2 E’s this year!
🦅 Thanks Raptor Resource Project For The Excellent Info,
Thanks Lady Hawk For Posting & All That You Do To Bring Us 🦅 Joy,
🦅Thanks To The Pritchett Family & SWFL 🦅 Cam For Making All Of This Love, Joy & Happiness Into Our Beloved Eagles Lives Possible, Most Appreciative! 🦅
The E's are so cute!🤩 Love their chirping!🥰 God bless them! 🙏🏼🙌🏼 Tysm for sharing Lady Hawk!🙌🏼🙏🏼
Such adorable eaglets they growing I can see that but this one and the rails keeps me on edge at times love it God keep them safe🦅♥️
Adorable little cuties! ❤️
They are so incredibly precious! Everything about them is so adorable. Beautiful closeups of the little ones. 🐥🐥 Oh my gosh we are blessed! I’m so happy there hasn’t been any owl activity. We are definitely blessed!! Thank you Lady Hawk for ALL that you do to keep us informed, you are so appreciated. ❤
The owls lost their nest last year so we don’t know where they moved to! But I think they’ll be back! They usually aren’t around until the eaglets are older and are about the age to fledge from the nest the first time or two!😊👍
Oh dear! I sure hope they found a different area to call home. 😳😳
Food coma 😊 they are well fed. 🥰 sweet.
Beautiful perfect babies. Thank you for posting. ❤
@ladyhawk thank you 🙏 I look forward to hearing your thoughts on all the news and updates on the latest developments. Much love and appreciation for all involved. Have a wonderful week ahead! 🥰
Hello wm and thank you so much! Have a Happy New Year! Wishing you many blessings for 2025!
🥰💞🐥🐥💞 These two are a total cuteness overload!! 🥰🥰 They are growing up and thriving beautifully!! 🐥🌱🐥 thanks to all daily feedings by their Super Mama F and Super Daddy M. 💞🦅🦅💞 Bless their hearts. 🙌💞🙌 Oh those cute clown feet are so adorable and fascinating!! 🥰🥰 Oh how I love those little wingers by sweet E25!! 🥰💘🥰. May they be blessed, stay safe under divine protection and keep thriving beautifully. 🙏🌱🙏 God bless them abundantly always. 🙏💞🙏 Thank you so much for this lovely video, much appreciated, Lady Hawk. 💙💙 Take good care and be blessed. 💐💙🥰🥰💞🌴🪹🦅🐥🌱🐥🦅✨💞🙏
I am very sad because the cameras stop working from time to time...Thank you 😢😢😢
Things happen. Just be grateful for what we have. Dick Pritchett & Ladyhawk work very hard to bring us the best videos available 😮
I live to see those crop drops, wingers, and PS's 😂🎉. Thank you Ladyhawk
So cute wearing their wooly sweaters with the elbow patches.
They are vulnerable to other prey birds, when no one is on nest!
Thank you, dear Lady Hawk, for this wonderful and educational video plus narrative. It is good to see both eaglets doing well, and E25's thermal down beginning to show. It may give him a little bit of "padding" for when E24 gives him a peck or two! Glad to see that things are generally peaceful in their roomy nest, even when F23 takes off to get some more grass! Your pinned information below is very much appreciated, as although I have watched Peregrine falcons in the past, these eagles are a whole new raptor for me to observe! (p.s. Your "chapters" breakdown are excellent help for me to know what I am seeing.)
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Hi Rosa you are very welcome and Happy New Year ♥
This is so cool.
What is the significance of the crop drops. I’m new to the channel. Thank you!
Very Very cool. How can I learn about your camera equipment? I’m just interested…. You zoomed in on the eye…🙆🏻♂️
Hello Jeffrey and thanks for watching! The eagles all store food in what is called a crop - it is a pouch that is just under the esophagus that can hold up to 2 lbs of food in it (for adult eagles). The crop drop is the mechanism that the eagles /eaglets use to send portions of the food from the crop down to their stomachs of gizzard to be digested. Having a storage crop helps the eagles to survive in the wild when food is scarce - they can go a week or longer without eating with a full crop. I don't know the name of the cameras that are used - there are four different ones with 4K and PTZ and a 360 view that you can manipulate yourself from your computer (only on the 360 cam) Here is the information that the Pritchett's give on them: dickpritchettrealestate.com/southwest-florida-eagle-cam/?cam=1
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