Rosa Stops Incubating the Eggs
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- The Dulles Greenway Eagle Cam Season 2023-2024
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Rosa Stops Incubating the Eggs: Rosa incubates egg DG6 and egg DG7 at 1:07 am on February 23,2024 for the last time.
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*_damn it why did i click on this. So heartbreaking that this happening to Jackie and Shadow also._*
I thought the same thing. It's devastating watching these eagle's eggs not hatch and they are so devoted to them. It's sad
My heart hurts for both sets of eagles 😢😢
First time viewer and I shed tears for Rosa and Lewis. I am a faithful viewer of Jackie and Shadow and trying to stay positive but think we may see something similar in the days ahead. How these two stood watch over their babies in their final goodbyes...😭💔
Same 😭
Same for me! I just found this video. ETSU has two new babies! So do others. My heart breaks for J&S 😢
I know!! That was amazing! 😢
Way to make a first-time visitor cry! 😢 I'm sorry for everyone's collective loss, but thank the channel for this thoughtful and insightful compilation.❤
Me Too 😢😢😢
Also first time visitor... My heart is breaking 💔 So sad 😭... Dad knew when he was needed. Beautiful how he stayed with mom. Kinda saying their goodbyes. Such beautiful birds! So majestic! Nature has her ways ❤
This sad music….😭😭 I’m so invested in Jackie and Shadows eggs and worried this is what is to come for them. I’ve only recently discovered the eagle cams and find myself checking on them way too often!
Yes, the sad music! I got sucked in and now can’t get enough about eagles. At least there will be next year for these two beautiful birds including shadow and Jackie.❤
As we say at Big Bear with Jackie and Shadow, “Trust The Eagles”
What matters most is that these two are safe, healthy and free. They are thriving together. Grateful. ❤
Sending Eagle love to both Rosa and Lewis Prayers for a successful season next year ♥️💙
I'm sorry, Rosa 😢 I'm watched my beloved Jackie go through this last year and I think she will again this year. My love to you, sweet girl.💔
Only 5 of Jackie's eggs out of the last 18, since 2018 have hatched. It's kind of the norm at their nest.
They dont give up that easy as a couple! I have faith that there is a next time for them.
Jackie and Shadow have had disappointments, and they haven't parted company nor stopped trying after a dusappointed last year. They have 3 eggs this year, and we are waiting anxiously for the pipping to start soon!
Just pray that Mother Nature will give step up to the plate next season!😢😢❤❤
Jackie and Shadow also had 2 prior seasons that were disappointing to them as well, 2020 & 2021. And their bond grew stronger.
Oh my goodness! My heart is breaking right now. 😢
😪❤ JACKIE & SHADOW'S BABIES HAVEN'T HATCH EITHER.
I keep praying for one to hatch. @@SPRING2024CALIFORNIA
@@SPRING2024CALIFORNIAYes so far and the hatch window is closing soon for all of them. Hoping for a miracle 🤞🤞🤞
The way they both said goodbye to their babies that will never be is heartbreaking
I was like, omg, she's crying....then he comes and he too cries. Such a sad gracious moment. Thank you for sharing, I would've never known.
Amazing the way they communicate and work through this together.
Thank you for keeping us posted on Rosa and Lewis , even when the news can be discouraging. This is one of the realities of nature. 😔
Rosa unfortunately is in a similar situation as Gabby. It's impossible for the female to incubate 24/7, hunt/eat with no help. Hopefully next season Lewis will figure out what his role in all this is ❤
My heart broke I know Rosa raised 3 babies last season, she is amazing mom who continues feed her babies even in top of nearby trees , she is hungry and no help this season, Lewis is still a young eagle 🦅 and not knowing yet about his responsibilities despite of keeping Rosa close to him , hopefully next season is good as long they are healthy
He will learn!!
Absolutely heartbreaking 💔 😢
So sad! In big bear Ca Jackie and Shadow are looking likeall 3 arent hatching! heartbreaking but nature!
I remember Jackie and Shadow making these sounds 😢
So, so sad!😢 Prayers for Rosa & Lewis to have successful hatches next season!🙏🦅💕🦅
It was obvious that they were grieving. How sad.
Absolutely 💔😭
Sending Rosa and Lewis love and prayers.
I'm so sorry for Rosa and Lewis 🦅💔 Bald eagles are such wonderful parents🥚 and devoted couples 🏘
I've been sad for Shadow and Jackie in California, but I guess this just happens. Apparently, the success rate for hatchlings isn't as high as we would hope.
So sad for them both God Bless them.😢😢😢😢🙏🙏🙏🙏❤
Sad to see this, but I know this is nature and only they know. I hope they try again next year
I had not been following sweet Rosa and Lewis as I am new to watching live cams. I was following another pair and saw this clip. It is heartbreaking. My heart hurts and I am crying to see how hard it was for Rosa and for Lewis to leave their eggs that were more like lifeless. Rosa made the call and it was so very hard for her. She just didn’t get up and leave, she took her time. And I trust her instincts are correct. And her man was there by her side. I think he reaffirmed her decision and also waited patiently for her to make the move to leave their beautiful home. My heart breaks for them. It wasn’t easy for them. 💕💔💔💕
You're absolutely right. Eagles don't walk away from their eggs and when it was stated Rosa stopped incubatting, I've learned they don't do that. Prayers for happiness and if it means finding a different mate, so be it. Thank's for the updates.❤
I hope so 😢
I thought they mate for life? And they do walk away from their eggs when they don't feel the chick grew or not fertilized ?? No??
I have been watching eagle cams for many years and have learned that eagles will stop incubating their eggs if they sense the eggs are not viable. They may not be fertilized, or the chick never developed. The eagles know when something is wrong. Trust them. They are smart.
Yes that is true of ducks too . They will stop incubating the eggs as soon as the mom senses they are not developing ......
And Geese like my Happy Feet Canadian Goose
So Sad them realizing 😢
then how come the ones at big bear are still laying on them? is it because it is hard for them to accept it?
Thank you,I thought that was the case, sorry thank you for explaining 🦅
Thank you for this sad but beautiful video, earlybird - we can't know what is in their minds but it sure seemed that some inner sense or something she was sensing in the eggs told her "you have done your best but it is not to be with this season and these eggs." Lewis is so devoted to her - fingers crossed that next season his "being a Dad" instincts will mature and kick in. We learn so much about their lives from the events of every season even if it isn't the outcome we would wish for.
Thank you Earlybird your update is perfect as usual, and even though we are saddened for Rosa and Lewis I am hoping for a better future for them both. ❤❤
I wish Rosa and Lewis strenghten theirs links over the coming monthes 💕a great spring and summer for both of them 🌞🌼🍀🌻I'm sure that a lucky star will shine above this attaching couple 💫
My heart feels for them.😢
Heartbreaking 💔😢
Hope they have better luck next season…sad to watch them having to give up
Today is the 40th day since Egg#3 was laid for Jackie & Shadow in Big Bear, CA...so, it is unlikely that there will be any chicks again this year.🦅💔
I'm so sorry. I know their hearts are breaking. 😢😢😢
I started watching Rosa last year and saw what a loving creature she is; I believe that she is grieving Martin. Her eagle heart is aching even though she has a new mate. It's sad to see the eggs abandoned but I guess it's better now before they hatch than after. Nature will sort this out. God Bless sweet Rosa and Lewis.
Could you quickly fill me in on, what happened with her other mate ?
Sorry gorgeous Rosa it’s very sad💔🥚💔🥚💐❤️
Think about how often this happens with nests that aren't under observation. This is, unfortunately, a fact of nature.
From my point of view, she knows what's best, I have chickens that sit on eggs for a period of time, then they kick the ones out of the nest if it is not viable. Sometimes the chick dies in the shell or they are not fertile. My chickens do the sitting all alone the roosters don't help. I hope they have better luck next year.
Rosa seemed to be looking at the eggs and thinking over and over again. Did she feel, sense no life in them? She definitely was pondering something. Sad?
They both were, weren't they? So sad. That had to be a tough decision for her.
I think she came to the realization that she couldn't do it alone and as hard as a decision as I'm sure it was she decided to do what was best for her survival.
So very sad and heartbreaking 💔
My condolences 😔
If anyone say's , " Animal's don't feel grief " , just watch this video !! 😒 🦅🦅
yes, many people say that they have no feelings, but only instincts, I also do not believe in this
Yes sure but all animals; even the ones you eat, unfortunately ....💔☹️
I have watched Jackie and shadow and that happened with them last year it is so sad!!
That’s one heartbroken mom. 😢🦅🦅
So very sorry Rosa😢😢
They will stop sitting on their eggs if there is to much human disturbance around them. I noticed their looking towards the camera.
What amazing and complex creatures. We all can learn from these majestic animals.
They also have bird brains.
Hope they’ll give it a go again and have better luck.
I wish we knew what they were thinking.
Heartbreaking. 🥺
Just so hard to watch but we hope for better days ahead. 🦅🦅♥♥
(I thought the music was touching and appropriate.). 🌹
Having been an avid observer when I could enjoy the outdoors in my surroundings and watching these videos that animals do feel emotions. I’ve seen it with lions , rhinos and many others and it makes me cry too
This was very sad. First Martin's leaving which I felt got little attention, then the replacements came so quickly (being cheered on by the human audience) and Rosa ended up with a mate too immature to help her with her two eggs. Yes, very sad all around. Last year Shadow mourned the loss of his eggs and I can imagine for Rosa it is even worse because she knew she couldn't do it all by herself. Last year M15 waited until he had fledged his eaglets before he got a mate and I wish Rosa had been given the opportunity to wait until next season and maybe "lewis" would have been mature enough to help.
Were these Martin's babies?
@@carolwisniewski6740 No and that probably would have been worse because she would have either left them to feed herself or starved. So sad and Martin, as with most of the eagle dad's, was a great provider.
@@ef2512 Thanks, there has been so much death and partner changes I can't keep up with which year some of them happened. Yes, she made a good choice. I felt the same about the egg at NEFL with Gabby. If she were to have an egg now, maybe Beau would know enough to bring food. At least she taught him to sit on the egg. We just would have all been shattered to watch beatings and starvation.
Oh, this is so sad.😢
This is so sad to watch😢yet I get it and it is mother nature
After the superb and amazing last year season we hope a good season this year😥, but nature folow his way very diferent from ours..
Hope unless that new mate of Rosa learns something of this season and nest Will be better.
Thanks for all team of this wonderfull nest and we hope for best years🙂🙂
Here are some possible reasons, but we'll never know for sure. Again these are just speculative possibilities:
1. Rosa may truly be grieving Martin and is just too unsettled at this time. Her instincts may be urging her to reproduce, but she is not able to accept V2 completely yet.
2. Rosa is an older experienced and wise Eagle, and she senses that young inexperienced V2 is not up for this at this time, especially since he did not bring enough food.
3. There could be a possible food shortage in the area currently, and Rosa's instincts do not want to hatch Eaglets into such circumstances. Rarely do we see them bring fish to the nest. Can't rely on the landfill, and the food that they get from the landfill is at high risk of bring contaminated with toxins. This is just a fact of landfills.
4. Rosa could be sick with moderate Lead toxcicity or some other illness, and/or may be suffering cognitive issues.
5. Or a combination of all or some of the above, or maybe none of the above.
One thing is almost certain, she didn't just get up and walk away from the eggs for no reason. Eagles just don't do that. There's got to be a reason.
I hope and pray for their health and well being, and looking forward to a succesful next season.
Your reasoning makes sense to me anyway, I wonder what Earlybird thinks about it??
@vonroe6910 I think there's alot of possibilities in the reasons you gave. I think they are all good reasons. I'm hoping she's not sick, It was said she was seen getting sick. Maybe the eggs aren't viable and she knows? Praying that she's not sick first and foremost. Does make me sad, But I think there has to be a good reason Why she's not incubating anymore. I hope things get better for them and this nest. Been wondering what happened
I just wanted to offer some possibilities, because some people who have not watched Eagles for long may think she just walked away from them.
My main point is that I suspect there's a logica reason for it, we just don't know what it is. Also to point out that Rosa didn't just lose her motherly instinct. It's for other reasons.
@@lindaadelwerth8042I agree with everything you said and I share that exact sentiment.
Thank you for this information and as a pet parent to 4 parakeets now and previously 3 cockatiels and numerous other parakeets during my life they do seem to know if something is wrong with the eggs and if conditions are not favorable. And I sure hope she is in good health. Would a rescue help Rosa if she was ill?
I’m in the mind that eagles can tell if their eggs are not viable and abandon them.
This broke my heart😢 as they looked as their eggs and then flew off together. I pray Jackie and shadow don't have to do that.
She must have known the eggs were not viable. SO heartbreaking.
May I ask why she would stop? This is so sad. 😞 Everyone says “Trust the Eagles”🦅 So that is what we must do. But, it’s hard to understand something like this. I am new to this nest and was excited about watching this Beautiful pairs new family begin. 🙏
Last year Jackie at the Big Bear CA nest did the same thing, she incubated for awhile then simply stopped.. Nobody knows why they do that but yes, we have to trust the eagles.. 🦅
@@seventhdayissabbath8747what you're saying about Jacky is wrong. She incubated the eggs way passed the date they were to hatch she knew in the end that the eggs were not going to hatch.. After she stopped the ravens ate the eggs which showed they were never fertilized..
To be more accurate, Jackie and Shadow were very inconsistent about incubating the eggs earlier in the process, when it was very cold out. They were exposed to the elements for long stretches and became unviable. So even though she resumed incubating them, it was too late. The same thing happened at the Redding Eagles' nest last year! It was a very very strange year. This year, both nests have 3 eggs and both eagle pairs are incubating them faithfully!@@Sandra-dl4ti
@@melissajanaemiddleton6811 And that was basically the case here. There were several occasions (at least 3 that I saw) where the eggs were left unattended for significant chunks of time.(40 mins or more). Or Rosa would leave them for 20 mins, go away, come back for 5-10 mins, then go away for another 10-20 mins. So they were being chilled, only partially re-warmed and chilled again.
I'm thinking that as an older bird, Rosa could've intuited that this wasn't going to work. Or her hormones were shifted from brooding to survival because of the conditions. (Lewis not helping, poor hunting, Lewis stuck in mating mode and doing it on top of the eggs, etc)
@@Sandra-dl4tiexactly! Jackie stayed way beyond hatch time.
Omg 😭
I watch several eagle cams/ I have come to the conclusion that eagles often have fertility issues.
this is so sad it makes me want to cry however, her instincts must have told her some thing about those eggs..... I am glad Lewis came over and stood by her side❤❤
Rosa knows what to do. These eggs might not have been destined to result in eaglets.
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Such a loss. 💔Hoping for a better future, but causiosly optimistic due to "global human error"🌞
🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🦅🦅
How long did she incubate the eggs, pls?
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Looking over their lost babes 😢.
Sooo sad. How far gone werecthe eggs. I hope they have better luck next time. Its a bit like Gabby and Beau 😢
It looks like they mourned 😢
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Man that was sad! 😢
The music didn't help! 😭
Much love to these majestic birds
That's so sad!
I just discovered this nest and was sad to view the video and read comments. One thought, perhaps it is a good thing overall if this male isn't experienced enough to fully support the female, and raising young eagles takes so much energy. Even though one eagle has raised eaglets on their own, perhaps this wise female knows its so much easier with an experienced pair working together. So sorry for all those watching this nest.
Que pena 😢😢
Glad this happened before they hatched.
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😢oh my she is really going through it ❤️🩹❤️🩹
What do they do with the eggs if they don’t hatch?
Does someone retrieve the eggs and do an "autopsy" ?
This is very sad news. Hopefully no harm
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I wonder why?
Omg 😢 so sad. Maybe Jackie and shadow should pat tribute Rosa Lewis and ?
😢So very sorry! Is it possible for this beautifulbcoupleccan tryvagain this season, or is it too late!?❤❤
I am new to this sute. I didn't know that her original mate had left her.
That is so so sad!
I pray her future gets better, and if this new mate isnt ready, then i pray a new more mature mate comes along.
As for thecpossile condition around her may have also been a factor, i hope she moves!😢😢
Welcome to the Dulles community! Just to clarify, Martin didn't precisely "leave her" - they were very busy rebuilding the nest and mating and sharing time together and then he just didn't come back one day. We can't know what happened off-cam, but as devoted as he was to his mate and his nest it's highly unlikely it was voluntary. The Wetlands is a large and legally protected nature preserve in a rural area and this nest has been active for over 15 years, but it's still an unpredictable world for wildlife out there. Fingers crossed for a successful season next year!
@@cmitchell8106
You mean Talons crossed!
@@janajamer734 Yes indeed! 😄🦅
@@cmitchell8106 My first eagle cam watching was at the Norfolk Virginia Botanical Gardens, which was close to a regional airport. First male mate was killed by hitting a plane, then female got a new mate. They had three babies, everything was going well, until one day Mom did not come home. She was found, apparently had flown into a plane. It was determined that Dad could not feed three eaglets on his own (they were close to fledging), so they were removed from the nest and taken to the Virginia Rehabilitation Center to grow. It was gut wrenching to see Dad come home with food, only to discover his babies gone. The three eaglets were then released into the wild. The nest was then removed as it was deemed too dangerous an area as it was so close to that airport. All the fans named the Mom Lady Legacy, and lit candles for her. I still have many feelings of sadness for Lady Legacy, and all the other eagles that have succumbed to cars, planes, and lead poisoning from eating carrion that have been shot.
@@janajamer734...TALONS CROSSED !!...😁😆😅😂🤣
GOOD ONE !!...😁😆😅😂🤣
How many days passed before they gave up?
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Wow this is so sad i am bawling.. the music i am afraid didn't help... My heart is hurting for them
SHES HEARTBROKEN 💔
So sad😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
is a landfill their only food source? No body of water nearby or good hunting land?
They do have the river there and do have access to fish, but as long as I've watched this nest I've got the sense that the fishing is inconsistent and not abundant.
Last season they raised 3 eaglets and I watched both Rosa and Martin work their tails off to bring in enough food. The weather was warmer and they did bring in some fish, but sometimes there were no fish and they brought in alot of unidentifiable meat of some sort from the landfill. At times it seemed like they were bringing back a lot from the landfill when the fishing wasn't good. You could also tell because they were dirty and their tails were dirty, likely from rummaging around the landfill.
They got the job done and got all the Eaglets fed, but you got the sense that it was a difficult hunt every day, and some of the food was questionable.
And of course there were some days where there was hardly any or no food.
*These are just my humble observations and opinions. Maybe i'm wrong in there's plenty of food in the area.
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This is Sad 😢