For those still having trouble telling this pair apart, here's a comparison shot from tonight, March 11th.

This is Belle

This is Liberty

Videos for March 10th, 2008

Highlights

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zw6fV57Ncs

A Peek at the Eggs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6SUUQ5etsQ

One more for Friday, March 7th.

Midnight Snack!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkbQe4yVArs

And here is the snack drop earlier in the day by Lib

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPsldP-8Dq4

Video for March 7th, 2008

2 Switches

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhezBsBR5Uc

The Big Shake!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUJVmTcfBWY

Video for March 6, 2008

Raising Cain!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULLjlcEey3Q

Taking out the trash!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2k9xYDfH1c

Big News Today for the NCTC Cam!!

The live feed is on! To the joy of the everyone, it came on this morning.

The sound is not on yet, they are still working on it.

Here are a couple of clips of today's activities!

Rolling the eggs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfJ2cJYq9xw

Noontime Switch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcw_LrbFZ6o

Evening Switch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yXdl95FS_A

To access the live feed, click on the link below.

The live feed uses Real Player.

http://www.fws.gov/nctc/cam/videoinstr.html

NCTC Live Feed Video Clip

Jill and Janet (aka Nilla) visited NCTC today, March 3, 2008. They were able to view the live feed playing at NCTC and chatted with Steve a bit. While they were there, Jill took these 2 video clips with her cell phone.

First Peek at Norfolk's eggs.

The first egg of 2008 was laid on Friday, February 1. A second egg was laid on Monday, February 4 and the third egg on the Friday, February 8.

Due dates (based upon 35 days incubation):

Egg 1 - March 7

Egg 2 - March 10

Egg 3 - March 14

However, this may be a new male at the nest. Stay tuned...

George II and Gracie's 2 eaglets are a little over 7 weeks old.

Here is short video clip of one of the eaglets exercising his wings.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMuREI7tA80

Now that the incubation process in underway, it would be nice to know which eagle you are seeing on the eggs. Female bald eagles can be up to 30% larger than their male counterparts. You can see the size difference between Liberty (m) and Belle (f) in the photos above.

Although both eagles are large and take up a good portion of the nest, you can see in the upper photo how much further the eagles tail extends to the side of the nest.

Also, Belle sits up higher on the eggs, while Liberty seems to incubate lower in the nest.

Belle has a small white patch of feathers on her right wing elbow, which you can see sometimes when she is settling down on the eggs.

3rd egg for Liberty & Belle

Thanks to AJ for alerting the blog watchers that Belle laid her 3rd egg in the early morning hours of Feb 10th, approximately 5:30 am. AJ was unable to capture a picture of the big event, but Dana & Nilla finally caught a picture of the 3 eggs!

Second egg for NCTC's Liberty & Belle

February 6, 2008

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05EHzPMlXXI

Or click on the video below to watch it right here!

Tesoro Eaglets - 3 weeks old - February 3, 2008

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sf6M_BrZcJE

First Egg for Blackwater

January 26, 2008

Click on the link below to view it on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKK1vgBAgaU

Or click on the right arrow button below the picture to view it right here!