Standing Guard

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jeffnles1

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We were walking along a trail b a rather large lake in our area. something caught my wife's eye and she pointed up to an eagle sitting on a sycamore branch. About 40 or so yards back behind where this one was siting we saw a nest. I shot a couple photos of the nest and we moved on about our hike. I didn't realize until I got home there was a sweet head poking above the nest. Since eagles take turns tending the nest I'm not sure if it was the male or female on the nest but I would like to think it was papa standing guard over the nest and mama was ending the eggs. Could just as easily been the other way around but "papa standing guard" makes for a better story. :)
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jeffnles1 said:
We were walking along a trail b a rather large lake in our area. something caught my wife's eye and she pointed up to an eagle sitting on a sycamore branch. About 40 or so yards back behind where this one was siting we saw a nest. I shot a couple photos of the nest and we moved on about our hike. I didn't realize until I got home there was a sweet head poking above the nest. Since eagles take turns tending the nest I'm not sure if it was the male or female on the nest but I would like to think it was papa standing guard over the nest and mama was ending the eggs. Could just as easily been the other way around but "papa standing guard" makes for a better story. :)
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Really nice shot, Jeff.

The mama eagle tends the nest during the hatch mainly, the papa eagle brings the lunch & dinner. He sits in the nest from time to time, mostly when she needs to do her business or stretch out. The 38-day hatching can be brutal, especially when the weather turns bad.

Oliver
 
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jeffnles1 said:
We were walking along a trail b a rather large lake in our area. something caught my wife's eye and she pointed up to an eagle sitting on a sycamore branch. About 40 or so yards back behind where this one was siting we saw a nest. I shot a couple photos of the nest and we moved on about our hike. I didn't realize until I got home there was a sweet head poking above the nest. Since eagles take turns tending the nest I'm not sure if it was the male or female on the nest but I would like to think it was papa standing guard over the nest and mama was ending the eggs. Could just as easily been the other way around but "papa standing guard" makes for a better story. :)
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Really nice shot! Well done👍👍👍
 
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BlackRockArt said:
Really nice shot, Jeff.

The mama eagle tends the nest during the hatch mainly, the papa eagle brings the lunch & dinner. He sits in the nest from time to time, mostly when she needs to do her business or stretch out. The 38-day hatching can be brutal, especially when the weather turns bad.

Oliver
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Thanks Oliver. I kind of thought the one sitting in the tree overlooking the lake was the male. It was fairly small and not as heavily bodied as some of the females are. I knew both parents bring food to the babies but wasn't sure about the incubation period.
 
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