White Rock Eagles ~ Baby Crow Dies In Nest! RIP Brave Little One! 💔💔 5.16.20

The brave little crowlet that captured all our hearts by surviving in an eagle nest has passed away this morning. The crowlet was begging for food as Mom eagle was feeding her eaglet at 8:57 AM. When she finished, we see the crow parents dive-bombing the nest. The crowlet is on eagle Mom's foot and gets caught as she gets up - sending it tumbling backwards toward the eaglet. The crowlet got back up and was standing next to the eaglet when Mom starts to aerate the nest and the eaglet lays on the baby crow. An hour later, Mom gets up and we see that the crowlet had passed away underneath the eaglet from suffocation.

The eagle Mom could not feed the crow even if she wanted to. A baby crowlet and a baby eaglet are very different, eaglets grab food from their from their parents, while a crowlet's parents shove the food directly down their throat. Thus the eagle Mom did not understand what the open mouth meant from the crowlet. The eagle parents did nurture the crowlet while it was in the nest.

It was an amazing experience to see this crowlet survive in an eagle nest with the eagle parents nurturing it. I am saddened by the loss of this brave little baby crow as I am sure everyone is! RIP little one! 💔💔

Video captured & edited by Lady Hawk

Live coverage can be seen at the White Rock British Columbia eagle cam: https://hancockwildlife.org/white-roc...