West End Eagles ~ All 3 Fledglings Seen Together! 💗 Tussle On Historic Nest! Sterling Hovers! 6.9.24

The action continues with the West End trio! Sterling is on the middle tor and goes up into a beautiful hover and back down - seen from both cams! Then Koa flies in to the historic nest followed by Treasure - Sterling is on the right still perched on the middle tor.

Treasure and Koa tussle on the nest and rock with each fledgling vying for dominance of the nest. Koa has been on the historic nest for several days and has eaten on it and is not easily kicked off by big Treasure. They have several rounds and then Sterling flies off and lands on the rock below the middle tor - keeping its distance for now. Treasure will fly off the nest and lands on a rock out of view. Koa then flies off the nest and finds Thunder and Akecheta on their night perch. Koa ousts Mom and Dad and takes over the night perch for the evening to roost on. Thunder and AK move over to other perches.

All three fledglings are sleeping off the nest tonight! Thunder & Akecheta will be keeping a close eye on their fledglings and will be busy with food deliveries - now that they will be flying and chasing them instead of waiting for a drop and go delivery! Thank you for watching!

To see the highlights below, please click on the timestamps to advance to that portion of the video.

TIMESTAMPS
00:00 OPENING Sterling hovers WEO & Cam 1
03:00 Koa flies to historic nest - Treasure follows
04:10 Tussle on nest Treasure & Koa - vying for dominance
07:57 Sterling flies to rock below middle tor
09:10 Sterling closeups
11:40 Another tussle Treasure Koa
14:28 Treasure flies off nest
17:30 Koa flies off nest - goes to night perch & ousts Thunder & AK

Video captured & edited by Lady Hawk

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Nest info: Eaglets WE1 (Koa), hatch 3/9 -3am; WE2 (Treasure), hatch 3/9 -7pm; WE3 (Sterling) 3/12 hatch by 4:10am; Thunder (F) 15 yrs old; Akecheta (M) (wing tag 61) 8 yrs old.

This eagle pair is a success story, part of a bald eagle restoration program started by the Institute for Wildlife Studies in 1980. Their nest has been active since 1991 and has been streaming live since 2005.

The West End Bald Eagle Cam is made possible through an educational partnership between Institute for Wildlife Studies, Montrose Settlements Program, Santa Catalina Island Conservancy, and Explore.org.

Read the full nest history here: https://www.iws.org/west-end-nest-his...

I recommend watching this video to learn about why the eagles have patagial tags also known as wing bling & the conservation work conducted in saving the bald eagles:

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Courtesy of IWS West End Bald Eagle Cam and Explore.org.
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