West End Eagles ~ EPIC FOOD FIGHT ON HISTORIC NEST! 😲 Koa Treasure Sterling! 6.11.24

Treasure and Sterling are on the historic nest and Koa is just below the nest to the right. Thunder flies in with a fish delivery and Treasure & Sterling battle it out for the fish. Treasure got it and then they engage in a tug-o-fish with Sterling being the winner. Just below the nest is Koa and we see a huge PS come flying out! The cam will pan to the left and finds Thunder on Antenna rock.

Sterling will begin to eat the fish - Treasure does make a couple steal attempts and gets fish. Koa will fly in and land on Wray's Rock and all three fledglings are now on the historic nest. Koa watches its siblings eating and finally will fly down to see if there were any nestovers and Sterling will protect any nestovers and push Koa and try and nip its leg. Koa says I am out of here and flies to the other cliff. No worries for Koa not getting anything to eat - had scored a fish earlier on the natal nest. 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 Thunder flies in with a fish - food fight Treasure Sterling
01:27 Koa huge PS
01:51 Tug-o-fish Sterling wins
04:20 Thunder seen antenna rock
06:56 Treasure steals piece of fish
11:31 Treasure goes for another steal
12:32 Koa lands on Wray's Rock
17:47 Treasure steal attempt
19:57 Koa to nest looks for nestovers
20:24 Sterling ousts Koa - Koa flies to adjacent cliff

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:

Return Flight: Restoring the Bald Eagle to the Channel Islands: https://www.youtube.c