West End ~ Hilarious To See Koa & Treasure Redecorating The Nest w/ Thunder's Grass Delivery 5.16.24

Thunder flies into the nest with a huge clump of grasses! She leaves them in the center of the nest and finds a nestover fish and begins to feed Treasure and Koa. Sterling hangs back then decides to show off with wingercising while gripping the nest rails! Thunder finishes the fish and flies off leaving the triplets to play with the nesting material. Treasure and Koa carry it in their beaks and move it all over the nest while Sterling continues to flap all over. They are so funny - gripping the grass with their talons and then carrying it around! Looks like these two have quite the knack for fixing up the nest! 😂 Thunder will be so proud of her eaglets!! Thank you for watching!

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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