This nest is White-Bellied SeaEagles by Sydney, Australia. The first egg was laid on July 6 at 5:15 p.m.
This is dad sitting for a bit.

Video of first egg laid

Beautiful birds! Thanks for the sight HiKeR & Vid Rap4.... yes at the 2:15 point you can see

They were both on the nest today. The chatters thought maybe Dad was standing guard while Mum laid another egg??

Sure enough!! The second egg was laid on July 9 at 5:56 p.m.

The WBSE is about 36" tall with a 7' wingspan and weighing in at about 10 lbs. full grown. And they all start out like these 2 beauties in a nest.

The cam operator backed up. This nest must be HUGE!! I also learned that this nest is built in a Blackbutt Eucalyptus tree. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucalyptus_pilularis

http://on.natgeo.com/YGJeGU

This is a cool video of a White-bellied sea-eagle hunting SNAKES!!

I learned today from the chatters at WBSE that these sea-eagles prefer eels as their favorite meal. http://www.planetpatrol.info/eels.html

This video is from this nest a couple years ago of one of the little ones trying to contain the slippery eel.

This video was recorded by FaithyMD at the WBSE sight. She caught a glimpse of a bat in the lower left of the screen at about the 2 minute mark. The bats are commonly called Flying Foxes.


This is a video of the Australian Flying Foxes

I WOULD NOT be happy FINDING one of those Bats playing in my NEST!

Thanks for the b/up video/information, HiKeR

There's only one week left until hatch watch. What a beauty she is.
http://www.sea-eaglecam.org/video.html

"Nature" delivered diamonds to the Sea-Eagles overnight!

Hatchwatch starts tomorrow. They have awesome cameras with really nice zooooooms. We'll be able to see the white fluff balls nice and clear!!

This is what shows on this dual screen page. The cameras are very clear and both of them zoooooom.

http://www.sea-eaglecam.org/video.html