Two cam with chat http://www.eagles4kids.com/two-cams-with-chat/ and a lot of information.

Taylor made his first appearance to the nest on 8/31/15. Hopefully, he finds Blair to let her know the nest is still there for them to use. There has been metal sheeting placed along the trunk at the bottom of the tree to repel raccoons. The cams are up and running for the new season. My talons are crossed for a successful season on this nest. The last few years have had old and new relationships. We'll see what happens next.
This video is a recording from talon4kids on Taylors first day back. Y'all come back now, hear?

Blair and Taylor sittin' in a tree.....

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Taylor came to the nest this morning.... Yakkin up a storm it looks like.

(video recorded by knarley123) Talon4Kids is planning a tree visit tomorrow to get the microphone working right. They plan on cleaning the domes and trimming some branches, too. The raccoon family dug a bit of a hole in the nest. They'll also try to fill that.

There have been a lot of visitors to the nest this week. A sub-adult stopped by a few times with an adult. They practiced moving sticks a bit. Tonight there was an adult that sat on the perch branch to watch the almost full moon rise. What a beautiful sight it was.

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This update from talon4kids and video from keith shows some promise to an exciting new season at E4Kids.

http://www.eagles4kids.com/daily-updates...y-are-back.html

Great video of today's early morning visit from keith. I'm so glad he's there to record them.

No one is committing to who this might be. I 'think' it's Taylor. The person in charge of name tags didn't follow through yet so we can only guess. S/he sure is a beautiful raptor.

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Dark and early... Shapes play tricks. I saw owl eyes.... and grabbed this pic.

Things for Blair and Taylor are looking good. They are in the same place at the same time. They might even be in the same book on the same page this time around. Taylor lost some of his immature black feathers and came back looking much more mature. Chat says he even tried to mate with her already. Blair flew off to another tree before that could happen with Taylor racing to follow her. Only 'that' tree knows what happened there. The mornings offer a fabulous sunrise for the eagles as well as the chatters to enjoy.

The kindly people who live in the home by the nest tree removed a road kill deer from the road. They moved it to their back yard. Since then the eagles in Blair and Taylor's area came for the feast. It's fun to watch them hop/skip/walk to the buffet, only to be wing swacked by the biggest dominant eagle. At times there have been up to 8 eagles seen at one time. Wouldn't that be an awesome kitchen window to look out of?? Eagle hang out.PNG - Bild entfernt (keine Rechte) Res put road kill out.PNG - Bild entfernt (keine Rechte)

Meanwhile, Taylor has been bringing sticks, and Blair has been supervising placement. He's tried a couple of times to mate only to get shrugged by Blair. Time will tell what happens with these two.

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As each day passes it looks more and more promising for these two to have a successfull breeding season. Taylor has been bringing lots of sticks to the nest. They started out as mere twigs, only to outdo himself by bringing bigger and bigger branches. He must have gone to Eagle Basketweaving School. He tries to figure out where each stick would fit best. As with other eagle nests, the female, Blair stops in to inspect and shuffle some sticks around. It seems mostly she is satisfied with the work Taylor has been doing.

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There's lots more activity today. After a couple days of weather, one being snow and the other being very cold, (about -8F) Blair and Taylor came back to their nest. Taylor impressed her with a yummy looking RAT. There was yakkin' and mating to go along with the courtship.

Action at the e4k nest. With the deer carcass in the field there have been a lot of birds in the area. At times there have been about 8 or so eagles there. This morning a sub-adult came by the nest to sit with Taylor. After a while, MsBlair caught on to the shenanigans and chased her off. The chatters and mods think it's a 'she' for her size. She was definitely much bigger than Taylor. I hope this is just a straggler and not here to cause nesting difficulties like last year. She seemed too young to be in the egg laying stage. However, it's probably not too early to look for a mate and a nest. Notice how Taylor cowered... the sub chose flight... and Blair wanted a fight!!

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Thankfully, keith was there to record. Thanks, keith!!!

I spent some time this morning admiring the frosty landscape. And Taylor!! When the sun started warming things up the frosting melted from the trees.

Things are looking nesty.

I think Taylor ate well today.