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5/18/2014 9:29 AM CDT Video, 7 1/2 minutes. Mom had brought in a fish and a squirrel at the same time. The Eaglets had to check out squirrel. D20 was 1st for that. Foot was put on it and then laid on.
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Here is RRP's report on the owl attack. The owl or owls have been identified as barred owls:
"What kind of owl was that?" watchers wondered on the morning of June 14th. "Where were Mom and Dad?" we got asked, and "Why didn't they do anything?" A video of the attack: http://youtu.be/HerrcuK32BI Bob Anderson, Karla Bloem, and Bob Pearson identified the owl or owls as barred owls based on their calls. Pearson believes the attacking owl was most likely an adult male. Barred owls are very territorial and highly aggressive, so the owl may have been defending or marking what it sees as its territory. We saw similar barn owl attacks at Eaglecrest when Canada geese adopted a nest box in owl territory. This is the first year we've had IR in N2, so the owls may have been here last year without our knowledge. Where were Mom and Dad, and what were they doing? We don't know. The IR light illuminates a small portion of the tree and we keep the camera pointed at the nest. Maybe Mom and Dad were chasing the owl or owls away out of our sight. I would tend to think we would have heard Mom and Dad vocalizing had they been on territorial defense, but that's another thing we don't know for sure. During the day, we often see Mom and Dad perching near but not on the nest tree. Maybe they slept through the attack, which lasted for just thirteen minutes and was relatively quiet. At any rate, the eaglets responded perfectly, drawing in a little and keeping low to minimize their profiles. There really isn't anything we can do about the owls. In the worst case scenario, one of the young would have been knocked from the nest. While they can't fly, they can flap and hover. We would need to decide whether to capture the grounded eaglet and take it into Bob's mews, something he holds permits for, or allow Mom and Dad to care for it on the ground until it fledged. We're glad that's a decision we didn't need to make. No owl attacks have been reported since. To learn more about barred owls, check out Cornell's life history page: http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/barred_owl/lifehistory
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