April 30 - May 30













Brrr
The weather required wind-proof and snow-proof parkas at times . Need I say more?

At least the wind continued to provide us the opportunity to again witness the eagles soar effortlessly. And it is still incredibly breathtaking.


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The babies continue to grow and the incoming feathers are becoming more visible and numerous. One of the babies has more feather development than the other. They continue to tussle with each other occasionally, but it does not seem to be very serious.

The wing flapping exercises are occurring more frequently, but there is still a lot of progress to be made on the coordination! They still spend a majority of their time sleeping. Growing that quickly must be very exhausting!

The parents did not spend much time on the nest, but at least one of them was always close by. The female did try to cover the young during one of the winter squalls that blew through. The strong wind was blowing hard little snow pellets in horizontal sheets and it was difficult to even see the nest. However, we could see that the big babies had managed to stick their heads underneath mom to pretend they were out of the cold. Mom just half sat/squatted there and looked around like the weather was beautiful. What a great attitude to have!

Big Catch
Fishing seemed to be good last weekend - and we aren't talkin' little minnow sized fish! On a couple of different occasions, the fish were of the size that most fisherpeople would brag about (if they were into Suckers)! In the one picture, you can see how large the crops are on the babies - they are definitely well fed!