White-bellied Sea Eagles in Australia ~ 2014

[Mamicja]

September 18th
Both eagles at the nest no 3 in the Australian afternoon (today's morning).

[Mamicja]

Mating at the new nest (no 3)

[macdoum]

On the Halliaetus Albicilla part of the forum by Maertha

viewtopic.php?f=46&t=236&start=160

In Darwin,Australia a Sea Eagle is in trouble:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-23/f ... le/5761682

Some person did this & should be severly punished.
I hope that they can catch that eagle & remove that arrow.

[Mamicja]

Mating and nestorizing at the new nest (no 3)

[Mamicja]

Wonderful tribute to Sea-Eagle parents and their beautiful baby by 1998liberty
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKvu3dUV ... e=youtu.be

[Mamicja]

Eagles still make nestorations on nest no 3.
They mate too. Will see...

[Mamicja]

Evening nestorations and morning mating.

[Mamicja]

Eagles still bring sticks to the nest no 3, they don't fly to nest no 2.
But other birds visit it (parrots).

[Mamicja]

Calm evening in the nest no 3.



Now there blows high wind.

[Mamicja]

Nest no 3

Nest no 2

[Mamicja]

One can find on FB "A Preliminary Report on the Death of the young White-bellied Sea-Eagle SE-13" at https://www.facebook.com/notes/eaglecam ... 6362076031, which says:
"The White-bellied Sea-Eagle chick (SE-13) died prematurely on the nest on the afternoon of 12 September 2014 at the age of 30 days. After all appropriate approvals the body was recovered from the nest on the following morning and was transported to the Animal Referral Hospital (ARH) at Homebush NSW for a necropsy. The death of Sea-Eagle chick SE-13 was most likely due to an unfortunate set of natural circumstances.
The dead eaglet was very thin and dehydrated when removed from the nest. There were no signs of a fish hook or similar foreign body causing injury. A large lesion or growth was found obstructing the oesophagus and blocking the passage of food. We are waiting for confirmation from analysis of the lesion and other body parts, though the signs appear to indicate Trichomoniasis. This is a disease of birds caused by a protozoan parasite - and is a common disease of pigeons and other birds in the wild. This has possibly been passed to the chick in a pigeon brought as prey. Several pigeons were brought to the nest in the early stages, as well as a few other birds. Their main prey during these early weeks has been several species of fish as in the past.
Many days of heavy rain may also have contributed to the condition of the eaglet, leaving it in a weakened condition and more likely to succumb to disease.

Tissue samples have also been taken for toxicological analysis - this may take several weeks. It will be worth investigating to see if this shows similar levels of Persistent Organic Pesticides as found in the unhatched egg last year and in the bodies of adult birds tested in past years.
The unhatched egg was x-rayed and revealed an under-developed embryo, indicating that the egg had been fertilised, unlike the eggs from the previous breeding season.
The EagleCAM research team would like to thank all of our supporters for your continuing interest and generous support for our project. Our findings will contribute to knowledge vital for the conservation of this magnificent species as well as other raptors in the wild."

RIP little one

[Mamicja]

Eagles still bring sticks to the nest no 3 and sleep on perching branch near the nest. They are seen mating frequently.




Eagles don't visit nest no 2, this nest is visited by other birds (today-ducks)

[Mamicja]

October 20th
Eagles at the nest no 3 in the evening - mum had a huge crop!




And mating in the morning

[macdoum]

Was it snowing there too ?

[Kukelke]

Was it snowing there too ?

Sydney was hit by a massive freak storm last week with torrential rains downtown and up to 20 cm of snow at higher elevations towards the west: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... losed.html
But I think that what we can see on the 3rd picture is not snow, but the light effect of early morning sun on the leafs of the tree while the night camera is still on.

[Mamicja]

Was it snowing there too ?

The last time Sydney citizens have seen snow in July 2008, previously in 1836.

[Mamicja]

Sunrise at nest

[Mamicja]

October 31st
Eagles visit the nest no 3 usually early in the morning and late evening, but they slow down nestorations.
Other birds continue to harass the eagles at their nest. Lots of dive bombing them by Currawongs and Ravens.







I found it on FB:
"EagleCAM: According to the avian vet, it is likely they are carriers (of Trichomoniasis). Without testing them we may never know."
"Jeanette Carr: since Mum and Dad are carriers, does this mean that future chicks will be at same risk?"
The final report will be ready on late November/December.

[Mamicja]

There were a few storms past week at Sydney Olympic Park. This is video by 1998liberty of a large tree falling (from ground cam, which is behind nest no 2). Both eagles are fine, I saw them today at nest no 3.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zHMgiRG ... e=youtu.be

[lianaliesma]

TY, Mamicja, for good news.