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Re: Washington, D.C., National Arboretum Eagle Nest - AEF - 2020 Season
« Reply #45 on: November 18, 2021, 07:26:12 AM »
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November 18, 2021
They were both in nest today
Note one has his 'arm' around his mate
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Re: Washington, D.C., National Arboretum Eagle Nest - AEF - 2020 Season
« Reply #46 on: November 18, 2021, 08:56:54 AM »
Quote from: shep on November 18, 2021, 07:26:12 AM
NEST LOVE
November 18, 2021
They were both in nest today
Note one has his 'arm' around his mate

Awww!
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Re: Washington, D.C., National Arboretum Eagle Nest - AEF - 2020 Season
« Reply #47 on: November 24, 2021, 01:40:46 AM »
November 23, 2021
The pair are working on the nest
They come at dawn and leave before IR goes off
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Re: Washington, D.C., National Arboretum Eagle Nest - AEF - 2020 Season
« Reply #48 on: November 27, 2021, 06:00:36 AM »
November 27, 2021
In addition to working on the nest more,
they are now calling the sun.
About 6.30 am today the first faint light began to appear in the sky, and our eagle pair sang and sang to encourage it to appear.   ;D

This screen shot is from several years ago - same cam / nest = DC

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Re: Washington, D.C., National Arboretum Eagle Nest - AEF - 2020 Season
« Reply #49 on: November 29, 2021, 06:10:00 AM »
FEATHERBEEK
November 29, 2021
Both still working on nest, bringing in stix,
landing with a LOUD CRASH   :D

Sometimes they beek each other
Catch them at dawn, they day they spend God knows where
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Re: Washington, D.C., National Arboretum Eagle Nest - AEF - 2020 Season
« Reply #50 on: December 06, 2021, 06:29:12 AM »
December 6, 2021  Monday
The eagles took SONday off - saw little of them all day
Now today, Monday they are both here, leaving and returning with large thick heavy sticks, then trying to wrestle them into place
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Re: Washington, D.C., National Arboretum Eagle Nest - AEF - 2020 Season
« Reply #51 on: December 10, 2021, 07:03:52 AM »
GRASS
December 10, 2021 
She's bringing grasses now
He is bringing branchs
Its rather interesting, even humorous to watch them place odd branchs

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Re: Washington, D.C., National Arboretum Eagle Nest - AEF - 2020 Season
« Reply #52 on: December 11, 2021, 06:32:53 AM »
December 11, 2021 
Sometimes those branchs wont SNAP off when he passes by and grabs!   ;D
YES, he actually hung there a moment.  Branch said - nope!

I had to DVR back to catch this!


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Re: Washington, D.C., National Arboretum Eagle Nest - AEF - 2020 Season
« Reply #53 on: December 16, 2021, 06:52:42 AM »
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December 16, 2021 
They are still around at dawn but gone most of the time during the day.
She brot in a load of grasses again today.  Its lookin good!
They are beeking each other - it looks to me like disagreements.


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Re: Washington, D.C., National Arboretum Eagle Nest - AEF - 2020 Season
« Reply #54 on: December 20, 2021, 06:57:16 AM »
MORE GRASSES
December 20, 2021 
She's bringing more n more grasses
Its rather interesting, even humorous to watch them place odd branchs and fight, she pecks at him a lot.

She has dark tip tail - and dark spots higher up, you see when her wings are out.  I am unsure if that means she is a 4 year old, or not.  Anyone?

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Re: Washington, D.C., National Arboretum Eagle Nest - AEF - 2020 Season
« Reply #55 on: December 21, 2021, 08:54:20 AM »
Dec 21
They fight a lot  Today I saw one of them dump a large heavy stick overboard. She clearly DID NOT want it. He flew off in a huff
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Re: Washington, D.C., National Arboretum Eagle Nest - AEF - 2020 Season
« Reply #56 on: December 23, 2021, 02:55:51 PM »
Dec 23
Eagle placing a long distance call  ;D

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Re: Washington, D.C., National Arboretum Eagle Nest - AEF - 2020 Season
« Reply #57 on: December 24, 2021, 03:54:45 PM »
DC is BUSY, EAGLE is WATCHING
December 24, 2021 
This is the second time I've seen the eagle here.
He must be watching the trains go by, many of them, and busses

MERRY CHRISTmas!
May you have ALL your needs met!

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Re: Washington, D.C., National Arboretum Eagle Nest - AEF - 2020 Season
« Reply #58 on: December 30, 2021, 06:47:58 AM »
December 30, 2021 
This nest is lookin good, soft straw, nice rails
mating going on



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Re: Washington, D.C., National Arboretum Eagle Nest - AEF - 2020 Season
« Reply #59 on: December 31, 2021, 03:41:16 AM »

December 31, 2021 
I click in before dawn - and see they spent the night in the same spot -
but CLOSER TOGETHER than they have been!   :)



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