Scenes from the eaglet nursery

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January 24 Piglet Gets Fed

This eaglet is a fat, greedy little piglet! E1(Hope) grabs all the food while E2 (Honor) sits on the sidelines to avoid being bonked on the head.

24 days old and already mastering
The Art of War

 

BAM!

 

Even though they've already been named,  I still like to call them E1 and E2, because it indicates birth precedence: E2 was born 3 days after E1 and is smaller, so it's easy to visually tell them apart.

Today I'm observing Mom feeding Piglet while E2 keeps its distance...

 

I keep rooting for Mom to go over to E2 but she never does. 

 

I watch as E2 gradually and unobtrusively inches closer to Mom while she continues to feed E1...

 

home free at last-- the eaglet has landed!

Why Mom, fancy meeting you here!

 Alas, the cunning machiavellian move (though incredibly impressive in a creature that's only been on earth for 21 days)  is for naught: no sooner does the littler eaglet arrive than Mom flies away! What's that all about?!? At first I don't understand this behavior. As devoted as the parents are, it seems that they do not interfere with the natural progression of things, perhaps unable to make a "moral judgment". I guess it's Nature's way of ensuring that at least one eaglet will survive in hard times. Not to worry, for in this paradise of field, pond and river, there's plenty to go around for all!