Branching

Honor

Honor branches three times on the morning of Friday, March 15th.

Here is a video of the second branch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVtr3n_b0lU

On the third branch, Honor disappears, leavng Hope home alone.

Just me and my shadow

A flurry of wings and shadows

And then: two birds in the nest!



Honor flops down, exhausted
while Hope looks on, fascinated.

 

Hope keeps watch over Honor and seems think something is wrong. No sign of Mom or Dad.

Hope pecks at Honor.

But Honor is dead to the world

Honor finally lifts his head -- whew!

Not until Honor looks up does Hope relax.  



Both eaglets relax now



In fact, mom and dad were never far way, Here they are watching Honor branch.

By the end of the day Honor has branched about six times and Hope has done her first branch:

 

Hope gets air time (wheeee!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeXcitgFFkk&feature=youtu.be