Flying the coop....

Just watched a bit of zaplive.tv

Breeze flew the coop today for a little while. She's #1 eaglet. Quite the sight.

Now mom and dad eagle come and sit on a branch looking in on the three of them WITHOUT bringing any food. Tiny had a hissy fit. Looked like he was mad, hungry and thoroughly cussing out his ole' lady.

But mother knows best. She knows that they need to loose a bit of "baby fat" before they can take off flying without too much effort. Right now if they decided to leave the nest, they may get to the forest floor a bit too fast, with a nose dive to boot. So, mom and dad come and sit and observe the three kids doing their aerobics and wingersizes. The kids are catching on to some important things too. Breeze at one point, picked up some nestovers and began feeding Tiny. As they learn how to fly, they are also learning how to parent. They fluff up the grass in the nest, rearrange sticks around the outside of the nest and eat by themselves now.

It has been a great experience watching them hatch and grow and now, almost ready to fly the coop. They've had great examples to follow. Mom and dad eagle have done a great job parenting!!!

The daughter of a friend of ours flew the coop today too....off to England....with the help of some artificial wings, of course. Like the eagles, her parents have done a good job too, and now it's "bon voyage.....Char!!!!"