Hi Lois, This forwarded e-mail was sent to me Thursday, 25 July 2012, from Bob and Alice Cheers who live just up the road from the Bald Eagle's nest on Riverside Rd. in the log cabin fishing house under the new Weaver Pike Bridge. The photo of the eaglets was taken Wednesday, 25 July 2012, at the pond along Riverside Rd. back towards Silver Grove Rd. from the nest. I think it was the same day and same pond where you saw both adults and an eaglet. At that time, Bob told me by cell phone the eaglets were in a tree behind the pond as seen from the road. Bob had called to report both eaglets seen and I asked him if they could now tell if one of the eaglets appears to have caught up in growth and size to its larger sibling which hatched first this spring. It is not expected that both eaglets should be the same size at any time. The reason being that would only happen if they are of the same sex and could catch up with one another in growth. Otherwise, the larger might be a female and the smaller a male since females are larger than males even at full maturity. Since they seem to nearly be the same size, according to the Cheers, we might assume they are of the same sex but we won't know which sex. Evidently both eaglets were doing well on Wednesday evening. You can read Bob's e-mail below. Thanks for the report. Wallace Coffey Bristol, TN cc: Bob & Alice Cheers ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob & Alice Cheers To: Wallace Coffey Cc: Robert Cheers Sent: July 26, 2012 05:07 Subject: Emailing: Eaglets 7-25-12 006, Eaglets 7-25-12 001, Eaglets 7-25-12 002, Eaglets 7-25-12 003, Eaglets 7-25-12 004 Wallace: Scaling the "head to tail length" and "body width" on the (5) photos revealed: 1. The bird on the right is slightly longer on (4) of (5) photos 2. The bird on the left has a slightly wider body on (4) of (5) photos Alice and I both agreed that the bird on the left appeared to be "ever so slightly larger", when viewing both birds at the same time under 20x and 60x magnification. In my opinion, they are so close in size that you would be unable to discern a size difference if you were viewing them apart from each other. I would be interested in your comments regarding their size upon your review of the photos....Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: Lois Cox To: Bristol Birds Subject: [Bristol-Birds] South fork of Holston R. eagles Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2012 08:37:04 -0400 On Wednesday, July 25, around 3:45 PM I observed both adult bald eagles and one of the eaglets on the ground on the north side of the farm pond across from 619 Riverside Rd. This was the first time I had seen the two adults together in several weeks. I have only seen one eaglet at a time since I posted the picture of the two on July 7, 2012. Lois Cox Riverside Rd. Bluff City, TN