[TN-Bird] Canyon Road Bald Eagle Nest--Marion County Dec 2012-Apr 2013

From: "Bob Hatcher" <hatcher2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "TN-BIRD@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2013 21:48:03 -0500

Jonnie Sue Lyons of the Chattanooga TOS has requested posting of her
following Bald Eagle nesting report at the Canyon Road nest of Marion
County, TN.  We are grateful to her for monitoring this usually very early
nest each year.   

 

I have no information on the other nest that she cited, but hopefully this
and other similar Bald Eagle nesting information can be supplied at least to
Scott Somershoe of TWRA, which maintains Tennessee's official compilation of
eagle nests.

 

Bob Hatcher

Eagle Consultant and Correspondent

American Eagle Foundation

Brentwood, TN 

EagleMail@xxxxxxxxxx or 

 

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From: jonniesuel@xxxxxxx [mailto:jonniesuel@xxxxxxx] 
Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2013 8:40 PM
To: hatcher2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; bma@xxxxxxxxxxx; Kirk.Miles@xxxxxx;
Chris.Simpson@xxxxxx; Scott.Somershoe@xxxxxx; Jonniesuel@xxxxxxx
Subject: Canyon Road Bald Eagle Nest--Marion County Dec 2012-Apr 2013

 

Hello everyone and hope all is going well with everyone.

 

Here are stats of this nest this year as I checked key times but not often
like last year.

 

12/22/12 Adult incubating low in nest.

 

2/5/13 She was eating and feeding what seemed to be two tiny chicks but I
only saw one for sure.

 

2/20/13 Copulation on limb near nest.  See chick wing movement in nest but
only saw ONE chick stand up. White/gray/strong

 

2/28/13 Adult on limb.  Saw only one dark chick in nest (4-5 weeks old)

 

3/4/13 Only one big chick in nest this year.  It stood up and stretched.
Mostly dark wing.  Not much down anywhere.  Starting into sixth week I would
think.

 

3/28/13 Big large dark chick.  Chick finishing up 9th week I would think.

 

4/9/13 BIG chick.  Maybe female.  No adults around.  Chick jumping across
nest, flapping and perched on limbs that support nest.  Chick 64 days old
today since I first saw it at 2-4 days old.  It's into 10th week now.

 

4/19/13   Chick 74 days old plus 2-4 more days.  Still at nest but way up on
supporting limb.

 

4/24/13  79 days old plus 2-4 days.  Chick can go anywhere in this tree it
wants to.  Way above nest.  Way below nest.  Way over to right or left of
tree.  Flew to nest when adult came into tree.  I consider this chick
fledged.  (but I will leave that up to the experts in the group)  No telling
what it's doing since I'm not around that much.

 

Scott or Bob would you post to TNBird about this nest for me please?  I
don't post and many people are asking about it.  

 

Did Captain Houlk keep up with his nest?  Did they fledge and do you know
when? 

 

Jonnie Sue Lyons 

TOS Chattanooga

[TN-Bird] Canyon Road Bald Eagle Nest--Marion County Dec 2012-Apr 2013

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