The new D.C. eaglets, known as DC10 and DC 11, are about three weeks old and appear to be doing well in their new family nest at the arboretum.
Then, on Monday, wildlife manager and arborist Sue Greeley spent her lunch break in a parking lot at the property, and with a camera and a good zoom lens she got a closer look — and spottedtwo eaglets.The eaglets, known for now as DC10 and DC 11, hatched in March and are about three weeks old. Greeley said they appear to be doing well.
“They’ve got big beaks and big feet right now, so they look like an awkward teenager growing into themselves,” she said. Their beaks and feet grow to nearly full size quickly so they can learn to grab food, hold it with their feet, tear it apart and eat. Greeley likened the process to how a small child learns to pick up a block or a spoon.
The eaglets’ parents are bringing them plenty of food — usually shad, koi or catfish — and sometimes the occasional squirrel or groundhog, Greeley said. The eagles’ nest, which she said looks sturdy, measures about five to six feet wide and about six feet deep, with a shallower area for the eaglets.Greeley said she heard Lotus, short for “Lady of the United States,” give a “call-out” on Monday as she sat in the nest with the eaglets after an early-morning feed. Within a minute or two, Mr.
and by six weeks they should be able to stand and start feeding themselves, Greeley said. When they’re seven to eight weeks old, the eagles will start to stretch their wings and practice flapping and hovering in wind gusts. They will then practice what’s called “branching,” where they stand off the nest and go to a nearby branch. It’s a step that lets them learn to perch like an adult eagle and is considered the “last milestone before they go, ‘Whee!’ and off the nest they go,” Greeley said. Sometime between 10 and 14 weeks, they’ll fledge the nest.
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