TRAGEDY at Norfolk Botanical Garden's eagle cam

[whiteflare]

That's such a sad story... but i gotta agree with you guys, the poor father's just lost his whole family, and it's not like he wasn't making an effort to take care of the chicks.

 

[birdygirl123]

i couldnt get the link to work...

 

[Imp]

I think they did the right thing. Sad about the female.

The male needs to find a new mate and try again, maybe next year.

Baby eaglets are not able to keep themselves warm, and they are about as high up the food chain as baby chickens.
Almost no chance for survival without 2 healthy parents.

Imp

 

[birdygirl123]

I asked on their FaceBook page.. It will probably be deleated..

IDK..

 

[Imp]

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If they answer let us know what they said please.

Imp

 

[redhen]

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I agree.. they did the right thing. If they didnt help the babies, folks would be saying they just let the babies die... cant win.

 

[birdygirl123]

But there was a cam on them.. So they could have watched them.. I dont know, Im researching to see if I can find something.. The like above, linked to the news story, but had been deleated..

 

[birdygirl123]

http://www.wvec.com/home/Eaglets-removed-from-nest-120802154.html

Here is another link..

Oh, and by the way.. there is a fund set up..

The link says that it was felt that one of three "might" die.. thus being the reason for removing all 3.

The best info I could find states there is no longer a cam on the nest, nor watching the male.

 

[chickensioux]

 

[schellie69]

I wish they had waited and saw how the dad did. This would have been a great opportunity to see if something happens to one parent if the other could raise the babies by themselves. I would have only stepped in and removed the one that might have died that way dad could have still raised the other 2 I think as humans we step in to quickly and think we know best when we should just step back and let nature work.