I start off this blog for today with a great big smile on my face. E6 is home again . He came at 4:04 pm yesterday afternoon.  Oh Thank You God he is safe and didn't leave us YET. I also want to apologize to everyone for jumping the gun and for not following my head in saying E6 has left us. I truly thought he had and I've never seen this before, not when it's so close for them to leave. Yes when they fledged they could be gone for a day maybe even a few days but " I " have never seen or read this of one leaving and coming back. So if someone has information on such , I would and I'm sure others will want to read it too. "Prep" for Dispersal as some mods are calling it.....( I was informed by Jeff that Nick from the NEFL nest left for 2 days came back  but didn't stay very long, then left out for good. So there is that info. ) So I guess it does happen.
It's almost time for me to go see E6 ,Harriet and PB. E6 has been vocal since I got on this morning. So I know he is still home . I will let him know from all of us how much he scared us and not to do that again. ...LOL
Back from the nest . Was great seeing E6 again where he should be for awhile longer. When He does leave ,I won't say anything for a week just to make sure he is gone...LOL
I arrive at the nest at 6:00 am . I find Harriet and PB on the old cam 2 tree and E 6 is vocalizing from the front pine tree. They must have gone there maybe some time after it stopped raining early this morning to dry off.  Both of them  were sleeping.  Harriet on the right, PB on the left.                                  

                   

By 6:30 am E6 flew to the nest and was still vocalizing at Mom to get up I guess...LOL 

Harriet is up of course and she does her Good Morning vocals and so does PB . E6 then  proceeds to take out his frustrations I think of PB still being there and Harriet sitting with him..on the camera strap... Too funny. Harriet begins some preening. Harriet then flies to the branch just above PB. PB then flies up next to Harriet which she lets him know she doesn't like it and He moves to the branch higher up on the right. At first I thought he was going to try and get frisky with Harriet but Harriet took care of that .... LOL

Harriet leaves headed out to the southeast and PB right behind her. E6 vocalizing his dislike. E6 doesn't stay to lang after that and heads off in the same direction just a squeeeing. By the time I try to look around the tree, here comes Harriet with E6 right behind her a squeeeing away. Harriet has a fish head for E6 this morning. Awww she knew E6 was hungry from his adventure the other day. She's such a great Mom. Harriet lands on the nest and E6 just about knocks her off the nest trying to get the fish head when he lands.  He has a hold of her foot again,  Harriet gets her foot away from E6 and up to the branching -branch she goes and E6 almost goes off the back side of the nest. Well at least that's what it looks like from where I am standing.

Harriet leaves again and heads over to Bob's place I think. E6 enjoys his fishhead breakfish. After eating  E6 takes a fly about and doesn't get to far because of the crows. They are always ready for E6 to fly by. They get him coming and going from the pasture.  E6 then starts on the camera strap again. He gets bored with that and finds stuff in the nest to pick at.   Somewhere in here Harrit comes back but leaves out again bring back a nice sized fish .   PB comes back this time too but E6 has the fish and is mantling and PB goes up to the attic branch.  Harriet  takes off for the yonder pond in hopes I think that PB will follow but he doesn't. He stays in hopes to steal E6's fish. Pb looks down every now and then to see where E6 has his fish... Not his time PB ,E6 has it well covered and standing on it. We checked the cam...LOL 

Harriet and her fish 

PB

PB looking down to see where the fish is..        

PB never gets the fish and He leaves . E6 enjoys his fish in peace and quiet . Ted has arrive by this time . I talk with him for a bit then it's time for me to head home.  I also want to say that it was good seeing Gleeful... a chatter again . I haven't seen her in quite awhile.  And Donna, as always , enjoyed our conversation.. Thanks for keeping me sane ...LOL

Oh and I almost forgot to tell you all ... Had a talk with E6 this morning, asked him where he had gone and you know he wouldn't tell me or maybe he was and I just don't understand Eagle yet .....

I wake up this morning with a heavy heart hoping that when E6 left out yesterday was NOT the last time we were going to see him. I get dressed and head out to the living room ..sit down at the dining room table and turn on the computer and keep saying to myself "Please be home E6 , Please be home" .
The nest is empty which is ok because E6 really hasn't slept there much the past few days weeks . I sit and listen...... Nothing. Nothing but the early morning traffic. I check facebook and still listen for E6 or Harriet. Nothing.
Ok it's 5:30 am time for me to head to the nest. I stop by Circle K and get a few things, then off to the nest. I'm thinking of where to look when I get there and I hope I'll hear E6. I arrive at the nest get out and listen, Nothing. So I get my chair and camera set up so I can get some pics of the front trees just to see if I can spot someone. I thought I heard E6 but wasn't sure. I take a few pics.... can't see any one. I turn towards the cam 2 tree where I found E6 yesterday, no one. Still don't hear anyone. My heart is breaking. A few mins later I hear Harriet. Oh what  a great sound but I still didn't hear E6 . I drove over the the Pritchett driveway and get out to take pics of the trees from that side just to see if I can see them ..Nope still can't find them but I know Harriet and PB are there from the vocals a few mins earlier.  I go back to the church side , sit and wait for daybreak. I spot who I think is Harriet in the front tree and she leaves headed to the west pasture treeline , lands in a tree over there. My heart starts racing... Maybe E6 is there and I just couldn't hear or see him.  PB then leaves the nest tree and heads to a different tree than Harriet. Still no E 6 . I'm searching all the trees with my lens looking for E6, no E6. Harriet and PB hang around for a couple of mins then fly over the west treeline and heads for Bob's place. Still no E6.
I can not being to fully explain to you all how I am feeling at this moment. My Heart is breaking, I'm almost in tears but must keep the faith that E6 will be back soon. He just got distracted again ..LOL
Wskers goes over to the yonder pond to check. He's not there. Bob lets us know Harriet and PB are at the high poles, no E6.
My mind keeps coming up with excuses of why  E 6 isn't there but my heart knows why. It was his time to go. It just clicked yesterday and He left us for his New Life.
E6 learned all he could here and what a great job Harriet , Ozzie and yes even PB did to get E6 ready for this journey he is on now.  What a fierce Juvie you are now. You will be a force to be reckoned with . E6 you can defend yourself , hunt  for your own food (which I would have liked to see more of ) and  you know you must always keep your food from others thanks to PB.  Be safe on your travels. Don't forget to stop and play at the ponds and lakes along the way to wherever it is that you are  going.
Thank You E6 for the great memories I'll always have of you. What a fighter, sweet baby face . One who soo enjoyed playing with sticks every chance you got. You protected Mom and your nest from any and all intruders the best you could. Took  your frustrations out on the camera strap.. LOL  Oh my that was so much fun watching you do that. Good exercise for your neck too by the way.
I hope you do learn to take a full bath while you're out enjoying your new life.You know you must get clean every now and then .
Be safe my little one . Fly High, Fly free and may the wind always be beneath your wings. May you turn out to be just as Magnificent , Majestic and Fierce as your parents are.

Fledge Day 3/23/15

   

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E6 at yonder pond 

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E6  at nest pond 4/27/15... Little did I know these would be some of last photo's I would take of E 6  .

 
                                                                                                                               












             

                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

               









                     

I haven't written in a while. There really hasn't been much happening. They wake up and leave early now and head SE towards the river so we thought, or E6 would hang around the nest area abit then leave. Now we have found out they are actually going to some trees just on the other side of the pond behind Publix not to the river as we first thought. Harriet sometimes sits in a Norfolk pine and PB just below her. E6 was found in a tree closer to the pond.
So today when they all headed that way and we saw what we thought was Harriet sitting in the Norfolk pine around 7:04 am , and E6 dipped down behind a tall pine , I decided to head over to the pond just to see if E6 was still there.  Low and behold there was Harriet sitting in a snag to the left of the pond, PB was in the Norfolk pine further to the right and I  didn't see E6 ( 7:13 am )
So I hung around a bit. I have to say this.... No matter how I or anyone else feels about PB ( FV) He is apart of this whole learning process for E6 and Us.  I have never once thought he was here to take Ozzie's place , he is just here to "help" out Harriet and yes he does steal but E6 better hurry up and get his protecting of his food down  a lot better  than what he has been doing. Yesterday was an Awesome day to watch what will happen when E6 is on his own. I understand ,Mom had him distracted and it's Mom... but it will be like this out in the world for E6. There will be more than just 1 Eagle after his food. NO friends in their world when it come to food.
Ok so on with the morning..
So I'm at the pond without my tripod.. ( note to self, don't go to the Publix pond without tripod) trying to get pictures of the other birds, the sun coming up on the pond and not doing a very good job of it. I move too much. I even tried sitting on the ground to steady myself... So this explains now why some of the photo's you will be seeing are, to put it nicely are a bit fuzzy...LOL
Eventually I hear E6 to my right and out from a group of trees comes E6 and flies to a dead tree a little bit away from Mom.  I'm just happier than a pig in slop . Now I can get photo's of E6 and Mom in a different place .  E6 leaves this tree and goes down to the pond. He walks into the water and walks around a bit , get's a drink. Looking around like he should then dips his fanny in the water and I'm thinking Ok here we go maybe a good bath this time but nope ..it's just a butt bath ..LOL

Harriet

PB (FV) 

E6

E6 getting ready to land on the other side of the pond, straight in front of me.

E6

E6 checking out the pond

Testing the water

Getting a drink

The start of a "butt bath" ..LOL
Done with this part of his bath ,E6 gets out and walks down just a bit and gets back in the water by the pink cup. Well every little kid likes to have a cup in their bathtub..LOL  

E6 done with his "buttbath" gets out and plays just a bit. While doing this Harriet flies down for the tree on my left and gets a fish from the bank of the pond. OMG ! I just stood there and watched and not 1 photo of it. She didn't go in very deep for the fish. She came out with a small fish. E6 saw her too and stopped what he was doing and started squeeeing and run/walking towards Harriet.

Harriet took the fish from her talon and put it in her beak and started up the embankment. E6 still running/walking towards Harriet . She got to the top ,looked over at E6 who was still a bit away from her and took off.

Harriet heads E6's way , We both , E6 and I think Harriet is bringing the fish to him but nope! She flies right past him to another tree. LOL 

The look on E6's face was priceless. E6 hurries up the embankment as e6 is doing this from the right side of me , here comes PB. Wow that didn't take him long to show up. PB lands in the tree with Harriet but a branch up from Her. E6 takes off  from the ground and makes his way over to the tree where Harriet is. E6 lands a bit further down from Harriet at first then makes his way up right next to her and mandles . Now I'm not sure if the fish gets dropped or if Harriet took it with her when she left the tree. 

The next thing I see is Harriet flying over me headed to the Norfolk pine , PB headed SE and E6 still sitting in the tree. E6 then leaves and flies over the pond towards the trees to the back and lands. It's play time now. From this tree he goes to the snag tree Mom was in.  By this time Vicki has made it here and she brought me my tripod  that I left at the nest site ..Woohoo   E6 plays a bit then leaves out headed SE and back to the nest area. 

E6 doesn't stay there at the nest long and heads back over to the pond area again. This time I stayed at the nest area. The rest of my morning is the same as you all saw on the cam. Harriet gets to eat all by herself . E6 makes it back after Harriet is done . Then I left the 2 of them sitting in the nest tree, E6 vocalizing to Mom ......LOL