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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />G001 '.1 <br /> <br />e,,,"'''' ~f'<l'l!ll!!" G"Id~>I E;.,~lt Callff"hiPS"",,,,,,,,' Rmon <br /> <br />sighting of the second caglet, we did nOl know ho..... mall)' eggs the (cmllle had laid. Ba.'lC:d on the <br />kn''''Tlllllct\'al fOf cgg-la)'ing in golden cag1c:s (3-4 1.13)'5. Kish 1970, ]972 in KOI:hcrt (1 at <br />:!n02). Wr! cstimalcd th", laying ..ble for the '<<Dod egg as::S hbrulll)'. We then estimated lhe <br />halchdatcforthcsccnndcaglcl(6April).usingthcsamcincubationJcngth M the older caglct <br />(41 days). <br /> <br />By' the ........,). <lf26 "priJ,lhc older caglet appellfcd nUliccahl)' larger than the YOUIII,\"'I. <br />anuthissi7cdiffcn:nccwasarrarcntthwugl\(HllthcncstlingJndllcdglingphasc~. Ba.'iCdonthis <br />nOliccat-lc 51J.c difference. we dCll'TTllincd Ihlll1hc older caglet ....as IiLc!)' II female. and the <br />younll-cr eaglet a male:. BOlh cagkls nhihitcd a d""'n) white plum3ge from the time o(hatching <br />thf"u~h early May. r"t the first apprnximately' two weeks of the nestling pha<.e. "nly the <br />ea~lct"she:1dscollldl>csecninthenl:'ll. Asthenestlingsgrewolder.nhservcrscouldsecthe <br />y'oun~ standing in the nest. "flen praclicing napping their wings. Hy' mid May hoth ealllet.'; <br />bl:ganto sh".... hro....n plllmage on their hack und....ingsand were'SCen standing at the nest edge , <br />The y'(lung clmtinUl..,j III dnelop into their juvenile plumage and became mure active in the nest. <br />Tht: (emale eaglet he!!un hopping in the neSl during the ....'et:!< of 2.\ Ma)'. while the male <br />lemallled less active. On 3 June. we ohserved lhe female leave Ihe nest f<:or the first time. This <br />tkdgling.howc\'Cr.\\'llsohserwdhllCkinsi<.lethenestfof'SCveralmonituring days after its fim <br />!lIght l.'ec nl'\l{!ling scetion). The male spent more than two weds in the nest aftelthe female <br />h'l<.I already' l1edJ!c:d During this lime. il spcnl much time l1arping ils wings, hopping around the <br />ncSI and simul,Hlng night. Tahle.\ depicts II summary- or plumage dl.ltllClcnstics and ilCtivitles <br />exhit>iledh}'thcca~lctsthr"ugh('utthcirde\cl(\pmcnlinthenestlingpha.'\C. <br /> <br />/'n't'/IInIAtlc,,,J""Cl'at.",'l',fl <br /> <br />The adull femak anended the neSI (lO 20 of the 23 (sn/o) nestling m(1mtnring days. while <br />Ihe male Wl1.< (,t>scl"\'ed at the neM only 12 (52'Yo) monitoring day's. O\erall. the ICmale <br />pcrli'rmeJ 'i1<',~ (.\0 hours) and the male only' J% (1.2 h,)u!;} of the nesl ~l1endanf;e duties. The <br />felllille was ohsel"\'c<.I ~fl>Oding ilnd fecdmg the ~'oung hut also spenl II I:ltge ptopurtiun of lime <br />pcn:h.:d al the nest edge. The: male onl)' made short visits to the nest. man)' ..f whi",h W<'1"e <br />ll,sociatetl with fnod delhcnl's, arid "'as n('ver obsl'l"\'ed brooding or feeding the )'oung. Nesl <br />'Itl(.'ndaneeh~'lhcfcma1eJ..-.:rell.'edsignilicanllyaslhencstlinl!periodpr"grl-s~dandwcdidnut <br />see any 1>roodinj; lifter Ihe cn<.l ofApnl. <br /> <br />rud;lI~ <br /> <br />The milk <.Ielivercd food 10 the nl'st [0 times during Ecospht:1t"s moniloring. During <br />mOSI of these dehl't:ries. Ihe male remained at the ",:51 for less than 5 minUles. The longest <br />petiod lOr time the male spcnt at the nest after deli'ering fnnd was 13 minules. and we never <br />obsened the malt' (cedin~ lhe young, \\'e <.lid nllt ub-.:n'cthe female deliver food 10 the nest; <br />ho....ewr.shcwl1.~"hscl"\'edfccdingthcy(lLJng('neil!ht<><:cll.~io"". <br /> <br />t,'~",ho!,('I."""oo,"r~I"ISrn"KrJ <br /> <br />1J <br />