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Subadult Bald Eagle Visits Savannah Nest – Oct. 23, 2017

824 views · Published 23 October 2017 · 27:10 · Indexed 28 October 2026

Channel: Cornell Lab Bird Cams · 2017 · Pets & Animals

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You never know who's going to drop by the Savannah Osprey cam this time of year! Just this morning a subadult Bald Eagle arrived to make some arrangements on the vacant nest site as crows and vultures patrol the skies above Skidaway Island in Savannah, Georgia. This isn't the first time we've seen Bald Eagles at this location—a pair nested here as recently as 2014. Check out this view of the visit from the nest site's PTZ camera.

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During the Fall of 2014, a pair of Great Horned Owls began frequenting this recently abandoned Bald Eagle nest adjacent to a protected, nutrient-rich salt marsh along the Georgia coast. The nest sits nearly 80′ above one of the six Audubon International Certified golf courses at The Landings, on Skidaway Island, near Savannah, Georgia. Over the course of 2015 and 2016, a pair of owls successfully fledged four owlets from the site, but they did not return to breed in 2017. 

Instead, a pair of Ospreys began renovating the nest and committed to breeding in the same site for 2017.
Ospreys are consummate fishing birds, and this pair fishes primarily from the nearby salt marsh, ponds, and waterways. They use their 6–7 foot wingspans to soar above the water, looking for fish, then diving as deep as 3 feet for shallow-swimming prey. Adult Ospreys usually weigh 3–4 pounds, and they can carry prey up to 50 percent of their own weight. Ospreys can live up to 25 years, and they typically lay 1–4 eggs in a clutch.
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