West End Eagles ~ KOA FLEDGES AT 86 DAYS OLD! CONGRATULATIONS! ๐๐ ๐ SLO-MO! 6.3.24
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Published 2024-06-03
Koa was down in the basement and then hopped to some lower rocks before flying to the next rock outcropping in its first flight 01:32! On this new location, Koa checks out the cactus that is growing in between the rocks as he keeps an eye on the siblings Treasure and Sterling in the nest.
Thirty minutes later, Koa is flapping its wings and then takes off in a beautiful and perfect full flight out of view 06:13! We don't know where Koa flew too (was not seen from either cam) but Koa will make it back to the historic nest for hours of exploring and even napping (that will be in my next video ๐)
Congratulations Koa on fledging today bright and early at 06:22am at 86 days old! Treasure and Sterling have been doing a lot of flapping on the nest and now there is more room to wingercise with only two eaglets in it! Thank you for watching!
To see the highlights below, please click on the timestamps to advance to that portion of the video.
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 OPENING Koa is in the basement
01:32 Koa fledges to the rock outcropping
02:45 Koa checking out the scenery and cactus
05:00 Koa flapping and looking up at siblings
06:13 Koa flies off rock in perfect form
06:50 Slomo of Koa flying off
Video captured & edited by Lady Hawk
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Nest info: Eaglets WE1 (Koa), hatch 3/9 -3am; WE2 (Treasure), hatch 3/9 -7pm; WE3 (Sterling) 3/12 hatch by 4:10am; Thunder (F) 15 yrs old; Akecheta (M) (wing tag 61) 8 yrs old.
This eagle pair is a success story, part of a bald eagle restoration program started by the Institute for Wildlife Studies in 1980. Their nest has been active since 1991 and has been streaming live since 2005.
The West End Bald Eagle Cam is made possible through an educational partnership between Institute for Wildlife Studies, Montrose Settlements Program, Santa Catalina Island Conservancy, and Explore.org.
Read the full nest history here: www.iws.org/west-end-nest-history
I recommend watching this video to learn about why the eagles have patagial tags also known as wing bling & the conservation work conducted in saving the bald eagles:
Return Flight: Restoring the Bald Eagle to the Channel Islands: ย ย ย โขย Returnย Flight:ย Restoringย theย Baldย Eag...ย ย
Courtesy of IWS West End Bald Eagle Cam and Explore.org.
Watch live: ย ย ย โขย Westย Endย Baldย Eagleย Camย poweredย byย EX...ย ย
All Comments (21)
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Congratulations Beautiful Koaโค๐ฆ What a Special moment and Day! โค๐ซ Well Done Sweetheart Koa, ๐ The first moments of a Young Eagles Freedom Pass is Always Remarkable ๐, Be safe and Careful , We couldn't be Happier this season at WE has been Wonderful โคโคโคโคโค, Tysvm For sharing this great update Dear Lady Hawk ๐ธ๐บ๐Wishing you and all Friends a Wonderful evening and a Beautiful Tuesday ๐ฆ โค๐ซ๐๐๐น๐
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Congratulations to beautiful Koa!๐ My he or she fly safe with the wind beneath its wings. Now the other two siblings have more room to exercise and get ready for their fledge. What a wonderful eagle family. Thank You for this great video. ๐๐ฆ โค๏ธ๐ชถ
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GE Lady Hawk! This was awesome! Weat End is my only Eagle nest to watch now for this time of year and the summer and following dear Thunder's triplets has been rewarding! I was happy to see KOA visit the Historic nest and I grabbed some scaps of him up there. This is wonderful footage and excellent description as always! Koa is roosting tonight next to Akecheta btw spending a first night on a branch. Thanks LH and SEDs๐๐๐๐ฆ
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Bravo to our rock Star KOA,you are simply awesome๐ Congrats for being the first triplets to fledge!๐ Stay safe and keeps thriving..your siblings will follow suit!๐ So happy for this fabulous family!. Thank you Lady Hawk..take care๐ค
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Neat! A very clean fledge ๐ Thank you Lady Hawk!๐
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I love the look of the 2 siblings while they are watching. ๐ฒ๐ซฃ๐ค๐
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It's so cute how they other two look like, ( head tilted) "wait what, what are you doing sissy/brother" โคโคโค
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Congrats KOA stay Safe and have Fun Sweetheart๐ฅณ๐ซถ๐ฅ๐ฆ โค๏ธ
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๐๐โคso awesome to watch! Thank you.
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Great news
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Congratulations dear Koa! Your siblings will soon be able to do it too.๐ฆ ๐ฆ ๐ฆ
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Born to soar! ๐ Congrats Koa! ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ
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Congrats, precious Koa!!!๐ค๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ Whee!!!๐๐ถ Koa sightsees local treasures aka the Cactus๐ต๐Lol๐๐ Koa's siblings Treasure and Sterling encourage her with their "Squeeee!"๐ถ and want to fly with their Eldest Sis together๐๐ถ๐๐ฆ ๐ฆ ๐ฆ ๐ Soon!!!โค Wonderful flight, amazing Koa๐๐ฆ ๐ถ Thank you, dear Lady Hawk๐๐๐ฆ ๐ฆ ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐
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This is soooo wonderful!!!! The footage and slow mo is great!โค๏ธโค๏ธ koa learning to fly and we are witnessing. Ty!
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Siblings are like "did you see that? Koa always was a smarty pants".
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Congratulations precious koa๐โค๐๐๐๐๐๐น๐๐ฆ be safe ๐๐คโฅ๏ธ
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Oh my. Itโs like watching a babyโs first step. Congrats on your first flight. Love watching these babies grow up right before us. Thanks for sharing.
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Way 2 go KOA ! WooHoo ๐ฆ ๐ฅฐ
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Thunder : Hey, kid, where are you going?? Get back here!
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Watching this live was so special, every fledge is different and magical, never gets old year after year โค
