Carillon Park eagles Orv and Willa went from empty nesters to taking care of two little ones.
“We know that because we have seen both of the adults up there in the nest simultaneously feeding babies on opposite sides of the nest,” eagle expert Jim Weller said. “You don’t do that unless you’ve got two to feed.”
Right now, the babies are too small to see over the nest. Weller said it will take about two more weeks for them to be able to peak their heads up over the nest.
“What we’ll do is we count beaks when that happens,” Weller said.
The eaglets will reach full size in early June. Weller said about two weeks later, they will fledge.
By September, they will have flown away forever, just like Orv and Willa’s offspring before them.
This year’s babies do not have names yet. Carillon Park leaders will name the birds. They will be gender-neutral, as the only way to tell a young eagle’s gender is with a blood test. The names will also be aviation themed.
“If you want to see bald eagles, this is the place to go,” Weller said.
However, he cautioned against using a drone in the area. The eagles will see the drone as a predator and try to attack, which can hurt the eagle.
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