NEFL Eagles ~ Fierce Fledgling Juvie Lands On Nest! Beau EVICTS & Goes Talons Up Chasing Off 3.14.25

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This was something we don't see very often on the live cams! A young fledgling lands on the nest and takes over! Bodie goes submissive, both Gabby and Beau try to oust the juvie from the nest to no avail. Gabby tried kicking it several times to push it out of the nest but it turned around and chased her off the nest. Beau also tried kicking it and he got chased off the nest too.

Beau returned with a fish for Bodie but the juvie mantled and claimed the fish for itself. The juvie must have been hungry! It ate it on the nest. Whenever Gabby or Beau would try to come to the nest, the juvie mantled and defended its food. Finally after 1.5 hours, Beau had enough of this unwelcome visitor and he drops to the nest and evicts it. Beau stepped all over Bodie in the mad rush to oust the juvie. Once in the air, we could see in the distance Beau chasing the juvie and they go talons up in mid air. Beau successfully returns to LOP and the juvie is gone. Poor Bodie did not know what to make of the days events. Gabby & Beau stayed close to the nest at night while Bodie slept. 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 Juvie to the nest - Gabby & Beau try to chase off - they get chased off instead
04:02 Gabby tries kicking the juvie to get it off nest - juvie chases her off
08:45 Juvie kicked again by Gabby
10:40 Bodie staying low and submissive
11:10 Juvie hops across nest and then to LOP
12:44 Beau with a fish - juvie mantles and claims it
15:44 juvie mantling & defending food from Gabby & Beau
17:23 Juvie chases Beau out of nest
17:52 Chases Beau again - Beau to LOP
21:30 Beau had enough flies to another branch
23:50 Beau evicts the juvie in SLO-MO
24:33 Beau chasing the juvie out of area - both talons up mid air
25:43 Bodie sleeping on nest with Gabby and Beau close by

2025 Season
Egg #1 laid Dec 8th at 5:56pm
Egg #2 laid Dec 12th at 6:22pm
Egg#2 Pips Jan 18th 2025 5:21pm
NE31 hatches Jan 20th 07:53am
Egg#1 (NE30) is non viable & did not hatch