Yes...we were excited!!! This is the first eagle chick we've seen in the wild and we're not sure if there's one or two chicks in the nest. Luckily we have a lens that will allow us to watch from a distance and hopefully track the chick/s through to fledging. It was a warm afternoon and these two were panting to cool their bodies. Eaglet facts: Eagle chicks are fed a steady diet of fish, occasionally supplemented by water fowl (ducks, geese) or water birds (gulls, cormorants). About 85% of a chick's diet will typically consist of fish. The adults capture and tear the fish into small strips, offering them to the chicks. The chicks snatch the food from the adult's beak and swallow it whole. An eagle chick will eat as much as it can at a single feeding, storing food in its crop. The crop, an organ located near the base of the bird's neck, will enlarge as it fills, resembling a golf ball.

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