Is it normal for bald eagle parents to be gone for a long time between feedings?
A. In the first weeks, there is almost always a parent on the nest. As the eaglets ability to regulate its body temperature improves and as it grows and requires more room, the parent on duty will begin to perch outside the nest, either somewhere on the nest tree or beside it. It may appear that the parents are gone a long time, but a parent is actually there, if out of camera range. The Hornbys watch over the nest from atop the cam boxes, from the top of the tree stump, from the babysitting tree, and from another tree right beside the nest tree.
