The eaglets are flapping their wings a lot, does that mean they will fly soon?
A. Honestly, we don’t know exactly when they’ll fly but the wing-flapping you’re seeing is exercise to built strength. Additionally, that flapping sometimes causes quite a stir with the other eaglet if s/he accidentally on purpose, whaps the other in the face with those huge wings. The eaglet receiving the flap in the face looks up at the other as if to say, “Enough already, would you just sit down!” followed by an almost angry pecking, then at times it’s as casual as “Oh, THAT’S how you do it”, silly precious birds. Then there are the landing lessons, another topic in itself. In 2000, the eaglets fledged at 3 months of age, one by accident, and the other one on purpose. This year’s young have been doing “acrobatic workouts” recently and at times, it does look as though they’re going to take off but they just don’t have enough strength in their wings to fly yet. They’re still sleeping on their faces 75% of the time, something you don’t see too many adult birds doing. They sit and call
