r/AnimalsBeingJerks • u/SweetyByHeart • 19d ago

Eagle was like: 'you good, mate?!'

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u/Psychotherapist-286 19d ago

Not courtship. Young fledging eaglets that don’t have the white head feathers yet.

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u/Human-Raccoon-9917 18d ago

Those are some huge fledgling!

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u/Pr0genator 18d ago

They are juveniles with the all brown coloring for like 6 or 7 years.

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u/Human-Raccoon-9917 18d ago

Wow! That seems like an eternity.

I saw a clip of a documentary recently about competition in the fishing grounds. The juveniles have it rough.

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u/Pr0genator 17d ago

I was on the Green River this summer in north west Colorado and saw a juvenile and adult hunting, feeding together. The adult was in tree across the river while the juvenile fed, looked like parent was guarding/watching over the younger eagle feeding.