06/13/2026
Eagle Cam Update: V-2 is now seven weeks old, and the past few weeks have brought some remarkable growth. The fluffy white eaglet we met at the end of April is starting to look—and act—like a real eagle.
V-2’s talons are big! (Check them out and see a p**p shoot clip in the first video.) Eagle feet are proportionally enormous at this stage, and there’s a good reason for that: they’re the tools V-2 will depend on for hunting for the rest of its life.
The nest is getting louder. At this stage, eaglets begin to vocalize much more actively, especially around feeding time. In the second clip, you’ll see what that looks like. Dewey arrives with a goose, and V-2 makes sure everyone knows they are ready to eat. This feeding behavior, where the eaglet tries to tear at prey rather than waiting to be fed piece by piece, is a key step toward independence. In this case, it looks like V-2 tries to poke at it but is unable to get any food, then gets quite vocal, wanting Dewey’s help, which is eventually given.
Earlier this week, V-2 spent all of Monday, June 8, alone in the nest—the longest stretch yet without Windsor or Dewey nearby. As the hours passed, V-2 grew increasingly vocal, and we heard from several concerned viewers. But watching it play out over the following day, we think this may have been intentional. V-2 is now at the age where eaglets begin learning to feed themselves, and a hungry, motivated eaglet is far more likely to figure out how to tear into prey on its own. Sure enough, when Windsor returned the next morning with two fish in just three minutes, V-2 dove right in. Another example of nature’s clever parenting at work! You can watch the whole sequence in the third video.
V-2 is entering one of the most exciting phases of the nestling period. In the coming weeks, watch for “branching”—when eaglets begin venturing onto branches near the nest, testing their balance and grip before their first true flight. Fledging typically occurs between 10 and 14 weeks, so if all goes well, that may happen in late July or early August.
Thank you for watching the Eagle Cam! Windsor, Dewey, and V-2 have no idea how many fans they have—but we do, and we’re grateful.
