I logged on this morning to the Eagle Cam and couldn’t believe how big this little chick has gotten in just a few weeks. In the picture below the little one is 18 days old. In about a month from now he will be learning to fly.

After everything this eagle couple has been through this year it warms my heart to see they eaglet doing so well. If you haven’t been to the Cam before check it out. This is the best view you will get of a bald eagle outside a zoo. The nests that I monitor unfortunately don’t have cameras. I have to stand about 150 feet away and try to spot them through the foliage with a monoscope.

Norfolk Botanical Gardens Eagle Cam

I have been working this weekend all by myself. It hasn’t been as bad as I thought it was going to be. They were originally calling for a rain free, cool, sunny weekend so I figured everyone would be out and with the upcoming full moon I was sure I would have problems with all of them. But for the most part everyone has been well behaved. I did have to rescue 3 hikers from the trail Saturday. They called me on their cell phone and said they were lost. I told them that they weren’t lost. All they needed to do was turn around and hike the same trail back to the visitor center. The woman on the phone started to cry so I rode out and picked them all up. It amazes me sometimes how people make it out of their own houses.

I got an email from Lennie this morning confirming our flights to Scotland. Yea! I am so excited. I haven’t had a real vacation since my trip to Ireland in 2005. I am in desperate need of some time off and I really look forward to spending time with my husband.

Well I better get busy. My goal today is to try to move most of my desk to its new spot.