Cholyn and Chase have been incubating their egg for a long 74 days still believing in an eaglet hatching. This morning Cholyn gets up from incubating and is gone 7 minutes when a raven comes to the nest and breaks the egg. A second raven joins in and they consume the contents of the undeveloped egg. There was no sign of a developing chick it was all liquid & membrane. The first raven flies off with the remains of the egg and Cholyn comes back to the nest and is looking for her egg. She is staring at the nest in disbelief it is gone. She tastes some of the yolk liquid on the nest and she aerates the nesting material before incubating where the egg should have been. 💔 That was heartbreaking to watch her. She finally gets up and flies off of the nest. Chase returns right after her and he is looking for the egg as well. So sad for them to have to let go of their hope to raise a chick this season. Chase knows it is over and he flies off the nest.

Cholyn and Chase have been together since 2003. They are both 26 years old and have raised 23 eaglets together. They will now be able to fly off and enjoy the summer and hopefully next season will be successful for them. Thank you for watching! #IWS #TwoHarbors

Video captured & edited by Lady Hawk

The Channel Islands Catalina CA are part of a restoration project by the IWS Institute for Wildlife Studies. Two Harbors Catalina bald eagle nest.

Link to the full nest history: https://www.iws.org/two-harbors-history

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