Eagle Nest Attack: An Eagle is Injured. March 5

The attacking eagle came out of nowhere. I had been looking at the nest for about 45 minutes since the nesting female and come in and relieved the male. Another adult pair had flown over earlier but appeared to keep going.
The incubating eagle began screaming. I was looking through the camera view finder but events were unfolding too quickly for me to get a clear shot of anything. I did get a blurry shot of the intruder standing in the middle of the nest. Then in a matter of seconds it was over. The intruder flew out first. It was showing some blood on the tail.

The nesting female came out in pursuit. It took me a few seconds to focus but I manged a few shots as she flew over my head. Her talons were bloody and she appeared to have something in her right talon. She also appeared to be trailing the right leg.

I lost sight of the eagles briefly, but found them soaring, very high up. There were now three of them. The trailing right leg was now very noticeable.

An eagle flew back into the nest tree 14 minutes later. I could not tell if it was the male or female, or if it was injured. It settled on a branch and I left for the day.