I remember once, when we were living in North Carolina, there were some blue jays that had a nest way high up in one of the pine trees...I think the younger birds out of the nest were practicing flying, and one of them crashed to the ground...all the other birds were circling around the yard, squawking as if trying to encourage the bird on the ground to get up and try to fly...but he was too badly injured and he died...
I sure hope our eagles do a good job, and have successful flights...I dont know if they just practice first, or if they just take flight for the first time, and then fly away...