Author Topic: Live Bald Eagle Nest Cam (Read 11634 times)

mitlen · « **Topic Start:** March 23, 2015, 10:57:38 AM »

Pretty cool .... the eggs are about to hatch according to the sight. This is the same pair that sat on the nest in the snow storm several weeks ago:

http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=514&objID=1592549&mode=2

Ali the Baseball Cat · « **Reply #1:** March 23, 2015, 05:35:51 PM »

Nestcams are great. Hopefully they won't find out that there are creepy peeping toms prying into their bidness or we are going to be in a world of suck.

mitlen · « **Reply #2:** March 23, 2015, 05:52:42 PM »

Quote from: Ali the Baseball Cat on March 23, 2015, 05:35:51 PM

Nestcams are great. Hopefully they won't find out that there are creepy peeping toms prying into their bidness or we are going to be in a world of suck.

Keep waitin' for the eggs to hatch. They may already be for all I know. I don't know how eagles work. It was neat last evening watching the sun go down and the mom/dad on the nest nodding out.

Natsinpwc · « **Reply #3:** March 23, 2015, 10:24:35 PM »

Can't see a thing.
Oh, it's dark outside.

imref · « **Reply #4:** March 23, 2015, 11:21:35 PM »

checked this out earlier, very cool, thanks!

mitlen · « **Reply #5:** March 24, 2015, 12:14:28 PM »

Both eagles are in the nest. Having fish for lunch .... One of the eggs is hatched !

mitlen · « **Reply #6:** March 24, 2015, 06:45:05 PM »

Story on the eagles on the CBS Evening News.

mitlen · « **Reply #7:** March 25, 2015, 10:50:01 AM »

Both eggs are now hatched. Chow time ... looks like the big one is gettin' fed and the new hatchling is still trying to get its head to work.

Natsinpwc · « **Reply #8:** March 25, 2015, 11:04:05 AM »

Watched a video after the second one hatched. The one eagle who had been on the egg took off I guess to get some food and the other checked them out.

mitlen · « **Reply #9:** March 25, 2015, 11:06:47 AM »

Quote from: Natsinpwc on March 25, 2015, 11:04:05 AM

Watched a video after the second one hatched. The one eagle who had been on the egg took off I guess to get some food and the other checked them out.

Missus and I were talking last night ... looks like a fish diet so far. I know PA stocks streams/lakes in the spring. I wonder if they're trout. (I know nothing of fish .... sharks maybe but nothing else). At first I thought these fish are small. I googled Bald Eagle and saw they are large birds with nice sized talons. These fish could be 5 inches or so.

Mr Clean · « **Reply #10:** March 25, 2015, 12:33:40 PM »

Don't tell Adam LaRoche.

wj73 · « **Reply #11:** March 26, 2015, 04:54:17 PM »

Thanks for this cam - those are some seriously scary parents. How can something that fierce and intense be so gentle around the little ones?

mitlen · « **Reply #12:** March 26, 2015, 04:59:50 PM »

Quote from: wj73 on March 26, 2015, 04:54:17 PM

Thanks for this cam - those are some seriously scary parents. How can something that fierce and intense be so gentle around the little ones?

Kind of like a mom and her kids in an SUV.

Ali the Baseball Cat · « **Reply #13:** March 26, 2015, 05:26:10 PM »

They are pretty much apex predators. I mean what eats a frigging eagle?? DDT and whackjobs on the rez who want feathers for their GN'R jackets don't count.

wj73 · « **Reply #14:** March 30, 2015, 04:52:39 PM »

They've got something big and fuzzy in there today as dinner - it's black and white, so I'm thinking maybe a skunk? Between that and all the dead fish, that nest must be an interesting odor right about now.

blue911 · « **Reply #15:** March 30, 2015, 04:53:25 PM »

Quote from: wj73 on March 30, 2015, 04:52:39 PM

They've got something big and fuzzy in there today as dinner - it's black and white, so I'm thinking maybe a skunk? Between that and all the dead fish, that nest must be an interesting odor right about now.

A nun

wj73 · « **Reply #16:** March 30, 2015, 07:23:50 PM »

Quote from: blue911 on March 30, 2015, 04:53:25 PM

A nun

mitlen · « **Reply #17:** March 30, 2015, 07:37:57 PM »

Quote from: wj73 on March 30, 2015, 04:52:39 PM

They've got something big and fuzzy in there today as dinner - it's black and white, so I'm thinking maybe a skunk? Between that and all the dead fish, that nest must be an interesting odor right about now.

The adults clean it up. I read somewhere that they'll even bring fresh evergreen to deal with any odor.

mitlen · « **Reply #18:** April 03, 2015, 03:03:23 PM »

Kids are gettin' bigger.

skippy1999 · « **Reply #19:** April 03, 2015, 03:15:35 PM »

I tried to watch this once at work but it wouldn't play so I assumed it was blocked, I just tried again and I can see them now

this is fantastic, does the cameral always sway a little though or is it a very windy day there?

mitlen · « **Reply #20:** April 03, 2015, 03:21:35 PM »

Quote from: skippy1999 on April 03, 2015, 03:15:35 PM

I tried to watch this once at work but it wouldn't play so I assumed it was blocked, I just tried again and I can see them now this is fantastic, does the cameral always sway a little though or is it a very windy day there?

Only when it's windy.

It's been quite windy in the Mid-Atlantic the last few days. This nest is in southern PA. If you watch the edges of the nest and the feathers of the adults, you'll notice they're moving a lot as well. Before the eggs hatched, it wasn't very windy and the camera was steady.

wj73 · « **Reply #21:** April 03, 2015, 04:30:13 PM »

I think they're so high up that the slightest breeze seems to move the treetop. But it has been windy the last few days, too.

Here's a picture of one of them sitting on the nest in the snow earlier this year - pretty dedicated.

A local newspaper posts occasional updates about the eagles - it's agreed that the black and white fuzzy thing is a skunk - probably roadkill. (not a nun) http://www.eveningsun.com/eagle

skippy1999 · « **Reply #22:** April 03, 2015, 05:33:05 PM »

I saw that picture awhile ago on Facebook and never put it together it was from this eaglecam, SO awesome!

mitlen · « **Reply #23:** April 03, 2015, 05:43:38 PM »

Quote from: skippy1999 on April 03, 2015, 05:33:05 PM

I saw that picture awhile ago on Facebook and never put it together it was from this eaglecam, SO awesome!

The snow probably threw you off. You ain't used to it.

Dave B · « **Reply #24:** April 04, 2015, 10:48:43 AM »

Why do they appear to have lots of whole fish in there? I'd figure they'd eat most of the body. Does the rotting stench keep predators away.

We had mourning doves hatch eggs on our window sill. Then something happened and they left them uncovered. And a crow got them. Interesting while it lasted