[Video] Eaglecam

[Iowatech]

There's a couple of places around here that have set up cameras focused on the nests of bald eagles. In case you want to check them out, here you go:
1) http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles
2)http://www.alcoa.com/locations/usa_d...e/eaglecam.asp
I thought they were interesting, although fair warning the action is kind of slow.
On a somewhat related note, a bald eagle flew in front of my car today and scared the crap out of me. Eagles are huge birds.

[NeoMatrix]

Re: Eaglecam

There's a couple of places around here that have set up cameras focused on the nests of bald eagles. In case you want to check them out, here you go:
1) http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles
2)http://www.alcoa.com/locations/usa_d...e/eaglecam.asp
I thought they were interesting, although fair warning the action is kind of slow.
On a somewhat related note, a bald eagle flew in front of my car today and scared the crap out of me. Eagles are huge birds.

Nice project....
I absolutely love the photographic postcard scenery.
It's definitely a change from the 45 degC dry desert heat wave
I use to see and feel when I lived out in the central-west country.

[blackcat4866]

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Thanks for sharing. I've heard of projects like this in Michigan, where they set up nesting locations for Peregrine Falcons.

I get cold just listening to the wind high in the trees. =^..^=

[HenryT2]

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We still have some Bald Eagles down here on the Tenn-Tom Waterway.
It has been a while since I have gone to some of these protected areas to see them.
( Now you have made me want to take my grandsons, and go watch some of them . )

They are quite majestic and are interesting to watch.
We have seen them fishing and breaking branches from dead trees to build their nests.

Just remember ............

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[NeoMatrix]

Re: Eaglecam

There's a couple of places around here that have set up cameras focused on the nests of bald eagles. In case you want to check them out, here you go:
1) http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles
2)http://www.alcoa.com/locations/usa_d...e/eaglecam.asp
I thought they were interesting, although fair warning the action is kind of slow.
On a somewhat related note, a bald eagle flew in front of my car today and scared the crap out of me. Eagles are huge birds.

Talk about Eagles and vehicles.
Just recently we had to rescue a damsel in distress(okay my wife) from the inlaws place out west.
There is a lot of road kill on the side of the road from Semi-trailer drivers who drive during the cool of night.
I happend to be in a vehicle doing an excess speed(double limit) along isolated highway, when we broached a corner
with fresh road kill in the middle of the road. There was about 30 or so Kitehawks feeding off the dead kangaroo carcass. I think that was the clearest closest view of a Kitehawks rectum I ever saw. He clipped the top of the passenger side windscreen. He lived to tell the tale. I saw him flying away. I bet he told all his hawk mates "those humans are literally a pain-in-the-@ss."
Kitehawks are a large bird. Thier wingspan covers across the windscreen of a vehicle.


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[blackcat4866]

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I had to see one of these kitehawks. Looks like the same family as eagles, falcons, and vultures. 6' wingspan for an adult.

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Big birdiee ... =^..^=

[blackcat4866]

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If anybody has been following the Decorah Eagles, D18, D19, and D20 have hatched about 10 days ago. the chicks are particularly active right now.

Pay special attention to the smallest eaglet. It's the got the biggest appetite, snapping up 8 of 10 pieces of meat. =^..^=

[blackcat4866]

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I took this screen shot a few days ago. They're even bigger now.

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[blackcat4866]

Re: Eaglecam 5-11-2014

I can't imagine that they'll be around the nest much longer. The eaglets are hopping about, and trying their wings. Most of the fluff is gone on the older D18 and D19, and I expect that they'll be flying soon. Even the younger D20 is starting to loose fluff and get some black feathers.

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=^..^=

[blackcat4866]

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If you haven't checked in with the Decorah Eagles yet, this is the most exciting time for the eaglets.

They're full sized adults now, and overdue for their first flight. The nest is looking a bit crowded when everyone is home.

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The largest adult is Priscillah (momma). The smaller adult is Mochamommah (daddy). and of course the chicks D18, D19, and D20.

Watchin' the birdies. =^..^=

[Iowatech]

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Looks like you've checked the Eagle Cam more than I have, thanks for the updates!
From what I've seen in the past, you're right - it shouldn't be too long before the young eagles start taking short flights to the branches near the nest. As this camera wasn't used that much last year (the adult eagles nested in a nearby tree then, according to the info here they apparently do that every once in a while), I hope it can still pan out to those. I haven't seen it do that yet, but I may have missed it.

[NeoMatrix]

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The chicks haven't taken long to grow to fledglings.
They only hatched a few months ago.
Time certainly gets away....

[Iowatech]

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I don't know if you're taking a look at the Alcoa eagle cam, but yesterday that young eagle was practicing flight by jumping around while flapping it's wings.
Also, a few minutes ago a small bird (looked like a wren or something similar) landed in the nest. The small bird was there for a couple of minutes and then left. The young eagle then looked towards the camera as if to say "What?"

[Iowatech]

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If you have a problem with motion sickness, avoid the Alcoa tree-top cam right now. It must be pretty windy there at this time, and that camera is on a different (and apparently less sturdy) tree.
The Decorah cam was down for a while earlier, but it is back up now.

[blackcat4866]

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If you notice that D18, D19, and D20 are shaking their heads a lot, it's because they have a bad case of lice. Earlier today the camera operator focused in close, and you could see them crawling with white lice. The eaglets are two weeks overdue for their first flight. =^..^=