Web-cam (Eagle's Nest)

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Re: Web-cam (Eagle\'s Nest)

Now look what you done buckee. smile.gif I,m watching this at 3 am here. It is so interesting, i can,t stop watching. Must be a long delay, because it is still daylight there. Man this is cool. cool.gif

In late March, 2006, The American Eagle Foundation (AEF) turned on its live eagle nest cam at Dollywood of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Liberty (the Mother) and Justice (the father) had already laid three white eggs. You can click on the pictures at either “Camera A” or “Camera B”. You can then watch them take turns with their nesting duties. Liberty is the bigger bald eagle; female eagles are usually larger than the males. It normally takes 35 days for the eggs to hatch, while at least one parent gingerly sits on the eggs. Your best chance for seeing the eggs or eaglets is when one of the parents shifts its position, or the other parent arrives to relieve the other of its nesting duties. They are the 4th pair of captive eagles to lay eggs (total of 10) at AEF during 2006. The others laid eggs from February 4 to March 23, 2006.

From 1993 through 2004, Liberty and Justice successfully reared 13 of their own young for release into the wild. During 2005, their three eggs were infertile, but read below how they successfully reared a 14th eaglet from the Columbus (Ohio) Zoo. It joined 6 other eaglets that AEF released into the wild in 2005, when they were each first capable of flight at 12 to 13 weeks age.

It can be found at:

http://www.eagles.org/eaglecam.htm

The female lays 1 to 3 eggs annually in the springtime, which hatch after about 35 days of incubation. Hunting, egg incubation, nest watch, eaglet feeding and eaglet brooding duties are shared by both parents until the young are strong enough to fly at about 12 weeks of age. Eaglets are full size at 12 weeks of age. Only about 50% of eaglets hatched survive the first year.

The feathers of newly hatched Bald Eaglets are light grey, and turn dark brown before they leave the nest at about 12 weeks of age. During their third and fourth years, Bald Eagles have mottled brown and white feathers under their wings and on their head, tail and breast. The distinctive white head and tail feathers do not appear until Bald Eagles are about 4 to 5 years old. Their beak and eyes turn yellow during the fourth and fifth year, and are dark brown prior to that time. Bald Eagles are about 29 to 42 inches long, can weigh 7 to 15 pounds, and have a wing span of 6 to 8 feet. This makes them one of the largest birds in North America. Females are larger than males. Bald Eagles residing in the northern U. S. are larger than those that reside in the south. They have a life span of up to 40 years in the wild, and longer in captivity.

Bald Eagles feed primarily on fish, but also eat small animals (ducks, coots, muskrats, turtles, rabbits, snakes, etc.) and occasional carrion (dead animals). They swoop down to seize fish in their powerful, long and sharp talons (approximately 1,000 pounds of pressure per square inch in each foot). They can carry their food off in flight, but can only lift about half their weight. Bald Eagles have been recorded at 44 miles per hour in level flight. They seldom dive vertically on their prey, preferring to decend more gradually and snatch fish, rabbits, etc. with their feet. Their diving speed is estimated at 75 to 100 miles per hour. They can fly to altitudes of 10,000 feet or more, and can soar aloft for hours using natural wind currents and thermal updrafts. Bald Eagles can swim to shore with a heavy fish using their strong wings as paddles. However, it is also possible that they can drown if the fish weighs too much.

Hope they keep this going so we can see the young and watch the parents bring them food etc: Very, very interesting. smile.gifgrin.gifcool.gif

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