Eagle Cam

[Cyndi B.]

It is in someone's yard. Birds don't poo in the nest either.

[CindyL]

Ich!

[Cyndi B.]

The lunch special today looks like a ground hog. So far the 3rd egg hasn't hatched. I read that the 3rd chick rarely flies. I did notice one year when there were 3 that the 3rd was considerably smaller.

[CindyL]

Yesterday was a nail-biter when Dad accidentally threw the oldest eaglet outside the bowl of the nest. Then Mom arrived and saved him. You could almost hear her say, "What did you do?!" to the father when she got back. I admit that I was yelling encouragement at the baby as it tried to crawl back in and at the father who seemed unable to figure out how to save it. I yelled when Mom got the job done.
Then I laughed until I cried when I watched the babies fight over a piece of fish. Two bobbleheads going back and forth in a tug-of-war.

I have also been watching this hummingbird nest: http://www.ustream.tv/hummingbirdnestcam Needless to say, schoolwork is getting hard to get done.

CindyL

[Deb&Sam D.]

Originally Posted by Cyndi B.

The lunch special today looks like a ground hog. So far the 3rd egg hasn't hatched. I read that the 3rd chick rarely flies. I did notice one year when there were 3 that the 3rd was considerably smaller.

We have been watching for the last 24 hours, there are sessions that are quite riveting. We have kept the eagle cam video on the computer screen for constant viewing. Its been an interesting, non-strenuous activity to engage in while the DH and I are assigned to sick bay.... hubby with pneumonia and me with badly sprained foot.
Deb

[Kevin A]

This is all pretty amazing. I spent my teenage years trout fishing just below that tree and know the area well. Today when I got in to work in Oak Park, IL, I found the superintendent's secretary watching, too! She found out about it at church yesterday. My folks are also watching in a retirement housing unit just north of Decorah, IA. Lots of people watching and worrying over these young chicks.

[Cyndi B.]

Kevin:

I wonder about the 3rd egg. I read that the 3rd hatchling never flies most likely due to lack of food. I watched one year when there were three and the 3rd one was considerably smaller most likely due to a late birth and competion for food with the older babies.

[CindyL]

I showed my class tonight. The one that Kevin calls "Bart," as in Simpson, popped his head out from under Mom like he was tired of being squashed.
The latest addition to the menu had us puzzled at the university. My cousin nailed it though, a muskrat.

CindyL

[Cyndi B.]

Cindyl:

I thought so too by the tail and the teeth.

[Cyndi B.]

I think Egg #3 has no hope.

[CindyL]

Egg 3 is hatching right now. They zoomed in on the lump that the chick has made in the shell. I hope Mom does a better job with feeding all three. Tome and again I watch Number 2 get nothing.

CindyL

[Cyndi B.]

I seen the hump.

[Cyndi B.]

3rd eagle was born yesterday. Quite the smorgasboard in the nest.

[CindyL]

Dad just flew in with road-kill squirrel. I assume it was. It was pretty stiff. Then he fed them from the fresh fish he brought in earlier. Even he did not want that stiff squirrel. That fish was so fresh when he brought it, it was still breathing.

Hard to get work done.

CindyL

[Cyndi B.]

I thought I saw it moving.

[CindyL]

The fish or the squirrel?

CindyL

[Cyndi B.]

The fish. I think the squirrel was done moving along time ago according to the look on it's face.

[Cyndi B.]

I checked in on the eagles today and up poppped this different window. You can now chat while you watch. Of course I signed up just to see what they were chatting about.

[Kevin A]

It's fun now to watch the almost adult birds hopping and testing out their wings on the above-nest wind currents. It looks like they'll be flying soon!

[Perry J]

I've been enjoying the eagles.
If you want to see some African wildlife go to africam.com.
They have 3 24/7 live cameras in diferent areas.
John