# Bald eagle nest - live webcast
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-eagle-nest-live-webcast/749414
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [March 18, 2016, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-eagle-nest-live-webcast/749414 "2016-03-18T17:10:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2016, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-eagle-nest-live-webcast/749414/1 "2016-03-18T17:10:46Z")
At the National Arboretum in Washington, D.C. One eaglet born this week - another on the way soon, with luck. Your choice of two different camera angles: [http://dceaglecam.eagles.org/](http://dceaglecam.eagles.org/)
Very cool! I’ve always loved bald eagles.
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### Author:  [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2016, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-eagle-nest-live-webcast/749414/2 "2016-03-18T18:32:48Z")
Very cool. The mother is feeding the chick right now. It’s amazing how painstaking she is, pulling tiny bits of fish off and feeding it to the chick a bit at a time.
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2016, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-eagle-nest-live-webcast/749414/3 "2016-03-18T19:07:28Z")
Must be very windy in Washington today. You can see the nest rock now and then.
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### Author:  [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2016, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-eagle-nest-live-webcast/749414/4 "2016-03-18T19:09:48Z")
I noticed that. Still, that’s a pretty damn solid looking nest. Some of the branches around the outer edge are pretty thick. I’d love to see a webcam video of the nest-building process.
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### Author:  [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2016, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-eagle-nest-live-webcast/749414/5 "2016-03-18T19:17:19Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Must be very windy in Washington today. You can see the nest rock now and then.
My wife used to work at the Arboretum. If memory serves, the azalea collection is on Mount Hamilton, one of the highest points in the city (it’s really not that high; more like “Big Hill Hamilton”), which probably explains the wind. It’s really only been mildly breezy here today.
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### Author:  [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2016, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-eagle-nest-live-webcast/749414/6 "2016-03-18T20:33:46Z")
Thanks for the link!
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### Author:  [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2016, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-eagle-nest-live-webcast/749414/7 "2016-03-18T22:19:58Z")
Still sunny in DC???
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### Author:  [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2016, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-eagle-nest-live-webcast/749414/8 "2016-03-18T22:46:30Z")
DST. It’ll be dark in about half an hour.
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### Author:  [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2016, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-eagle-nest-live-webcast/749414/9 "2016-03-18T23:46:25Z")
> [@mhendo](#):
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> I noticed that. Still, that’s a pretty damn solid looking nest. Some of the branches around the outer edge are pretty thick. I’d love to see a webcam video of the nest-building process.
video of eagle building nest , I hope the OP won’t mind me posting this .
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### Author:  [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2016, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-eagle-nest-live-webcast/749414/10 "2016-03-19T00:15:56Z")
We have an eagle cam as well. Don’t know if we have eggs this year or not; to be honest I haven’t followed our eagles much the last couple years.
[http://www.pixcontroller.com/eagles/](http://www.pixcontroller.com/eagles/)
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> **[Ooh ooh](https://wildearth.tv/ooh-ooh/)**
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2016, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-eagle-nest-live-webcast/749414/11 "2016-03-19T03:00:13Z")
> [@purplehearingaid](#):
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> [… video of eagle building nest , I hope the OP won’t mind me posting this .
Not at all - thanks. I’ve read that eagle nests tend to just get bigger, year after year, as the eagles add to them. Sometimes they get big enough that the branches give way and they come crashing down.
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### Author:  [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2016, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-eagle-nest-live-webcast/749414/12 "2016-03-19T05:40:14Z")
This Eagle cam has been going for several years.
> **[Eagle Cam - Duke Farms](https://www.dukefarms.org/eagle-cam/)**
It’s actually pretty close to me. There are quite a few bald eagles in New Jersey now but I had to go to Alaska to see any in the wild.
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### Author:  [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2016, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-eagle-nest-live-webcast/749414/13 "2016-03-19T06:42:50Z")
Had a look early this afternoon, and again around 4pm PST. The earlier video was in color, but the later viewing was black and white even though it looked as if the sun was still up. Also, just a few minutes ago, dark-thirty PST, the nest appears to be artificially illuminated.
Why the change to black and white?
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How is the nest illuminated? Regular old white light?
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### Author:  [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2016, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-eagle-nest-live-webcast/749414/14 "2016-03-19T07:00:54Z")
> [@purplehearingaid](#):
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> video of eagle building nest , I hope the OP won’t mind me posting this .
Nice! All that deliberation and maneuvering for one piece. It must take ages to build the whole thing.
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### Author:  [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2016, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-eagle-nest-live-webcast/749414/15 "2016-03-19T07:36:31Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#):
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> Had a look early this afternoon, and again around 4pm PST. The earlier video was in color, but the later viewing was black and white even though it looked as if the sun was still up. Also, just a few minutes ago, dark-thirty PST, the nest appears to be artificially illuminated.
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> Why the change to black and white?
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> How is the nest illuminated? Regular old white light?
The night-time view is infra-red, according to the website.
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### Author:  [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-eagle-nest-live-webcast/749414/16 "2016-03-19T17:48:23Z")
I hope the OP won’t mind me posting this article from our newspaper here in Topeka. It’s exciting for local birders to see this nest, although there is no camera. The Audobon person mentioned in the article is the local chaper president, I know her well, she’s my sister!
> **[Bald eagles nesting at Lake Shawnee for first time in recent history](https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/local/2015/12/23/bald-eagles-nesting-lake-shawnee-first-time-recent-history/16606014007/)**
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> Topeka bird-watching enthusiasts are excited about the recent sighting of a pair of bald eagles that appear to have taken up residence at Lake Shawnee.
> If that is the case, it will be the first pai…
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### Author:  [@davida03801](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davida03801)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2016, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-eagle-nest-live-webcast/749414/17 "2016-03-19T18:39:39Z")
Saturday afternoon about 2:35.
i see the 2nd egg has a beak hole and there was movement inside ! Will the two co-exist in the nest or are eagles one of the species in which one hatching gets the majority of food and attention at the expense of the other ?
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### Author:  [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2016, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-eagle-nest-live-webcast/749414/18 "2016-03-19T19:37:33Z")
> [@davida03801](#):
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> Saturday afternoon about 2:35.
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> i see the 2nd egg has a beak hole and there was movement inside ! Will the two co-exist in the nest or are eagles one of the species in which one hatching gets the majority of food and attention at the expense of the other ?
I was actually reading a bit about this last night.
According to the websites i read, it is not unusual for one sibling to compete with, and even kill the other. More commonly, the females kill the males, because females are generally larger. And apparently, if this happens, the parents do nothing to prevent it.
But it is also the case that fratricide is more common in cases of limited food. If the parents bring back plenty of food for both young, the chances of one killing the other drops considerably.
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2016, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-eagle-nest-live-webcast/749414/19 "2016-03-19T22:38:45Z")
Wiki also says bald eagles will vigorously defend the nest - one eagle forced out a small brown bear which had climbed the tree!
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### Author:  [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2016, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-eagle-nest-live-webcast/749414/20 "2016-03-19T22:57:47Z")
> [@Baker](#):
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> I hope the OP won’t mind me posting this article from our newspaper here in Topeka. It’s exciting for local birders to see this nest, although there is no camera. The Audobon person mentioned in the article is the local chaper president, I know her well, she’s my sister!
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> [Bald eagles nesting at Lake Shawnee for first time in recent history](http://cjonline.com/news/2015-12-23/bald-eagles-nesting-lake-shawnee-first-time-recent-history)
Great for the local bird watchers.
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