# Bald eagle nest - live webcast **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-eagle-nest-live-webcast/749414/21 "2016-03-20T11:59:17Z")
The second hatched sometime over night. ---
**Author:** ![davida03801](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@davida03801](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davida03801)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-eagle-nest-live-webcast/749414/22 "2016-03-20T12:12:24Z")
I notice this AM (Sunday) about 8 that the 2nd hatching is not getting food from Dad. At least I assume that is Dad who swooped in, helped out a bit, then left again. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-eagle-nest-live-webcast/749414/23 "2016-03-20T13:59:15Z")
Thanks to Pied Piper for the great video! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-eagle-nest-live-webcast/749414/24 "2016-03-20T15:44:25Z")
There’s a bald eagle’s nest a couple of blocks away from here. I was just out on the patio and I could see one of the residents flying around. It always amuses me that the ‘U-S-A! U-S-A!’ bird has such a wimpy-sounding call. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-eagle-nest-live-webcast/749414/25 "2016-03-20T16:35:59Z")
> [@davida03801](#): > > I notice this AM (Sunday) about 8 that the 2nd hatching is not getting food from Dad. At least I assume that is Dad who swooped in, helped out a bit, then left again. Most likely, although eagles do share responsibilities. You can tell which one is the female, because she has more pronounced light-colored edges on her back feathers, and because she is noticeably larger than the male. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-eagle-nest-live-webcast/749414/26 "2016-03-20T16:54:26Z")
I’ve been watching this off and on all weekend. I briefly got to see the mother feeding one of the chicks and both the eagles at the nest at the same time. I just checked back in and I could see both of the chicks. Fascinating stuff! ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-eagle-nest-live-webcast/749414/27 "2016-03-20T19:18:43Z")
It’s feeding time! Fish for supper! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-eagle-nest-live-webcast/749414/28 "2016-03-20T21:07:53Z")
Here’s NPR’s coverage: [D.C. Eagle Cam Captures Second Eaglet Emerging : The Two-Way : NPR](http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/03/20/471161375/and-then-there-were-4-second-eaglet-emerges-on-d-c-eagle-cam) ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_Urquhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gordon\_Urquhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_Urquhart)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-eagle-nest-live-webcast/749414/29 "2016-03-21T16:58:41Z")
Boulder County in Colorado has a [webcam](http://www.bouldercounty.org/os/openspace/pages/ospreycamera.aspx) for an osprey nest located near Longmont (about 30 miles north of Denver) – the male osprey that was in the next last year returned over the weekend. He’s been in and out of the nest several times this morning. It’s also a great feed for listening to redwing blackbird calls. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-eagle-nest-live-webcast/749414/30 "2016-03-21T17:48:53Z")
Obligatory _Far Side_ cartoon: [https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/ac/ab/26/acab2640ac5e9c68593f981bb62881e2.jpg](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/ac/ab/26/acab2640ac5e9c68593f981bb62881e2.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-eagle-nest-live-webcast/749414/31 "2016-03-21T18:19:18Z")
> [@Gordon\_Urquhart](#): > > Boulder County in Colorado has a [webcam](http://www.bouldercounty.org/os/openspace/pages/ospreycamera.aspx) for an osprey nest located near Longmont (about 30 miles north of Denver) – the male osprey that was in the next last year returned over the weekend. He’s been in and out of the nest several times this morning. > > It’s also a great feed for listening to redwing blackbird calls. I’ve been discovering over the past few days that there are nest cams all over the place. One of my favorite sites so far is the [Cornell Lab of Ornithology](http://cams.allaboutbirds.org/) site, which has a half-dozen cams linked up. I really like watching the [Great Horned Owl](http://cams.allaboutbirds.org/channel/46/Great_Horned_Owls/) nest from Georgia, but there’s also an Albatross from Hawai’i, Barn Owls from Texas, Red-Tailed Hawks from New York, Barred Owls from Indiana, and bird feeder cams from New York and Ontario. Other eagle cams i’ve found include: [Channel Islands National Park](http://www.iws.org/interactive_nestchat_allUstream.html) here in California (four different nests) [Minnesota Department of Natural Resources](http://www.webcams.dnr.state.mn.us/eagle/) [Pennsylvania Game Commission](http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=514&objID=1592549&mode=2) I still keep coming back to the DC cam, though. Last night, while i was watching, the mother was feeding the chicks, and then decided that dinner time was over. She basically stropped feeding, stomped the chicks down unceremoniously with her feet, and sat on them. It was pretty funny. ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_Urquhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gordon\_Urquhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_Urquhart)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-eagle-nest-live-webcast/749414/32 "2016-03-21T19:11:11Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > I’ve been discovering over the past few days that there are nest cams all over the place … _(post snipped)_ Very cool – thanks for posting those links. The owl ones are of particular interest to me, although they’re all worth visiting. It’s fun to take a couple minutes’ break and have a really great view of nature. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-eagle-nest-live-webcast/749414/33 "2016-03-21T20:08:48Z")
We had fun a few years back watching a peregrine nest that was located on the outside of the Buffalo, New York courthouse. It is interesting to see that parents are parents no matter what the species. They get tired, grumpy, and impatient just like we human parents. But they can be surprisingly tender, as well. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-eagle-nest-live-webcast/749414/34 "2016-03-23T19:31:43Z")
Here’s some highlights from National Geographic on the Washington eaglets: [National Geographic](http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/03/160322-washington-bald-eagle-nest-cam-highlights/) ---
**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-eagle-nest-live-webcast/749414/35 "2016-03-23T19:51:08Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > 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. It looks like the eagle was trying to break the branch to made it fit in the nest better. They’re beautiful birds. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2016, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-eagle-nest-live-webcast/749414/36 "2016-03-29T02:56:21Z")
My family and I visited the National Arboretum yesterday. The visitors center has the same real-time feed on a big-screen TV, and the guides are happy to show you where the nest is. A nearby access road is closed to vehicles, and you can go several hundred yards in on foot before there’s a barrier and you can’t go any further. We could just see the nest in a very tall tree on the top of the hill, but lacked binoculars and couldn’t see any of the eagles with the naked eye. In the few minutes we were there, we also saw neither of the parents take to the skies. Still cool to be there. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2016, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-eagle-nest-live-webcast/749414/37 "2016-03-29T14:23:24Z")
The eagles I mentioned in post #12 have had two chicks hatched recently. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2016, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-eagle-nest-live-webcast/749414/38 "2016-03-29T18:48:59Z")
[Explore.org](http://explore.org/live-cams/player/channel-islands-national-park-sauces-bald-eagle) has a couple of eagle cams too. In fact, they have a TON of critter cams. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2016, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-eagle-nest-live-webcast/749414/39 "2016-03-29T19:52:56Z")
I’ve been following the [Decorah Bald Eagles](http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles) for years, and the first of three eggs hatched early this morning. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2016, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-eagle-nest-live-webcast/749414/40 "2016-03-29T20:26:32Z")
I’m curious who was the first to do this. The Duke Farms eagles I’ve been referring to are the first ones I heard of. There has been a webcam watching them since 2008. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-eagle-nest-live-webcast/749414.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-eagle-nest-live-webcast/749414.md?page=3)