I saw all three of them sitting on the branches a while ago. So at least the one that has fledged isn’t too proud to come back and hang out with its non-flying brethren.
I don’t know how much longer the webcam will be up; the Raptor Resource Project says “The cam will run as long as we see birds. When we stop seeing birds, the cam will shut down.” It sure has been fun. I was out of town for several days last week and haven’t seen much of the young birds flying. They’re still hanging around the nest for the time being.
Lots of videos of their early flights have been posted on youtube; Here is a very nice shot of E1 returning to the tree- and making a not-so-graceful landing. On the right side of that page are several more clips.
Bumping this thread for a very good reason: they laid new eggs on February 23rd! The live feed.
Thanks, Czarcasm!
An egg! Very cool!
Still just the one egg laid yesterday.
Thanks for bumping this, Czarcasm. There was no nest cam last year; the eagle pair built another nest in a nearby tree and used it instead of the original nest. Now there’s a webcam installed on nest 2 and they are back online!
And the third egg was laid on Sunday afternoon. Unfortunately, the first two eggs may not hatch because of the cold snap the previous week, but they think the third egg should be o.k.
… which is why they have multiple eggs (and hatchlings) even though most hatchlings simply kill each other. Sometimes, they need the backup.
Weird to read my own post from back in the day, though.
Two of the three eggs have hatched so far. This is when it gets interesting (they grow really fast).
The third one hatched this morning.
Breakfast time! Mama eagle is feeding the chicks right now.
They were very active all afternoon.
Bumbershoot has given me permission to post a link to another cam.
This is a peregrine falcon cam. It’s up 24/7, and is located on top of the Westar Energy building in downtown Topeka, Kansas. If you click on the link you will see pictures of the eggs that have been laid this year, four so far, and other links to info about the birds. There are two cameras, one outside the nest and one inside.
They just gobbled down a rabbit pretty quickly.
Why do the grown Bald Eagles have eyebrows?
Nightime now, a parent seems to be watching over the resting young ones.
That’s an interesting question. I PMed Colibri, hopefully he can answer it.
In the meantime, I found this link that says