I know the Bald Eagle has been under threat except in Alaska.
Not so much in Michigan. We've been regularily seeing them for the last
several years and have seen them within a few miles of Detroit!
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
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From: "Alan C" <c...@lantic.net>
Subject: Re: OT: Eagle Cam
Thanks, Dan. Very interesting. Good to hear there is so much Public
interest. I know the Bald Eagle has been under threat except in Alaska.
Alan C
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From: Daniel J. Matyola
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 3:11 PM
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Subject: OT: Eagle Cam
A very popular pastime here in the most heavily populated state of the
US is watching our new eagles being born each year.
Eagle Cam focuses on 3 eggs ready to hatch at Duke Farms
March 19, 2014
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HILLSBOROUGH — Spring is the season for new life and you, along with
8½ million others, can witness the marvel of birth through Duke Farms’
Eagle Cam.
The webcam focuses on a bald eagles’ nest perched 80 feet in a
sycamore tree on the 2,000-acre property that has been preserved as
center for environmental stewardship. The web cam is located higher in
the sycamore tree and though it can be operated remotely, it is mostly
pointed down to give a birds-eye view of the nest.
There are now three eggs in the nest. The eggs were laid at 3:55 p.m.
Feb. 17, 3 p.m. Feb. 20 and 4:45 p.m. Feb. 23. With a gestation time
of about five weeks, the time for the eggs to hatch is fast
approaching. The first hatch date could be March 24.
“So far, so good,” said Nora Wagner, director of public programs at
Duke Farms. You may see the progress yourself by going to
MyCentralJersey.com.
Since the eagle nest was discovered in the fall of 2004, 18 eagle
chicks have been hatched and fledged — growing feathers large enough
to fly — at Duke Farms. Fledging usually takes 10 to 12 weeks, Wagner
said
The webcam first was installed in 2008 and began transmitting video in
March 2008. Since then, Wagner understated, “it’s gotten pretty
popular.”
As of Tuesday, the Eagle Cam, Wagner said, had close to 8½ million
viewers.
Duke Farms and the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey have
created lesson plans for students in schools along the East Coast to
learn about the habits of the country’s national bird. For example,
the mother and father share incubation duties, though the mother
spends more time with the eggs.
Most of the time, the webcam captures nothing more exciting than an
adult eagle protecting the eggs and keeping them warm. When the eggs
hatch, suddenly the nest becomes busy with activity until the chicks
grow their wings.
But occasionally there is drama. In one of the more harrowing scenes
captured by the webcam, on March 24, 2013 a red-tailed hawk swooped
down on the nest but was killed by one of the adult eagles, who then
feeds the hawk’s remains to a chick. The webcam captured every second
of the life-and-death drama.
An eagles’ nest was first discovered at Duke Farms in 2004. But in
2012, Hurricane Sandy’s 90-mph winds tore the top off the upper half
of the nest tree, destroying the nest.
But like many New Jersey families whose homes were destroyed in the
storm, the eagles returned to Duke Farms and built a new nest in the
sycamore about 100 feet from the first nest two months after the
storm. The camera was moved to the new nest tree in the fall of 2013.
There are now 96 pairs of eagles incubating in New Jersey, according
to the Conserve Wildlife Foundation.
Link to the Eagle Cam:
http://www.mycentraljersey.com/interactive/article/20140319/NJLIFE13/140319001/WATCH-LIVE-Eagle-Cam-Duke-Farms-Hillsborough
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