Bird nest webcam

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Bird nest webcam

Over ten million people are tuning in to watch a pair of bald eagles and their eggs.

Doug Carrick, 73, set up the camera 18 months ago after watching the birds near his home for 14 years.

The female eagle, on Hornby Island in Western Canada, laid two eggs but one has disappeared.

In total more than 100 million fans have clicked on the live footage hoping to see a chick arrive.

According to The Sun Doug said: "The reaction is unbelievable. I've added three servers to cope with demand."

After getting government permission, he asked a climber to install the camera near the nest -120ft up - while the birds were on their annual migration.

At first Doug ran cables to his TV and video, recording the best moments including the female laying two eggs last year. When he showed his footage to biologists, they offered to set up the web link.

Doug added: "It was great when they laid the eggs. Last year they had two chicks but neither survived. We're hoping for better luck this time round."

Guest · Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 8:20 am Post subject:

Thanks for bringing up this subject: bald eagles. I have googled two web sites :

http://www.nwf.org/wildlife/baldeagle/webcam.cfm

http://baldeaglecam.blogspot.com/

Bald eagles are believed to mate for life.

Young eagles are on their own until they are about five years old, when they'll look for a mate. They may return to their old nests to visit their parents, but there is no way to tell if a returning juvenile is related to the pair or not.

Guest · Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 8:56 am Post subject: Charlie Todd

Charlie Todd was that new gradute student fresh from the University of Richmond who was assigned the job of determining the population status, nesting chronology and status, food habits, summer and winter distribution and everything else about Maine eagles!

Truly a monumental task and worthy of a PhD but Charlie just wanted a MS degree. State and federal biologists, volunteers, UM honors students, technicians and many more all pitched in to make his a classic study.

It was at a time when our population and nesting success was at rock bottom and Charlie pulled it all together for us and charted a path for recovery. At that time every eagle was priceless and we went to extreems to return every injured bird back to the wild.

Guest · Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 4:48 pm Post subject:

The Eagle Cam

The Eagle Web cam is presented by BioDiversity Research Institute and made possible through the generous support of MBNA, the Maine Community Foundation, FPL Energy Maine Hydro, National Wildlife Federation, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, and US Fish and Wildlife Service

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