RonJonSurfer Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 At Duke Farms, part of the Doris Duke Estate in Hillsborough, NJ there is a live streaming Bald Eagle Cam...Two of the three eggs have hatched (the third may not at this point). As we speak, the baby eagles are being feed fish from one of the parents...you can watch live right up until the fly out of the nest...you'll be hooked once you watch it: http://www.dukefarms.org/Education/Eagle-Cam/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 that's so cool, Ron! now I'm addicted! I had to run out to take my kid to school, and I came back and the babies are gone... I'm panicking - where are they? She's rearranging the nest. Did she boot 'em out? Oh nevermind, I see 'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted April 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 It's really funny when the chicks pop out from under Mom (or Dad) and start screaming to be fed. Yesterday there was a large fish in the nest which was dropped in by one of the adult eagles. The nest is along the Raritan River where there are plenty of trout to be caught. The chicks love their sushi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Steel2Velvet Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 It is a most interesting viewing experience. I thought I had remembered from school that the healthiest chick is fed and the weaker is normally ignored until it perishes. So it was while I watched. Both chicks raised their heads for feeding, but the parent fed the more aggressive chick at a ratio of about 10 bites to one for the smaller, less aggressive chick. Survival of the fittest starts early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted April 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 I noticed that one of the chicks seemed to be getting fed much more. I didn't know the background info you provided. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 I won't be able to watch if she lets the little one starve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted April 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 If you read the timeline along the right side column of the page, you'll see that multiple chicks can make it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 babies are finally waking up. I wish I could watch this all day - I want to see mama fly off to get food and then feed them. But I have to just watch sporadically and hope I catch some good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted April 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 I know it's impossible to tell, but sometimes the mother eagle is in the nest and sometimes it is the father eagle (or so I'm told by others watching this). A friend told me they saw one of the parents drop off a fish in the nest, so they actually saw both at the same time on camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted April 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 The chicks are growing like weeds and enjoying (finally) thye warm temps and sunny weather in New Jersey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 they certainly are! I can't believe how big those feet are compared to the overall size of their bodies... like rottweiler puppies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 now that was hysterical! One of them struggled to his formidably large feet, stuck his butt in the air, and proceeded to uh... relieve himself off the side of the nest. Way to keep the house clean, little guy. Edit: I have been bound and determined to catch Mama or Papa Eagle either landing or taking off. So today I've got the camera on the right hand side of my screen, keeping watch out of the corner of my eye while I'm editing a transcript, and just after the pooping incident my Internet connection went out. So I do the unplug/plug thing to get it going again, and no sooner am I back online when one of the two grownups is already back in the nest - and I missed the landing in that 2 minute stretch because of a crappy connection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted April 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 I saw a half eaten fish in the next yesterday which was obviously not native to NJ waters. I think someones koi pond is doubling up as a sushi bar for the eagles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 where is Baby #2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted April 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 It is really windy today...a bad storm is about to rip through the area. The mom/dad is really protecting the chicks, I saw both of them a minute ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted April 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 BTW, there is another cam with eggs about to hatch at any moment. The red-tailed hawk cam is focused on a nest in the middle of New York City. the hawks built the nest on the ledge of a building at New York University, right outside the president's window. Here it is: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/06/hawk-cam-live-from-the-nest/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 yeah, that camera's swaying like crazy. I saw she was sitting on the other baby earlier... maybe to make sure they are warm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted May 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 BTW, there is another cam with eggs about to hatch at any moment. The red-tailed hawk cam is focused on a nest in the middle of New York City. the hawks built the nest on the ledge of a building at New York University, right outside the president's window. Here it is: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/06/hawk-cam-live-from-the-nest/ We got babies...the hawk babies hatched today and were quite late...experts said it wouldn't happen, but they were wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted May 30, 2011 Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 wow! I hadn't checked in for a couple of weeks... life travels fast - if you blink, you might miss it. Those babies are grown up and feathered over!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted May 31, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 Flying can't be too far away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted July 6, 2011 Report Share Posted July 6, 2011 empty nest! They must be flying! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted July 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2011 The younger one has flown, the older one is still working at it...just checked and he was branching and testing his wings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted July 6, 2011 Report Share Posted July 6, 2011 why is it off the air??? I NEED MY EAGLE FIX! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted July 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2011 It's a little touchy today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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