Live Webcam - Bald Eagles

[Freckles]

Recently D14 was electrocuted, probably trying to land on a power pole near Rockford Iowa.

[Bonny]

This is very sad news. Bob has said it is a part of nature & things like this can & do happen. The Decorah FFA has been working on special power pole perches in the nest area & Alliant Energy is putting them up. Another problem the eagles wings span is a good 6 to 8 feet & the two power lines that are separated on the poles hang about 3 feet apart from each other so that is a cause for a lot of collisions.

I always thought lead poisoning was the biggest cause of eagles deaths but it is looking more like power poles & if they are carrying a big wet fish it can get wrapped in the wires.

On a good note D1 has returned to the area from Hudson Bay Canada & hopefully she will stay off of the poles & perch in the trees.

[Freckles]

In 2013. Mom and Dad built a new nest so pictures were from a distant. That nest, N2 now has several cameras. I like this nest because you can see the eagles fly to the nest and away. Please follow on Ustream or facebook.

[Bonny]

Mom Decorah eagle laid an egg Sunday at 4:55. It is so darn cold here with -16 night low predicted for Wednesday night. You wonder how they can keep that egg warm even with all the grass insulation they put in the nest along with their own body heat.

[Freckles]

Mom has laid three eggs. First pip this morning. Viewers had been about 4,000. Now, with nest activity, viewers average about 12,000!
Lots of fun watching. Perfect pictures.

[kaycountrygal]

Apr 1 2014
I watched the Decorah eagles last year--very interesting.

Here's a site for live eagle cam at Jordan Lake, North Carolina, 25-30 miles from me (near Chapel Hill-Durham)

http://www.ustream.tv/jordanlakeeagles

[Freckles]

3/28/2015
1 hatchling, 1 pip and 1 egg.