Eaglets Flying/Fledging Very Soon!
March 24, 2013
Here are our former little fluff-ball eaglets--all ready for flight training now!
Mostly empty nest these days--eaglets are branching most of the day.
This is the site of the Southwest Florida Eagle Cam, sponsored by Dick Prichett Realty, of North Fort Myers, Florida. The nest is located on the property of Dick Prichett. The mature eagle pair, Ozzie and Harriet, have been nesting and raising eaglets for 5 years there. The eaglets have been named Honor and Hope. Local residents/watchers have submitted photos taken from the ground, so we can see what eaglets and parents are up to when not in live cam range.
This is one of many live eagle cams on www.ustreamtv.com and other sites. Do some investigating to find the nest family you enjoy watching. Type in the word eagles to get a full list of live cams.
The Alcoa eagle cam, located at Davenport, Iowa, is just as fascinating, with two new mouths for Liberty and Justice to feed now:
There is one site, Eaglecrest Wildlife, where they are presently watching a barn owl with 8 eggs, a Canadian goose with 10 eggs, and a red-tailed hawk who has just laid her first egg of the season. This site in Sanger, California, has 9 live cams watching all this and more on the private property. Here is the link:
If you are more interested in Great Horned Owls, watch the live cam of Bonnie and Clyde who took over an eagle nest before the eagles returned for nesting season. The location is in New London, Wisconsin. This is a bit difficult for me to watch as the owl nests completely out in the open, and the weather there has been horrific, not to mention the mother owl has had another owl intruder almost every night. But now, she has one owlet, and everyone is hoping for a good outcome for her and the baby.
Here is that link:
This is nature in real time, so whatever happens, happens, both good and bad. In any case, get yourself on one of these sites and see nature up close, a true privilege.
