If you haven't already seen the live streaming webcams of the Decorah, Iowa eagles, you have to check it out.
The nesting pair of eagles has been together of several years and has successfully hatched eaglets for the past four years. The pair built this nest near the Decorah Fish Hatchery in a cottonwood tree 80-feet above the ground in 2007, after their previous nest was damaged in a windstorm. The nest is approximately five to six-feet wide, five to six-feet deep, and about one and a half tons!
The Raptor Resource Project set up the two cameras in the fall of 2010 to monitor the nest. The two cameras stream live 24/7 switching to infrared at night. Established in 1988, the Raptor Resource Project is an Iowa based non-profit dedicated to preserving falcons, eagles, ospreys, hawks and owls. To learn more about the RRP, watch webcams or donate visit raptorresource.org.
This year the pair laid three eggs from late February to early March. The first eaglet hatched April 2, the second eaglet hatched on April 3 and the third eaglet is expected to hatch within the next few days.
The eagle cam has become my new obsession. It's so amazing to watch the eaglets hatching--check out the highlights on the webcam site--and to see the eagles feeding the eaglets. Although that prairie dog carcass is really gross to look at. You absolutely must check out the videos and the live stream. No doubt you'll be hooked and checking in multiple times during the day and night--don't forget the live stream switches to infrared!
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