Skipper just sent me the following information:

The Caltrans eagle's nest is now live

I don't know if you are familiar with the story but here's the short version. Caltrans (California Transportation) put a huge cone in an eagle's nest to stop resident eagles from nesting. The eagles tried anyway. A group of people got together to put pressure on the powers-that-be and they removed the cone.

A member by the name of californiakayaker first posted a head's up on HWF. I think David got involved, or at least I think he knows about it. Here's the link to the thread:

viewtopic.php?f=33&t=2249

Here is the link to the cam page:

http://www.turtlebay.org/eaglecam

We'll be adding more information to the opening post soon - but wanted to let people know there was another cam to watch! I haven't had time to check it out, but understand from other forums that it uses QuickTime, and some people have had trouble connecting. Hopefully we'll find a way around that soon.

Thanks, Skipper - and Enjoy!

2008-2009 Season:

• cam on line: November 28
• eggs laid: February 6, 6:00 pm; February 9, 5:17 pm; late February 13 or early February 14
• hatched: March 17, 4:10 pm (39 days); March 19, 7:43 am (38 days); March 22, morning (36 days)
• fledged: June 10 (~85 days); June 12 (~85 days); June 14 (~84 days) (not actually sure what order they fledged in)
• last seen: all 3 fledglings seen July 5 (110 days for oldest); 2 seen July 8 (111 & 108 days)

2009-2010 Season:

• cam on line: December 2

caught an adult having a brief visit just a few minutes ago....7:30 ish PST

adult is back.....743 PST

I like the angle of this cam - it will be hard to count the feathers on little tiny chicks - but we should be able to count the eggs and with luck see when they hatch. And at the other end we should be able to see a bit of branching - seems like a good compromise!

I caught an eagle in the nest at 11:25 a.m. As of this post, it's still there

Link to Video (just over a minute long).

Just updated my version of QuickTime - and now I can see the nest! No eagle there - maybe next time!

direct link to the cam

http://00700213.spl.pscdn.net/007/00213/tb/tb.asp

Welcome to HWF, Josh and Deb. Thanks for this nice direct link. We love this eagle pair.

Hi, joshndeb



to the Hancock Wildlife Discussion Forum And thanks so much for the direct link

I check on the cam a couple times a day but I haven't seen them since my first sighting a few days back

mid afternoon seems to be the time I've seen them most. I saw both of them yesterday around 4:30 PM pacific time. They were out on one of the branches together. I'll try to get a screen shot next time. I didn't think about it, I just called the kids in to see the two eagles! One is a lot larger than the other. Does anyone know if that is the male or female???

Anyways, thank you for the welcome, I'll post pics if I see them again.

Josh in Redding

Hi joshndeb :

From what I know of eagles (not an expert though ), a female eagle is larger than a male.

That would be awesome if you could post screencaps. If you have any problems or questions about screencaps, feel free to PM me or post your questions here.

I have been following the story of the Caltrans eagles since californiakayaker first posted--I think about a year ago or so now

Do you live closeby to the nest

Edited to add:

I copied this from the "Frequently Asked Questions About the Bald Eagle" posted by lyndabird here:

viewtopic.php?p=87374#p87374

How can you tell the difference between the mother and father eagle?
Male and female eagles have the same coloring but are different in size. Females are about 1/3 larger than males and the female’s call is generally lower pitched than the male’s call, which is almost a scream. Another way to tell them apart is to measure the height of their bill. The female’s bill is always deeper than the male’s and usually has a larger hook than the male’s.

Well it must not have stayed long because it's gone already. Thanks, kittenface, for the screen shot.

eagle is there 4:00 pm (pacific) 12/5/2008

and gone 4:03 pm

Darn, I missed it. I wish this cam had sound. I had it on but wasn't looking while I was posting elsewhere on the forum. Thanks, Josh, for letting us know.

BOTH eagles in nest NOW!!!

hey! so glad to see a cam at this nest! only one eagle there a minute ago.

Caught them both in the nest at about 4:45 p.m.

Video - Nestorations (2 minutes, 26 seconds)

I caught one of them taking off a couple times. I was trying to show how big that thing is!!!

This nightvision photo was on until my stream expired. When I hit refresh, I got the standard, check back during the daylight hours message. BUMMER. It would be cool to watch them at night too!!!

Josh

Those pics were all taken between 4:35 and 5:00 pm

306 PST...adult on upper branch!

Preening

3:30-3:40 pm 12/6/2008

caught them both at about 306 PST