Central Maine - Bald Eagle Cam

http://www.briloon.org/watching-wildlife/eagle-cam2.php
http://www.briloon.org/watching-wildlife/eagle-cam-live2.php

Link to Maine Eagle Cam Forum: http://www.hostingphpbb.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=46&mforum=tdbc
Link to BioDiversity Research Institute's online community:
http://briloon.ning.com/

There are two cams, one looking at the nest from the side, and the other over the nest looking in. Both have night vision and constant 15-second refresh views, and one can be streaming with sound. They initially have the wide view streaming, and plan to switch to the overhead view when the eagles are nesting. The cam uses satellite internet, so the connection may be slow at times.

The cam is located in central Maine, and according to BioDiversity Research Institute (BRI) the nest has been occupied every year since 2001 (and the territory has been used at least on and off for the last 30 or more years).

This is the first year there's be a cam on this nest, so we don't know when they might lay eggs; my guess is that they won't be significantly earlier than the Maine Coast nest (where eggs are likely in the first half of March, chicks in mid-April, and fledging in early July), and they might be as much as a month later - so unless BRI has some additional data, we'll just have to wait and see!

2009 Season:

• cam online: January 27, 2009
• eggs laid: March 31, around 5 pm; probably April 3, at dusk (seen April 4)
• hatched: May 7, 3:50 pm (37 days); May 9, 5:15 am (36 days)
• fledged: July 21, 5:39 am (75 days); July 23, 4:19 pm (75 days)
• last seen: both Sept 6 (122 days)(~17 weeks); one Oct 31 (175 days)(~25 weeks)

(Information from BioDiversity Research Institute)

Maine Nest 2 as I call it.....in the morning....

eagle to the right...a bit distorted pic but you can seem he or she....

One eagle hopped up to the branch -



and then was joined by her mate - much calling and trilling at 13:10

The light on the nest at night looks awfully bright!!
I do hope it's a proper night light and not a real light which will deprive them of sleep!!

Judy I tried to bring up both cams and could not on Maine I could only watch one at a time

BTW nice scaps everyone here is one I captured a bit ago.

the light is an enhanced infrared light according to the MAINE forum and the people who run the cam....

OK - thanks!
I'll let them off - just this once

well...at least we know it is infrared and puts out a good light source...for the viewers....now they need to increase the bandwidth or do something so the cam does not buffer as much.

Not sure which "both" you're asking about. There's the Nest II refresh page and the Nest II live streaming link (and, by the way, they've said they can only stream from one cam on Nest II at a time - but they can switch from one cam to another, so it's my guess the cam over the nest will be the one they stream while there are (fingers crossed) small chicks in the nest). There are also refresh and streaming links for the original Maine nest. I haven't tried having both streaming cams open at the same time - I think it should work, but as both have WMP embedded in them, I suppose it might be a problem. I also know they're having some problems with the cams, and we've been having a lot of snowy weather, which may interfere with almost anything.

If it's still a problem, please let me know which pages won't play nicely together, and I'll see if I can see why!

I see ya on the side branch

Looks as if the close up cam just dislodged out of focus

Someone hanging out on the side branch very windy there today

according to the MAINE forum there might be an egg expected tonight...cam is frozen but there is an adult in the nest....

looks like MAINE 2 has an egg...

Could Maine 1 be next?

looks like there are two eggs at this nest...the live streaming cam is the over head cam...great stream and sound...right now I think this is the female incubating....sounds like rain but I think it is just the wind....

not sure what happened to the sound but I got this at shift change...2 healthy looking eggs! Ma took off and pa is incubating!

1412 Hrs

Adult is incubating think it is Mom

I wonder if the live cam is stuck; seems like I have same image of Mom turning eggs when I refresh I get same image Mom turning eggs poking near eggs then it freezes

The cam is working again; streaming fine now.

Thanks for the pictures, soph9 and Debbie - even though this nest is in my home state, I don't seem to get time to watch it as much as I'd like.

Love how the sun is directly on this nest at "High Noon".

good to know the cam is working again...thanks Debbie!

This is the next nest in line for a hatch - probably about a week from now.

Okie Dokie, JudyB
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