Comments on: bald eagle cam

bald eagle cam

null terminated — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 22:21:47 -0800

High quality stream from a camera pointing at a Bald Eagle's nest on Hornby Island. Direct link to video here. [via digg]

By: null terminated

null terminated — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 22:22:21 -0800

Warning: extremely distracting.

By: Staggering Jack

Staggering Jack — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 22:43:25 -0800

Cool! I was up on Denman Island (next to Hornby) recently and spent a fair amount of time watching random eagles.

By: moonbiter

moonbiter — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 22:51:59 -0800

If this is live, and only available during daylight hours -8 GMT, then why is it that I can watch it now, at 8:47 +2 GMT? It should be almost 11 p.m. there, and yet it's broad daylight on the webcam with the bird sitting in the nest. Cool, though.

By: null terminated

null terminated — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 22:54:52 -0800

moonbiter: It's most likely a conspiracy.

By: Savannah

Savannah — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 22:58:33 -0800

I saw an eagle and a seagull and many other coastal animals on Hornby Island. Lovely place. Man, the water stinks like hell, though. I will be checking this site in the morning, when the sun's up.

By: JWright

JWright — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 22:59:36 -0800

Pretty cool. Though, no matter what I say, the bastard refuses to chat with me.

By: JWright

JWright — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 23:01:59 -0800

By the way, if you've never seen a calico cat go apeshit and attack am LCD monitor, I highly recommend it.

By: moonbiter

moonbiter — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 23:02:13 -0800

I was just thinking, what would be really cool would be a live, CD-quality audio stream from various state and national parks around the world. Kind of like those Sounds of Nature CDs but live and online. I'd love to have something like that playing in the background while I'm working at the computer.

By: moonbiter

moonbiter — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 23:03:47 -0800

null terminated: I blame Bush.

By: borkingchikapa

borkingchikapa — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 00:31:10 -0800

This would be a lot better if there were a button to poke the eagle.

By: pruner

pruner — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 02:53:17 -0800

it just chirped (?) and scared the shit out of me. I'd forgotten that I had the window open in the background.

By: bukvich

bukvich — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 04:04:33 -0800

This is absolutely the coolest thing I can remember seeing on the internet. I cannot wait for the hatchlings.

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 05:13:48 -0800

When it makes noise, that's when it's the coolest. (And I think it can see me!)

By: anthill

anthill — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 05:46:23 -0800

I want "subservient bald eagle"... What moonbiter said: It's 5:45AM PST and the eagle is sitting in its nest in bright overcast daylight. Strange...

By: jazon

jazon — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 06:19:17 -0800

Xcel energy has an eagle cam at their Fort St. Vrain Power Station in Platteville, CO. (see also their daily pic archive). I've enjoyed watching several year's worth of chicks hatch and grow up.

By: pmbuko

pmbuko — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 06:26:26 -0800

Why the long face?

By: bowline

bowline — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 06:28:52 -0800

Moonbiter and anthill: Last night I saw a note to the effect that the feed is a replay at night.

By: XQUZYPHYR

XQUZYPHYR — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 06:44:28 -0800

Sometimes, something just does exactly what it says it does, and it's awesome. Thus, this is one of the greatest links ever.

By: Gator

Gator — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 06:55:41 -0800

Wonder if its name is Sam. I keep saying stuff like this whenever there's a critter thread, but again, I love living in Florida, because I get to see critters like this whenever I go out in the woods. There are bald eagle nests in a few of the nature parks I go to, and I can usually stand there for a while photographing the eagles before they get miffed-looking and take off for hunting or whatever. Sometimes I'll see one just flying over the road while I'm driving. They're gorgeous, and even their cry is beautiful-sounding. This cam is much more up-close and personal than I can get, though. Neat.

By: geeky

geeky — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 07:41:29 -0800

awesome.

By: The Bellman

The Bellman — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 07:51:44 -0800

It's an interesting property of the web that when something is this good I am almost certain it's fake. The people reporting that it is this good even at night are making me that much more certain it's fake.

By: inigo2

inigo2 — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 08:07:34 -0800

Bellman, did you see Bowline's comment above? Moonbiter and anthill: Last night I saw a note to the effect that the feed is a replay at night. posted by bowline at 9:28 AM EST on March 29 [!]

By: kindall

kindall — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 08:23:49 -0800

There are in fact two eagles, a mating pair. Saw 'em both in the nest at once while watching the rerun last night. The one in the nest is the female, since she's sitting on the eggs... unless bald eagles are known to take turns at that.

By: majick

majick — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 08:36:29 -0800

I was able to witness the eagles swapping places. Apparently they do indeed take turns.

By: The Bellman

The Bellman — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 08:38:18 -0800

Yes, inigo2, I did. I went looking for that notice, but didn't find it. Also the link to the press release doesn't work, so I couldn't check to see if it's in there. I want to believe! The footage is so lovely! It's just that we've all been burned before.

By: amro

amro — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 09:52:54 -0800

This is so cool. A little weird, watching some bird who thinks it's alone in a tree, but cool.

By: jokeefe

jokeefe — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 10:07:17 -0800

Awesome!

By: OhPuhLeez

OhPuhLeez — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 10:09:31 -0800

This is the most beautiful image. And it just got up and left its eggs for a moment, then got back on top of them and settled in. Great link.

By: OhPuhLeez

OhPuhLeez — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 10:10:00 -0800

Um, okay, the EAGLE got up and left its eggs. The image stayed right where it was. More coffee, please...

By: quin

quin — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 10:35:07 -0800

Yeah, this is pretty great. When i saw this thread i was wondering if it had anything to do with the zoo that is going to name one of their eagle chicks after Stephen Colbert. /kisses any chance of being productive today goodbye.

By: LeeJay

LeeJay — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 10:57:09 -0800

God, that is a beautiful animal. Can't wait for babies!

By: quin

quin — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 11:17:14 -0800

Yay! i just saw the tradeoff.

By: idigress

idigress — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 11:23:10 -0800

I just saw the tradeoff too. And with it, I saw my productivity for the afternoon go right out the window, because now? Cannot. Stop. Watching. Very cool stuff!

By: Uccellina

Uccellina — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 12:45:35 -0800

It knows we're watching! It looked at me! Squee! Thank you for this.

By: MiltonRandKalman

MiltonRandKalman — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 13:16:51 -0800

the son of a bitch is looking right at me...no...no...through me. GAH!

By: avoision

avoision — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 13:19:47 -0800

A few minutes ago, the stream went from dark/overcast, then jumped immediately to bright/sun. And I think the eagle switched positions and is turned the other way. Anyone else notice this?

By: jokeefe

jokeefe — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 13:31:35 -0800

It's started running all kinda jerky and stuff. This makes me a sad eagle-watcher. But I second the earlier fangirl type squeeing.

By: avoision

avoision — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 13:36:21 -0800

Ok - I think I just saw the switchoff that people were referring to earlier. So maybe this is a loop? Or maybe I'm totally imagining things. Either way - great link! I've been watching off and on, all afternoon.

By: quin

quin — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 14:03:16 -0800

Actually avoision, the trade off we were talking about was the mom and dad switching places, though i will agree; the camera did do something weird. i can't tell if it's a different angle, but it definitely went from fairly dark (and the bird was grooming itself) to a bright sunlight scene with the bird just sitting there, so they either switched the camera to a different feed or we are watching the loop. Either way, i'm hooked.

By: deborah

deborah — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 18:07:03 -0800

Aw, man, this is cool!

By: fish tick

fish tick — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 20:23:41 -0800

More info.

By: fish tick

fish tick — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 06:31:32 -0800

... and a warning: I warn you that once the eggs hatch, it's not going to be a pretty scene. Several groups of birds, including eagles, some owls, cormorants and others practice obligate siblicide -- the first chick born kills the second. Almost every eagle you see has killed its younger sibling. The eggs are laid some time apart, to ensure a definite size and strength difference between the two chicks. The second egg is merely insurance in case something happens to the first one - infertility, loss, crushing, etc. So, parental discretion is advised once the first one hatches!

By: Gator

Gator — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 15:34:45 -0800

Mommeagle is looking a little ragged today. Man, she must be bored as hell. Nothing to do but sit around the house all day, rearranging the knickknacks, which is to say, the twigs.