Flik Posted April 1, 2011 Posted April 1, 2011 So my mother sends me a link to this this morning, and I have to say, I've been kind of glued to it. Apparently this eagle's eggs are supposed to hatch today. http://www.raptorresource.org/falcon_cams/ Bald eagles are so f-ing awesome. Quote
BlackPanther Posted April 1, 2011 Posted April 1, 2011 That's one sturdy nest if it's withstanding all that damn wind that's annoying as eff to listen to lol. Pretty interesting I might be keeping tabs on this =D. Quote
Flik Posted April 1, 2011 Author Posted April 1, 2011 They're using a nice PTZ camera, so they can pan around and zoom in on the eggs when she moves. The male eagle dropped by earlier and left a dead thing for her. What a pal! Quote
Benjamin Briggs Posted April 1, 2011 Posted April 1, 2011 137 thousand people are watching a bird sit on its ass for a pretty undetermined amount of time I'd better watch Quote
Flik Posted April 1, 2011 Author Posted April 1, 2011 It's totally worth the watch. Sometimes she looks at the camera with a serious "WTF?!" look. Quote
Flik Posted April 1, 2011 Author Posted April 1, 2011 Awesome. Not much longer, then baby eagles! Quote
Chernabogue Posted April 1, 2011 Posted April 1, 2011 137 thousand people are watching a bird sit on its ass for a pretty undetermined amount of timeI'd better watch XDD But seriously, she looks pretty. Hope to see baby eagles soon! Quote
PROTO·DOME Posted April 1, 2011 Posted April 1, 2011 There is an eagle in the way, can't see the tree. Quote
Alexis Posted April 2, 2011 Posted April 2, 2011 There's one in Pittsburgh too, on top of the Cathedral of Learning in Oakland: http://www.aviary.org/cons/falconcam_cl.php I also have a friend who works at the national aviary, so every once in awhile I try to watch the penguin cam to see her feed the penguins. It is kind of addicting. http://www.aviary.org/penguincam/index.html (Feedings are at 1 and 4. They are pretty cool to watch) Quote
Brandon Strader Posted April 2, 2011 Posted April 2, 2011 Don't you just love the internet? Tune into anything for any reason and there's a video ad before it.. In other news, bird is cute. In other news, multi-tasking is great Quote
ocre Posted April 3, 2011 Posted April 3, 2011 One of the eaglets has hatched and she's feeding it live right now. Tres cute! EDIT: She WAS feeding it. Now she's covering them up again. Quote
Brandon Strader Posted April 3, 2011 Posted April 3, 2011 I saw that. It wobbled back and forth on them for a while. I thought it was strange. And I didn't actually see the food go from beak to beak, I think she dropped it. Quote
ocre Posted April 3, 2011 Posted April 3, 2011 If you notice, there's a dead rabbit in the nest with them. She fed the babies by tearing off a piece of dead rabbit and regurgitated a little into the babies mouth. So cute. :3 Quote
Brandon Strader Posted April 3, 2011 Posted April 3, 2011 Yeah, my parents got sad about the dead rabbit. Then again my parents love rabbits and groundhogs, don't know what else there is for an eagle to grab. Maybe a squirrel, preferably a fat one, most are small though. :-/ Quote
Brushfire Posted April 3, 2011 Posted April 3, 2011 It would be rad as fuck if it grabbed a sheep. Quote
big giant circles Posted April 3, 2011 Posted April 3, 2011 So right this second the eagle is feeding her chicks if anyone is quick enough to hop on Quote
Flik Posted April 4, 2011 Author Posted April 4, 2011 Fluffy eaglets are fluffy. I put ustream on my phone so I can check on the eagles whenever and wherever. Who knew that something that happens all the time when we aren't looking could be so amazing to watch when we ARE looking? Quote
Malaki-LEGEND.sys Posted April 4, 2011 Posted April 4, 2011 That other chick is a total asshole. Quote
big giant circles Posted April 4, 2011 Posted April 4, 2011 There was a dead animal in the nest earlier and the mama was feeding the chicks pieces of it. nature is very interesting Quote
DragonAvenger Posted April 4, 2011 Posted April 4, 2011 Anyone feel bad about the third unhatched chick? It's probably going to die from starvation. Or it will be pushed out of the nest by the other two. Quote
ocre Posted April 4, 2011 Posted April 4, 2011 Survival of the fittest, my friends. Happens every second of every day. This ain't no fairy tale world. The fluffy eaglets are really cute though. :3 Quote
DragonAvenger Posted April 4, 2011 Posted April 4, 2011 Yup, just wanted to see what the other people thought. Quote
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