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The Berry eagles are about to hatch!
On today's video 2/14/16, rewind to about 8:22:23 (in the bottom left, rather than the slider) one of the adults shows up with a fish for the one sitting on the eggs.
Around 12:29 the 2nd bird comes back and if you watch for a few more seconds, to around 12:30, the bird gets off the eggs and you can see the first one pipping. There's a great camera view of that for a while. By tomorrow I'd guess the first one will be out of the shell.
It's really a unique opportunity to see this in real time. We've watched for a couple of years, and once the eagles hatch they grow FAST! Once they are both out of the shell, the action is non stop from about a week later until the fall. We watch every time we have a chance and it's amazing how much food the adults have to bring to the nest and how aggressive the young are in eating it.
Our whole family loves watching, and what a great way for kids (and adults, too) to learn about the life, death, and the predator / prey relationship. There is a steady stream of mostly ducks, rabbits, and fish coming to the nest. The first year we watched, one of the eggs didn't hatch.
Try the link, it's addicting.
http://www.berry.edu/eaglecam/
You can rewind using the slider or watch live by hitting the red button. There are 3 different cameras, you can click between them for various views.
Enjoy!
On today's video 2/14/16, rewind to about 8:22:23 (in the bottom left, rather than the slider) one of the adults shows up with a fish for the one sitting on the eggs.
Around 12:29 the 2nd bird comes back and if you watch for a few more seconds, to around 12:30, the bird gets off the eggs and you can see the first one pipping. There's a great camera view of that for a while. By tomorrow I'd guess the first one will be out of the shell.
It's really a unique opportunity to see this in real time. We've watched for a couple of years, and once the eagles hatch they grow FAST! Once they are both out of the shell, the action is non stop from about a week later until the fall. We watch every time we have a chance and it's amazing how much food the adults have to bring to the nest and how aggressive the young are in eating it.
Our whole family loves watching, and what a great way for kids (and adults, too) to learn about the life, death, and the predator / prey relationship. There is a steady stream of mostly ducks, rabbits, and fish coming to the nest. The first year we watched, one of the eggs didn't hatch.
Try the link, it's addicting.
http://www.berry.edu/eaglecam/
You can rewind using the slider or watch live by hitting the red button. There are 3 different cameras, you can click between them for various views.
Enjoy!
