Live Webcam Shows Baby Eagle Moments After Hatching in Iowa Nest
- Posted on April 2, 2011 at 7:12pm by
Scott Baker
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We’ve had the live feed up on our blog for a couple days now. It is a true internet sensation. Huge numbers have watched all week to see when the baby eagles would be born. The first hatched on Saturday afternoon — one outdoors blogger followed the action:
One adult eagle delivered the carcass of a rabbit and the other adult on the nest rose up and revealed the first of three eaglettes to hatch as a web cam captures the activity live.
I believe I got to see the wobbling little white fluff ball get its first meal. The parent went right for the nutritious entrals.
The next feeding occurred about 50 minutes later. Then the web cam zoomed in to show how the eaglette new it was time to wedge between the two unhatched eggs as the adult oh-so-carefully snuggled down on the eaglette and eggs for another rest. Very cool.
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Comments (96)
Chicago Ray
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 9:32pmI love when you watch Deadliest Catch and all those bald eagles are flying around like pigeons fly around the cities of America. :( Even they know where the best place is to live in this country is now…as far away from US mainland ghetto ized urban sprawl as you can get, Dutch Harbor Alaska. lol
Report Post »NOTYERHUCKLEBERRY
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 9:13pmI have a small man made forest around my house. At this time, I have a pair of Great Horned Owl’s who have lived here for better than ten years. There are also, a pair of Red Tail Hawks who make my trees home every other year or so. They are here this year. The binocs. are getting a work out.
Report Post »MustComment
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 9:09pmFood, food, food… Reminds me of my teenager – always has his mouth open lookin’ for food. Lol
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Report Post »Tmwatz
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 9:09pmCute!!
Report Post »sbenard
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 9:02pmHow did they get the camera in there? Is this a zoo or a wild location?
Or did they persuade Mom and Pop eagle to set it up? LOL!
Report Post »APatriotFirst
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 10:11pmWild location and camera set up very slow and carefully
Report Post »Hephzibah
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 4:37pmMy guess is it is another govt project, costing us approx. $700,000, to see if Mama Eagle has to sit on the nest longer than Daddy Eagle, in which case, Mama Eagle will get a monthly check and free rats for dinner. And they’ll make a TV show about a stupid Daddy Eagle and his smart-mouth wifey Eagle. That’ll cost more, of course.
Report Post »skippy6
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 9:01pmPoor bunny!!! Birds eating tasty animals!!!
Report Post »Tea-Bone
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 8:58pmI get to see some eagles cruising above the Delaware river here in Bucks Co. PA from time to time, it’s nice they are able to begin making a comeback, what with all this global warming and what not!
Report Post »Rob
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 8:52pmGreat story…pretty soon The Blaze will be posting sport stories…..
Report Post »APatriotFirst
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 8:44pmThat is one beatiful mom. Do not mess with her kid[s]
Did you know it is illegal to take an eagle feather if you find one on the ground? But Native Americans can for their religious belief uses.
Report Post »If you get a chance, go to an Indian Powwow someday. Is a good thing to see and understand.
dcart888
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 8:36pmbaby eagles are called eaglets I use to watch one in MA but the tree blew over a few seasons ago and they have not had funds to put cam back up. It’s really neat to watch them eat , grow and finally fledge the nest (fly away from next for first time) . After fledging they will still hang around the nest with parents and eat etc then finally they just leave. Eagles mate for life and mate around 30k with their talons hooked together as they spiral to the earth ie a death spiral. A few eagle facts for you. I love them
Report Post »martyw
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 8:28pmwelcome to the world of obama ….. now start paying taxes………
Report Post »TheWatcher
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 8:18pmWow! How cute!
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reino71
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 8:15pmwgas!
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 8:10pmWelcome to the world baby eagle!
Report Post »beaubird
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 8:02pmIt would really be cool if bigfoot happen to cruise by and get in it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Maybe they should set up a bigfoot watch like this!!!
Report Post »SamAdams-1
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 7:59pmWhat the hell is that noise?
Report Post »Bronco II
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 7:52pmI’am always amazed at how everything GOD created is just so amazing.This is a great video and nice to see something that we have no idea until now how strong,tough but yes so tender eagles are Nature and all that is NATURAL is always something to behold.
Report Post »lankness
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 7:49pmdoes anyone notice the nice dead bunny comforter she has made for her babies? she sould be on martha stewarts show when her babies leave the nest.
Report Post »Flyovergirl
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 7:33pmThey need to be named ..Faith ,Hope and Charity !
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 7:18pmWe hatch ducks, geese, and chickens here, and I never tire of the first moments out of the egg. Never done raptors, but we occasionally hatch parrots. The symbol of freedom, when it is truly at its most vulnerable.
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 7:28pm@338lapu, well said,a beautiful bird for a beautiful country.
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 7:17pmGods Creation is Amazing!
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 7:16pmThat is soooo AWESOME!!!
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 7:14pmA high school friend has been watching them, and I didn’t have sense enough to go look. Was too busy with The Blaze and watching the Texas border!
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 7:37pmi bagged my first catch on blueserver last week !!!!!!!!!!!!!
6 illegal trespassers on their way home !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »APatriotFirst
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 8:46pmWhoever is in charge of camera focus is going to hear from me. Is agrivating. But have wracked up 8 reports so far.
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teddrunk
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 10:46pmAre you having them mounted?
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 10:46pmNot the eagles
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 7:14pmCongratulations baby eagle, you are now property of the state.
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 7:27pm@txpilot, you hit the nail on the head, poor bird will be drugged tagged and held for a long time for studies. then thrown out to fend for itself. the obama way.
Report Post »APatriotFirst
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 8:49pmNot in Iowa, they will do this guy/gal right.
Report Post »MidwestMomof3
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 10:55pmThe mom/dad eagle are NOT tagged, and none of the previous hatchlings (this is their 4th time at this) have been tagged. We just watch them here, we don’t interfere.
Report Post »THREE LEFTS
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 7:13pmglad to see something positive……
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 7:18pm“Da-Da!”
Report Post »taxed
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 7:22pmThat is a sign!!! An American conservative candidate will hatch in Iowa!!
I can’t wait for 2012 so we can but this damn nightmare behind us.
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Report Post »mill
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 7:36pmyes, glad to see/read somehting positive
Report Post »Firefight
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 8:03pmunrelated topic but a friend of mine made this comparison and I thought it was worth bringing up. If you destroy an eagle egg it holds a sentence of one year and $250,000. but it is legal and often encouraged for woman to kill their unborn babies.
Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 8:07pmVery cute, glad to see it have happened.
Best luck to the chicks and mama and papa eagle.
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 8:10pmBen watching this the last 3 days on a live feed. If only the whole world could have a mother like that
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 8:22pm@Firefight: Things in our Country are completely bassackwards. Place such little value on a baby,and let them get stabbed in the neck while being born. I bet that mommy eagle shows more love to her little babies than most women do toward their own child in their bodies. The women of this country have been brain-washed. We care more about the homeless, etc, than we do a baby. Horrors!
ManThong
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 8:33pmCute little scavenger.
That’s what we will all be pretty soon.
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 9:31pmHow can anyone watch this and say their is no God. This is proof. Can you see it
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 9:48pmWho ls passing out the cigars???
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 10:35pm@CRIPPLECREEK …
Former Jackson resident here– HI! … we have Eagles all over my area of FL .. we were out in the convertible yesterday and one was dive bombng the road traffic trying to get “something” that had been hit and was in the road (that one had me a “little” worried .. my chihuahua was in her car seat next to me) .. I have even seen them with the vultures “checking out” peoples recycling in bins. Did you know that Eagles nest on the Kennedy Space Center property? — if you get a good tour guide he will point out the nests as you go out by the launch pads. (before of course Obama destroyed the Shuttle program — I guess maybe it will all go to the wildlife)
Report Post »BlazingPatriot
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 11:17pmI think I’ll stay up all night to watch the bird sleep. ;|
Report Post »Happy Killmore
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 11:56pmThis one will kill the other two when they hatch. That’s what baby eagles do to ensure the strongest survives.
Report Post »home_of_the_brave
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 1:25amLOL, never thought I‘d spend my Saturday night watching a bird sleep and waiting to see it’s babies hatch.
Report Post »free2bme1961
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 9:31amSweet!!
Report Post »AzDebi
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 10:27amGreat video of “Challenger”…rescued American Bald Eagle from Louisiana…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfevfJNDuIg
Report Post »Stegall TX
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 11:35am@Happy …. according to the FAQ at their website, this couple has had 8 hatchlings over three clutches and all 8 fledged (lived to actually fly), so your info is (hopefully) incorrect.
Report Post »AzDebi
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 12:02pmI saw that she had a nice rabbit dinner awaiting her…but don’t they have to drink water some time?
Report Post »AzDebi
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 12:15pmAt about 40 seconds into the video…Did I just see one eagle replace the other in caring for the eggs? See…THEY SHARE in the task! (this is an earlier video showing the hatching of the first egg)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8U_pme0dPhs
Report Post »Happy Killmore
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 2:26pm@Stegall TX
I hope you’re right. I just remember watching a National Geographic show that showed two eaglets in a nest and it showed the bigger, older one pecking the smaller, younger one to death and not letting it eat. The show said it always happens that way. It was pretty depressing, but that’s nature for you.
Report Post »AzDebi
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 4:12pmNow there were TWO babies..amazing…I noticed that the older of the two hatchlings pecked pretty hard at the second born…I read that the oldest (of course now bigger) may kill the next born and that this is not uncommon and that this happens particularly if the oldest is a female…interesting…and…the parents will not intervene to stop it…
Report Post »Marylou7
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 5:29pmFirefight
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 8:03pm
unrelated topic but a friend of mine made this comparison and I thought it was worth bringing up. If you destroy an eagle egg it holds a sentence of one year and $250,000. but it is legal and often encouraged for woman to kill their unborn babies
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Well you have to realize that in today’s society, human babies are a nuisance to be snuffed out at will. Sad, very, very sad, but one day my Lord will sort it all out and woe to those that put animal life over human life.
Report Post »AzDebi
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 7:57pmThis particular Iowa nest was featured on a PBS documentary about the American Eagle in 2008…here is the link to the full video…
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/american-eagle/video-full-episode/4349/
Report Post »Anti_Spock
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 9:05pmAhhh… the great American National Symbol of Freedom.
Makes me wonder what the muslim worlds national symbol is. A pit viper most likely.
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