Well, the original eagle cam is done for the year; no hatching eggs means a lot of disappointed readers (and not a few conspiracy theorists, I might add) so the Hornby Island team has found a new nest, with chicks, near the Swartz Bay ferry terminal on Vancouver Island. FYI This is the ferry that takes people to Vancouver from Victoria…only it's not really very close to Victoria…it's complicated.
Anyway, the link is the same: Streaming Eagle Cam Swartz Bay this time.
And here's a pair of Peregrine Falcons in Harrisburg, with chicks.
And my previous posts on eagles:
Streaming Eagle Cam 2.0 Baby Eagles in Colorado
Eagle Chick on Santa Cruz Island, California
and
My Original article on the Eagle Cam; perhaps these new eagles are the ones Christi and I spotted in the story here.
If I was an eagle, I’d be beginning to wonder about all these cams hanging about…
Aw, they’re total exhibitionists doncha know! Besides, this one is a thousand feet away from the nest.
Couple of weeks ago, a soccer (football for you foreigners) game here in Vancouver was interrupted when a fledgeling eagle tried its wings and ended up doing a header onto the field. Wildlife people eventually got the bird back in the air.
I know of at least two nests within a ten minute walk of my apartment, and I live downtown. Eagles are not phased by much.
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