Earlier today, the second hatchling arrived and joined its sibling at the Whitehorse Yukon nest! Congrats to all the folks enjoying this beautiful new eaglecam and thank you to Yukon Electrical for bringing us this cam!
We saw a pip in the second egg yesterday, and today you can see the chick moving inside the egg, as it works to hatch. The pip has enlarged significantly, so hopefully soon we’ll see the second chick make its entrance in to the nest! Cam: http://www.yecleagles.com/
Last I checked, they were up to 4 eggs hatched, with probably 4 more to go (I have seen that there are either 8 or 9 eggs). Why am I reporting geese hatching? Well, they are on an “eaglecam”. This Canada Goose family nested this year in a Bald Eagle nest when the eagles built a new nest nearby. Amazingly the little goslings will drop/float out of the tree to the ground probably with the first 24 hours of their life and then be walked to the nearby water. For more pictures and info you can visit the Hancock Wildlife Forums and the cam link is here: http://www.hancockwildlife.org/index.php?topic=MissionBC#camera-ptz
Woohoo! The first chick hatched sometime early this morning at the new Whitehorse, Yukon nest eaglecam! This is the first hatch since the camera went live, so big congrats and thanks to Yukon Electrical for bringing us this new cam! I am finding it really interesting to compare the daily routine of this pair compared to nests that are more southern. With such a long daylight period so far north, the diurnal cycle signals must be so different! Cam link: http://www.yecleagles.com/
I wasn’t worried, really I wasn’t LOL. What an amazing thing to watch the chick find its way out of a shell half covered by another shell! That was something I won’t soon forget and was a very special moment to witness. Big thanks to HWF for bringing us this great new cam this year and all who monitor and love this nest. Also thanks to Priscillash who caught the video shown below of part of the process. Looking at just after 30 seconds in to the video, I think dad was actually helping by nibbling the shell a little bit! What do you guys think?
A very active first chick completed hatching this afternoon and looked to be driving dad eagle a little bit nuts with all that wiggling LOL. And it appears that we have a pip in the second egg as well, so how wonderful if we have such close together hatches at this nest!
Hancock Wildlife has an amazing cam at the Harrison Mills nest, and always amazing people and camera zoomers. We were just treated to a VERY close up view of the little chick working on hitting against the inside of the shell with its egg tooth. For more info on the Harrison Mills and other HWF nests, visit the cam site at http://www.hancockwildlife.org/index.php?topic=HarrMills and forum site for lots of pics and info, and check out the wonderful video below that JudyB posted! Go to the second half of the video for the REALLY close up views. Huge thanks to HWF for providing such wonderful eaglecams!
Woohoo, the first little one is working hard to hatch! This is a beautiful new nest to watch on cam. Here’s a video from Priscillash (thank you!) from a bit ago, where you can see the eaglet actively moving. Pic with post is the latest peek, about an hour after video was taken.
Mom eagle Indy is a master at delayed incubation, and her two chicks are both hard at work at this moment exiting their shells. Amazing to see! cam: http://www.ustream.tv/americaneaglefoundation
The American Eagle Foundation (AEF) eaglecam folks have just confirmed their first hatch. With their wonderful new HD cams with amazing zoom, we were able to literally see the crack in the egg as it enlarged a little bit as the chick pushed against the shell. This is going to be amazing to watch! Thank you to “Blue” (chat name) and his wonderful zooming, and super video capturer Priscillash who caught a video which you can watch here – watch closely at 2:35 in the video as the crack lengthens!
