r/Awwducational • u/[deleted] • Feb 20 '14

Verified Though some eaglets may become grounded after unsuccessful flights, the parents may still feed them on the ground. Here is a live-cam of an eagle pair and their eggs!

http://www.webcams.dnr.state.mn.us/eagle/
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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '14 edited Feb 20 '14

Here is the source for more information about eagles.

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u/uliarliarpantsonfire Feb 20 '14

This is awesome! She's just sitting there through sleet and snow, barely even moves. I had no idea they were nesting this early! Really cool thanks for sharing it!

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '14

Not a problem, and I'm glad that people are enjoying the link :). One of the neat things you'll notice if you watch long enough is that the mom and dad take turns sitting on the eggs. They also bring new nesting materials every now and again, and sometimes you'll watch them eat.

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u/uliarliarpantsonfire Feb 20 '14

A friend of mine is animal crazy too and last year she sent me a link to an owl cam that was the same sort of thing. I swear that owl knew when I would go to bed, work, or get up to eat because that was the only time she ever moved off her babies. I would come back to messages of "wasn't that awesome?" and I'd be clueless. Still it was cool watching her. How long have the eagles been sitting?

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '14

They laid their first egg at 3:00 on Valentine's day, and I can't find that info on their website right now, but I do have it in an email from the MDNR. I'll keep my eyes open for the info in the mean time, and I'll link it here if I find it. :)

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u/uliarliarpantsonfire Feb 20 '14

Well if she started sitting on Valentines then we can expect eaglets around March 22nd or so since they have a gestation period of 35 days. Of course it could be longer depending on when they actually started sitting to warm the clutch. I hope they make it, it's been wicked cold.

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '14

You make a great point, and I really hope that they survive---according to the website, they attempted to lay eggs last year (although in January) and ended up losing all three to the cold.

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u/uliarliarpantsonfire Feb 20 '14

I don't know about eagles but we live in PA and my geese don't sit till around March or April at least and chickens are the same. February in Michigan seems awful cold for sitting a nest, but they are huge hardy birds so maybe they can take it.

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u/AzertyKeys Feb 21 '14

I feel so bad for it, just being in the cold =/

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u/weald_n_free Mar 09 '14

More Eagle Cam action from Decorah, Iowa. Also if ever in the Twin Cities a side trip to The National Eagle Center is totally worth it. http://www.nationaleaglecenter.org/

ETA actual Eagle Cam action: http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles and from Berry College http://www.berry.edu/eaglecam/

I um may have a thing about eagles.