EagleCam - we now have two hatched eggs and two cute Eaglets!!

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife ^ | 3/24/07 | Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

[SuziQ]

We had a Mama wild turkey and three poults wander into our back yard one day, from the woods behind our house. They were so cute! When the Mama and two of the babies went back into the trees, the third one stayed, munching on the tall grass. When it realized the Mama was gone, it started chirping for her. Then you could hear Mama calling it from the woods, and the poult followed the sound back through the bushes. It was so much fun to watch!

I'd never see wild turkeys before moving to MA. Some friends have an old house on 5 acres, and she was my co-leader for our sons' Cub Scout Den. We used to have meetings at her house, and we'd see the wild turkeys wandering down her road all the time. They're actually neat looking birds.

[paulat]

I'd never see wild turkeys before moving to MA.

Actually...my mom says that in Rockford, IL (where she is)...there are so many wild turkeys now that the city is delcaring them a nuisance!

This is a mid-size city...90 miles west of Chicago.

[thackney]

very cool

We have lots of eagles but I have only see a couple nest way far away.

[Not A Snowbird]

Egg is unattended... is that normal for eagles to leave their eggs?

[Chena]

This is so cool! Thank you so much for posting this link. :)

[Not A Snowbird]

Mama's back... I guess she just nipped out for a snack.

[paulat]

I'm just guessing...but I bet she does a quick fly-around to keep her flying muscles okay.

[Not A Snowbird]

I don't blame her. It must be tedious sitting on a round object all day and night.

My little oregon juncos leave their eggs unattended now and then, which always makes me nervous, but so far they always come back to the nest.

[paulat]

Chena...let us know if you see something special!

[Chena]

I will. :)

[pigsmith]

Saving for later...

[SuziQ]

Egg is unattended... is that normal for eagles to leave their eggs?

More likely than not, one of the eagles is sitting just out of camera view on a branch of another tree. They won't leave the egg totally unattended. If you look at Camera 1, it is trained on a branch above the nest. One of them can be seen sitting there, from time to time.

[SuziQ]

There is an eagle's nest at Barton Cove in Western MA. The webstire for that one is HERE! They have TWO eggs at that one!

[firewalk]

Thanks for posting this (:

[paulat]

This is from the MA site:

The eagles have begun incubation of their second egg which was first sighted the morning of March 4. The first egg was laid the afternoon of February 28, which was a week earlier than any previously recorded egg at the Barton Cove nest. If the 35-day incubation period goes well, we can expect the first egg to hatch around April 4, with any other eggs hatching in the same time interval in which they were laid.

We still may see more eggs here!

[Ladysmith]

Switching places?

And it looks like we have a second egg!

[Ladysmith]

Definitely two!

[Not A Snowbird]

Paulat... quick, look at the cam! She's off her nest and I swear I see two eggs...

[Not A Snowbird]

Okay, so I'm ten minutes late with my news flash. Work is interfering with my egg watching...

[Ladysmith]

Well, at least you have a job! LOL!