Posted on 12/30/2016 11:56:46 AM PST by SMGFan
Pip, pip, hooray! The first of two baby American bald eagles has begun to hatch in Fort Meyers, Florida, delighting millions of people who have tuned in to watch the eaglets emerge. The build up to the hatching is being live-streamed 24/7 by the Southwest Florida Eagle Camera, offering a close-up look at the lives of female bald eagle Harriet and her mate, M15. On Thursday afternoon, viewers caught a glimpse of the beginning of the hatching process, the first crack in an egg's shell. The first break in the shell is called a pip, according to the National Eagle Center.
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Nation transfixed?
First I heard of it.
“The Egg” 1776
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds4dv4IS0PM
We’ve had a pair of nesting bald eagles on a webcam here in Pittsburgh for some time now.
They caused a minor stir last summer when they picked-up a stray cat and ate it on a live webcast.
I watch the Minnesota non-game eaglecam. They haven’t laid yet but have their nest all ready. Last year they fledged three!!!
The wife has been watching this.
She says it’s relaxing.
200 TV channels, movie channels, Netflix, 2 gaming systems, Facebook, Twitter. $700 phones.
I this is what entertains her.
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Eagle-hatching is all it’s cracked up to be.
Harriet the Eagle lives in a noisy neighborhood.
She keeps looking around like someone is watching her.
Watched same nest a couple of years ago.
We have a nest in our neighborhood. My dying father thought he was watching it.
At that time they occasionally gave interesting facts. One I remember is that the Eagles in Florida are the same species as those in Alaska but are half the size
Ozzie may be on the branch above her
I wonder if they are anywhere near windmills ?...
I wonder if we’ve met our 4000 eagle limit for 2016 ?
I wonder how we keep it at a 4000 eagle limit ?
- Have a scrolling dead eagle counter marquees on the windmills ?
- Teach eagles to read numbers ?
What’s all this hoo-hah I’m hearing about the Senator from Utah???
Never mind.
How about an eagle cam near a windmill farm? so the folks can watch the eagles get sliced into pieces by the blades.
Could have saved all that money and just got her a parakeet.
this is FANTASTIC! thanks very very much!
“200 TV channels, movie channels, Netflix, 2 gaming systems, Facebook, Twitter. $700 phones.
I this is what entertains her.”
I would say that you have a VERY smart wife.
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The publicity this cam has gotten recently is causing problems with the site apparently. Too many watching and it keeps crashing. I’ve given up checking in on it. Several others to watch instead.
I watch nests in IA, GA, MN, two in TN, and another in FL (that one has two recently hatched eaglets).
About the time the young eagles fledge, the storks in Europe begin laying and I watch several nests there.
And about the time the storks fledge, the sea eagles are taking care of business in Australia.
Almost always a nest cam in one window while I do other things in another window or two. LOL! But it’s interesting to watch nature in action.
Is this a test of that new streaming compression software? If so, the ranger better be careful.
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