This won't be up all year long, but it's worth sharing! Come back often to watch this live viewing of a bald eagle's nest in central New Jersey.
After the eaglets have fledged, reading the observations of others in these comments will remain. You may also want to check out this post on the research done with eagles like these.
Enjoy!!! --LKR
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Oh my gosh! When I just looked at this, the little baby on the right kept putting it's wing around it's sibling! This is so adorable!
ReplyDeleteOne parent came back and was feeding them something--looked like fish. Then the other parent joined them and started eating something else already in the nest. Leftovers!! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm going to be keeping this up and checking it time to time while I'm working. This is so fascinating!!
I don't see anything, but it's night time, so I'll check tomorrow!
ReplyDeleteAnon, thanks for your observation!!! Yes, you can only view this during *New Jersey's* daylight hours. :-)
ReplyDeletePatti, thanks so much for recording your observations!!! I'm hoping others will, too! My sister who sent me this link watched as the mom brought a bird to the dinner table, She plucked the feathers and fed the babies before bedtime so their tummies were full. :-)
Awe, both parents are fluffing up the nest, this morning! I did not watch this over the weekend and couldn't wait to see them, again!!
ReplyDeleteNow, one parent is feeding the babies what looks like snake, while the other parent is eating leftovers behind the babies. :)
ReplyDeleteOkay, okay, now the other parent is feeding both of the babies leftovers, and the other parent is digging in, too! :)
ReplyDelete...Still watching...! :) Is it me, or do they look bigger...
ReplyDeleteI get so nervous when they get too close to the edge of the nest 'specially when it's behind the trunk of the tree and I can't supervise them. They're doing it now, too, but I think it's the mom that's with them. Yesterday, they were all alone and really close to the edge as far as I could tell and I wanted to climb through the 'puter and then the cam and check on them!
ReplyDeleteOh my have they grown! I haven't checked in a week!
ReplyDelete"Rock-a-bye babies, on a tree top, when the wind blows, your cradle will rock...!" It must be a very windy day in NJ! The cam is blowing, and you can see the "V" limbs of the tree where the nest is secured!
ReplyDeleteOkay, so now they're sawing logs! So are they dizzy from all that rocking you described, Anon, or are they genuinely sleepy? Oh, it's getting to be night time, so they must be sleepy!
ReplyDeleteThey've gotten so big! It's been so fun to watch them grow! Thanks for posting this, Leza! :)
It's been a while since I commented. This morning, the babies are playing with nesting material. I wonder if they know someday that they will be taking to the air like their parents!
ReplyDeleteThis has been so fun to watch! :)
My, they're looking handsome! Cute. The older one was scratching around his beak with his foot!
ReplyDeleteThanks Patty Anon(s), and Doris, for your comments and observations! :-)
ReplyDeleteMorning, little eaglets! This song came to mind in the early morning light:
When the sun in the morning
Peeps over the hill,
And kisses the roses 'round my windowsill
Then my heart fills with gladness
When I hear the trill
Of the birds in the treetops on Mocking Bird Hill
Tra-la-la, twiddly-dee-dee
It gives me a thrill
To wake up in the morning to the mockingbird's trill
Tra-la-la, twiddly-dee-dee
There's peace and goodwill
You're welcome as the flowers on Mocking Bird Hill
When it's late in the evening,
I climb up the hill
And survey all my kingdom while everything's still
Only me and the sky -- and an old whippoorwill
Singing songs in the twilight on Mocking Bird Hill
WOW, one is really exercising his wings! I wonder when they're gonna fly the coop??
ReplyDeleteMy, they're so handsome!! (:
ReplyDeleteWoe! They look like they're really getting ready to fly! They both are perched on the edge of the nest!
ReplyDeleteOh, they are eating, again! The other day when I looked at this, I could only see one sibling and wondered if the other had flown off. It's good to see them both, this morning!
ReplyDeleteNite nite birdies!
ReplyDeleteOk, I checked and these are both little girls. GR is the older one, 77 days old, and GL is 76 days old. GR looked like she was going to fly right out of the nest! She is flapping up a storm and looks like she is disturbing her sibling!!
ReplyDeleteOk, I checked, and these two are girls. GR is 77 days old, and GL is 76 days old. GR has been flapping her wings and looked like she was going to leave the nest! She also looked like she was disturbing her sibling who looked like she was ducking!! (:
ReplyDeleteI don't want to leave my 'puter because I don't want to miss witnessing them fly away!
ReplyDeleteWell, today, one has been going out on a limb. So she must be getting really antsy to fly and leave the nest!! :)
ReplyDeleteIt looks really windy there in NJ! One baby is up on a limb, and the other is standing right below it on the nest. This could be the day one flies away!! :)
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh! Both babies are out on limbs, and one is up farther in one that it must have flown over to!! The camera is zoomed out for a wider view, too! At first It thought I was looking at a different site, but it's the same!! I bet one flies away, today! The wind may encourage it!
ReplyDeleteThey're both back safely in the nest!! :)
ReplyDeleteToday's not the day! (:
ReplyDeleteThis is so awesome. They will fledge, soon! They look more comfortable with the idea of flying as they first hopped, then started flying higher onto limbs and branches.
ReplyDeleteMom was with the girls, yesterday, for about an hour, dining with her darling daughters. So sweet. (:
Phew, they're both still there! I thought I had missed one fly away! But they come back to the nest once they leave, don't they? For a while anyway?
ReplyDeleteOh, my! Did one fly away? I only see one on that large limb to the right... . I tuned in early because yesterday they seemed closer to leaving the nest, and not just out into the branches... .
ReplyDeleteOne did!!! Pretty sure it was the oldest one!
ReplyDeleteThe lone eaglet who had been hanging out on that one limb just returned to the nest. Don't know where here sister is or if she'll be returning to the nest, tonight.
ReplyDeleteThey're gone! They're gone! They both are gone! I wonder where they are, if they're ok, and what they are doing. Anybody know?
ReplyDeleteDoris and Anon, this is what I found when I looked into this earlier this morning. One fledged on 6/20 @639am, and the other today (6/21) @525am. They may or may not return back to the nest occasionally, so I'm going to keep checking. This has been such an exciting event to follow! Thanks so much for posting this, Leza!! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you all so much for your observation notes up here, Patti, Doris, and Anon(s)! They really added to the post, making the live cam come to life, documenting interesting info on these beautiful birds! I will leave this up so we all can compare this year to *next* year!
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, what Patti said is correct: Sometimes the eaglets will return to the nest briefly to sleep or to feed, so the cam may still be capturing glimpses of the girls! :-)
I'll keep an eye out for them! :) About an hour ago, one of the parents were there at the nest with food. I did not see if either of the girls came back for dinner. Maybe the nest was used as a kitchen for delivered meals!
ReplyDeleteI just saw some big bird fly from the top middle to the bottom middle under the nest!! I'm pretty sure it was one of the girls!! It did not have a white head like an adult. :)
ReplyDeleteHey, it's back!! I'm also viewing your newest post of an Iowa's nest!
ReplyDeleteMom is feeding her two little ones in NJ while another Mom is feeding her three little ones in IA!! Sweet! :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks my sister I love Eagles!
ReplyDeleteLuke 17:37
ReplyDeleteAnd they answered and said to Him, “Where, Lord?” So He said to them, “Wherever the body is, there the eagles will be gathered together.”
I'm following both this and the one in IA, and have them up on tabs so I can watch *both* little families. Both are up on my blog. I *love* how people are recording what they see--fun to look back on, and also to see what you've missed! :-)
ReplyDeleteThe IA one has highlights so you can watch when the 3rd egg was laid, pics of the eaglette hatching, etc. We recently had snow. Green Bay had 9+ inches--in ***April***!!! Global warming, you know! ;-)
Here's the link to the Decorah, Iowa eagle family: http://naturemom.blogspot.com/2011/04/eaglettes-in-iowa.html
ReplyDeleteits nice and sunny here unlike in iowa
ReplyDeleteMom and Dad are feeding their babies! :-)
ReplyDeleteSoooo cute!! They're both hanging out in the nest with Mom on a gloriously sunny Easter morning! God bless!!
ReplyDeleteIs that snow, rain, or slush? Looks like a combo, but more snow... . A wintery mix at best.
ReplyDeleteThis is embarrassing! I forgot to hit publish for this, the other day! Was this from Friday or Saturday, I do not remember... . Today is Easter Sunday... .
Both parents are ther. Both are feeding!
ReplyDeleteAll I'm seein right now is static...
ReplyDeleteI noticed that yesterday, too, Brad.
ReplyDeleteA bright and sunny day in NJ, today! One eaglette is resting while the other is quite active, walking all over the nest and around Mom! :-) Both of these eaglettes have pinfeathers. I think I started seeing it on them earlier than the Decorah,IA eaglettes.
A bright and sunny day for the two little eaglettes and Mom in NJ!!! :-)
ReplyDeleteThe parents have been feeding the babies, and it is getting dark almost too dark to see them now. This is interesting reading from last years babies with the same parents too.
ReplyDeleteThis two are not quite as mature as the three little eaglettes in Decorah, IA, but they sure are cute!!! :-)
ReplyDeleteMy, what big talons you have! The better to hunt you down with, hahahaha. They both are sleeping, but the one to the right side was exercising his foot!
ReplyDeleteSleepy little birds. :) Yup, the Decorah eagles are older than these two. So cute. :)
ReplyDeleteThese two are eagerly looking over the edge, too! The Decorah eaglettes I think are a little older that these two, and they are still in their nest. :-)
ReplyDeleteOne baby left the nest and is on the thick branch to the right, right above the nest. I'm not sure if the other is on the edge of the nest to the left or if it's lower on another of the three thick branches that cradle the nest.
ReplyDeleteThe Decorah eagles have also left their nest, but you can only see tow out of three of them. They have had two strong t-storms with hevy rain, and another severe storm is forcasted for today, as well.
He's back in the nest, again! :-)
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