They’re back. But this year there are more Eagle Cams. British Columbia, Canada, has long been in the forefront of preservation of bald eagles. Right now (April/May/June 2011) an amazing webcam is capturing the unfolding progress of baby eaglets as they grow are nurtured and raised.
Unfortunately, the video can not be embedded. So link here to the Baby Bald Eagle Cams.
Enjoy the exceptional show. Remember the nest is in the Pacific time zone.
Here is a video about the Hancock Wildlife Center that sets up these cams.
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The nest is in an old Garry oak tree in Sidney, BC – a suburb of Victoria, the capital of British Columbia, situated on the South end of Vancouver Island. The area is near the Swartz Bay ferry terminal on the Saanich Peninsula. In nest season 2006, the eagles raised 2 eaglets. In season 2007 they successfully raised one. In 2008 they produced three eaglets in a new nest about 500 ft. from the original nest. A cam was placed in this second nest for the 2009 season, where the eagles successfully raised TRIPLETS again. In 2010 there was joy with a birth and several eggs that were stolen by ravens.
The Sidney nest is on private property not far from Patricia Bay, in Sidney, BC, near the Victoria International Airport. There is no access to the public.
This pair of eagles has successfully raised young each year that we’ve been able to watch them via a live webcam, since 2006 season when their chicks were watched continuously by over 40,000 people for 4 months.
Click through to the Hancock Wildlife Channel to see images of the bald eaglets as they have their first feedings and interact with their parents.
Click here to see the comments from 2009’s posting.
Charlie Leocha is the President of Travelers United. He has been working in Washington, DC, for the past 14 years with Congress, the Department of Transportation, and industry stakeholders on travel issues. He was the first consumer representative to the Advisory Committee for Aviation Consumer Protections appointed by the Secretary of Transportation from 2012 through 2018.
