Thousands watch online as eagles hatch in Iowa

[Duer 157099]

Source: Associated Press

A live video feed from northeast Iowa with a bird's eye view of eagle eggs hatching has attracted more than 100,000 followers — so many that the site crashed briefly Saturday after the first eaglet emerged.

The camera sponsored by the Raptor Resource Project shows a nest 80 feet up in a tree overlooking a trout stream at the Decorah Fish Hatchery, where a pair of eagles is welcoming their brood.

Three eggs were laid in late February, and the first eaglet started to emerge from its shell Friday. Bob Anderson, the project's executive director, said the second hatched about 5:30 a.m. Sunday and the third is expected in about three days.

Read more: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jBYDXjFpsGFOyfsrK-0FSCEy7RPA?docId=238e11b7cb8b4882b7f0c72508f4f617

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It's nice to have a break from all the bad news and to just watch nature in all of it's beauty and glory! Dad just flew back into the nest, joining mom and the kids.

Link to Live Eagle Cam:

http://www.raptorresource.org/falcon_cams/index.html

Links to other threads on DU where it is being followed and discussed:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=9657011&mesg_id=9657011

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=803827&mesg_id=803827

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=803415&mesg_id=803415

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=804273&mesg_id=804273

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=800911&mesg_id=800911

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=803429&mesg_id=803429

(edited to add more DU thread links)

[GoddessOfGuinness]

1. Looks like a dead crow in the nest...

Dinner?

[postulater]

3. That rabbit underneath the crow has been there for a week or so.

The crow looks like a carcass they picked up, the beak is already eaten away.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

6. I'll bet that nest is stinky!

[postulater]

11. Wait till the weather warms up.

[Old and In the Way]

2. Wife has been checking this all day.

There's also a hummingbird nest that's got chicks in it that she's monitoring....I've been getting updates all day on that one, too. :-)

She started to freak out an hour ago; she thought one of the parents was trying to push one of the chicks out of the nest. Apparently, it was a false alarm.

[Duer 157099]

4. Check the thread in the Lounge, there's a link to what happened

it was an accident and, as usual, mom fixed it.

[Lisa0825]

8. Here it is on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peHesQ-gH9A

[freshwest]

13. Thanks that is wonderful. Another world to comprehend.

[3waygeek]

5. Here's another nest in Iowa...

on the grounds of the Alcoa plant in Bettendorf. The first eaglet hatched there about a week ago.

[renko]

7. The Alcoa eagles just hatched 2 days ago...

They can be viewed 24-7, though daytime hours are best...

Enjoy.

[Enthusiast]

9. Yet there are right wing voices

in favor of reintroducing DDT.

[Duer 157099]

10. More DU thread links

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=804745&mesg_id=804745

[Skittles]

12. I used to live in Decorah

yes INDEED