HHI Eagle Cam
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The nest on the Eagle cam is located on private property in an undisclosed area. Eagles can be quite sensitive to human activity while nesting and the nest tree is on private property. This is believed to be at least the 14th season for this pair of eagles. During the 2023-2024 nesting season, the eagles had three eggs with two eaglets fledging. The 2024-2025 nesting season was the first season viewed with the Land Trust Eagle CAM, and we watched two eaglets successfully fledge.
August 17th 6:58 am First sighting in the nest and nestoration begins.
November 21th 8:12 pm First egg laid * Watch Recording: https://youtu.be/hq6acWu47u8?si=17FcrqKL8tecgaBt
November 24th 6:14 pm Second egg laid * Watch Recording: https://youtu.be/_LgYb2e84XY?si=hZEYD-VlEsfyL7oc
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Just as we experienced with Harriet and Mitch, we are viewing a wild eagle nest. While we hope that all eggs hatch and grow to be healthy and successful fledges each season, things like sibling rivalry, predators, illness, natural disasters as well as territorial disputes can affect wildlife. Nature may be difficult to watch.
About seeing the nest at night: We have an IR camera using infrared lighting that is imperceptible to the eagles. If you were to visit the nest site in person at night, it would look completely dark.
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Gracie changing position. No pip visible yet. 🫤
Gracie takes over incubation duty. No visible pip yet.
George rearranges the eggs - no sign of a pip from this angle. Maybe we’ll have a Christmas Day Eaglet 😊
George arrives bring materials for the nest and take over incubation for Gracie.
Gracie seems to be more active than usual. Is it possible that she feels activity in one or both eggs? Could a pip happen soon? 🙏
Gracie stretching her legs but didn't give us a good look at the eggs.😕
Egg 1 - 33 days since laid & Egg 2 - 30 days. So, what happens right before hatch? Just a few days from external pip, the rapidly growing embryo is taking up nearly all the space in the egg.
It...
*Turns so that its head is at the large end of the egg next to the air space.
*Pierces the internal membrane - the internal pip - and begins to breathe air with its lungs. Hatch has started!
*Takes the yolk sac into its body as it consumes most of the remaining albumen and yolk.
*Grows enough to contract the hatching muscle, pointing its head up and positioning its egg tooth against the shell of the egg. The eggshell is thinner and weaker than when it was laid, since the growing embryo absorbed calcium from the shell for its bones.
*Rubs its egg tooth against the shell, which cuts a small hole. We have an external pip!
*Rotates its body, slowly cutting a ring around the shell.
*Pushes its body against the shell, forcing the shell apart.
*Works itself free of the shell membranes and halves. The eaglet has landed and hatch is complete!
We are looking forward to hatch later this week!
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Gracie having a stretch. No visible pip yet.
Just the eggs. Maybe Gracie and George are out doing some last minute Christmas shopping 🎁