Thanks to Jane Wright for this link to Doug Carrick’s Hornby Island Eagle cam. Jane says, “Warning … this is addictive. The parents are talking to the eggs and you can hear the eggs peeping back. The eagles will likely hatch this morning.” Wow; I’m watching!
Doug Carrick’s Hornby Island Eagle cam
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The first chick hatched either Wednesday night (April 28th) or Thursday morning. Friday (April 29) morning I watched as one parent flew in with a fish. The other parent tried to feed the chick: at first it seemed quizzical or confused (maybe it is a first-time parent?), then it pulled a very small piece of the fish off—more like a thread than a piece—and fed it to the chick. The parent’s beak seemed huge in comparison to the chick, and I was amazed that the two could manage the mechanical process of feeding/being fed.
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Friday at 5:50 p.m.: One little eaglet, one egg. The chick is a tiny grey fuzzball, with stubby wings that look like penguin wings. The parent is feeding the chick such teensy pieces of food that I can’t even see them, but the chick seems happy to get them. I am amazed by the parent’s gentleness and patience.
Hi I live in saskachewan so it is Sunday April 17 2011 and it is 11:48. I just remembered that you have this webcan so ii come to it. I watched it last year. I was woundering if the eagles have laid there eggs yet? I have an other queston have you ever ha to replace the cams because the eagles have pecked at them?
Great question! I don’t actually manage the webcam; I just linked to it from this site. I, too, wonder whether the eagles ever peck at the camera.