Most pictures are from the Channel Islands Live! Eagle CAM Discussion Forum, primarily from the photo/video thread All Eagles All the Time
Additional info and pictures from the Maine Bald Eagle Cam Discussion Forum's |
Male K25 was hatched from an egg removed from the West End Nest in 1992 and fostered into the Pinnacle Rock Nest; female K34 was raised at the San Francisco Zoo in 1993 and released on Catalina Island from the Bullrush Hacktower. This pair was allowed to keep their eggs in 2007 (instead of having them removed for incubation), and both hatched - making them the second pair of chicks to hatch naturally without human assistance on Catalina Island since 1945 (Pinnacle Rock was first, a week earlier). Female K03 and male K77 both fledged successfully; K77 was still on Catalina Island in mid-November (one of the few from this year's class who hadn't already gone off to explore), though he hasn't been seen since then. The Catalina eaglets are given short-range GPS units when they're banded so they can be tracked by IWS staff - if the staff is close to the eaglet; once they fly off to other islands or the mainland, they can no longer be traced, and even on Catalina, the person with the receiver has to get fairly close to an eaglet to pick up its signal. Catalina cams are streaming video, but can only handle 10 viewers at a time and are timed to shut off after 10 minutes of viewing; there's also an option to watch still pictures updating at 5 second or 20 second intervals if traffic at the site is heavy. The cams are solar powered, so the picture may be less than optimal in bad weather. This will be the first year IWS has a cam on this nest.
Based on past experience, look for eggs in late February and early March, chicks in early April, and fledging from mid-June to early July. |
Cumbrian's photos - April 5, 2008 |
EagleLoverFL's photos - April 5, 2008 |
Lori's photo - April 6, 2008 |
PattiO's photos - April 8, 2008 |
Cumbrian's photos - April 9, 2008 |
scraps's photo - April 12, 2008 (one week old) |
Cumbrian's photo - April 13, 2008 |
PattiO's photo - April 14, 2008 |
Lori's photos - April 17, 2008 |
Cumbrian's photo - April 18, 2008 |
cdn-cdn's photos - April 19, 2008 (two weeks old) |
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