kiara
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posted on April 29, 2006 07:59:54 AM new
For those who may be interested there is a live webcam set up showing a pair of eagles with their chicks hatching on Hornby Island.
We have been watching it off and on for a couple of weeks and the two birds share shifts on the nest while one hunts.
The site has received over 100 million viewers so had to increase its bandwidth as they are getting four to six million hits a day.
http://www.infotecbusinesssystems.com/wildlife/
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classicrock000
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posted on April 29, 2006 08:14:10 AM new
I see an Eagle eating one of its chicks...whats that all about?
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mingotree
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posted on April 29, 2006 10:43:28 AM new
Oh , Kiara you just have a fascination with having sex with eagles !
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kiara
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posted on April 29, 2006 11:09:56 AM new
Mingo, you're right. There was a method to my madness when I posted this and now it's caught up with me. Get over it! 
Now they say the egg they thought had hatched isn't yet. We were looking earlier and saw both eggs still intact.
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tOMWiii
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posted on April 29, 2006 06:50:26 PM new
i thought the eagles broke up?
QUIET RALPHIE..."Welcome to the Hotel..."
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kraftdinner
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posted on April 29, 2006 08:04:39 PM new
Double reminds me of an eagle baby. I wonder if one of the chicks will look like her?
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classicrock000
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posted on April 29, 2006 08:30:29 PM new
i thought the eagles broke up?
The Philadelphia Eagles broke up??...I guess they couldnt live without Terrel Owens..
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kiara
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posted on April 29, 2006 09:25:35 PM new
The eggs were laid on March 21st and 24th, and expected to hatch around the 26th and 30th respectively but if the eggs don't hatch it may be because they were never fertile.......these eagles are supposedly elderly ones.
They reported over 150 inhabited eagle nests within the Vancouver city limits now as they have lots of food including rats. Unfortunately they also like cats.  On one of our properties there were eagles and owls and coyotes so we always had to keep our cats indoors.
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irked
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posted on April 29, 2006 09:43:36 PM new
That is just really neat it is still light there and was dark earlier today? so why is that is it not dark there at this time of night? That eagle is moving his or her eggs around and wallering all over them to get them snug I guess. Sure is interesting to watch. Hope the eggs hatch. Will have to keep watch on it to see I suppose. Thanks for sharing.
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kiara
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posted on April 29, 2006 10:17:22 PM new
It's dark here now but as I understand it, during the dark hours they rerun the day video for other viewers that couldn't watch it during the day. Sometimes when it looks black it's because the page won't load correctly because of so many hits and it also freezes quite often.
I heard on the news this morning when I posted that one had hatched yesterday but couldn't get into the site and then later they reported it was just fluff on the egg. Sometimes the eggs look like they have cracks but it's just grass on them.
If you can get into the forums on the site (sometimes they're slow also) they have one that shows lots of screenshots of the birds that were taken at different times by other viewers over the last while.
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WashingtoneBayer
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posted on April 29, 2006 10:18:25 PM new
Very cool
Ron
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kiara
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posted on April 29, 2006 10:27:21 PM new
Here is the link for the screenshots.
http://forum.infotecbsi.com/viewforum.php?f=7
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kiara
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posted on April 29, 2006 11:20:14 PM new
There is live video of nesting birds from all over the world so you can maybe find some in your area. Here is a list of all the birds and sites. I found it on the eagle forum as some are also watching storks nest in Germany.
http://www.pitt.edu/~dziadosz/
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bebeboom
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posted on April 30, 2006 04:14:28 PM new
The only time I can see the video is after midnight. I saw them last night around 1 AM, saw the eggs too.. how sad if they won't hatch.
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kiara
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posted on May 1, 2006 07:00:38 PM new
Today there is only one egg in the nest. If the other one doesn't hatch by tomorrow there may not be too much hope left. These eagles have been sharing a nest for 17 years.
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classicrock000
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posted on May 1, 2006 07:31:17 PM new
thats longer then most marriages.......
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irked
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posted on May 1, 2006 08:18:47 PM new
So sad only one egg. I saw just the one when the eagle lifted up and moved it around. Be nice if at least the one would hatch and be alive. site is so slow guess everyone is tunning in. I think they are replaying the daytime film at night since I have never been able to see any video during the day.
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kiara
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posted on May 1, 2006 09:03:00 PM new
You're right, Classic that's longer than many marriages these days. Eagles mate for life unless one of them is killed and then the other will seek a new partner.
Irked, when the owner of the property set up the webcam he never expected it to get anywhere near this amount of attention from all over the world. When I looked earlier it seems like the eagles sometimes try to 'listen' to the egg......... they seem very dedicated parents. I was wondering if they booted the one egg out when it didn't hatch after a certain amount of days and if this egg doesn't hatch if they will try again?
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bebeboom
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posted on May 1, 2006 09:07:16 PM new
I just got through and boy it looks like bad weather! Wind is blowing noisily and all her feathers are ruffled..maybe raining too.
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kiara
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posted on May 1, 2006 09:43:24 PM new
Maggie, it's been very windy lately but hopefully the worst is over now........ earlier when I was watching the bird's feathers being ruffled so much I felt sorry for her/him.
I put my hummingbird feeders out on my porch and have been watching them feed and whenever I work in my office I can see them from my window. When I moved I wasn't sure that I'd see them again so I'm glad to have some more around as they're truly fascinating to watch up close. I think I read where they have about 50 wing beats per second.
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irked
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posted on May 1, 2006 11:18:45 PM new
I have been reading the forums at the site and the guy that set it up his webpage also. They seem to think the eagles may be getting too old to have fertile eggs but are still hoping. Very interesting tidbits on his site. hancockhouse
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bigpeepa
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posted on May 2, 2006 05:16:15 AM new
A robin made a nest on the railing of our front porch and is setting on a egg.
We are making everyone that comes to the house go to the back door. Don't disturb the nesting bird we say. LOL
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classicrock000
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posted on May 2, 2006 10:25:26 AM new
I just saw one of the eggs hatch.....
OH MY GOD..........
I
THINK
ITS
GODZILLA!!!!!!!
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crossroadstrader
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posted on May 4, 2006 05:07:33 PM new
Very sad news
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,194321,00.html
Life is full of ups and downs...take advantage of them all !
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kiara
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posted on May 4, 2006 10:02:31 PM new
Irked, thanks for the link to Hancock House, I enjoyed reading there.
When the eagle eggs didn't hatch when due I kind of expected it would end this way but it is sad. Eagles aren't always fun to watch though, on a news program tonite they showed a heron's nest with four chicks in it and an eagle swooped in and stole two of the babies at one time. Ouch!
I heard that the owner of the site has another nest with an eaglet hatched in it that he's going to show next.
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