Join us on egg watch! Hanover, Pa. Eagle Nest Cam
The Pennsylvania Game Commission has live streamed a bald eagle nest for three years in a row. The eggs in the Hanover, Pa. nest were laid on February 18 and 21. Both male and female bald eagles incubate the eggs until the eggs hatch after approximately 35 days. Live stream viewers are invited to join the Game Commission in awaiting the likely hatch of the eggs next week.
Last year, nearly 1.5 million tuned in as a pair of adults successfully raised a pair of eaglets that fledged from the nest in late June to set out on their own.
Not only will the pair of high-definition cameras installed this year provide different angles of the nesting birds and – hopefully – their young, infrared technology will provide images 24 hours a day, and microphones within the units will capture all of the accompanying sounds.
Game Commission Executive Director R. Matthew Hough said the opportunity to look in on the nest in real time, not knowing how the story will end or what might happen next, is some of what makes the Eagle Cam so fascinating to watch.
“Over the past two years, the reaction to the Game Commission’s Eagle Cam has been truly amazing,” Hough said. “Not only do an astonishing number of people tune in, not only are there viewers in just about every country on the planet, but so many of them watch with such dedication. They’ll look in every day for as long as they can, spending countless hours enthralled by the goings-on within the nest.
“It’s amazing, but it’s easy to understand, too,” Hough said. “You just don’t get the opportunity to see eagles like this just anywhere. And I’m crossing my fingers for another successful nesting attempt captured on camera.”
Last edited by Common Sense (3/19/2016 9:44 am)
