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Nest cameras offer an 'eagle eye' view of life in a bald eagle nest.
Eagle Nest Cam links
Eagles4Kids
Eagle Valley Nest Cam
Decorah Nest Cam
Minnesota DNR Eagle Cam
Minnesota Bound Nest
Each camera we link to is operated by an organization we trust to provide viewers opportunities to learn about wild eagles, while preserving the eagles' natural nesting environment.
In our area of the Upper Mississippi River valley, we see courtship displays in January and February, and an eagle pair may be incubating eggs by the end of February or early March.
Two or three (rarely four) eaglets typically hatch in March or April. Despite the care and effort the adult spend in rearing these youngsters, only about 50% will survive their first year. Still fewer will survive to breed themselves at age 5-6 years.
These cameras are a great way to see some of the challenges wild eagles face!
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Naturalist Notes
Who takes care of the eaglets?
NESTING NOTE: The male and female eagles share the duty of bringing food to their hungry eaglets. Parents tear off small pieces and feed it directly to their young.
If you're a fan of online nest cameras, there's lots going on right now. Many of the regional nest cameras have eaglets in the nest already and others are getting ready for hatching. While we don't operate a nest cam ourselves, we offer a variety of tools to help people understand what they are observing in these close encounters with eagles.
The Learn About Eagles feature on our website offers answers to commonly asked questions and basic eagle biology.
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Spread your wings in a life-sized eagle's nest.
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Check us out on Facebook and Twitter for updates throughout the nesting season or post your questions about what you're seeing.
You can also find links to some regional nest cams on our website.
And, if you're curious just how big those nests are, visit us and see for yourself with our life-sized replica eagle's nest!
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Upcoming events
Hatch Day is coming April 22nd
Since we can't be sure exactly when our eagle ambassadors hatched, we celebrate their 'hatch day' every year on Earth Day, April 22nd. Each of our eagles turn another year older and we'll have some special enrichment
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Was'aka practices catching with a duck decoy!
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treats for them.
We'll also have a special treat for the first 50 visitors on April 22nd!
How old will they be?
Harriet - 33 years old
Angel - 15 years old
Columbia - 13 years old
Was'aka - 8 years old
Donald - We don't know his exact age, since he was already an adult when he was injured. But, we do know that he is at least 12 years, and probably older.
Send the eagles a Hatch Day present!
Click here to see what's on our eagles ( and eagle care staff) wish list!
Just $25 provides a meal for each of our eagle ambassadors!
Click to donate now!
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Quiet Majesty by Sara Lubinski
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River Sojourn, a collection of original landscape paintings by Sara Lubinksi, is on exhibit in the Watershed Gallery at the National Eagle Center through June, 2014.
Botanist, naturalist and artist Sara Lubinksi has spent nearly two years hiking goat prairies, following cold water creeks and discovering Mississippi River views, caves, and rare ice-age plants. She has put these experiences down in field sketches, notes and landscape paintings in a collection of works called River Sojourn.
The focus of her River Sojourn is conserved landscapes in the Mississippi River valley and driftless region. Sara Lubinski's career as a scientist included plant mapping in the Mississippi River and national parks across the United States. This background was ideal preparation for her work as an artist portraying the beauty of the driftless region near her home in the Upper Mississippi River valley. Her work weaves together the threads of science and art through it she hopes to inspire appreciation and protection for these unique landscapes and habitats.
Additional paintings, sketches and notes from Lubinski's River Sojourn are currently on display at the Minnesota Marine Art Museum (MMAM.org) in Winona, MN.
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