Post by grammyk on May 6, 2009 0:21:08 GMT 1
Thought some of you might like to see this!
Welcome to the Duke Farms Eagle Cam
www.dukefarms.org/page.asp?pageId=565
(I understand you need to view this during daylight hours (EST) since it is live)
The mission of Duke Farms is to serve as a model of environmental stewardship. This Eagle Cam was installed to provide researchers with an opportunity to monitor a pair of nesting Bald Eagles without any disturbance to the birds. It is being shared with the public to provide viewers with a glimpse of wildlife in its natural environment.
This Eagle Cam was made possible thanks to a collaboration with the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey, a non-profit organization dedicated to New Jersey's rare wildlife and providing place-based wildlife education, a requirement of the New Jersey Wildlife Action Plan. The Foundation carries out research projects, develops management plans, encourages conservation practices and educates residents of New Jersey about the wildlife living on their doorstep.
Bald Eagles have been making a comeback after many years of decline, due in part to the once widespread use of Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane (DDT) and other agricultural pesticides. Thanks to growing public concern about the health of our environment, DDT and other chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticides were banned in the U.S. in 1972. Along with protection offered by the Endangered Species Act, scientists credit the ban on DDT as a major factor in the comeback of the Bald Eagle, Osprey and other bird species in the contiguous U.S.
In New Jersey, that comeback has been dramatic. In 1985, only a single pair of nesting Bald Eagles were recorded in New Jersey. In 2008, that number was up to 69 pairs. Of those, 50 nests produced 85 young. A Midwinter Eagle Survey in January 2008 tallied 264 birds, a new record high. Today, the Bald Eagle continues to face hazards in the environment, but perhaps the largest threat to the species in New Jersey today is the encroachment of development and human activity that limits the areas of potential nesting sites.
PLEASE NOTE: Bald Eagles are extremely sensitive to human disturbance. At no time should anyone approach nesting eagles. People who want to observe or photograph eagles and who come too close may actually cause the birds to abandon a nest.
About the Bald Eagle
Size: 71-96 cm (28-38 inches)
Wingspan: 204 cm (80 inches, almost 7 feet)
Weight: 10 to 14 lbs.
Lifespan: Average of 15 to 20 years
The national emblem of the United States, the Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) is a large raptor, or bird of prey, with long, broad wings that are held flat when soaring. Adults have a brown body with a white head and tail, immature Bald Eagles up to the age of 5 have a dark head and tail.
Bald Eagles lay from one to three eggs that are off-white and speckled, about the size of a goose egg. The eggs are incubated for 35 days. Incubation duties are shared by both the male and female, though it is the female who spends most of the time on the nest.
Once listed as a Federally Endangered Species, the Bald Eagle remains protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act.
Welcome to the Duke Farms Eagle Cam
www.dukefarms.org/page.asp?pageId=565
(I understand you need to view this during daylight hours (EST) since it is live)
The mission of Duke Farms is to serve as a model of environmental stewardship. This Eagle Cam was installed to provide researchers with an opportunity to monitor a pair of nesting Bald Eagles without any disturbance to the birds. It is being shared with the public to provide viewers with a glimpse of wildlife in its natural environment.
This Eagle Cam was made possible thanks to a collaboration with the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey, a non-profit organization dedicated to New Jersey's rare wildlife and providing place-based wildlife education, a requirement of the New Jersey Wildlife Action Plan. The Foundation carries out research projects, develops management plans, encourages conservation practices and educates residents of New Jersey about the wildlife living on their doorstep.
Bald Eagles have been making a comeback after many years of decline, due in part to the once widespread use of Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane (DDT) and other agricultural pesticides. Thanks to growing public concern about the health of our environment, DDT and other chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticides were banned in the U.S. in 1972. Along with protection offered by the Endangered Species Act, scientists credit the ban on DDT as a major factor in the comeback of the Bald Eagle, Osprey and other bird species in the contiguous U.S.
In New Jersey, that comeback has been dramatic. In 1985, only a single pair of nesting Bald Eagles were recorded in New Jersey. In 2008, that number was up to 69 pairs. Of those, 50 nests produced 85 young. A Midwinter Eagle Survey in January 2008 tallied 264 birds, a new record high. Today, the Bald Eagle continues to face hazards in the environment, but perhaps the largest threat to the species in New Jersey today is the encroachment of development and human activity that limits the areas of potential nesting sites.
PLEASE NOTE: Bald Eagles are extremely sensitive to human disturbance. At no time should anyone approach nesting eagles. People who want to observe or photograph eagles and who come too close may actually cause the birds to abandon a nest.
About the Bald Eagle
Size: 71-96 cm (28-38 inches)
Wingspan: 204 cm (80 inches, almost 7 feet)
Weight: 10 to 14 lbs.
Lifespan: Average of 15 to 20 years
The national emblem of the United States, the Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) is a large raptor, or bird of prey, with long, broad wings that are held flat when soaring. Adults have a brown body with a white head and tail, immature Bald Eagles up to the age of 5 have a dark head and tail.
Bald Eagles lay from one to three eggs that are off-white and speckled, about the size of a goose egg. The eggs are incubated for 35 days. Incubation duties are shared by both the male and female, though it is the female who spends most of the time on the nest.
Once listed as a Federally Endangered Species, the Bald Eagle remains protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act.
