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Watch Eagle Chicks Hatching on the Eagle Cam

High up in a pine tree in California’s Big Bear Valley, a pair of eagles guard their nest…and we can watch them live on YouTube.

The nest is located in Big Bear Valley in the San Bernardino Mountains of Southern California. It is about 145 feet up in a Jeffrey Pine tree. It is the current home for Jackie & Shadow, a local bald eagle pair.

The female eagle Jackie laid three eggs in January and two of them have hatched in recent days and the third egg is hatching as I write this at Friday around noon. You can scrub back through the video to see the chicks and some feedings. Or take a look at some of the clips of important moments in this YouTube playlist; here’s one from yesterday:

A full log of the important events is available on the Friends of Big Bear Valley website and you can see tons of photos & videos on their Facebook page. (thx, rion)

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Martin Sutherland

The Frisian nature conservation organization It Fryske Gea here in the Netherlands has a similar camera trained on the nest of a pair of white-tailed eagles. There were two chicks last year, and the female has laid two eggs in the last week. I’m looking forward to their adventures! https://www.itfryskegea.nl/volg-de-friese-natuur/zeearend/

Martin Sutherland

Here’s a 6-minute highlight reel of last years’s chicks: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nwigaTxqB6I

John I

There's a nice set of live cameras on an eagle nest outside of Pittsburgh near a US Steel facility:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CP8QA_xKx4

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