More web cam mania

Check it out! The Toledo Zoo has some web cams up. How exciting is that?

Also, an Alpaca Cam.

And the eagles have fledged!

Now, I really should be cleaning, so I'm going to wander back into the other room.

Will they try again?

Scout (female) and Orville (male) have been seen around the nest box again. After the falcons' first attempt produced infertile eggs (not uncommon since Scout is so young), it looks like the pair may well try again. Check out the Columbus Falcon page for further updates. I'm watching the bottom half of a falcon as I blog.

The eagle triplets are getting BIG. They are expected to fledge soon. For a full report, see the Eagle Blog. It's a lot of fun if you catch them hopping around and testing out their wings on the Eagle Cam.

If you are looking for more web cam entertainment, you might check out Earthcam's top ten. The Eagle Cam made it on the list!

Wildlife webcams I've been keeping an eye on

I've been watching the Ohio's Peregrine Falcons webcam. It looks like the eggs might not hatch. How disappointing! Read the Columbus Peregrine Falcon Update for more details.

On a very bright note, there are archives now at the Africam. I particularly like the owls. I saw some Impalas late last night. It is about a six hour time difference, so it was morning there.

Oh, and the eagles should take flight soon.

Eagle News

I've been keeping an eye on the Eagle Cam at Norfolk Botanical Garden. I got to watch most of the banding of the eagle chicks today even though they postponed it until 3PM. At times it was a bit difficult to see what was happening, and there were a few times when the webcam froze, but overall it was interesting. It took at least 2 up in the tree and a more than half a dozen on the ground. The eaglets were lowered in a bag and then the biologists (some students I presume) did all the normal things associated with banding: measuring, weighing, taking pictures, etc. I thought I would miss the most interesting part because I had to pick up my nephew, but here it is almost 4:30 and they are just clearing out. I think between 3:30 and 4 was actually the best time to watch.

There is an Eagle Blog in case you want to check out what the eagles looked like when they first hatched. The archives go back to 2006.

From April 23-25, the Eagle Cam will be down because of upgrades. Quoting from the Norfolk Botanical Garden page with the Eagle Cam info: "The webcam feed may be interrupted or not working at times. Someone forgot to tell us that maintaining a webcam 90 feet up in a pine tree wouldn't be easy."

If you like wildlife web cams, check out Africam. I've seen some wildebeest grazing. You have to keep checking though because it isn't like the eaglets that can't leave the nest.