Decorah Eagles

WS - you're doing a brilliant job.

Not long now ....................

Lai

Doogs

Only a small moment of panic ...........

Lai

Do'nt do that Doogs, it's not good for me at my age
No sign of any pip holes yet, and it's Dad sitting on the nest now


Great view of Dads feathers


WS
Ps Just for your info Guys they are 6Hrs behind us there
The nest is 6ft across, and 5ft deep, and wieghs a ton

Thanks WS - those last photos you posted are fantastic, really up close and personal

Lai

The main difference is around the eyes, the female eye surround has more grey, like eye shadow, whereas the male is more like a narrow eye liner. I will try to get a photo of each for comparison.
Another pic from earlier that I did'nt have time to post


WS

Some pics from tea time
Close ups of Dads feathers




WS

It's absolutely pouring down. 11-00pm here, 5-00pm there

Mum check the eye area

Dad

Hard to tell, but if you look at the middle egg, in the centre, near the top, it does look like a pip to me. There was a sharper shot that showed it better, but I missed it

Got it this time. I'm updating this post, as I get more photos. Now nearly 12 midnight here 6-00pm there. You can clearly see the spot on these, that I think are a pip




WS

WS - brilliant update and photos - thanks for keeping us up to date.

Surely today must see some action

Lai

Thanks Lai
It was'nt a Pip on the Egg, they are saying there's no hole yet. So we are still waiting . Apparently it can take between 24Hrs, and 48Hrs from the first Pip to complete a full hatching. It's 6-30pm here, and 12-30pm there, and there are over 28,000 people watching at the moment.
WS

WS

Lai

Very quiet tonight or afternoon there, no more news on the Pip. This is a better explanation of the difference between the Male, and Female than I put on earlier.

Which is the male and which is the female? It is hard to tell the difference unless they are both on the nest. The female is larger than the male. This female has an arched ridge above her eyes that goes further back than on the male, and her eyes are surrounded by a greyish shadow; the ridge above the male’s eye is shorter and seems a little closer to the eye. The male has a line around his eyes that makes them look “beady,” and his head looks “sleeker” than the female’s.

Another close up of the female's eye area


WS

Thanks WS -


Lai

Still no Pips, must be really close now. 34,500 people watching the Cam.

Time for a stretch

Beautiful face


WS

WS

Lai

WS I am so glad you gave me a nudge about this one, it's my kind of cam, it's fascinating to watch the hatchings but I adore eagles and the pictures you have posted are stunning. I take it this a a fairly late night cam to watch? if so it's going to be a weekend one for me, but hopefully the evenings will be good as well.
Great find WS and i'm all excited about this one

littlewid-x-

The hatching has started. The first Pip ( first hole in the egg ) was spotted today at
2-00pm their time. It can take upto 24Hr to 48Hr's for the hatching process to be completed. The hatchling will not eat for a further 24Hrs or so, it eats the yoke before it hatches.
Photo of the Pip


Video of when it was first spotted, and confirmed


LW The Web Cam runs virtualy 24/7. The time difference is 7 Hrs behind UK summer time, so in the evening here you are viewing in the daytime over there, and there is usualy some one operating the cam, and zooming, in and panning round which is great watching. At other time the cam is on a fixed view of the nest, if there is'nt an operater
WS

WS, I was watching a few minutes ago and when they zoomed in you could actually see movement through the pip! Things are starting to pick up, there were over 40,000 viewers on the last time I checked in.

Ronnie

Fantastic the number of viewers they have,there are over 42,000 now, and ustream have had to give them extra bandwidth for the chat. Some great camera work by the operators, missed the bit with the beak showing grrrrr
WS

Just checked as well Doogs, as you say it is really windy there. Still no sign of a hatchling yet, just seen all three eggs. Ther are now over 53,000 people watching this cam, incredable really> I will look in later to see if anythings happened
WS

that's an amazing number of people. Thanks for checking WS.

Lai