The live video images are compelling in their simplicity: Two bald eagles patiently tend to their eggs in a nest high up in a Douglas Fir tree on Hornby Island.
The streaming video of the bald eagles tending their nest comes courtesy of Doug and Sheila Carrick and the Hornby Eagle Group (HEG).
In 2004, the Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection gave Doug Carrick permission to install a closed circuit video camera above this nest for scientific and educational purposes and he has been studying the eagles ever since.
The Hornby Island eagle cameras first caught the public’s attention in 2006, when millions tuned in via the internet to live web camera images of the eagles incubating two eggs.
Now in 2011, the pair of eagles have two more eggs. A statement on the Hornby Island eagle website says
“Congratulations to Mom and Dad Hornby, who returned from their salmon fishing vacation in the Fall right on schedule; they are currently incubating two new eggs. The first egg was laid on March 22, at 7:44 P.M. and the second egg on March 26 at 3.24 P.M. Hatching is expected in late April.”
To date the Hornby Island eagles have 12,000 Facebook fans but expect that number to grow as we getting closer to the day when the eggs are expected to hatch before the end of April.
Watch the live stream video below. In case of technical difficulties, click here to view the live stream Hornby Island Eagle Web Camera.
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