ELLSWORTH, Maine — Two chicks have hatched in an eagle nest in Hancock County that is being monitored by biologists from Biodiversity Research Institute.
The chicks hatched earlier this week and now are visible and being fed regularly, according to a press release issued Friday afternoon by the institute.
The birds can be viewed live online at www.briloon.org via the NextEra Maine Eaglecam1, which is positioned at an undisclosed location in Hancock County.
The webcam is one of two eagle web cameras set up and sponsored by NextEra Energy Resources and hosted and monitored by biologists from the Gorham-based Biodiversity Research Institute.
The effort is coordinated with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
“We have not had a successful hatch at this nest since 2007, and we hope for the best as these birds grow and prepare to fly. It is going to be quite a journey,” Patrick Keenan, Biodiversity Research Institute outreach director and coordinator of the institute’s webcam program, said in the release.
The webcams are important educational and research tools, according to the biologists.
“These eagle webcams allow the general public a rare and intimate look into the inner sanctum of nesting eagles,” says Charlie Todd, DIF&W wildlife biologist. “The more we know about these birds, the better equipped we are to help protect them.”
Fantastic streaming video. So clear.
This bird must have one great internet provider.
My Skype video is no where near as smooth and seamless as this.
This is beautiful –thank you.
THIS is worth watching!
Love it what a beautiful bird and sweet little eaglet ! Thanks for posting this !
Best of luck to our two new eaglets … May you grow strong and healthy and fly free …. Best of luck to mom and dad too that you come back again and again and create more of these beautiful birds. I live on the river and love to watch our eagles feeding and flying over head.We have one of the biggest I have ever seen so I know they are healthy. Now if the vandals and poachers leave them alone so they can recover even more. Absolute beauty in nature is something you can not recreate and if you are like me admire them for the rest of my life and or theirs.
this so so awesome , my brother draw eagles awesome artist and wild life he draws also.
so great to see this in my home state, when l was in alaska the eagle that was in trees and in air was breath taking . my dear brother donald hodgdon from winterport maine has love for thease birds and he free hand and draws them . there just awesome .