Bird Cams Around the World

I am keeping cam up to see if eagles stop by. I have not seen so far but not here all the time

I find it strange that the adults are not making appearances. a juvenile was on this morning.

Thank you all for your words and observations.

Gigi your tribute image is beautiful. May I add it to Blackwater's first page - the info and link page?

Of course.

Of you go to site, they have spotted 2 adults on nest. WOW has a video.

They've updated the web log with more information.

Thanks bev and Patti.

I was just wondering what this bird is. Hopefully someone on the Blackwater blog will ID it.

looks like and osprey does it not

It's a juvie Eagle ... and that's the second time it's been seen there. There was also a sub-adult there the other day.

The head looked so small to be a juvenile. I saw the sub adult there yesterday and the 2 adults. Forgot to post that.

they have posted the results and theories. Sad though it is , let us hope the 2 adults there will continue

http://www.friendsofblackwater.org/camhtm2.html

osprey cam is on and that is why I thought that that was an osprey.

Sounds like intrusions will be more common in the years to come.

I think you are right. Just the fact that the skies are becoming more populated with all the success of the eagle restoration. This is part of all of it - just don't like seeing it...

The osprey cam just went up yesterday, and here was the view:

This was Dr. Watts' response to a question about Blackwater on the Richmond chat....consistent with all of your comments.

DrWatts-CCB-1: As the bald eagle population within the Chesapeake Bay runs out of breeding space it is undergoing a dramatic transition. Once a peaceful neighborhood, the Bay is now overrun with birds that are of breeding age with no territory of their own. With few other options, these birds are now vying for territories that are occupied. The turmoil has two outcomes including increased adult mortality as floaters fight territory holders for space and reduced nesting success as territory holders are forced to spend more time defending eggs and young. Floaters kill young chicks for two reasons. The first is that causing a nest failure creates a better opportunity for them to take over a territory. The second is that if they are successful at replacing an adult, they have no incentive to raise unrelated chicks. The latter case is similar to what we see when a male lion or baboon takes over a group and kills all dependent young. The killings eliminate unrelated young but also serves to bring the female back into breeding condition. There is some evidence that eagles may benefit from this tactic as well.