Jordan Lake EagleCam
Pets, Animals - Birds
Local Eaglecam Viewers, please help us clean up Jordan Lake by volunteering to adopt a section of shoreline. Please contact cleanup.jl@gmail.com for more information.
Jordan Lake Eagle Season 2012-13
Parent first observed sitting in the nest December 13, 2013
2 eggs were laid early December
1st hatch - overnight January 17-18, 2013
2nd egg was non-viable, dad eagle removed it from the nest bowl January 24, 2013
Juvie branched - March 30, 2013 at 10 weeks old
Juvie Fledged - April 6, 2013 at 11 weeks old
Parents and Juvie have returned to the nest several times since Juvie fledged.
Juvie last seen on camera, afternoon, April 15, 2013
Cam went off air, evening, April 15, 2013
This Bald Eagle Nest Camera is located on Jordan Lake near Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill, NC. The 2013 camera was set up by the US Army Corps of Engineers, www.spyonabird.com, and Lineberger Tree Service.
To find out more about opportunities to support the Jordan Lake EagleCam project and other environmental stewardship efforts at Jordan Lake visit the Clean Jordan Lake web site: http://cleanjordanlake.org/
Clean Jordan Lake (CJL) is a non-profit, tax exempt 501(c)(3) organization. CJL's mission is to restore Jordan Lake to a healthy and vibrant aquatic resource. Improvements to the environment and water quality at Jordan Lake are being achieved through the removal of trash from public lands, litter prevention, prevention of illegal dumping, promotion of recycling, and public engagement and education. With no paid staff, CJL depends entirely upon state and local government partners and non-profit organizations for donated supplies and services and volunteers from members of the public to carry out their programs. CJL has a cooperative agreement with the US Army Corps of Engineers to assist in its natural resource management, parks and recreation programs and other activities at Jordan Lake.
Clean Jordan Lake accepts tax-deductible contributions to support its mission, which includes the Jordan Eagle Cam Project, to help achieve their goals at Jordan Lake.
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Jordan Lake Moderators:
BillnDurhamNC; carolinagirl1125; deniseworden, Faylababy; Geowuf, kaiahx, lacamper, mochamama; tomsusie; wvlana
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Email for volunteers and moderator contact: JordanLakeEagleCam@outlook.com
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The second egg has failed to hatch, recording of Mom/Dad removing Egg#2 from the nest bowl is on Video # 28765251 about the 1:58:40 mark. Kai's shortened version: http://bit.ly/Vm11TX
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HATCH 1 WINNER DECLARED!
The decision has been made to award two prizes for the First Hatch pool, BJinFTW for being closest to the 01/17 10:52pm entry and justme0252 for the second entry closest to the 1/18 2:47am sighting. Each winner will receive a 5 postcard set of pictures of the eagles taken by our photographer extraordinaire, Denise Worden.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. How many chicks have this pair of eagles hatched?
A. This pair of eagles has 19 fledges at this nest since 2002, when we first started keeping observation records.
Q. I never saw directions to the point at Jordan Lake where the cam is located. Could you tell me where it is located?
A. We do not share the location of the nest with the general public. Bald Eagles are pretty protective during their nesting season. It is common to hear them squaking/vocalizing if you get too close to the nest, therefore we really try to keep the nest locations secret. There is an observation platform at Jordan Lake on Martha’s Chapel Road. It is probably the best place to go for viewing eagles, the following link is a map of some good eagle viewing locations at Jordan Lake:
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&ll=35.791814,-79.000497&spn=0.00778,0.01649&t=h&z=17&msid=204684792385467659080.00049b24b6b3e0f16241d
The platform is located on the upper end of the lake where there are more eagles, but of course there is a chance that you may not see one on any given day. During the summer we have more eagles at Jordan Lake, up to 60 by some counts, so your chances of seeing one would be greater b/w June and August.
Q. When the eaglets leave the nest do they then start nest building for themselves? just wondering if they have a nesting spot or just live in trees until they find a mate.
A. Most bald eagles mature at 4-5 years old, which is when they find a mate, build a nest, and start breeding. They tend to travel when they're not nesting, and to return to the same nest year after year once they've built it. The nest is mainly for raising babies, although they may visit during the rest of the year and hang around some to keep it from being taken over by someone else - eagle, osprey or a few other bird species that use abandoned eagles nests.
Q. How do I capture an image from the eaglecam?
A. There may be other ways, the easiest we know of is to take a screenshot, then crop it in photo software to show the action. Different systems do those things differently, but on a PC it's fairly standard to hold down the CTRL key and tap the key usually toward the right end of the upper row labeled PRTSC or some similar version of Print Screen. That copies the screenshot to your clipboard, so you can then paste it as an image.
Many PCs come with MS Office Picture Manager - you can paste it directly into an image folder, then click at the top to Edit Pictures. When you're done, select Export either in the right pane where you were cropping, etc., or under the File menu. Be sure to export it as a JPG and know where you saved it. Then you can go to our facebook page, click at the top of the page to Share a Photo, then to Upload a Photo from your drive - add a caption, and you're good to go!
Q. Do the eagles have names?
A. This is an answer to a similar question from the Norfolk eaglecam, which we tend to agree with:
“When the eagles first built their nest here, we discussed the idea of naming them, but decided against doing so. Since they are wild birds, we do not want to encourage thinking of them as pets or to anthropomorphize them. Also, although all of our eaglets have survived to fledging, that’s not a guarantee every year. Giving them names could create more heartache for people. The disrupted nesting season in 2008 is a case in point. That said, a lot of other viewers have given them names and have shared them with us.”
Q. Where can I find more information about Bald Eagles
A. There are lots of great sources of information about bald eagles, some good internet sources are: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bald_Eagle and www.baldeagleinfo.com/
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