FYI
Birds Australia EagleCAM has had another successfully year with our pair of
White-bellied Sea-Eagles nesting in Sydney Olympic Park. After the original
nest tree fell down in February this year the eagles built a new nest in the
same tree that we had out cameras last year. This shows that they were very
comfortable with out cameras and our presence close to the nest. There were a
lot of tree choices but they chose to stay in the same area.The nest took about
12 weeks to build, about 1.5 met. dia. and about 75 cm thick.Two egg were laird
in early July and both hatched 40 days later with one day between them.
Unfortunately after an accident the first chick died in the nest after abut a
week. The second chick thrived and fledged on the 10th November.
The video was streamed live to the Internet 24 hours a day and in 150 days
received over 1.4 million views from all over the world. With a peak viewing of
over 1,700 viewers at the one time. This made Birds Australia EagleCAM the
second most popular nest cam in the world.
Due to popular demand EagleCAM has produced a 2012 calendar to celebrate this
event with over 100 photos form EagleCAMHD camera, Jon Irvine & Geoff
Hutchinson. The back page may be of interest it has 15 photos showing the
development of the WBSE from egg to fledge, this could be a very useful
reference tool in the field to identify the age of WBSE chicks, this has never
been done with such accuracy before.
The calendar is available from www.Sea-EagleCAM.org or at the Discovery Centre
and all proceeds go to Birds Australia EagleCAM Project.
PS. With the report of a Painted Snipe sighting at Sydney Olympic Park and WBSE
nesting there it just goes to show what a fantastic place this is to go
birding, and getting better every year.
Geoff Hutchinson
EagleCAM team
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