World-famous eagle lays new egg

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.omaha.com/article/20120219/NEWS01/120218906

DECORAH — The online world is flocking again to see the newest egg laid by a famous northeast Iowa eagle family.

The renowned Decorah eagle family welcomed the egg into the world Friday night.

The feathered family has gained international attention because of an Internet nest-cam set up by the Raptor Resource Project. The website that allows people to watch has been viewed nearly 217 million times.

Web cam: http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles

FULL story at link.

[xchrom]

1. ...

[secondwind]

2. I check in on them several times a day. I began to do this last year.

It is a great link to have available, to show young children,etc.

[Botany]

3. I loves me some Decorah Eagles!

[blondie58]

6. thanks for posting this, Botany!

Raptures are the kings of the air. I love to see them.

[Little Star]

4. I love watching the Decorah Eagle stream and the..

Pheobe Allen Hummingbird one too!

[secondwind]

5. We watch both webcams.... started doing this last year.

[lunatica]

7. I watched every day last year

I love the Decorah Eagle Family!

thanks for letting us know!

[marybourg]

8. Under the scientific theories of the

rite wing, this is not an egg, it should more properly be referred to as an
"eagle"

[Little Star]

9. lol!

[Auntie Bush]

10. And she probably has two more little eagles inside her.

[Auntie Bush]

11. I watched those little Eagles (too often) till the grew up and flew away.

They're addictive! I'm going to try not to watch so often this year. Last year I even painted two pictures of the Dad. Going to put them in an art show this April.

[pansypoo53219]

12. i liked the iowa eagles, but i much prefer the hornby island nest cam. you can watch them swoop down

last year had 2 eggs. the year before had 1 and i think it had a bad crash landing when it fledged.

[niyad]

13. k and r and thanks steve--I see how I am going to be spending way too much time for the next while

[HopeHoops]

14. Rush Limbaugh wants to buy it and eat it. (Lobster reference)

[williesgirl]

15. This is really neat. Thanks for posting. rec'd

[lovemydog]

16. thanks omaha steve!

I watched last year and now thanks to your post am watching again!

[3waygeek]

17. In other Iowa eagle news...

The eagle nest at the Alcoa plant in Bettendorf has three new eggs.

[nolabear]

18. It's SPRING!!! America's back!

I love the eagle family. Last year I got all ferklempt watching them spread their wings over their chicks while the weather raged around them. I went waaaay off into metaphors about what America should be doing for its children and how the best role of a government is to love us and protect us and to help us fly high...total heart-clench goofy patriotic idealistic slop.

And I'm looking forward to doing it all over again!

[benld74]

19. Time to save the link for this year!

[PatrynXX]

20. fairly sure mom was watching that

cause for a bit that day no egg, next its an egg..

[Le Taz Hot]

21. Thanks for the link.

I watched these guys last year and it was amazing. I just tuned in again and one of the parents was sitting on the egg and then just flew off. I wonder if it's normal to leave an egg unprotected like that.

[emmadoggy]

22. Yay!!

We got to see them in person last year, and probably will go again this year. We live just 20 miles from the nest.

[Stop n think]

23. Misleading title

I thought this was going to be about another Donald Trump interview?

[Autumn Colors]

24. Egg #2 arrived tonight (nt)

[Matilda]

25. And it has started to snow.

Poor darling, she looks exhausted.

[Solly Mack]

26. It's snowing. I keep wishing the bird had a blanket.

I know, I know. Still....someone get that bird a blanket!

[Matilda]

27. She now has a complete blanket - of snow.

Looks very cold, but in fact should keep her warm.

She looks like a snow statue.

[Solly Mack]

28. I know. Still...

Makes me cold just watching her.

[Matilda]

29. Me too.

But eagle experts say the birds are well used to the cold, so I just have to put my concerns aside and hope they're right. I do worry a bit about the eggs, though, although I recall that in similar conditions last year, they all came through okay, even though it looked dismal.