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Fort St Vrain CO Eagle Cam - Seasons 2018-2023
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Re: Fort St Vrain CO Eagle Cam 2018 + 2019 + 2020
Re: Fort St Vrain CO Eagle Cam 2018 + 2019 + 2020
I missed posting about the third egg - sorry! It was laid on February 21 at 6:39 pm, so a little more than 4 days after the second egg.
I don't have a picture from then, but here are two from this afternoon, March 1st:
I'm not sure which adult this is.
I don't have a picture from then, but here are two from this afternoon, March 1st:
I'm not sure which adult this is.
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Re: Fort St Vrain CO Eagle Cam 2018 + 2019 + 2020
Summary for 2020
The pair laid three eggs - February 14, 5:55 pm; February 17, 5:41 pm; February 21, 6:39 pm.
Xcel stopped streaming the cams to conserve bandwidth for essential functions - but they can still see the cam in their breakroom, and they shared a picture of two tiny chicks and an egg on March 31; we later learned that the chicks hatched on March 26 (38 days if second egg) and March 29 (37 days if third egg). Based on hatch dates provided by the utility, I am guessing it's the first egg that didn't hatch.
Unfortunately, as seems to happen sadly often here, there was a bad spring snowstorm, and as of April 21, there is only one chick (there were still two as of April 15); I'm guessing it's the younger who was lost, though we have no way of knowing.
The last picture of the remaining chick that I've seen was from June 1st, and it was looking great! I saw a post on Facebook where a local observer reported it had fledged, but couldn't find the pictures they referenced to look for a date.
The pair laid three eggs - February 14, 5:55 pm; February 17, 5:41 pm; February 21, 6:39 pm.
Xcel stopped streaming the cams to conserve bandwidth for essential functions - but they can still see the cam in their breakroom, and they shared a picture of two tiny chicks and an egg on March 31; we later learned that the chicks hatched on March 26 (38 days if second egg) and March 29 (37 days if third egg). Based on hatch dates provided by the utility, I am guessing it's the first egg that didn't hatch.
Unfortunately, as seems to happen sadly often here, there was a bad spring snowstorm, and as of April 21, there is only one chick (there were still two as of April 15); I'm guessing it's the younger who was lost, though we have no way of knowing.
The last picture of the remaining chick that I've seen was from June 1st, and it was looking great! I saw a post on Facebook where a local observer reported it had fledged, but couldn't find the pictures they referenced to look for a date.
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Summary of the 2021 Nesting Season
The camera was offline in 2020 to conserve bandwidth - and happily was back for 2021!
Observers noticed that the pair was acting a bit differently than they had in previous years - and discovered that the previous male had a band on the left leg, and the male we've been seeing since the cam came back up this year has a band on the right leg.
The pair laid three eggs, on March 4, 7 and 10.
Unfortunately one of the eggs broke on March 15; they had a whole lot of snow there and a chunk of ice fell off a branch over the nest and cracked the egg; an adult ate the egg, and the other eggs were fine. Based on hatch dates, I'm guessing the first egg was lost.
The second egg hatched on April 14 and was named FSV43; we don't know why, but the chick died on April 15; it appeared fine when the adult began brooding that afternoon, but was not moving when the adult got up later. Rest in peace, little one.
FSV44 hatched on April 17, and fledged successfully on July 6. He was captured after fledging and is now banded and has a tracking tag; they determined he was male.
The camera was offline in 2020 to conserve bandwidth - and happily was back for 2021!
Observers noticed that the pair was acting a bit differently than they had in previous years - and discovered that the previous male had a band on the left leg, and the male we've been seeing since the cam came back up this year has a band on the right leg.
The pair laid three eggs, on March 4, 7 and 10.
Unfortunately one of the eggs broke on March 15; they had a whole lot of snow there and a chunk of ice fell off a branch over the nest and cracked the egg; an adult ate the egg, and the other eggs were fine. Based on hatch dates, I'm guessing the first egg was lost.
The second egg hatched on April 14 and was named FSV43; we don't know why, but the chick died on April 15; it appeared fine when the adult began brooding that afternoon, but was not moving when the adult got up later. Rest in peace, little one.
FSV44 hatched on April 17, and fledged successfully on July 6. He was captured after fledging and is now banded and has a tracking tag; they determined he was male.
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Re: Fort St Vrain CO Eagle Cam 2021-2022
This post marks the start of the 2021-2022 season.
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Re: Fort St Vrain CO Eagle Cam - Seasons 2018-2022
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