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This nest is located in the Port Tobacco River Park in Port Tobacco, Maryland, and is sponsored by the Port Tobacco River Conservancy and several other organizations. The nest is in the Eastern time zone.
Cam Link - https://porttobaccoriver.org/eagle-cam/
Charles County Recreation & Parks cam link - https://www.charlescountyparks.com/parks/eagle-cam
YouTube cam link with chat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj8hyeR ... e=youtu.be
(as of Feb 6 2020, chat is open from 9am-noon and 4pm-dark Monday-Thursday, and from 4pm-dark Friday & Saturday; if the YouTube link doesn't work, check the Charles County page above for a new link)
Port Tobacco River Conservancy Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/PTRiverConservancy
Southern Maryland Audubon Society Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1197507733686785/
There is no night vision for this nest. There is a video on the Charles County page that shows the area around the nest, taken in March 2019.
Links To Previous Year Threads:
Season 2022-2023
Season 2021-2022
Season 2020-2021
Season 2019-2020
The adults were named Chandler (M) and Hope (F) in a naming contest by the cam sponsors; the names honor a local landmark, the Chandler's Hope estate.
2021-2022 Season:
- adults return: Sept 11, 2021
- eggs laid: February 6, 4:11 pm; February 9, 2:47 pm; seen February 13, 6:43 am (laid during the night)
- sad news: the first egg began hatching on March 16 but looked more crushed than hatching normally by the end of the day, and wasn't visible the morning of the 17th; the remains were spotted partly buried in the nest the morning of March 18, and an adult moved them out of the nest cup March 18, 1:41 pm
- hatched: seen by March 19, 11:02 am (day 38, cam offline until 10:49 am)
- named: PT5
- fledged: Pt5 fledged between June 12-16 2021 while the cam was down.
- last seen: Pt5 was never seen on the nest again after the cams came back online
- adults return:
- eggs laid: February 7, about 6:38 am; February 10, 5:55 pm
- sad news: one chick was not able to hatch successfully (March 19 - day 40 for #1, day #37 for #2); the other egg did not hatch
- named:
- fledged:
- last seen:
- adults return: October 17, 2019, per PTRC Facebook page
- eggs laid: February 3, 4:20 pm; February 6, 3:32 pm; seen February 10, 7:02 am
- sad news: one of the eggs, likely the first one laid, began to hatch but was not able to complete the process successfully
- hatched: #2 - March 14, 8:37 am (37 days); #3 March 16, 7:07 am (35-36 days)
- named: PT3, PT4
- fledged: June 4 (82 days); June 5 (81 days)
- last seen: