Arconic Eagle Cam-Davenport, Iowa -- 2022 + 2023

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Arconic Eagle Cam-Davenport, Iowa -- 2022 + 2023

Post by MaryF » Wed Nov 10, 2021 1:04 pm

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.HWF would like to welcome you to year twelve of our coverage of the Arconic-Davenport eagle cam starring Liberty and her brand new mate Blaze. Justice was her mate for the first 11 years of our coverage but he disappeared during a prolonged dispute over the nest last season.



Liberty and Blaze


LINK TO THE CAM -- https://livestream.com/accounts/1538473/eaglecam

LINK TO THE FACEBOOK PAGE -- https://www.facebook.com/groups/108382145999121


We would like to thank Arconic for providing us with this cam. It allows us to have a unique view so that we might peek into the lives of this beautiful pair of Bald Eagles


About Arconic Davenport Works, Iowa, USA---

Arconic Davenport Works has a longstanding commitment to the environment
The plant has conducted annual briefings for local environmental groups for the past 20 years
The plant has reduced air emissions by over 97% since 1988

The plant, at the time Alcoa, installed the original camera in November 2010. In 2016 our pair built and moved to a new nearby nest. It is this nest that is now seen on the newly installed cam for 2021.



The location of the nest along the Mississippi in Iowa

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LINK TO THE 2023 THREAD --viewtopic.php?p=616585#p616585
LINK TO THE 2021 THREAD -- viewtopic.php?p=379478#p379478
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Re: Arconic Eagle Cam-Davenport, Iowa -- 2021/22

Post by MaryF » Wed Nov 10, 2021 1:05 pm

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A little information about the nest---

The pair of eagles who now "reside" in this nest are beautiful Liberty, the female and the new male, Blaze.

Liberty seems to have a lot of gray in the feathers sweeping back from her eyes and a larger brow bone. Liberty's tail feathers are more straight across at the ends and of course Liberty is quite a bit larger than the new male, Blaze.


The nest is built in an oak tree near the Mississippi River near the Arconic Davenport Works plant and is about 80 to 85 feet above the ground.

The original nest was built in 2009 -- The nest that they are now using was built and occupied in 2016

This pair does not migrate--they remain in the area of the nest all year.

Employees and the community helped name the eagle pair Liberty and Blaze.


The old nest built in 2009 on the left and the newer one built in 2016 on the right--both are in the same tree.


This pair of bald eagles joined the Arconic (Alcoa) Davenport community in Iowa in 2009. They built their 7-foot nest on Alcoa's 400-acre facility in a tree near the Mississippi River. In the spring of 2010 they fledged a pair of eaglets and later that year the first Eaglecam was installed. Since the camera was installed 35 million visitors from around the world have tuned in to witness an American icon, the bald eagle, developing live within this unique eco-system.

During the fall and winter Liberty and Blaze will use the nest to eat and to prepare the nest for the next season. Eagles nesting in Iowa typically lay eggs in late February or early March and the eggs hatch in late March or early April. The eaglets grow quickly and are ready to fly “fledge” in late May or early June. Arconic is proud that their unwavering commitment to environmental sustainability is helping conserve precious natural resources.



A side view of the nest they now use---it looks perched
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Re: Arconic Eagle Cam-Davenport, Iowa -- 2021/22

Post by MaryF » Wed Nov 10, 2021 1:05 pm

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One of the parents in flight over the Mississippi


We had a sad early ending to the season for this nest--it appeared that 2 eagles were trying to take over the nest and Justice seems to have disappeared. The eggs were left uncovered for too long and too often.(they were so close to hatching---day 31 for egg #1) We ended the season with no visible adult eagles, no eaglets for the year, and the eggs were alone in the nest.


Stats for the 2020/21 nesting season --


* Egg(s) laid --

*Egg(s) hatched --

* Eaglet(s) named --

* Banded --

* Branched --

* Fledged --

*Last seen --

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Since the spring of 2010, Liberty and Justice fledged sixteen eaglets from this nest. The first two eaglets fledged in summer 2010 before we installed the camera and they were never named. The sixteen that have fledged since then are named: Freedom, Spirit, Faith, Hope, Honor, Glory, Rudy, Star, Sky, Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Windy and Storm, Analiese and Terry . What is in store for 2022 with the new male?


Beautiful Libeerty :rh:
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Re: Arconic Eagle Cam-Davenport, Iowa -- 2021/22

Post by MaryF » Wed Jan 12, 2022 1:37 pm

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Thank you Ferenz for looking in and observing this nest. :bye 1:


It looks as though the juvi who visited the nest might have destroyed some work that had been done on it. This is truly a messy nest and not egg ready for sure. I wonder if they will do any repair work. I saw no eagles on the nest but did see one in the beautiful blue sky headed for the river and a second eagle flying low through the trees,

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