Police Academy -- Washington,DC-- 2018--2019
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Police Academy -- Washington,DC-- 2018--2019
.HWF would like to welcome the Earth Conservation Corps (AKA Police academy) bald eagle nest for it's second year of coverage here on the forum.
Link to cam with log ~~ http://www.eaglecam.org/eagle-forum
Link to cam with chat ~~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqPTLkR ... e=youtu.be
Link to FB page ~~ https://www.facebook.com/groups/AnacostiaRaptors/about/
Link to cam 2 ~~ To access cam 2 hover over the lower right hand corner of the cam 1 screen. When you see an icon that looks like a small suitcase---click on it. This gives you the ability to toggle back and forth between the 2 cams
The stars -- Liberty and Justice
THE POLICE ACADEMY NEST
In 2005, a pair of bald eagles, Liberty & Justice built their nest on the grounds of the Metropolitan Police Department in Southeast Washington, DC. The pair has raised two eaglets every year for the last 11 years.
This nest is 110 feet up on an oak tree.
The nest and tree
Liberty, the female, has primary responsibility for incubating her eggs and caring for the young chicks. Justice, the male, has the crucial job of catching fish and bringing them for his mate and eaglets.
The adults, Liberty and Justice, were named by former Police Chief Cathy Lanier, on the day of the Boston Bombing. She called a press conference at the eagle's nest to name them
Partners in this cam
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Link to cam with log ~~ http://www.eaglecam.org/eagle-forum
Link to cam with chat ~~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqPTLkR ... e=youtu.be
Link to FB page ~~ https://www.facebook.com/groups/AnacostiaRaptors/about/
Link to cam 2 ~~ To access cam 2 hover over the lower right hand corner of the cam 1 screen. When you see an icon that looks like a small suitcase---click on it. This gives you the ability to toggle back and forth between the 2 cams
The stars -- Liberty and Justice
THE POLICE ACADEMY NEST
In 2005, a pair of bald eagles, Liberty & Justice built their nest on the grounds of the Metropolitan Police Department in Southeast Washington, DC. The pair has raised two eaglets every year for the last 11 years.
This nest is 110 feet up on an oak tree.
The nest and tree
Liberty, the female, has primary responsibility for incubating her eggs and caring for the young chicks. Justice, the male, has the crucial job of catching fish and bringing them for his mate and eaglets.
The adults, Liberty and Justice, were named by former Police Chief Cathy Lanier, on the day of the Boston Bombing. She called a press conference at the eagle's nest to name them
Partners in this cam
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Member since July, 2006
Re: Police Academy -- Washington,DC-- 2018--19
..Some history about this nest ~~
These eagles are an urban wildlife success story. Pollution forced bald eagles to abandon their last DC nest in 1946. Restoring the Bald Eagle as a nesting resident of their community was the dream of the teenage volunteers of the Earth Conservation Corps.
In 1994, the teenage volunteers of the Earth Conservation Corps launched a bold experiment to try to spur the return of the bald eagle as a nesting resident of our Nation's Capital
In 1996 youths from the Earth Conservation Corps, under a permit from the Fish and Wildlife Service, began releasing 16 young bald eagles from Wisconsin at the National Arboretum in Washington in an attempt to restore the birds to the Anacostia region.
The Corps translocated 16 eaglets from nests in Wisconsin to an artificial "hack box" located in the U.S. National Arboretum. After being raised for six weeks at the Arboretum the juvenile eagles were released into the skies over Washington. Four eaglets were released every spring from 1994 to 1998. The eagle restoration efforts by the youth of the Earth Conservation Corps galvanized the entire city in their mission to restore the eagles' Anacostia River habitat.
At that time the Anacostia was one of the nation’s most polluted rivers and the communities along the river were some of its most violent. In subsequent years, several pairs of eagles have built nests along the river, and the Anacostia River is rebounding.
The Washington, DC nest of the famous pair, The President and First Lady, was also a result of these efforts. That nest is also here on the forum and is sponsered by the American Eagle Foundstion.
A map showing the location of this nest (yellow), the AEF nest (red), and where the eagles were originally released (blue). ..
These eagles are an urban wildlife success story. Pollution forced bald eagles to abandon their last DC nest in 1946. Restoring the Bald Eagle as a nesting resident of their community was the dream of the teenage volunteers of the Earth Conservation Corps.
In 1994, the teenage volunteers of the Earth Conservation Corps launched a bold experiment to try to spur the return of the bald eagle as a nesting resident of our Nation's Capital
In 1996 youths from the Earth Conservation Corps, under a permit from the Fish and Wildlife Service, began releasing 16 young bald eagles from Wisconsin at the National Arboretum in Washington in an attempt to restore the birds to the Anacostia region.
The Corps translocated 16 eaglets from nests in Wisconsin to an artificial "hack box" located in the U.S. National Arboretum. After being raised for six weeks at the Arboretum the juvenile eagles were released into the skies over Washington. Four eaglets were released every spring from 1994 to 1998. The eagle restoration efforts by the youth of the Earth Conservation Corps galvanized the entire city in their mission to restore the eagles' Anacostia River habitat.
At that time the Anacostia was one of the nation’s most polluted rivers and the communities along the river were some of its most violent. In subsequent years, several pairs of eagles have built nests along the river, and the Anacostia River is rebounding.
The Washington, DC nest of the famous pair, The President and First Lady, was also a result of these efforts. That nest is also here on the forum and is sponsered by the American Eagle Foundstion.
A map showing the location of this nest (yellow), the AEF nest (red), and where the eagles were originally released (blue). ..
Member since July, 2006
Re: Police Academy -- Washington,DC-- 2018--19
.Stats for 2019 ~~
*Eggs laid -- A 2 egg clutch was laid. Due to chaos and cold weather they were frozen and later eaten by a raccoon
*Eggs hatched --
* Named --
*Branched --
*Fledged --
*Last seen --
The younger eaglet from 2018 - (courtesy of ECC cam)
Link to last year's thread ~~ viewtopic.php?p=19052#p19052
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Re: Police Academy -- Washington,DC-- 2018--19
Washington DC - EarthConservationCorps (ECC) Metro Police Department Academy (F) Justice & (M) Liberty
1st egg
1st egg
Re: Police Academy -- Washington,DC-- 2018--19
Good Morning everyone, a quick summary on this nest. The male eagle Justice has not been seen on the cam or nest since Saturday morning. Before he was last seen he and Liberty mated on the nest. On Sunday an intruder male was seen on the cam with Liberty. She was not happy at all. We have named him M1 for now. He has hung around the nest and followed here every movement.
On Monday night it appeared at first that Justice was back because they both came to the nest and acted like a well bonded couple. But that was not the case. We only saw Liberty on the nest early in the morning Tuesday and not until late in the afternoon did she come in by herself and lay the egg. Since Liberty and Justice mated on Saturday that we saw we are assuming it is his egg. We have not seen Liberty and M1 bond at all yet.
The egg may not make it to hatch. Liberty has been off and on the egg all day for long stretches. M1 did bring a fish to the nest while she was out at one point and ate but Liberty came back in and ate some of the fish while M1 moved to a side branch.
More updates to come
Ps. I am a mod at this nest cam
On Monday night it appeared at first that Justice was back because they both came to the nest and acted like a well bonded couple. But that was not the case. We only saw Liberty on the nest early in the morning Tuesday and not until late in the afternoon did she come in by herself and lay the egg. Since Liberty and Justice mated on Saturday that we saw we are assuming it is his egg. We have not seen Liberty and M1 bond at all yet.
The egg may not make it to hatch. Liberty has been off and on the egg all day for long stretches. M1 did bring a fish to the nest while she was out at one point and ate but Liberty came back in and ate some of the fish while M1 moved to a side branch.
More updates to come
Ps. I am a mod at this nest cam
"Adopt the pace of nature, her secret is patience" Ralph Waldo Emerson
Re: Police Academy -- Washington,DC-- 2018--19
Sunday February 17, 2018
Well a second egg was laid last night at 7:28, 4 days after the first. We still have not seen Justice anywhere, no downed or wounded eagles around. We now have 2 intruder males and possibly a third. So hard to tell them apart now. Liberty is doing the best she can incubating the eggs herself, but this will be a long month. One of the M's came to the nest and looked like he wanted to incubate but that is dangerous. Liberty came flying back and kicked him off the nest.. As the nest turns.. More to follow
Well a second egg was laid last night at 7:28, 4 days after the first. We still have not seen Justice anywhere, no downed or wounded eagles around. We now have 2 intruder males and possibly a third. So hard to tell them apart now. Liberty is doing the best she can incubating the eggs herself, but this will be a long month. One of the M's came to the nest and looked like he wanted to incubate but that is dangerous. Liberty came flying back and kicked him off the nest.. As the nest turns.. More to follow
"Adopt the pace of nature, her secret is patience" Ralph Waldo Emerson
Re: Police Academy -- Washington,DC-- 2018--19
Sending good thoughts....
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Re: Police Academy -- Washington,DC-- 2018--19
Sending good thoughts too...the more the merrier.
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Re: Police Academy -- Washington,DC-- 2018--19
Justice & Intruder male