Blackwater NWR MD - Seasons 2020 - 2023

[JudyB]

Friends of Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge Live Eagle Cam

Cam link - https://www.friendsofblackwater.org/camhtm2.html

Link to Osprey Cam where eagles perch in the off-season - https://www.friendsofblackwater.org/camhtm.html

Friends of Blackwater NWR Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/FOBNWR/

There are two cams - once you click Play you can switch between the overhead and side views.

Please use a version of the following photo credit when posting screenshots or videos - Image or Video Courtesy of the Friends of Blackwater NWR

Update For 2019/2020 season - it looks as if the eagles are not going to use the nest with the cams - but a pair of great horned owls may use it! We are seeing eagles on the Osprey Cam, so I think the thread is staying in the eagle area for now.

(Their original cam was one of the first ones I watched after Hornby and Sidney - happy to see them back online, though it is a different nest and almost certainly a different pair.)


Links to the start of the current and previous season's discussion in this thread:

• 2022-2023 Season starts HERE
• 2021/2022 Season - No posts for this season were recorded
• 2020/2021 Season starts HERE
• 2019/2020 Season starts HERE

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[Ferenz]

Good morning Bev

December 11 - For those who missed our earlier announcement, the new Friends of Blackwater Eagle Cams are now live! We're in a new tree with two streaming video/audio cams pointed at the nest. Last year the nest saw two eaglets fledge, so we're keeping our fingers crossed that the couple will return for a new season.

https://www.facebook.com/FOBNWR/


https://portal.hdontap.com/snapshot/fob ... s-ptz-CUST


© 2019 Friends of Blackwater NWR

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[JudyB]

Hi folks!

Well, I'd planned to spend some time watching the cam before now, but December got busy, and today was the first day I looked at the cams since setting up the thread. And this is what I saw, at 5:15 pm:

It took me a moment to realize what I was seeing, but I knew immediately that it was not a bald eagle. I checked the Friends of Blackwater NWR Facebook page and discovered that since they installed the cams in November, they have only seen the female a couple of times, and haven't seen the male at all; as of December 30, the female was last seen on the nest on December 27.

And, again courtesy of Friends of Blackwater, while the eagles have been away, a pair of Great Horned Owls have been visiting the nest. They apparently lay their eggs in January or February - and as we have seen at other nests, they generally take over nests built by other birds - so if the eagles decided to switch to another nest, we may get to watch a pair of owls.

Here's a picture of today's visitor from the other cam - it was also taken at 5:15 so I think the time stamp is off.

Images Courtesy of the Friends of Blackwater NWR

[Ferenz]

Osprey nest with two Eagles perching...

[IrishEyes]

Thanks Judy for setting up this nest thread and you and Ferenz for your posts here ..

[Ferenz]

[IrishEyes]

WEDNESDAY , JANUARY 8, 2020

Hi Judy , Ferenz and everyone

8:21 pm
IR on and nest is empty

Image Courtesy Friends Of Blackwater NWR

[IrishEyes]

FroM Facebook

Friends of Blackwater NWR
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The other day on the Blackwater Osprey Cam, in just one hour, we saw two mating Bald Eagles, crows, adult and juvie Turkey Vultures, and a visit from an immature Bald Eagle. What usually happens is the eagles bring in food, then a variety of other birds arrive to finish off the remains of the meal. It makes for an interesting parade of birds. You can see the cam live on our website:

https://www.facebook.com/FOBNWR/videos/ ... 127562330/


Video Courtesy Friends Of Blackwater NWR

Goodnight everyone !

[Ferenz]

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