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Watch a New Eagle Grow from Birth to Flight on this Webcam

IMPORTANT ANOUNCEMENT:
Cascade and Lady Odell are back, and now have a new eaglet -- Pengra Crescent Odell. See information below.

If you ever wanted to see a bald eagle develop from birth until flight, you now have the a perfect opportunity. Following an unsuccessful year last year, there is a new life for a bald eagle pair, Cascade and Lady Odell, located high in the Cascades of the Deschutes National Forest in Oregon.

The eagles were successful battling the late snow and cold to produce an offspring. The eaglet starting working itself free of its shell around 7 am on May 15, 2009 and was confirmed out at 5:30 with video at 3:30 pm by the faithful watchers at Maine Bald Eagle Cam Discussion Forum.

The newly hatched eaglet, Pengra Crescent Odell, is estimated at 3 ounces and 5 inches long. Pengra is covered with soft downy feathers and will depend entirely on its parents for food, warmth, and protection from predators. The youngster is the most recent successful hatch of this pair. The last successfully raised chick was in 2006.

The name comes from historical figures and place names in the area. Willamette Pass was originally named Pengra Pass after the Oregon State Surveyor General who surveyed the routes between eastern and western Oregon in 1865 and advocated a railroad crossing the Cascade summit at the pass that bears his name. Crescent is a nearby lake in the high Cascades as well as the moon phase on the 15th when Pengra hatched, and Odell is the lake where the nest is located.

With this year’s successful hatch we hope to watch the adults rearing the young to fledging. To watch the life of this young eaglet from downy feathers to first flight over the next 10-13 weeks check out this live streaming video above from the Forest Service. This camera was placed as part of a cooperative project to bring live video of wild eagles and wild salmon onto the World Wide Web and to the Oregon Zoo's Great Northwest Exhibit where the same species are kept in captivity.

It is our hope that these videos raise your level of awareness, appreciation, and understanding of wildlife, fish, and plants and their connection to ecosystems, landscapes and people, and entice you to visit your National Forests. Get outside! Take your kids outside! Try "Nature Watch!"

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VIDEO FROM LAST YEAR:

Special thanks goes to Marcia Langhorst for recording and sending us some of these amazing moments from this year's Eagle activity at the nest.

Please Note you must have Windows Media Player to view these. We will try to make them available in other formats. Some of these are large files and may take a while to load. Please be patient, it's worth the wait!

Clip 1 - Floor of nest (03/10/2008)
Clip 2 - (03/10/2008)
Clip 3 - Intruder (03/23/2008)
Clip 4 - Tandem (03/25/2008)
Clip 5 - (03/29/2008)
Clip 6 - (03/30/2008)
Clip 7 - (03/30/2008)
Clip 8 - Male in 2nd brings fish to female (03/31/2008)
Clip 9 - (04/01/2008)
Clip 10 - (04/01/2008)
Clip 11 - Disagreement over branch (04/01/2008)
Clip 12 - (04/08/2008)
Clip 13 - Goodbye (05/11/2008)

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT EAGLES:

Q: How big are they?
A: Bigger than most people think.

        Height: 28-38 Inches
        Weight: 10-14 Pounds
        Wingspan: 78-84 Inches

Q: How long do they live?
A: About 15-20 years.

Q: Do they return to same nest every year?
A: Not always. If they are successful the year before they usually do, but again not always.

Q: How big is the nest?
A: Approximately 6ft. across.

Q: How many eggs do they lay?
A: Usually 1 or 2.

Q: When do they get their white head and tail?
A: This usually takes 4-6 years.

More to come...

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PARTNERS:

This project was made possible by the following:

• Oregon Zoo
• ATT Foundation
• The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
• Marcia Langhorst - Deschutes National Forest Eagle Cam Discussion Group
• Forest Service's NatureWatch Program

...oh, and of course, the Eagles themselves who graciously decided to make their nest here again this year!

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BACKGROUND:

The purpose of this cooperative project is to bring live video of wild eagles and wild salmon to the Oregon Zoo's Great Northwest Exhibit where the same species are kept in captivity, and to the Internet. Through the wonders of modern technology, we can share with you, in real time, the behavior of bald eagles and salmon who make their home in America's National Forests - your National Forests. It is our hope that these videos raise your level of awareness, appreciation, and understanding of wildlife, fish, and plants and their connection to ecosystems, landscapes and people, and entice you to visit your National Forests.
Get outside! Take kids outside! Try "NatureWatch!"

View Behind the Scenes Photos and Video

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EAGLE PHOTOS:

You can also view lots of great pictures of Eagles in the Forest Service Find-a-Photo website.

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LOCATION:

This live streaming video of a wild eagle nest is located high in the cascade mountains in the Deschutes National Forest, Oregon

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