Bald Eagle Nest On Hornby Island Features Live Webcam

Found via Digg.com, I just checked out this live webcam pointing at a Bald Eagle nest and it is tres cool.  The webcam is located on Hornby Island and is broadcasting all the time.  I found a few articles about the nest and how the camera got to be there.

When Doug Carrick retired to Hornby Island, he found a new hobby.

Eagle watching.

Over the past 17 years, he has been keeping track of the goings on at every nest on the island, but there is one nest in particular that has his, and now the world’s, full attention.

In a tree across the road from his home, there is a nest. When he first started watching it, he asked the owners of the property if he could put a closed circuit camera near the nest. The neighbours said no, so Doug continued to watch the birds from a distance.

Then the property changed hands, and Doug asked the new owners if he could put a closed circuit camera close to the nest. This time, the new neighbours said yes. So Doug went about making sure he had all the right paperwork from the proper government agencies, and set up a camera.

He watched the nest for years, and made some video tapes. It was when one of those tapes was being shown that he made a connection with David Hancock, a raptor lover, biologist, an expert on eagles and owner of Hancock House Publishing, which specializes in books about raptors. A closed circuit camera was just a first step, Hancock provided the dollars and the know how to upgrade the camera to a web-cam.

The Inter-nest - gafaw.