[Hen] Bald Eagle Nest Camera now online

[Johnson, Bill]

I guess they won't have the close-ups they had hoped for this year. It
seems one of the cameras was knocked out by lightning. Sutton Center and
the Eagle Nest project has a new helper, Oklahoma Gas and Electricity! 

 

http://www.suttoncenter.org/eaglecam.html
<http://www.suttoncenter.org/eaglecam.html> 

 

 

Bill Johnson



 

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From: Jenkins, Maurice A. [mailto:alanjenkins at ou.edu] 
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 11:00 AM
Cc: Jenkins, Maurice A.
Subject: Bald Eagle Nest Camera now online

 

Dear Fellow Bald Eagle Enthusiasts, 

 

In conjunction with our generous donors and cooperators, Oklahoma Gas &
Electric Co. (OG&E), Atlas Computers (Owasso, OK), F&M Bank of Tulsa,
NatureWorks, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, the INASMUCH Foundation,
and the Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation, the G. M. Sutton Avian
Research Center (Bartlesville, OK) of the University of Oklahoma's
College of Arts & Sciences, Oklahoma Biological Survey announces that
the 2008 Oklahoma Bald Eagle Nest Camera is now online and available for
viewing through our website on: www.suttoncenter.org/eaglecam.html

 

As was the case last year, the camera is pointed at the nest on Sooner
Lake, the cooling water source for OG&E's Sooner Power Plant halfway
between Ponca City and Stillwater, Oklahoma.  The nest is on top of an
artificial steel 'tree' built and erected by OG&E personnel, which was
built to replace the natural nest in a dead tree which fell down a
couple of years ago.  

 

This year we placed a new camera attached to a horizontal perch a mere 6
feet from the nest and aimed down into it.  But apparently a lightning
strike has disabled it, and we can't repair it until after this year's
nesting season.  This is doubly disappointing because the eagle's have
an almost unheard of 4-egg clutch.  An attached photo shows the 4-egg
clutch as taken from the now fried camera.

 

We have upgraded the pole-mounted camera.  The new one has a slightly
better telephoto capability for closer views, and an image stabilization
feature for less camera shake; although no one should expect any mere
electronic fix to completely overcome the Oklahoma wind!  (Note: There
will be no video after dark owing to the low light level, and the camera
switches from full color to black and white as the light fades after
sunset; the reverse happens in the morning hours.)  Also new, MacIntosh
computer users will be able to view the video this year.

 

We encourage you to view often and long, and to pass the word to anyone
you think might be interested in the nest life of America's avian
symbol. It's one our goals to reach as many school children and
educators as we can, worldwide; so please pass this along to your
colleagues.

 

We think the first egg was laid close to February 1, 2008; and if
"serious" incubation started then, the first hatchling should appear on
about March 7, 2008, but probably incubation didn't begin the day the
first egg was laid.  You should also steel yourself to the probability
that not all the eggs will hatch, or that all the young will survive,
but it's OK to hope.

 

Best regards, 

 

M. ALAN JENKINS 

Asst. Director 

G. M. Sutton Avian Research Center 

Bartlesville, OK

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