Fort St. Vrain Eagle Cam
Watch live cams broadcasting the Fort St. Vrain Bald Eagles nest. This eagle pair(Ma & PA) usually lay eggs in late February to early March. The eggs then hatch after about 34-36 days in early to mid April. The young juvenile eagles usually fledge sometime in June or July.
It’s known that Ma eagle hatched in 2002 at a nest about 45 miles away from this one. Ma is 23 years old! We don’t know the males age.
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The nest is about 9ft around and 8ft deep. It sits about 56ft up in the air in a cottonwood tree and weighs around 2500lbs. The nest is located next to the St. Vrain River near Platteville, CO, on property owned by Xcel Energy. The age of the nest is unknown, but we do know that the Rapture Resource Project first put a camera up in the nest tree back in 2003 and the nest was well established at that time.
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56 came to the nest several times. Laid in the nest and was squeeing for food. Nothing delivered. 😒
56 even stopped in when it was dark.
Thank you Mary
You’re welcome, HNF. I hope they don’t get dehydrated. It looks hot and dry out there.
Sure would be nice to see some deliveries here. Didn’t see any food yesterday or today.
Eaglet 57 returned to the nest July 6th just after 11:30 am – almost 4 days away from the nest.
Welcome home 57!
At 8:36:44 pm, 56 was flying to the branch on the right front of the nest (they call it the lookout branch). 57 was perched there and was watching 56 fly in.
56 accidentally landed on 57 and knocked 57 off of the branch. Fludge!! 57 flew safely to the trees to the right of the nest and is spending the night there.
Eaglet 57 hasn’t fledged yet.
Sib returning to the nest…
The oldest eaglet (56) fledged at 6:55:36 this morning and has returned to the nest.