Decorah eagles are nesting again

Watch eagles raise their young.

February 28, 2012 at 8:00PM
In this image taken from live streaming video provided by the Raptor Resource Project, a pair of eagles stand over their chicks and unhatched eggs in their nest in Decorah, Iowa on Sunday, April 3, 2011. A live video feed with a bird's eye view of eagle eggs hatching has attracted more than 100,000 followers _ so many that the site crashed briefly Saturday after the first eaglet emerged. The camera sponsored by the Raptor Resource Project shows a nest 80 feet up in a tree overlooking a trout str
In this image taken from live streaming video provided by the Raptor Resource Project, a pair of eagles stand over their chicks and unhatched eggs in their nest in Decorah, Iowa. . The camera sponsored by the Raptor Resource Project shows a nest 80 feet up in a tree overlooking a trout stream at the Decorah Fish Hatchery, where the pair of eagles is welcoming their brood. (Associated Press - Ap/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Millions of us tuned in last year to watch online as a pair of bald eagles raised their brood from eggs to lumbering "teenaged" birds. The Decorah eagles are nesting again, and you can unobtrusively visit their nest at www.raptorresource.org. Click on BirdCams, then on Decorah EagleCam. The nest camera is maintained by the Raptor Resource Project.

(Running full-color birdcams is expensive, so be prepared for an ad before the cameras roll.)

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