9 July 2023 A decade ago we thought climate change was a slow moving train but now it’s heating up so fast that new calculations predict we will hit the +1.5°C (2.7°C) global temperature mark in the next five years. The National Audubon Society’s Climate Initiative predicts that most bird species will shift northward. Unfortunately … Continue reading Climate Change Will Move Bald Eagles Away From Home
6 November 2022 In 1994 dozens of bald eagles were found convulsing, dead or paralyzed near Arkansas’ DeGray Lake. Autopsies revealed the eagles died of a new disease called avian vacuolar myelinopathy (VM) that manifests as brain lesions. The dying spread to Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas and Texas (hashed areas on the map below) and continues … Continue reading Eagles Die When We Kill a Weed
26 October 2022 Bald eagles are birds of prey that eat fish, right? Well, mostly fish. Bald eagles are opportunistic feeders that will grab what they can get. Most of the time they catch live fish but they’ll also pounce on ducks and coots, steal fish from ospreys, scavenge on roadkill and fight each other … Continue reading Easy Meals For Young Eagles
21 March 2022 Lots of news this morning! At the Hays bald eagle nest the first pip was confirmed yesterday morning at 8:36am. You can see the pip in the video below. Watch the Hays bald eaglecam for the first egg to hatch today. Six of us braved the drizzle yesterday morning at Duck Hollow … Continue reading Hays Eagles: Hatching & Action at Duck Hollow
18 March 2022 It’s “Pip Watch Week” at the Hays bald eagle nest. Hatching of the first egg is expected any day now. Bald eagle eggs hatch, on average, after 35 days of incubation. At the Hays nest this pair has hatched 15 eggs over the past nine years, averaging just over 36 days per … Continue reading Hays Bald Eagles: Pip Watch
28 January 2022 Speaking of Steller’s sea eagles yet again … Like their bald eagle relatives, Steller’s sea eagles (Haliaeetus pelagicus) migrate to open water for the winter where they hang out in large groups near abundant fish. The Steller’s sea eagle in Maine is the only one on this continent so we can’t see … Continue reading Eagles Fight For Fish
18 January 2022 On the recurring subject of sea eagles … The Steller’s sea eagle in Maine was still near Boothbay Harbor on Tuesday 18 January 2022, as reported by @WanderingSTSE. The bird is 7,000 miles away from his native range and the only member of his species on the continent. What would his life … Continue reading Sea Eagles’ Banquet on Ice
23 March 2021 This week’s events at two Pittsburgh raptor nests show us that bald eagles and peregrine falcons are on different schedules during the breeding season. At the Hays bald eagle nest the first eaglet of 2021 hatched early this morning. Audubon of Western PA announced that the eaglet broke out of his egg … Continue reading Eagles and Peregrines Are On Different Schedules
14 February 2021 The Hays bald eagles are having a Happy Valentine’s Day with their first egg of the season just 36 hours old. The female laid her first egg on Friday 12 February 2021 at approximately 5:55pm. Their happy event was on the CBS Local news, at Trib-Live, and captured on the streaming cam … Continue reading Hays Bald Eagles Have a Happy Valentine’s Day
Seven years ago we suddenly had three bald eagle nests in Allegheny County, PA. Hays and Harmar were new and Crescent Township was only a year old. On Throw Back Thursday, let’s look back to March 2013: Eagle Excitement: How Hays Woods became a great place for bald eagles. Clash Of The Titans: Harmar bald … Continue reading Pittsburgh Eagles: A Look Back to 2013