Birders Night- The Golden Eagle Camera

The Golden Eagle Camera on Whychus Creek with Jim Hammond

ECAS members can be justifiably proud of sponsoring and bearing most of the cost of operating the only nest camera in the world providing on-line live viewing of nesting, raising and fledging of Golden Eagles in the wild.  Many individuals and groups have had and continue to have a hand in maintaining and improving the operation of this educational resource.  Jim Hammond has been responsible for the telescopes and lenses used since ECAS became involved in the project in 2015.

Jim will review the history of the nest and the observation facility since the first on-line camera started operating about 8 years ago.  The nest is on a cliff beside Whychus Creek near Sisters and the camera is on private property on the opposite side of the creek.  The camera and its operation do not interact in any way with the eagles, a pair named Rocky and Petra, that have been using the same nest location for at least 10 years and have successfully raised one or two eaglets each of those years.

Jim will briefly discuss the technical aspects of the camera, the lenses used and the internet connection used to stream the image.  With many hours of video available showing interesting behavior of the parents and the eaglets, Jim will show selected images and videos of the most interesting of these behaviors.

Social gathering time is from 6:30 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Programs begin at 7:00 p.m. and usually last until 8:30 p.m.