The new Michigan residents above are a day-old eaglet and a sibling who arrived Wednesday in a Benzie County pine tree nest monitored by a live webcam.
Feeding around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday.
One parent this morning fed its offspring bits of fresh catch from the nearby Platte River. Two partly consumed fish -- trout, perhaps -- are lying in the large nest, woven from branches and twigs.
The fledglings will stay in the next 10 to 12 weeks before feeling the wind beneath their wings, Ed Eisch of the state Department of Natural Resources tells WWJ’s Beth Fisher.
Eisch said the parent eagles have been using the same nest for the past few years, so they set up a camera to capture their every moment. Since 2012, the pair has successfully fledged one eaglet each year
The CarbonTV Eagle Cam was installed about 100 feet above ground three months ago in partnership with the DNR at one of its fish hatcheries. Visits to the site are sure to rise now that no-action incubation is replaced by chick feedings.
CarbonTV, which describes itself as an "online video destination for premium outdoor-themed shows," is part of Carbon Media Group of Bingham Farms.
-- Alan Stamm
Original article, April 16:
Ahh, the endless wonders of the Internet.
A family portrait, minus the parent who's fishing or hunting.
UpNorthLive.com reports that a live camera is fixed on an eagle's nest where eaglets are about to hatch anytime at the Platte State Fish Hatchery in Benzie County in northern Michigan.
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Carbon Media of partnered to bring the view of the nest, located 100 feet above ground in a pine tree on the Platte River alongside a state fish hatchery at U.S. 31. More than 870 comments are posted here, as are archived videos of the nest-building in January, visiting owls, adult eagles feeding on a rabbit and a squirrel, egg-laying last month and egg repositioning last Friday.
The eggs were laid March 12 and 15. Incubation normally takes 30 to 35 days, the website reports. .
