Alcoa Davenport's Bald Eagle Nest

Big news in the last week for the eagles Justice and Liberty. On February 17th an egg appeared in the nest. Over the weekend, on Sunday, February 20th, a second egg appeared. Most of the time Liberty appears to spend almost all of her time tending to the clutch. We have seen Justice take a turn a few times to give “mom” a break. The first egg appeared when we had a warm spurt of weather with temps getting up near 60 degrees. Since then the weather is back to more normal late-winter fare. We are expecting some snow tonight and then maybe rain late in the weekend and into next week. Based on a 35-day incubation window we could expect to see eaglets sometime after March 24th.

Videos from February 2011

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Justice and Liberty weathered the blizzard of 2011 in the Quad Cities without too much trouble. Thanks to the high winds during the snow event, very little snow accumulated in the nest. As you can see in the newest videos they were back hanging out in the nest a couple of days after the storm. They have added quite a few new pieces to the nest in the past couple of weeks. They are clearly getting ready for spring. We are hoping to be able to stream the webcam live in a couple of weeks.

Videos from February 2011

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