LIVE BALD EAGLE WEBCAM ON CATALINA ISLAND
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- Location: Two Harbours, Catalina Island, California
- Source: Explore Birds Bats Bees
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Info: Live streaming bald eagle webcam on Catalina Island. The bald eagle nest shown is near Two Harbours and has been home to Chase and Cholyn
since 2003.
View the Nesting history of the Two Harbours Bald Eagles on Catalina Island.
To watch more live views of bald eagles in North America, visit : Live Bald Eagle Webcams, United States
Adult Female K-82 (aka Cholyn) hatched in an incubator at San Francisco Zoo, from an egg removed from the West End nest on Catalina in 1998.
For the most part, bald eagles live in forests that are near rivers, lakes, reservoirs, marshes and coasts. Some also live near fish processing plants, dumps and other areas where they can find a source of food.
Bald eagles are "fish eagles" and are in this classification because their main food source is fish. They will also eat smaller birds, other bird's eggs and small animals such as rabbits, reptiles, amphibians and crabs.
Rather than do their own fishing, Bald Eagles often go after other creatures’ catches. A Bald Eagle will harass a hunting Osprey until the smaller raptor drops its prey in mid air and the eagle then seizes it. A Bald Eagle may even snatch a fish directly out of an Osprey’s talons. Fishing mammals (even people sometimes) can also lose prey to Bald Eagle piracy. Bald Eagles occasionally hunt cooperatively, with one individual flushing prey towards another.
Amazing video of a bald eagle food fight captured in slow motion, from Nat Geo Wild:
Additional Information:
Bald Eagles in California - California Dept of Fish and Wildlife - wildlife.ca.gov
Bald Eagle - All About Birds - allaboutbirds.org
Bald Eagle - Audubon Field Guide - audubon.org
Bald Eagle - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - fws.gov