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The cliff nest of a golden eagle. Golden eagles seem to prefer to build their nests on cliffs where they are available. [4] Nests are generally located at around half of the maximum elevation of the surrounding land. This height preference may be related to having the ability to transport heavy prey downhill rather than uphill.
However, there are no confirmed accounts of predation by other bird species on golden eagle nests. [4] Occasionally, golden eagles may be killed by their prey in self-defense. There is an account of a golden eagle dying from the quills of a North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) it had attempted to hunt. [106]
The 2018-2019 Season was the fourth year as a mated pair for Harriet and M15 and the seventh year streaming this nest live. Both Eagles returned to the area in mid-August, working together to build up the nest before eggs were laid. Similar to the previous season, the siblings had a close bond and developed at a similar pace.
Eagles4kids is a student-teacher run interactive online resource on bald eagles, featuring two live video streams of eagle mating pairs and their nests.The website is a classroom project for a third and fourth grade combined classroom from Blair-Taylor Elementary School in Blair, Wisconsin.
With a little more than 70 bald eagle nests left in the state, officials are asking for help to identify new nest locations as the local population continues to rebound.
The single largest known tree nest known for any animal, belonging to a bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), was found to be 6.1 m (20 ft) deep and 2.9 meters (9.5 ft) across, and to weigh 3 short tons (2.7 metric tons). [42] Some species, especially eagles, will build multiple nests for use in alternating years.
Eagle nests are among the largest bird nests built in trees. This photo shows an adult bald eagle on a new nest on a Delaware River island within the boundaries of the Delaware Water Gap National ...
In the video, the eagle is seen trying to move the large stick out of the feathery center of the nest but getting stuck on the crossbars of the steel beam in which the nest is situated.