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For those not familiar with the ivideon features: you can click in the blue bar below the image to go to the time shown where you click and review the recorded video. For folks posting times of activities, the time on the time line or the time in the date and location heading are now synchronized so either can be used. You can zoom in on the time line with the + and – buttons to the lower right of the image. You can click on the date bar on the lower left of the image to go to another day. When looking at a recording, you can click on “live” to get back to the live image. Sometimes we will pull video clips and post them on youtube but with 10 days of recording it won’t be necessary to do that as often as in the past. You can start view video by clicking in the center of the image of anywhere on the blue timeline.
FYI, pasting can be done in comments using Ctrl + v for Paste (for a PC) or ⌘ + v for Paste for a Mac.
If you’d like to use emojis, just use your keyboard. Here is a handy list:
b6if89
6pmobx
I had to renew the Ivideon subscription and as a result past recordings are not showing up here. I can still see them on the Ivideon website.
Snow dump currently….
Here is the entire address–the link will only work with all of it. Although the camera is now back! 🙂
https://drjhammond.weebly.com/eagle-nest-camera.html
Thank you, Shannon!
I will turn this camera back on if its image improves. Meanwhile look below for my comments that include URLs that will get you to my website and the video from the other camera, which is pretty good.
If you don’t want to type in the whole URL, just put drjhammond.weebly.com in the address space and go to the eagle nest camera page when my website comes up.
You can view the other camera here: drjhammond.weebly.com/eagle-nest-camera.html
Something wrong with the camera. You may be able to view another camera here: (I was going to paste a link to the other camera but I am not allowed to cut/copy/paste) I have asked out webpage guru to put the other camera’s image here but it hasn’t been done yet.
So sorry you are having these problems! Fingers crossed – if anyone can fix it, you can!
Well, it looks like I have a serious problem with the settings on an interim lens that I am using for a while. I must have not set the aperture correctly. As I can’t get out there to fix it, I will have our webpage guru change to another camera I am testing (and not terribly happy with) for a while. I will be playing around with settings on this camera for a few days, too.
It’s raining and heavily overcast at the canyon but the image should not be this dark. When we switch to the new camera (with the lens we have used for several years) you will see a lot of improvement but the image is still not what I would like.
Things are in flux now. Lenses and cameras are being tried in different ways. Even no on, though, I can makethe image as large as I want with Crtl + on my Windows computer. Please bear with us.
Gotcha, Jim – thanks for the fix and the update!
Yes, the camera image is tiny rectangle in middle of screen. No option to expand that I can find.
Why is the camera image suddenly smaller? (At least on my computer…) Have tried to enlarge, but not working…Ideas?
Same thing on mine.
How do I update to most current comments?
You may need to refresh the page. Someone else said they needed to log in. Not many new comments except for some spam. I’ve been fiddling with the camera today so the image is different than usual.
It looks like I fixed the odd jumpiness in the streaming video. I think sometime in the recent past, I made an accidental change in the camera’s video parameters.
Thank you, Jim! Looks like someone also got rid of the constant “spam” messages too!
1st attempt to catch up with you all on this new platform/forum after accessing the Golden Eagle cam in January. Reading your comments has helped! Thanks Jim for all the camera work and Marcia’s greetings and keeping us all updated. I tried to attach a grateful/smiley emoji but haven’t figured that out! Wonderful to see Petra & Rocky!!!
Hi Pamela! Good to see you. I was worried you might not know how to sign in but here you are! There isn’t a list of emoticons to choose from on this site. To create a “smiley face” you need to type a colon, a dash, and a right parenthesis. Like this only with no spaces between the symbols. : – )
Thanks Marcia – I just used it on a reply to Kayess 🙂 Good to know you are wrangling us all in for another season. Amazing that Rocky & Petra are in Wychus Canyon for another season.
Glad to see the cam back up. Thanks Jim.
The stream is still jumpy and I don’t know why. I am making a major change at the camera site but I don’t know if that will fix it.
Sorry about the camera feed. It was working when I left it about 12:45. If you want to look at the camera without the recorded video try going to 10.37.20.184 user name adminjim, password: skipper01
Sorry, I meant to add that first you need to have an ip camera app such as IPCams (on iPhone) or IP Camera Viewer 2 (on Mac) You can probably find a PC or Android app, too.
How lovely to see golden eagles! The webcam seems to be “jumpy”, not moving smoothly frame to frame. Is that normal for this site?
It’s not normal for this site. I don’t know why it is happening. I could not find anything wrong when I was at the camera yesterday. I am going today and if it is still going on tomorrow, I will contact the tech support at our ISP.
No chicks yet, Leslie. We know Petra laid an egg on February 12 and the incubation period is 41 to 45 days
Are there chicks yet?
Leslie, as the owner of the property is also a “Leslie”, could you please identify yourself with a added initial (not L) to help us keep track of which is commenting. Welcome to the webpage. There seems to be a problem with the streaming video today. I’m not sure what is causeing that. I am at the camera and can’t see what could be causing that on our end.
.I don’t know what happened to the recording from about 11 until 1 pm.
Good to see this nest again. Hello everyone for 2025
Hi Jeannette! Good to see you again 🙂
Hi all!!! Glad to be back!!! Looking forward to all the pics and comments and a successful breeding season…
Hi Brian. Glad to see that you’re back for another season!
I am not able to see comments after 2/22/25. Suggestions please!
Now they are there! I had to sign in first!
Refresh the page
7:27: Petra? Brings a big stick and threatens Rocky until he gets up and leaves.
Ha-ha. That huge branch would persuade me to leave, too!
I will probably just be a bigger baby barrier.
They sound like an old married couple. I guess they are!
🙂
Hey Everyone! I hope we will have an exciting year with a chick or 2! Good to see you this season.
Welcome, Kelly. Fingers crossed for a chick this year!
Hello! Good to be back for another, hopefully successful, season with Rocky and Petra!
Hi Eaglevoy! Good to see you again this year!
12:01pm definitely enjoying lunch of some sort.
Great to be back in business again this year! Here’s hoping for a successful hatch and fledge for 2025! We live about a mile down the canyon from these magnificent birds. We saw them flying the canyon all winter this year. That was new or at least the first time we noticed.
So good to see your post, Sheryl! Yes, to my knowledge (Marcia, please chime in!) this was the first time Jim kept the camera going all winter. I always assumed the eagles split and migrated south for the winter!! Not so – they spend a lot of the time re-doing the nest!
Yes, this is the first year we have been able to view the nest all winter!
Hi Sheryl!
Hi Marcia!
Thanks to Shannon, Jim, and Marcia for helping me get back online!
Oh Petra – it’s finally warming up and winds calming. Birds are starting to return to the canyon and sing their many songs…Spring is coming!
How many eggs are there?
We witnessed Petra lay one egg on 4/12. It must have been her first egg as from that day on she has spent the night on the nest incubating the egg. Eagles lay eggs in clutches 3 or 4 days apart. I watched carefully on 4/15 and 4/16 and did not observe any egg-laying behavior but we can’t be certain there isn’t a second egg as the camera does not have infrared capability. However, last year Petra only laid one egg so I wouldn’t be surprised if this is another one-egg year.
Thanks Marcia!
As far as we can tell, one. And I doubt anyone is hoping for a second one after almost two weeks. The greater the difference in their ages and sizes, the less chance the smaller has to survive. I think all of us are happy with one, and I have my fingers almost permanently crossed, hoping this one is fertilized. Last year’s did not produce a chick.
Thanks, mh. I did not see your post when I replied to Shannon.
Thank you mh! My mother (Sherrie Pierce) told me an interesting story about a year when there were two chicks and the smaller one would ‘hide’ in a little cave behind the nest and dash out to eat when he/she had the chance–that smart little one survived! Fun story 🙂
Shannon, that eaglet’s name was Whychus and he would go into the cave to avoid his big sister Metolius. The year was 2019.
Whychus later fell from the nest, was rehabilitated by Gary Landers et al., reintroduced into the nest and successfully fledged a few weeks after Metolious. There’s a link on the about page to an article by Jim Anderson that gives an account of that adventure.
I don’t know why I indicated dates in April! The actual dates are the same but in February.
About 12:20 Petra in with a twig and Rocky gives up the incubation.
So, just so you all know, Sistersgal (Sharyl) is now using Deane as user name, and a fake email address. I’m “undercover” now!!
Okay, “Deane”. 🙂
How should we silently pronounce that in our heads?
yep – a one-minute break! She’s back…
11:25 – Petra just got up, stretched, and left the nest! (?). Maybe a short break?
ggaither4house@gmail.com
Welcome, Marilou!
Sistersgal on Monday morning 2/24.
Attempting to post from my cell phone. Gray day, combo rain/snow over next 24 hrs. No sightings in the canyon yet today from our house..
Sistersgal, thanks for the report from the canyon!
Thank you for sharing this with us.
Good morning, Marilou. Welcome to Petra & Rocky’s home.
Test post fro my phone. I wish there was an app for viewing the webpage
Test post from Sistersgal
Can you see this reply, Sistersgal?
Hi Sistersgal! Nice to know someone else is not quite sure how to use this new system. At least the nest photo is good
and we’re able to check in to see Petra and Rocky taking turns with brooding their new little family member. Hope there are no disappointments like we had last year. It seems like the comments are not as good (and entertaining) as they
have been in the past, Or, maybe It’s because it’s still early in the season!!
no problems with hatching
Well, obviously I don’t know how to edit a comment…..based on the one that is listed below! There doesn’t seem to be any way to change your mind before/after sending it. Oh well……….I tried!!!!
Barbo, this will happen to me sooner or later!
Rocky in at 9:52.
michaeljgibbons@comcast.net –what a gift, thx Jim Hammond– to be able to open this window into the nest of Rocky & Petra.
Michael, welcome to the forum!
Welcome to the forum and webpage. Did you put your email into the text of your comment or just put it in the space for email address below where you put your name? The reason I ask, is that the email address put in that space would not be shared in the comment list.
The camera video is not making its way from the camera, which seems to be working fine, to ivideon and therefore not to this webpage. I don’t know the reason for this.
I am seeing the video feed again starting at about 12:56 PM.
Well, it seems to be working now for me.
The camera is working but not being seen by Ivideon so it doesn’t show up here. I’ll have to troubleshoot this later today.
Hi Jim Video has been okay for me. Video frame appears near the top of the page but when I open page I’m way down at the bottom. It usually takes a few seconds for the video frame to appear on the screen.
Just doing my regular morning check in on the nest.
When I open this site with Chrome browser it opens clear at the bottom of the comments. Anyone else seeing this?
Also looks like there are couple of spam comments below?
Do mean the video is below the comments? I haven’t been able to get the video to work this morning.
Rodroc, I use Chrome but for me the page opens at the top above Jim’s introduction not at the bottom of the page below the comments.
Rocky in for a while at about 11 :10. Looks like he wants to incubate for a while.
Leslie cleared the snow. Thanks, Leslie!
Link to YouTube video of Petra laying an egg: https://youtu.be/BAr446Q9lh8?si=we7WJn4XdEf52gS0
Hi all–i believe the copy/paste functions should now work. They did for me, but please test yourselves and let me know what you find out. Thanks!
Correction, you can’t copy from this site because you can’t ‘select’ but you CAN paste (I’m pretty sure)
I just pasted a link to the video of Petra laying an egg. It seemed to work. I had to refresh this page for it to work.
Awesome! It does work, which should help enhance the comments experience. And it makes sense that you would need to refresh, as I just recently made the change and so the server would need an update to show it.
Thank you, Shannon!
Hi Shannon for all you’re undertaking to update the website/webpage. You posted to let you know if one could now copy/paste. I did not have success. Maybe it’s just me. Any instruction from you or others? Thanks in advance.
Also, is there a function to “Edit” one’s comments as that was an option in the past.? Thanks!
Hi Pamela,
You cannot right click on this site (for legal reasons having to do with image copyrights) BUT you can past links into the commenting box by using the Ctrl + v for Paste (for a PC) or ⌘ + v for Paste for a Mac (I just pasted those commands!)
Emojis can also be made using your keyboard:
https://www.wikihow.com/Type-Emoticons
Unfortunately editing is not available with this system, so you can just reply to your own comment if you want to make a change, OR if you feel very strongly that you want something removed you can ask me to do it (just use the Contact section on this website).
Hope this helps!
I downloaded a video of Petra laying the egg. I can’t post a link but if you look at my YouTube channel, it’s the most recent video posted. Look around on that channel for lots of eagle nesting videos and other stuff. @JamesHammondBigJim
Petra in labor 5:28 PM, she laid @ 5:33 PM
Thanks, Gary! I was watching.
Hi Gary. Yes! 5:32:50 PM for Petra’s first egg of the season!
Did Petra just lay an egg??
Yay we are live!
Welcome, Mary.
Eagle in at 7:08.
Rocky in at 5:19. Petra left at 5:21 and Rocky left soon after.
Petra has been on the nest a lot today. She first arrived this morning at 7:29 and left at 12:02. Rocky visited at 7:50:45, 8:19:25, and 12:02. Then, Petra returned at 3:08 and she is still there now at 4:47, standing still and in a rather rigid position. If this is the prelude to laying the first egg of the season it will be the earliest first egg Petra has laid!
Thanks for this, Marcia. Interesting behavior.
Both arrived at the nest around 7:29:45 AM. Petra in the lead.
No hint of an egg yet?
mh, even if we don’t see Petra lay it we will know the first egg is there when she spends the night on the nest.
Petra in 08.59.18
Rocky in 09.26.17
Petra out 09.27.32
Rocky out 09.28.03
test
Petra arrived at 7:33 AM
Thanks, Shannon, for moving the video down on the page. Eagle on the nest at about 4 pm. I don’t know why the timeline is not showing up but it seems as though you can still go back and view the recorded video. Moving on the timeline seems to be slow, however.
The old URL (goldeneaglecam.org) now directs viewers to this page. Thanks, John!
I was just about to go out to the camera when I checked this page. Somebody or something cleared the view at about 2:12, less than 10 minutes before I looked at it. Thanks to whatever powers did it. Saved me a trip in the mud and snow.
Good to see the nest again and I’m glad you didn’t have to trudge out there to do it yourself!
It looks like Jim’s hunch may be right that snow has built up in front of the lens.
Snowing heavily since about 11:30.
Interesting dark blob in the image. The snow here at home, about 5 miles away from the nest does look like it would degrade the image that much. Maybe there’s some snow in front of the lens.
can’t seem to edit the post. I meant that the snow here does not look like it should degrade the image that much.
Either we’re going to have to carefully proof everything before posting, or we’re all gonna reply to ourselves a lot. I usually have to correct whatever I just posted.
Petra arrived at 8:33:32 and settled into the nest bowl.
10:00:30 Rocky arrived at the snow-rimmed nest.
Rocky in 11:25:16.
Both eagles on the nest. 9:20:42
Rocky (?) in at 2:11:50. Doing some decorating and renovation. Out with his customary grace at 2:14:52.
But I still want to show as “mh”. Sorry to have to experiment on all of you who deserve better. 🙁
Oh… so you are both ‘mh’ and ‘Marsha’? I think I understand.
It’s fine, we’re all having to get used to the new format/functionality (or lack thereof), and it seems there’s a learning curve.
I like your emoji, though.
😉
Hmmm… looks like I have to set up to use this on every machine I use.
Hi all,
I’m sorry that the cut/copy/paste shortcuts won’t work here, but this is an intentional site wide setting, meant to prevent the unauthorized use of ECBA’s images without the organization’s permission.
Again, sorry for the inconvenience!
Shannon
What would keep people from just screen grabbing images from the ecbirds website? Posting links to videos is not really necessary because simply referring to a time and date for some activity will let people go to the timeline and watch whatever activity is being discussed. On the other hand, our viewers are accustomed to being able to go to youtube videos posted by Marcia or me (maybe some others, too) when some notable activity has occurred. We are all going to have to get used to some changes.
Hi Jim, I agree, bad actors can still ‘steal’ images. The decision to disable right click/ copy/paste etc.. was made before my time. I actually disabled it when I came on board, but was quickly asked to re-activate it. One solution might be to find a way to enable copy/paste on this page only…I’ll see what I can do!
Hi, Shannon. Long-time user (of the ‘old’ GE site) here.
I understand that change is not always comfortable. I get that the ECAS/ECBIRDS organization(s) have their interests to protect.
I just feel that participation in this forum will suffer from the rigid guardrails being put in place.
This nest has enjoyed a lively, vibrant community during the 7 (8?) years I’ve been participating. I’d hate to lose that.
I agree with Jim on this: “What would keep people from just screen grabbing images from the ecbirds website?” I also wonder who is harmed when this happens?
We have become accustomed to being able to paste a screen grab to share significant moments with others… such as when an eagle lays an egg, or other special moment.
As well, identifying a date/time of an event is useful as long as it is not outside the limits of the recording.
I acknowledge that I’m not having to deal with the mess of website/webpage management, and I understand it can be effortful. I also agree that security has its place.
I’m hoping we can find a happy medium.
Thank you for taking the time to read and consider what I’ve written.
Hi Kayess – Aprreciated your comments and tried to post a reply, but apparently it didn’t work, so am trying again. Having participated for 9 + years – this site is now a different learning curve. 🙂 I wish we had the ability to copy/paste the comments as each year I kept a “transcript” of sorts to track Rocky, Petra, and the eaglets at the nest. Shannon is indeed doing an “effortful” job on managing the website/webpage. Day 41 – 45 for a hatch would be April 21 -29 according to Marcia and all… – Pamela
I sure wish Kayess would return. I miss her. Everyone so enjoyed her fun and informative comments.
Petra laid her egg on Feb 12 so the hatch date should be sometime around Aptil 2 to April 4. I don’t want you to miss it thinking that it wouldn’t be happening until the end of April!
There is a lot we can’t do on the forum but there is a way you could still capture and save comments. Is there anyone who could show you how to take a screenshot (a picture of the page)?
Shannon, I suggest that you move the video to just above the discussion board. Also, we need to revise the text (then) above the video to more accurately reflect the status of this webpage. The only changes I think need to be made are are in the last paragraph.
Will do!
Eagle on the nest 8:56 and 2:12.
Hi all– I’m Shannon, the website administrator. I’ve made a change today that makes entering a name and email before commenting mandatory. This is in response to some spam we saw yesterday. If you have any questions about this new commenting system you can send them to the ecba email address (you can use the contact form) and I’ll try to help!
Cheers!
Shannon
Trying it now… I’m in theory already logged in. Also, I have NOT received any emails about new posts, so I need to find a setting to change.
Hi mh! You no longer need to ‘log in’ to comment on this page (we were being spammed into oblivion!), you just need to enter your name and email and (theoretically) if you click the ‘save’ checkbox, the system should save that for next time (as long as you continue to use the same browser).
Also this commenting platform will not email you when comments are made.
Hope this helps!
Shannon
Rocky in at 8:20
Petra in at 8:24
Hi Kayess. Yes, not sure how we could post a link to a video without the copy/paste function.
Petra and Rocky on the nest together 8:41:57 – 8:44:12.
The comment below to Kayess about posting links was from Marcia.
Okie Dokie…it’s the comment above not below :-/
😉 😀 😀 😉
(missing the emojis)
Thanks, Marcia. I kinda thought “Anonymous” was you!
So much for anonymity… ;^)
Okay, this is interesting.
In my reply to Marcia above, I used a row of 4 basic ASCI emoticons, and they have been converted to full-color emojis.
???
Your emojis really brighten things up in here 🙂
As do yours! ;-):-D
Ooops, that didn’t work… :-O
😉 😀
Hi, MH, regarding your question on the ‘old’ site about inserting emojis… I cannot seem to do it either.
Also, there is no copy/paste function, and no edit or delete function that I can see. So once you submit a comment, it’s there for all to see, forever! =:-O
Hi Kayess – Appreciated your comments and suggestions! I miss the ability to copy/paste; edit; and insert emojis. All these years I kept a transcript… good for tracking Rocky & Petra history and learning from everybody’s comments. We’re all on a learning curve here and Shannon effortful management of the website is appreciated!
Thanks, Jim, The camera feed and comments seem to be working well.
Really appreciate all your efforts to keep us connected!
Testing… 1-2-3
Houston, do you copy?
Jim, thank you so much for all of your efforts in bringing these remarkable creatures into our lives.
Am not sure how to work this new system……but, here goes!!
Seems like mine is working OK too – I’m hesitant to remove the “old link” from my desktop just yet, tho – – don’t want to lose all previous comments! Sounds like Jim recommends opening the “old comment page” to see past comments and pictures. Thanks, Jim!!
Unless someone figures out how to access Disqus comments some other way, as far as I know, they will go away when I disconnect the old website from the goldeneaglecam.org domain. That will happen in less than a week.
Hi, Barbo, Kayess here. I see you!
Is there an instruction book that comes with this new system??? If so, I need to buy one! LOL
Both eagles on the nest at 9:37.
We will very soon be changing to this webpage as the only place to view and comment on the golden eagle camera.
test comment #2
just a test comment
I might actually have both camera and comments viewable simultaneously. My phone is not kind to the picture, so guess what I’ll have open on my work computer all day
Yes video and comments will be available as they have always been once one has opened the (old) comment page.
Parents at the nest about 9am.
The last msg I see is dated 11/12/24 from Marsha. Am I missing something?
Hi. This will soon be the offical page for the eagle cam but for the next few weeks we are still over at the old page.
goldeneaglecam.org/home/live-camera#comments
Be sure you are set to Newest Comments First.
I’m in! (With a lot of help from Shannon). Other Marsha, fka mh
Hi, Marcia, I made it too!
I finally had success logging in. Good to be here!
I seem to be able to login and post a comment. A couple of other folks are having trouble getting logged in and/or setting up the account.
I’m trying out your new page for comments. Works well!
Just created a WP account via link provided here, and can now comment! (Leslie)
Hi Leslie,
So great that this worked for you! I just found a fix to the ‘reply to threads’ not working, and it looks like it worked too–hooray!
It looks like I successfully did the WP account setup.
Sort of a problem that may go away when you have integrated this with the main website. Going to one of the other pages works but clicking on “Home” takes one back to the current ECBA website from which, at least for now, one can’t get back to this “prelim” webpage.