It’s Eaglecam Season in Pittsburgh

5 February 2024

Bald eagles within the Pittsburgh space have been courting since final fall and are ramping as much as lay eggs this month. Now eagle followers can watch the motion at two native nest websites: a a lot improved Hays Bald Eaglecam and three cameras on the USS Irvin eagles.

Again in December 2013 the Hays eaglecam was the primary dwell broadcast of an eagles’ nest in Pennsylvania. With out native electrical energy and Web, installer Invoice Powers of PixCams needed to hook up the digicam to photo voltaic panels and the cell community. This meant the digicam needed to shut off in a single day and go darkish after snowfall. However not anymore thanks to assist this winter from a neighboring eaglecam web site 5.2 miles upriver.

The USS Irvin bald eagles began nesting in 2019 in a distant nook of USS Irvin Works close to the Monongahela River. With assist from US Metal their first eaglecam got here on-line in 2021. This yr which have three cameras viewing their nest and the encircling space.

When plant supervisor Don German at USS Irvin heard concerning the Hays digicam troubles he stepped in to assist. Mary Ann Thomas writes within the Put up-Gazette, “A U.S. Metal plant supervisor contacted Duquesne Gentle to put in a transformer. They flipped the facility on Friday [2 February].” Learn extra concerning the improve at U.S. Metal supervisor and Duquesne Gentle increase energy to Hays bald eagle webcam.

Watch eagles on-line at two websites:

Hays Bald Eagle Nest Digicam: The feminine eagle who nested at Hays in 2013 continues to be on web site immediately, this yr with a brand new mate nicknamed “V.” Watch them increase their first household collectively at these hyperlinks.

USS Irvin Eaglecams: Irvin Plant’s resident bald eagles, “Irvin and Claire,” have three cameras on their nest. All three will be reached by way of this United States Metal Media Web page or individually on YouTube:

That is the month! Who will lay the primary egg? Watch and see.

(photograph of Hays bald eagle pair by Dana Nestiti at Eagles of Hays PA on Fb)