Great Blue Heron Visits Rests on the Lookout Post - NCTC Bald Eagle Nest - May 26, 2024

A Blue Heron arrives and lands on the lookout post. The beautiful long legged visitor stays about ten minutes then flies out of view.
Links to the Cams
• Live! From the NCTC Eagle Nest with chat.
Outdoor Channel Link
www.outdoorchannel.com/live/e...
Cam #1 You Tube Link
• Live! From the NCTC Eagle Nest
Cam #2 You Tube Link
About the Nest
The NCTC nest is 21 years old, situated in a sycamore tree, approximately 90 feet up. The nest is estimated to be +8 feet in diameter, and approximately 5 feet deep with an estimated weight of over 1000 lbs. The eagle nest is located approximately 75 miles from Washington, D.C. on the campus of USFWS National Conservation Training Center. The campus is near Shepherdstown, West Virginia, approximately 1/4 mile from the Potomac River.
www.fws.gov/media/nctc-eagle-...
Thanks to the USFWS, the National Conservation Training Center (NCTC) and partners Outdoor Channel and Friends of the NCTC for providing these amazing bald eagle cams. Thanks also to the dedicated eagle enthusiasts that watch and document the daily events at this nest, a terrific team effort by all.
Interested in the history of the nest check out this link docs.google.com/document/d/1r...
Check out group page Bald Eagles 101 on Facebook, the Daily Post provides updates on this pair as well as some other eagle nests that have live eagle cam, here is the link / 1690426617860075