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Mr. President and First Lady
2 eggs in nest now
WASHINGTON (ABC7) — You can view the "Eagle Cam" here.
First, we had the panda cam, now you can spend hours on end watching D.C.'s first ever HD eagle cam. You first saw this story on WJLA.com Monday morning.
This is truly a first in the District's history. Never before have scientists or the public been able to watch nesting bald eagles raise their young so close up and in high definition. The eagles have been named "Mr. President" and "The First Lady". These bald eagles are the first to nest in the U.S. National Arboretum in nearly 70 years.
"It's pretty awesome," said Dan Rauch, a biologist at D.C.'s Department of Energy and Environment. The nest, sits high above Mount Hamilton. It was first settled by the two love birds, last year. When they left this past summer after raising their young, the D.C. Department of Energy and Environment worked with the Arboretum and the American Eagle Foundation to rush to put up solar powered cameras - installed by professional tree climbers.
But this was a gamble. There was no guarantee the raptors would return or raise a family.
"In terms of education, school groups can look at this. They can see the development of these chicks," said Rauch. "In terms of a scientific perspective, this gives us a chance to study a bald eagles' nest in the District without disturbing the birds." "The First Lady" laid her first egg February 10. And her second came on Valentine's Day morning. By mid-March, biologists anticipate the eaglets will hatch and we'll be able to watch them grow up.
"We should have bald eagles. They're our national symbol. They should be breeding in our nation's capital," concluded Rauch.
Bald Eagles have been known to use the same nest for 15 or 20 years. So the eagle cam could become a mainstay.
