Kansas Eagles 1-21-26. Harvey & Ellie Set a New Cam View Mating Record @ 5! + 2 Prey & Nest Work!

Watch the Kansas Bald Eagles (National Bird) live eagle cam here: https://www.youtube.com/live/GNue2tsz...

➡️ ➡️ The record of 5 cam view matings is for this pair/this nest!
Video opens with Harvey arriving with nest material. Harvey and Ellie did a little nest work, and a whole lot of Hanky-Panky. Harvey brought Ellie two food gifts. They mated five times in cam view! As egg laying gets closer, mating frequency increases. We are 2.5-3 weeks out from Ellie's laying window (based on the first two season's of history). Additional details in the time stamps below.

Ellie laid her eggs the second week of February (first two seasons on cam). Nest history is below the time stamps.

Time Stamps: Provided in DVR time; actual time is on the cam clock.
00:00. Opening. Ellie conducting Nest Test.
00:07. Harvey w/nest material.
00:40. Ellie joins Harvey for mating #1.
01:15. Harvey w/stick.
01:41. Ellie joins Harvey for mating #2.
02:27. Ellie w/nest material.
03:07. Ellie joins Harvey for mating #3.
03:37. Harvey w/nest material.
03:50. Harvey w/fish gift for Ellie.
04:05. Ellie arrives to receive & eat her fish gift.
04:59. Harvey w/nest material.
05:16. Harvey w/prey.
05:46. Harvey preps the prey.
06:06. Ellie arrives to receive & eat her food gift.
08:12. Ellie joins Harvey for mating #4.
08:52. Ellie joins Harvey for mating #5.

Thank you, Farmer Derek, for the live eagle cam!
Farmer Derek announced the names of the eagles on 1-9-24: Ellie and Harvey. Their nest is 6-7 miles from the owl nest tree (home of Bonnie & Clyde). Here is the link to Farmer Derek's channel:    / @klingpossum  
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Information on Ellie, provided by Farmer Derek: Ellie was banded ten years ago as a chick at Clinton Lake in Lawrence, Kansas. (We were told this in the spring of 2024.)

​FarmerDerek on Market to Market video talks about the cams, and Ellie's bands. Link:    • Farmer Derek plays on with the trombone an...  .

Nest History:

2025 Season:
2-11-25 Egg #1 laid 18:36
2-14-25 Egg #2 laid 18:41
3-19-25 Egg #1 hatched 16:53:20
3-28-25 Egg #2 will not hatch, now 42 days since the egg was laid.
5-25-25 Kanza branched @12:53, 67 days old
6-10-25 Kanza fledged @ 19:27, 83 days old

2024 Season:
2-13-24 Egg #1 laid 17:24:53
2-16-24 Egg #2 laid 18:53
3-21-24 Egg #1 - hatched, official time 8:19 AM
3-23-24 Egg #2 - hatched, official time 6:36 AM
5-14-24 Wichita branched 8:14 PM, 55 dsys old
6-1-24 Cheyenne branched 4:52 PM, 70 days old
6-7-24 Wichita fledged 7:15PM, 78 days old; Cheyenne fledged 7:25PM, 76 days old

The 2023 season there was not a cam on this nest. The season was successful with two fledglings. Here, Farmer Derek speaks about the eagles/new cam:    • My New Bald Eagles  

Additional live cams on Farmer Derek's Farm: