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WHYCHUS CREEK GOLDEN EAGLE CAM
Welcome to one of the very few live cameras (in the world) capturing the activity at a golden eagle nest. Our location along beautiful Whychus Canyon near Sisters, Oregon has had a camera on a nest site for more than 15 years and the current operation, funded by the East Cascades Audubon Society has operated since 2015. The eagle parents, Petra and Rocky, are using the nest again for the 12th year in a row. Located several miles east of Sisters, Oregon along Whychus Creek, this Eagle Cam was the brainchild of Janet Zuelke and Forrest Babcock, who, at the time, owned the property across the canyon from the nest. They built a gazebo to house the equipment, and engineered the optical system that is able to capture images from 900 or so feet across the canyon, and beam them out to the internet.
The land that the nest is on is owned by the Deschutes Land Trust and is managed as a wildlife preserve called Aspen Hollow Preserve. East Cascades Audubon Society funds the eagle cam with operation and maintenance provided by volunteers Jim Hammond (optics, camera control, website, eaglet rescue), Leslie Lawrence (current owner of camera site), and other volunteers.
Please help support the Golden Eagle camera! To make a donation towards the substantial cost of getting these images on the internet, please go to the East Cascades Audubon Society donation page, and select the Golden Eagle Cam as the payment destination.
For another take on the history of the Golden Eagle Cam, see this article by local naturalist and friend of the Eagle Cam, Jim Anderson, in the Source Weekly. For an article by Jim Anderson about the rescue of Whychus in 2019, look here: https://nuggetnews.com/Content/Columns/Columns/Article/Baby-eagle-rescued/10/10/28311 A more recent article has been published in the Source Weekly: Watching the Nest | Outside Features | Bend | The Source Weekly - Bend, Oregon (bendsource.com)
Welcome to one of the very few live cameras (in the world) capturing the activity at a golden eagle nest. Our location along beautiful Whychus Canyon near Sisters, Oregon has had a camera on a nest site for more than 15 years and the current operation, funded by the East Cascades Audubon Society has operated since 2015. The eagle parents, Petra and Rocky, are using the nest again for the 12th year in a row. Located several miles east of Sisters, Oregon along Whychus Creek, this Eagle Cam was the brainchild of Janet Zuelke and Forrest Babcock, who, at the time, owned the property across the canyon from the nest. They built a gazebo to house the equipment, and engineered the optical system that is able to capture images from 900 or so feet across the canyon, and beam them out to the internet.
The land that the nest is on is owned by the Deschutes Land Trust and is managed as a wildlife preserve called Aspen Hollow Preserve. East Cascades Audubon Society funds the eagle cam with operation and maintenance provided by volunteers Jim Hammond (optics, camera control, website, eaglet rescue), Leslie Lawrence (current owner of camera site), and other volunteers.
Please help support the Golden Eagle camera! To make a donation towards the substantial cost of getting these images on the internet, please go to the East Cascades Audubon Society donation page, and select the Golden Eagle Cam as the payment destination.
For another take on the history of the Golden Eagle Cam, see this article by local naturalist and friend of the Eagle Cam, Jim Anderson, in the Source Weekly. For an article by Jim Anderson about the rescue of Whychus in 2019, look here: https://nuggetnews.com/Content/Columns/Columns/Article/Baby-eagle-rescued/10/10/28311 A more recent article has been published in the Source Weekly: Watching the Nest | Outside Features | Bend | The Source Weekly - Bend, Oregon (bendsource.com)
