http://www.turtlebay.org/eaglecamhttp://www.dot.ca.gov/dist2/eagles.htmHello there - just wanted to send this to those of you who would like to see our Catlrans Bald Eagle monitoring camera (it's live feed) in Redding.
Caltrans completed the environmental review for the Dana to Downtown project (bridge on State Route 44 in Redding) in 2005. The next year, a pair of Bald Eagles moved to the area and built a nest. After it was determined that the eagles would stay in the nest site, the California Department of Fish and Game required Caltrans to monitor the eagles to ensure the bird's welfare and determine if construction activities have an impact on their nesting activities. Initial monitoring efforts were done physically by biologists in the field, until 2008 when a video camera was installed to aid in the monitoring effort. It was at that time Turtle Bay offered to host a web feed and the images were made available online to the public. During the summer of 2009, the camera system and feed were improved, and now Caltrans is able to continue with monitoring requirements, while providing a much sharper and better image of the nest to the web.
The Caltrans Eagle cam is available during daylight hours only. Turtle Bay hosts the web feed. In order to view the live eagle cam feed, you need to have Quicktime installed on your computer.
This link goes to the District 2 Caltrans website with all the info:
http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist2/eagles.htmThis site is the actual live feed camera:
http://www.turtlebay.org/eaglecamTerri Kasinga
Public Information Officer
Caltrans Maintenance - District 8
