New web cam brings viewers up close with eagles

New web cam brings viewers up close with eagles

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Story Published: Jul 11, 2009 at 11:00 AM PST

Story Updated: Jul 10, 2009 at 7:59 PM PST

By KATU.com Staff

PORTLAND, Ore. - Oregon Zoo visitors and Web viewers can now watch a baby eagle grow up through the U.S. Forest Service's Eagle Cam.

The Eagle Cam streams live video of a bald eagle family in the Deschutes National Forest.

The baby eagle, named Pengra, hatched from its egg on May 15. Pengra was first seen on the U.S. Forest Service's Eagle Cam. 

For the first months of its life, eagles are completely dependent on their parents for food, warmth and protection from predators. Pengra could begin flying within two to four weeks.

The Eagle Cam was part of a cooperative project to bring live-streaming video of wild eagles and salmon to the Web and to the zoo, where eagles and salmon are on exhibit.

Pengra's development, from fledgling to flight, can be viewed at the Oregon Zoo's Great Northwest exhibit or online at the Forest Service's NatureWatch Web site.

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