Gladys Black Eagle Cam

Up and Running

12-05-2011

The Gladys Black Eagle Cam is now online! This is a collaborative effort with the goal to enhance knowledge about eagles in the Red Rock Area. The eagle cam will provide live online streaming video and become an educational opportunity.  Go to the website (www.gladysblackeagle.org) to view it! 

The camera will provide audio and video relating to the eagle family structure and daily activities. Nest building, courtship, egg laying, chick development and the fledging of the young eagles will be viewable from it. Activity at the nest usually begins in late October and continues through courtship in January, egg hatching in February and concluding with the birth of the eagle chicks. Educational videos are planned for documenting eagle activity in the nest.

The nest that the camera is watching has produced two eagle chicks in the past year, and the parents have been in the Red Rock area for over six years. As the project has progressed, the family of eagles has kept a watchful eye on the nest.

Gladys Black, for which the camera was named after and known as "Iowa's bird lady", was a resident of Pleasantville and is a well-known ornithologist and naturalist.

Red Rock Lake Association is working with educators, curriculum directors and other interested parties to spread enthusiasm, learning opportunities and information about the camera. For more information contact Ron Huelse at 641-842-6282.