Wildlife Web Cams
On the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge
Cameras are provided by the partners listed above. Please thank them for this unique opportunity to see what is happening on the refuge, right from the comfort of your own home. We hope that you will enjoy your viewing and will make a contribution to help keep the cameras rolling.
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Click to view - Pelican Cam, Peregine Falcon Cam, Eagle Cam
Colonial Nesting Camera on Cormorant Island
Featuring American White Pelican, Double Crested Cormorant, Great Egret, Great Blue Heron and Ring-billed Gull
A special Thank You to following organizations that sponsored this camera.
Solutions from Science
Savanna Hotel/Motel
Carroll County Hotel/Motel
Tri-State Tourism.
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History
2007 - 1st recorded nesting in Iowa,
~ 50 chicks fledged.
2008 - ~200 chicks fledged.
2009 - ~200 chicks fledged.
- 1st recorded nesting in Illinois.
2010 - ~ 500 chicks fledged
2011 - ~ 800 chicks fledged |
General Information
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Peregrine Nesting Box located on the
Consolidated Grain Elevator, Savanna IL
Sponsored by JCWIFI
During the morning hours on a sunny day the Video is not clear due to excessive dust and reflection of the sun.
Excessive dust is a constant problem due to being located on the elevator. |
History
Peregrine Falcon Box Camera was installed on 2/3/2012 on top of the Consolidated Grain Elevator in Savanna, IL.
Nest box was placed there in February, 2010.
The Peregrines moved in immediately in 2010 and setup home. 4 chicks fledged in 2010 and 5 chicks fledged in 2011.
2012
* Male Peregrine arrived back at the nesting box on February 20th.
* Both Pair have returned and are checking out the box on March 5th.
* 1st egg was laid on March 23
* 2nd egg was laid on March 25
* 3rd egg was laid on March 27
* 4th egg was laid on March 29
The first 3 eyases were hatched on May 4.
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Life on Sloane Marsh
located at Spring Lake just south of Savanna, IL on the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge
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History
* March - Canada Geese, White-fronted geese, tundra swans, sandhill cranes are starting to arrive.
* November 30, 2011
- Sloane Marsh is starting to freeze and the waterfowl are heading out. There are still good numbers of divers in lower Spring Lake.
* November 17, 2011
- Hundreds of Canada Geese and a variety of ducks are stocking up for their trip south.
View wading birds and waterfowl at Sloane Marsh across form Ingersoll Wetlands Learning Center |
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Bald Eagle Nest Located near Lock and Dam 13 on the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge. (Near Fulton, IL)
Hope and Valor
(Camera is offline and will restart in the fall of 2012)
2011 Camera project was supported by Lucas Communications, Stewards of the Upper Mississippi River Refuges, US Fish and Wildlife Refuge, US Army Corps of Engineers and JCWiFi. |
2004 nest & eggs destroyed by high winds
2005 nest & eggs destroyed by high winds
2006 one mate killed after flying into power line, other mate
abandoned nest & eggs
2007 two young fledged
2008 three young fledged
2009 one chick fledged but flew into a power line and died
2010 three chicks fledged
2011 Nest was moved to new location, webcam installed. 2 x 4’s added to old nest for stability.
2011 eggs laid, parents abandoned nest, tree blew down in June.
2012 Pair returned to old nest site, 2 eggs were laid on February 1st and 4th.
They hatched March 14th and 15th. Parents (primarily Valor) did not seem interested and the chicks were left along for long periods of time. 1st eaglet roamed to far and went over the edge on March 17th. 2nd eaglet roamed too far on March 19 and got majorly stuck. Hope worked for hours to help the little one but to no avail. Eaglet fell from the nest around 6:00 p.m.
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Wintering Bald Eagles at Lock and Dam 13, near Fulton, IL on the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge.
Camera is offline - will be back in the winter
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What's Happening
Eagles have headed north, camera is offline.
* Last two weeks in January there has been about 200 eagles. However, once the temperatures increased and the ice decreased the numbers have declined once again.
*December 5. 2011
- Eagle Count - 60
*November 30, 2011
- Eagles are starting to show up at the Lock.
* November 13, 2011
- 350 - 400 Bald Eagles were spotted at Lansing, IA along with 2,000 tundra swans.
Fall will be soon coming to a close and the northern eagles will be making their way south. This is a great location to checkout the eagle numbers before you visit.
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