Eagle Cam!

There is a super cam that is trained on a pair of Bald Eagles nesting on the site of the National Conservation Training Center located in the forest near Shepherdstown, WV. The site can be found by clicking on http://training.fws.gov/eagle/ . The NCTC is a wonderful facility operated by the US Fish and Wildlife service. Our granddaughter is blessed by being able to attend the daycare facility operated by the NCTC. Her daycare school is located just yards away from the active eagle’s nest and the eagle cam. In the past weeks, they have been watching the mated pair of eagles preparing the nest. You do need to check out this neat bit of great technology.

NCTC has marvelous facilities and presents a lecture series that is open to the public. Below is an example of the next lecture series on the Ivory Billed Woodpecker. Wish we were closer in order that we could attend.

Phillip Hoose
Author
The Race to Save the Lord God Bird:
The Ivory-Billed Woodpecker

Wednesday, February 8, 2006 at 7:30 pm
National Conservation Training Center
Entry Building Byrd Auditorium
Shepherd Grade Road
Shepherdstown, WV 25443

The Presentation:
On Wednesday, February 8 at 7:30 pm author Phillip Hoose will present “The Race to Save the Lord God Bird: The Ivory-billed Woodpecker” in the Byrd Auditorium at the National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, WV. The presentation is co-sponsored by The Nature Conservancy in West Virginia and the Potomac Valley Audubon Society.The tragedy of extinction is explained through the dramatic story of a legendary bird, the ivory-billed woodpecker, and of those who tried to possess it, paint it, shoot it, sell it, and, in a last-ditch effort, save it. Hoose’s presentation covers the woodpecker’s tangled history as it was made extinct throughout much of the South and then recently rediscovered The talk is free and open to the public. No tickets or reservations are required.
It is part of a monthly series of "Conservation & Community" public lectures held at the
National Conservation Training Center.