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Decorah eagle cam to be shut down this week
The popular Decorah Eagle Cam that captured the attention of millions of Internet fans will be disconnected this week.
KIMT-TV in Mason City says the three bald eagle chicks that hatched in early April have left the nest but are still in the area, and organizers are already looking ahead to next season. Bob Anderson of the Raptor Resource Project hopes to improve the video image.
Anderson says he's still "overwhelmed" that the Eagle cam had 160 million hits. He has filmed eagles in the Decorah nest for five years, but this was the first time it was broadcast 24 hours a day.
Anderson says he expects the eagle cam will be turned off by the end of the week. It was still operating Thursday night.
In this image taken from live streaming video provided by the Raptor Resource Project, an eagle feeds its newly-hatched chicks in their nest in Decorah, Iowa on Sunday, April 3, 2011. The camera sponsored by the Raptor Resource Project shows a nest 80 feet up in a tree overlooking a trout stream at the Decorah Fish Hatchery, where the pair of eagles is welcoming their brood. (AP Photo/Raptor Resource Project, Bob Anderson)
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