EagleCam in Hillsborough, New Jersey

Welcome to our EagleCam Partnership with Duke Farms

PLEASE NOTE: Bald Eagles are extremely sensitive to human disturbance. At no time should anyone approach nesting eagles. People who want to observe or photograph eagles and who come too close may actually cause the birds to abandon a nest.

 

Eagle Adventures

Teach about Bald Eagles in your Classroom!

The EagleCam provides inspiration and educational opportunities for teachers who want to bring New Jersey’s wildlife into their classrooms.

Located on Duke Farms in central New Jersey, the EagleCam allows viewers an up close and personal view into the lives of a pair of bald eagles as they breed, incubate, and raise young.  It is a perfect tool for teaching about wildlife and covers a variety of topics including animal behavior, bird biology and natural history, endangered species, food webs, contamination, and MORE! 

It’s not just for science!  It can be used in many different subject areas including science, social studies, language arts, and technology. 

Below are some lesson plans to jumpstart your use of the webcam as a tool for learning in the classroom:

  • Build A Raptor – Students discover the incredible diversity of birds while finding out that raptors are a special group of birds that have unique adaptations that help them survive.
  • Deadly Links – Students learn about pesticides, how pesticides enter the food chain and affect birds of prey. 
  • Shrinking Habitat - Students learn what are essential needs for survival.  Students then simulate a habitat and the process of that habitat being lost to development.

Register your class!

It’s free and so easy!

When you register your class, you will get live e-mail updates as they are posted to the website.  You will also receive updated educational information as it is added to the web. To sign up e-mail Maria Grace today.

 

For More Information:

Fun Bald Eagle Facts, click here to download.

Bald Eagle Info sheet, click here to download.

Click here for a summary of "2009 EagleCam Nest News."

Click here for a slideshow of pictures from other eagle nests around New Jersey.