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    Family put up webcam to observe bald eagles

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Welcome to new bald eagle -- -- -- world and -- well it's birth.

Was witnessed by thousands of people at least watching online and it's all thanks to Virginia Pritchett.

Who's -- several webcam on their companies -- -- show the whole world.

Could watch.

This seagull and now her website has gone viral good morning Virginia.

Good morning Harry hill doing well what gave me the idea to set up this eagle -- cam.

Yeah well it's actually -- idea that we talked about for a couple years after the Eagles.

Made their original -- on our our property.

And it was just something we thought about and decided to do so -- last fall we we got a camera that had an infrared light they admitted -- found or light at night.

And we put it to the tree about six feet -- the next.

It's been going live ever since and it's just been doing really well.

-- that's fantastic and I was actually watching this last night -- Because you do have an infrared cameras that you don't need a great big spotlight to see -- the eagle is doing now we've got -- Fox News alert what happened last night in that nest.

Yes some big news that the -- authority eagle cam what we welcome a good number two it's the -- last night at about 10 o'clock.

He joins his little eagle -- brother or sister.

Who was born on New Year's Day so we're very very excited about that and we just think that the popularity will continue to grow.

Now you're calling him eagle at one any good to -- since the cameras on your property and that's where that the nest is don't you get to name -- We do and it's something -- that point talking about we have a couple ideas in mind but.

Ultimately I think we're gonna let the watchers in the viewers decide so we have a FaceBook page in a Twitter page and a lot of social meeting going on -- that went eighteen for -- -- Yeah his sponsor for the sort of make senses a lot of American companies that should be jumping onboard -- -- have you figured out of you talk to people in nature experts had to let you know why.

The Eagles chose your place.

You know it it was I think it's luck of the draw they were Eagles that had been and -- I guess in our area for a while and had different applications and other places.

I'm in about five years ago they decided to car property home so.

We that we it's just they've become really just family members -- -- something we talk about at the dinner table every night and it's been out to -- any when they hear what that.

Maybe could help he -- US the eagle how can get rid of the woodpecker because I still have a woodpecker problem my ass and it's -- it.

This is -- I'm pretty even after superstar and sandy repeat but it doesn't.

Stop your -- is it destructive yes that was -- -- is and Jeanine always watch in this this morning and I'm watching it on my laptop right now.

Then there's -- street.

In the top of the shot.

What what street is that I I know -- the nest is about sixty feet up but you've got a lot of traffic there and it doesn't really seem to bother the birds.

Know it's funny it's it's called -- -- -- -- in Fort Myers, Florida.

And it's it's it's a minute it's not a highway but it's a road that people used to go to and from work and my dad's office is actually on the property fell on.

You know they've they've been comfortable they have they find home and they keep coming back year after year and we're just so grateful.

Chaos and -- me out we have said that thousands of people were watching in fact it's 2.2 million.

Views.

On the web -- you set it up.

In this age of reality television why do you think people are so interested in this in -- -- and a bird nesting.

It's just it's been unreal actually I -- this morning we're almost at 2.5 million viewers come and we checked our data.

And it's over a 115 countries around the world so.

It's just an amazing amazing average meaning we -- setting up as a resource and educational tool for educators -- -- -- learn more about Eagles.

And just the popularity in the growth we -- really just couldn't -- -- -- have more people watching your regal than the actual Philadelphia -- -- -- -- -- -- -- And -- I'm not complaining since the eagle is parked there are your dad's up property for the real estate company in north Fort Myers you wanna give -- -- dad's company a shadow what's the name of it.

This Sharia I'd stick protect real estate and you can visit the -- that -- -- -- real estate dot com.

Or you can visit southwest -- eagle cam dot com as well and has a page on new -- and it frigid thanks so much for sharing this in the us it's I think you guys.

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