Denton Homes Iowa is a custom home building company located in the middle of the heartland. We have several developments and parcels of land in our portfolio. This is not the only eagle nest on our properties, but this is the only one with a live cam. Meet The Majestics.
We’ve have been watching this pair for a couple of years now. Along the way we’ve talked to many people who have been watching them for much longer. We believe this is the 7th or 8th year for the nest and for this eagle pair.
The nest is located just west of Des Moines in central Iowa on one of our properties. There is a creek that winds its way through the wooded area just below the nest. Lots of woodland animals, including deer are sometimes seen in camera view. The Majestics fish in the two large bodies of water nearby.
There is occasionally audio on the live stream. It’s windy on the prairie, so it’s necessary to keep the audio off at times. The best times for audio are early weekend mornings.
As many of you know, we are custom home builders. We have several developments and parcels of land in our portfolio. In fact, this is not the only eagle nest on our properties. This is the only one with a live cam. Mr. Denton is an outdoorsman with a great love of nature. When he asked his team to setup the eagle cam and live stream for this season, we went to work. This is the second season for our first eagle cam and live stream. While the team experts are well versed in all aspects of the technology - both in the camera set up and the digital technology - we continue to learn about streaming eagle watching. A few members of the team and Mr and Mrs Denton have been watching eagles for years. But not necessarily watching eagle cams and live streams. After we went live on March 8, 2019, that changed because we have all been absorbed by the activity and the grandeur of the eagles at this close range and by the knowledge and willingness to share of the people who are joining in the live chat. We continue to learn from you every day. Below are some highlights from 2019,
March 10 - Two eggs laid. The first at 4:17pm and the second egg was seen at 11:29pm. The experts kindly told us that was impossible -- the eggs need 50-70 hours in the oviduct and therefore are laid a couple of days apart. Posting the times on our live chat caused much speculation. We learned about delayed incubation from devoted watcher and chatter, rye bird. Ty rye. We wait for hatching and wonder how we could have misread this. Maybe our eyes were blurry from watching the live cam 24/7!
The Majestics
April 13 --In a shout out to Holly-Anne, one of Eagle Watch 7’s most devoted watchers and chatters, we settled on officially naming the eagles the Majestics. The word majestic means ‘having or showing impressive beauty or dignity’ and that is so true of eagles and we think especially true of this property and this eagle pair. Ty Holly-Anne.
April 16 - The first egg hatched on day 38 at 6:23am. Welcome to the world Majestic DH1!
April 18 - The second egg hatched at 9:13pm. Happy birth day, Majestic DH2!
We are extremely careful about our properties and protective of our homeowners when we are in the process of a building a custom home. For many, this is their dream home and we are honored to be a part of it. That same attitude extends to The Majestics. The nest is on private property and the camera setup is extensive. Please respect the property and know that it is constantly under video surveillance.
As we learn about the eagle watching community, we realize that many record live streams to see exact timing and closeups of the major milestones and we have no issue with that practice. We want you to enjoy the live stream, to join us on the live chat and subscribe to our channel! However, we do follow KZfaq’s terms of service and copyright rules. That means it is a violation of the copyright to record the Eagle Watch 7 KZfaq live stream and publish to your own KZfaq channel without permission from Denton Homes Iowa.