Delaware Botanic Garden Installing an Eagle cam and Eagle Watch Garden.
/
Delaware Botanic Gardens’ (DBG) Eagles Nest is housed in a beautiful loblolly tree overlooking Pepper Creek and has been active for several years. In the spring, two eaglets were tended to by both the female and male eagles and were soon fledglings flying high above the Garden. Our visitors were thrilled to watch them from afar. Next year we will have installed an Eagle Cam so that we can see what is happening in the nest. Our work is with HDOnTap, the same company that installed the Eagle Cam at Big Bear Valley in California.
DBG Executive Director Sheryl Swed said, “The idea of an eagle cam has been very popular with our staff, volunteers and visitors and when we decided to raise funds for the camera, we had an amazingly positive response— we have raised over $80,000 for the cost of design, equipment, including two cameras, installation, live streaming and maintenance.”
DBG President Raymond Sander is pleased to announce the major sponsors of the Eagle Cam project: The Drs. Rouben & Violet Jiji Foundation together with Phoebe Craven, and Mike & Sue Masciandaro. In addition to these generous donors, many individual gifts were sent to DBG to support the project.
Richard Hoffman representing the JiJi Foundation said, “The Rouben & Violet Jiji Foundation is proud to partner with the Delaware Botanic Gardens and sponsor the Eagle Cam and the eagle watch viewing garden.” Another generous donor, Mike Masciandaro said, “We hope that this additional visibility will inspire the younger generations to learn and participate in the wonders of nature.” Sander said, “We are most grateful to our magnanimous donors who also inspire us.”
Deputy Executive Director Stephen Pryce Lea, who will be leading this effort, noted, “Our contract calls for installation of two cameras and reinforcing and strengthening the nest and is scheduled for two days in late September when the eagles are gone.”
If you would like to donate to the Eagle cam project, go to www.delawaregardens.org/give-today.
The DBG is open to the public Thursday through Sunday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Guided tours when open at 10 a.m. The gardens are located at 30220 Piney Neck Road, Dagsboro, DE 19939.
The mission of the Delaware Botanic Gardens is to create a world-class, inspirational, educational, and sustainable public garden in southern Delaware for the benefit and enjoyment of all.