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Both bald eagle chicks on Santa Cruz Island die

April 24, 2009 |  2:04 pm

Bald eagle file photo.

The bald eagle nest on Santa Cruz Island sits empty -- quiet and devoid of the life and activity that was only recently present.

Both of the eaglets born in the sole nest on the island have died, and the parents have flown away.

Birding and nature enthusiasts who have been viewing the nest via Web camera are saddened by the loss.

"There has been an outpouring of emotion," said David Garcelon, president of the Institute for Wildlife Studies. "When people are so into watching birds and something like this happens, they take it pretty hard."

Available via the IWS website, the Santa Cruz Island site is one of four bald eagle nests with Web cams trained on them.

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