Jan 31, 2015 3 min read

For those who can’t get enough of watching nesting bald eagles on the Internet – and there are more than a few of you out there – the Pennsylvania Game Commission partnered with Comcast Business and HDOnTap to bring back its live bald eagle cam at Codorus State Park in York County.

The commission ran its bald eagle cam last year in a pilot run and added some improvements this year at the new location.

This year’s cam also features high-definition footage and also is hard-wired to a power source, which should keep it from losing power. Last year’s cam ran on solar power and had some outages.

“There are never any guarantees in nature,” said commission Executive Director Matt Hough, a Washington native and Trinity High School graduate.

“And when it comes to a project like this, you keep your fingers crossed and hope that in the coming days, weeks and months you’re fortunate enough to witness an eaglet make the transition from a simple egg to a bird strong enough to fly from the nest.”

The featured performers in this year’s live cam appear to be preparing their nest for upcoming parenthood and should give those who visit the live eagle cam at www.pgc.state.pa.us a good show.

• The game commission gave preliminary approval to its 2015-16 seasons and bag limits at its quarterly meeting last week.

There are no major changes this year, though the commission did give preliminary approval to permitting the concurrent hunting of antlered and antlerless deer during the first segment of archery season – Sept. 19 through Nov. 28 – in Wildlife Management Units 2B, 5C and 5D.

WMU 2B includes the northeastern corner of Washington County north of I-70 and east of I-79 to Route 980 north near Canonsburg.

A full listing of the proposed 2015-16 seasons and bag limits can be found on this page.

The proposed seasons and limits will be voted on for final approval at the commission’s next meeting in April.

• Despite Dean Trew’s first 300 of the season, Frazier-Simplex won the battle of Greater Pittsburgh and Suburban Rifle League heavyweights Wednesday night with a narrow 1,483-1,480 win over the Dormont-Mt. Lebanon Sportsmen’s Club.

John Husk, Tom Morley and Zac Szabo led the way for Frazier-Simplex (11-1), all firing 298s. Cyril Walther added a 295 and Jim Mounts a 294 for the winners.

In addition to Trew’s 300, second-place Dormont-Mt. Lebanon (9-3) got a 297 from Amy Smith, 296 from Matt Piatt, 294 from Tom Gerner and 293 from Tom Benedict.

The two Washington County-based teams meet a final time this season March 11 at Frazier-Simplex.

• Washington County Sportsmen and Conservation League’s annual outdoors show will take place Feb. 6 through 8 at Washington Crown Center.

In addition to the dozens of vendors on-site, featured this year will be a free fish pond for children, a wandering magician and a sporting dog show.

George Block also will be measuring deer Saturday and Sunday. A sign-up list will be available.

Outdoors Editor F. Dale Lolley can be reached at dlolley@observer-reporter.com.