VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 22 (UPI) -- An eaglet tangled in its mother's feathers fell to its death in Canada as thousands of viewers watched via a Web camera, observers said.
The 11-day-old eaglet, named Echo, was the smallest of two eagles in a nest on Hornby Island, B.C., Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported Friday.
A Web cam installed above the nest by the Hancock Wildlife Foundation showed the eaglet crying and the mother "desperately" trying to shake it loose Thursday, said Karen Bills, a foundation spokeswoman.
"Finally, she got up and flew off and that is when we saw the little body drop," Bills said. The eaglet's body was found on the ground Thursday while the older eaglet remained safe in the nest.
The foundation's Web site has been inundated with tributes to Echo, including those from school children who watched the eaglet's accident on a computer in a classroom, Bills said.
The foundation has Web cams monitoring three nests on the south coast of British Columbia, the nest on Hornby Island, a nest near Sidney on Vancouver Island and one in Delta in Metro Vancouver.
