June 06, 2005
Two Eggs
At this point, we're pretty sure we now have two remaining eggs (out of a total of three). Also, we're positive there is no chick. Today, the female showed no signs of feeding or caring for a chick.
She spent a good bit of time covering the eggs today because it is very hot here, especially when you're sitting out in the sun.
We are now hoping that the remaining two eggs will hatch sometime in the next week. We don't know what happened to the third egg, but the only possibilities at this point are a predator (from the air) or the chick hatching but not surviving. The parents have been rather good about either staying with the eggs or being nearby, so a predator seems the less likely scenario of the two. But we'll likely never know.
Thanks to those who sent in photos today as we tried to catch a glimpse of the third egg, which unfortunately we never did.
Technical Note: As most have probably noticed, we went to a 30-second refresh time on the Osprey Cam today so we could see more of the nest activity. In order to make that change, we had to change the Eagle Cam to a 3-minute refresh so we could stay within our bandwidth limits for both cams. We will continue to follow the Eagle Cam until we're sure the youngest eaglet has fledged and is independent.
Until next time,
Lisa - webmaster