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The adult female bald eagle has gathered nesting materials tight around her body as the hatching date for the two eggs under her approaches, possibly on Saturday, March 21.
(PA GAME COMMISSION)
The adult birds at the nest-cam bald eagle nest in York County are putting a great deal of attention to the fine details of the nest today, as the potential hatching of the eggs draws nigh.
You can catch their activity 24 hours a day on the live-streaming web-camera the Pennsylvania Game Commission installed at the nest in late December 2014.
- Here's the details of the installation of the nest-cam.
The first egg was laid at 5:55 p.m. Feb. 14 and the second was laid at 4:44 p.m. Feb. 17.
With an average incubation period of about 35 days for bald eagles, we could be just a day or so away from the hatching, possibly on Saturday, March 21.
The commission plans to launch a hashtag #eggwatch on Saturday.
- Nest disturbance, not weather conditions, are the biggest threat to bald eagle nests in Pennsylvania.
The snowstorm coming to the region Friday likely will have no impact on the hatching of the eggs, which have already ridden out several snows and bitterly cold temperatures under the feathery warmth of their parents' bodies.
Snow covers the female bald eagle at the nest at Codorus State Park in York County that is monitored by the Pennsylvania Game Commission's live-streaming web cam on March 5.
According to the commission, since 2005 eaglets have fledged from the nest near Codorus State Park seven times, most often two eaglets at a time.
Karen Lippy, a local birder who has been monitoring the nest since its beginnings, noted that the adults on the nest this year are not the pair that built the nest.