The Norfolk eagles continue to incubate the remaining egg of the second clutch. No further eggs will be forthcoming. This egg was the third egg of the second clutch. A three egg clutch is remarkable and a fourth is an extremely rare occurrence.

Over the weekend the parents had to deal with a bit of sleet and snow as our temperatures went from 81 degrees F on Friday to 42 deg. F on Sunday. The eagles were able to deal with the changing temperatures and keep the egg incubated.

We have noticed a few disturbances at the nest with both the male and female reacting to something off camera. With both Great Horned Owls and juvenile eagles in the vicinity it's hard to know what might be getting their attention. The following video supplied by the Norfolk Botanical Garden shows a recent evening happening, The white flash seen towards the end of the video is the male eagle flying in. Despite these visitations the eagles continue to care for the egg and all is proceeding as it should.

After losing both eggs last week, the bald eagles at the Norfolk Botanical Garden laid another egg at about 12:22pm on March 22nd. We'll wait and see if any other eggs may be forthcoming. This egg represents what would have been the third egg of the second clutch. Whether or not the female has the physical reserves to produce another egg this week remains to be seen. Given the challenges that this pair has faced, this egg is very good news.

After reviewing more footage from March 20th, it appears that there was a second egg. The female appears to be eating an egg at 7 am and then again at 4:34 pm. It appears that both eggs have been lost. Footage captured at about 6:22am showed that both eagles were at the nest and extremely agitated, apparently responding to something directly above them. At this point the female leapt to her feet, without her usual caution - it's likely that this event resulted in the eggs being broken.

Yesterday (March 19th) the Norfolk eagles apparently laid a second egg. Apparently is the operative word. This is based solely on the posture and behavior of the female. We've been fooled before - we had assumed the first clutch contained three eggs, not until the eggs were retrieved did we learn we'd been fooled.

Today (Sunday March 16th) at about 2:21pm the Norfolk Botanical Garden Eagles laid the 1st egg of a second clutch.

We are aware of the camera outage and IT staff are working to fix it. Camera operators are still able to log into the cam locally, and we will provide updates of any notable activity.

The adult eagles continue to mate and work on the nest. Mating was observed both Sunday and Monday mornings. Both adults have been spending time in and around the nest site, and are both adding sticks and re-arranging the nest. They've also added some fresh green pine needles. All of this behavior keeps us hoping that a second clutch will be forthcoming.

We're still watching as we wait to see if this pair will produce a second clutch of eggs. Bald Eagles are known to replace egg when removed from the nest. Given that a good deal of time had passed between the laying of the first clutch and their eventual removal, the Eagles phsyiology (egg & sperm production) may have required a bit of time to reset into a breeding mode. The adults continue to breed (at least as recently as March 2nd) and refurbish the nest.

Bald Eagles have been recorded laying eggs into the 1st week of April in Virginia, so we still have 3 weeks or so for this pair to produce a second clutch