Gosh! Another News Flash From The Eagle Cam!

Wow, the eagles in Shepherdstown now have laid three eggs in the nest.
Here is the latest from the NCTC.

We have three eagle eggs!

The first egg was laid early morning on Thursday, February 9th --thanks to all you eagle watchers for catching the big moment. The second egg was laid on Feb 11th, during our snow storm. We spied a third egg in the nest on Thursday morning, Feb 16th. The female laid the egg sometime late Wednesday night or early Thursday morning--a full 4 days after laying egg #2.

This is a bit unusual, and we will have to keep a close eye to see if all three eggs hatch, and if they do, how the smallest eagle fares against his siblings. He will be smaller than eaglets 1 and 2.

Both eagles are taking turns sitting on the eggs, and your best chance to get a glimpse is when they switch places. Incubation lasts about 35 days, so we can expect the first eaglet to hatch on or about March 15th and the second shortly there after. They are just about on schedule with the previous two years, when she laid the first egg on Feb. 14th and 15th. Stay tuned!