The NBG Eagle Cam

WVEC-TV, Norfolk Botanical Gardens and VA Dept. of Game & Inland Fisheries have partnered to bring you a live streaming view of the Eagles' Nest. Check out this kewl webcam at

http://www.norfolkbotanicalgarden.org/e-community/eagle-cam

After laying the first egg of the 2009 season on the afternoon of February 10th, the bald eagles at the Norfolk Botanical Garden laid a second egg at about 5:05pm on Friday the 13th. Sometime in the early afternoon of Wednesday, February 18th a 3rd egg was noted in the bald eagle nest at the Norfolk Botanical Garden. Sharp-eyed camera viewers captured video that shows the female apparently laying an egg shortly after midnight on February 17th. The first definitive glimpse of the egg wasn't caught until about 1:30 pm on the 18th.

The parents will incubate the eggs, protecting them from the elements while they develop. Bald eagle eggs typically hatch 35 days after being laid, although in the past this pair has generally incubated for 37 days. The first eaglet will be expected to hatch in mid-March. Three eggs is fairly extraordinary as a majority of bald eagles lay two eggs at a time.

Latest Update:
The 2nd egg was laid on February 13
The first egg was laid around 4:10 p.m. on February 10, 2009. A second egg was laid just after 5:00 pm on February 13, 2009. A third egg was laid at at 12:12 a.m. on Tuesday, February 17.