Live Bald Eagle Nest Cam

Posted by David Wetzel

Watch a Bald Eagle in real-time as they incubates two eggs in thir nest. The eggs are expected to hatch anytime.

This live feed is provided free by the Hancock Wildlife Foundation.

Nesting Facts

Both the male and female bald eagle will incubated the eggs however the female bird, being much larger, takes the longer incubation periods overnight or during cold storms. It is believed that her larger body weight gives her more endurance.

incubation, the process of the eagles sitting on the egg to bring up the eggs’ temperature, starts with the laying of the first egg.  The eggs take almost precisely 35 days to hatch. Since the incubation starts from the time the first egg is laid, this means that the eggs hatch 3 days apart.

The average for the west coast eagle populations is almost exactly 2 eggs per clutch.  Eagles can lay only one egg but can also lay three eggs and there are some rare records of 4 eggs being laid.

The eggs are rolled over by either parent about every hour to 2 hours during the incubation period. The purpose of this roll is to make sure that the lighter yolk does not rise to the egg surface and the delicate blood vessels that cover the yolk touch and stick to the shell surface, killing the developing chick.  This egg roll is apparent in our video.