2023 MN DNR EagleCam 03/02/23

2023 EagleCam Season

 

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https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/features/webcams/eaglecam/index.html

 

February 23, 2023

A major snowfall piles up 13.4 inches of snow in the Twin Cities covering the female in this time lapse video opens in a new browser tab from the early hours of February 23rd.

 

March 1, 2023

Broken Egg

On February 28, when the male and female were switching incubation duties, the male rose with one egg stuck to his brood patch. The brood patch is a bare spot of skin that all nesting adult eagles have. It allows for the warm skin of the adult's body to be in direct contact with the egg, keeping the eggs at an optimal 99°F. We don't know if the egg was already broken when the male stood up, or if it happened earlier.

What now?

There is no indication the remaining egg is broken or infertile. The eagle pair will continue incubating it just as they have been, until about March 23. Since we don't know if the broken egg was the first or second egg, the incubation time frame is less predictable. We will begin egg watch on March 22. The survival rate of bald eagle chicks to fledging (successful flight) is 50%. It is sad and unfortunate to lose an egg, but since there will only be one chick to care for, the survival chances increase dramatically!

 

Click here for the EagleCam Newsletter

https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/features/webcams/eaglecam/newsletter.html

 

 

 

 

Publication: 

The Drummer and The Wright County Journal Press

PO Box 159
108 Central Ave.
Buffalo MN 55313

www.thedrummer.com

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