Eagle-eyed live camera watchers may have noticed some egg-citing signs of life in a bald eagle nest in South Surrey.
Called the Surrey Reserve nest on , which features 24/7 live-streaming cameras on several nests in the Lower Mainland, two bald eagle nests in South Surrey and White Rock currently feature two eggs each.
In the Surrey Reserve nest, located near 171 Street and 2 Avenue, female Brit (for British Columbia) and male Rey (for the 'rey' in Surrey Reserve) returned for another year, after replacing another pair of eagles in 2022. They didn't nest in 2022, but raised two chicks in 2023, though only one fledged successfully, according to the site.
The pair successfully hatched and fledged another eaglet, Kova, in 2024, and now, two new eaglets are expected to hatch within the next few days, as Brit laid her first egg of the year on March 18, and the second, on March 21.
Since bald eagle eggs , Tuesday (April 22) was the 35th day since the first one was laid, and sure enough, there appear to be signs that the pipping process, or the act of the eaglet breaking through the shell and hatching, has started.
It takes four days for the eaglets to hatch, and after that, both parents take turns feeding and taking care of the eaglets for the next 83 to 84 days, until they're .
鈥淓agles know to stay in their nest until they鈥檙e ready. An eagle 鈥� if its left to its own instincts 鈥� usually flies on the 83rd or 84th day,鈥� David Hancock, the founder of the Hancock Wildlife Foundation, told Peace Arch News during pipping/hatching season last year.
While the White Rock nest, located on a private portion of the White Rock bluff overlooking Boundary Bay, features two eggs as well, Hancock's site noted Dad disappeared around the time the first egg was laid on March 18.
"A new, younger male with some dark on his head and tail appeared to become Mom鈥檚 new mate; it looked as if other males also showed up over the next few weeks, possibly including Dad, but none of them are helping to incubate the eggs, and it鈥檚 unlikely that Mom can be on them enough for them to develop and hatch, which may be a good thing if she doesn鈥檛 have a mate who is ready to help her feed and care for them," the website said.
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