The 2017 breeding season is well underway, and as we approach the end of January it’s about to get crazier.  I have finished compiling comprehensive 10-year calendars of egg-laying dates at the nests for which we have reliable observations. Here are the calendars for January and February.  You will find the other months under the Bald Eagle Nest Cams menu.

Based on previous years, we might expect to see eggs between now and mid-February at the DNR nest in Minneapolis, John Bunker Sands Wetlands in TX, several nests on the Catalina Islands, Blackwater Wildlife Refuge in MD, Upper Mississippi River Refuge in IL, nests in TN and DC, Turtle Bay nest in northern CA, Lake of the Ozarks in MO, Davenport IA, and nests in Pittsburgh and at Duke Farms in NJ.

We’re also going to start seeing some more nestlings hatch.

As the title of this post suggests, these few dozen nests on cam are a tiny fraction of the Bald Eagle nests across North America where courtship, nest-building, egg-laying, and hatching have gotten well underway. For another year running, the population of Bald Eagles is about to surge.

Buckle up.