The Bald Eagle breeding season has begun — no eggs as of today, but lots of courtship and nest-tending is going on, especially in the southern tier of the Bald Eagle population.  Streaming cams on nests in the so-called “humid subtropics” — 6 in Florida (including 2 new ones), 2 in Louisiana, and 1 in Texas — are giving views of eagles active especially early in the morning and late afternoon through evening. Some of the eagles have stayed in or near their nests overnight, some have brought food to the nests, and some have been seen or heard (or both) copulating.

Now that the egg-laying season is almost upon us, I have created a new Nest Watch page for 2021-2022, where I will record dates of eggs, hatches, and fledges as they occur. Last year’s nest watch page has been moved to the Breeding tab.

To help those who monitor many nests to anticipate when eagles at the various nests will lay eggs, I have updated my Egg-Laying Calendars, monthly tables of dates at all the online nests from 2007 through summer 2021.

And I am trying to stay abreast of the cams that are streaming and those that aren’t, updates of links, and new cams (of which I know of 4) for the Links to Streaming Cams page.

Last year the first eggs at nests with cams were laid in the first week of November.  Um, that’s next week!

See you in the blinds!