There is a great update for these eagles. They laid their eggs a bit too early but were not going to give up. Its amazing how many people were watching and pulling for this couple. http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/eaglecam/faq.html

This pair is really hanging in there. There is one egg left today.

The eagles are still waiting. Nature is amazing.

This egg has been left unattended for over 20 minutes. Is it time to let go?

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This egg has been left unattended for over 20 minutes. Is it time to let go?

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March 14 and 15 still show the eagles are not giving up on their egg that was laid in early January. The last egg is still whole and they are adding grasses and large sticks.

I think these eagles are finally figuring that this egg is not going to hatch. Although they've been working on the nest they seem to leave the egg uncovered more and more every day. All the other cold weather eagle nests leave the egg for a very short time. These two will be off for up to a half hour.

One of the parents covered the egg during the snowfall. The egg is still holding together after all this time. It's over 60 days now.

This is today's update from the Minnesota DNR Eagle cam. I'll keep a look out for the falcon cam and post that when it happens.

The last egg finally broke. Now these eagles can get on with their eagle lives and do what eagles do. Maybe they'll start over with this nest. We'll see!!

The cam was down for the weekend, but I popped into Minnesota again to see what was happening on this eagle nest. I saw an egg that looks whole. It's hard to tell so I'm not going to get my hopes up too soon. They're sitting on it though.

The pair of eagles came back this morning. They zoomed in on the egg. Is it a crack? Or a piece of grass? The egg was laid the beginning of January.

I find it so interesting that nature tells them to keep going. They still visit the nest, shimmy over and sit on the egg, and do nestorations.

I believe this is the end to this story. It looks as if the last egg is broke or kicked out of the nest. This pair has been vigilant; always coming back to the nest, taking turns sitting, bringing food and of course nesting material. Now we wait to see if any other bird will take over this nest. I'll keep ya posted!!

I received an update via e-mail from the Minnesota DNR. This is the update to the eagle nest we've been watching.

If I remember the story right, the male eagle builds the nest to attract the female. This is one fine looking nest, don't you think? From what I read, it's not too late to start laying eggs and incubating for the season. I think this might be the male working on the nest; but that's just a guess.

I got a new update today from the Minnesota DNR Eagle cam. It seems there's some new eagles hanging around the nest. The attachment is a link to their update. This includes a link to the new falcon cam in Minnesota too!!
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/eaglecam/faq.html

How exciting to see what will happen next!!