Naturally speaking: Nesting bald eagles

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02
Apr

Naturally speaking: Nesting bald eagles


Bald eagle on a nest. (Photo by Jerry Davis)

A bald eagle pair in Iowa County appears to be beginning a 35-day incubation, suggesting the first of two eggs, usually, hatching about March 28. If there is a second egg, it could hatch before April Fool’s Day. That would put fledglings leaving the nest before Independence Day.

 

 


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