14 March 2024, 4:15pm
Happy Egg Day at the Cathedral of Learning! Carla laid her first egg this afternoon, 14 March 2024 at 4:00pm.
This 2-minute video shows the moment she laid the egg.
Have a question about the egg or Carla and Ecco’s behavior? Check out the Peregrine FAQs.
Meanwhile, watch Carla, Ecco and their growing family on the National Aviary Falconcam at Univ of Pittsburgh.
UPDATE: New video added on Friday morning.
Egg Day’s Day-in-a-Minute: 14 March 2024 from 7am to 7pm, compressed into 60 seconds.
- Carla lays the egg at 4pm (16:00).
- Her mate Ecco visits the egg for 3 minutes at 5pm (17:00) then Carla returns to guard it.
- Ecco swaps with Carla and takes care of the egg at 6pm (18:00). He probably brought her food which she’s eating off camera.
Note: Near the end of the video you will see white lines (not cracks) on the egg. DO NOT WORRY. THE EGG IS FINE.
Carla is a first-time mom so she moved the egg around a lot before it was dry. The reddish color is the last thing applied to the white eggshell before it is laid. While the egg is still wet the color can be smudged by the bird’s feathers or scratched by being moved on the gravel.
Congratulations Carla and Ecco! Here’s to a successful season this year!
Yay!
yay!
And so the season begins. Fingers crossed for a successful year at the Cathedral.
Awesome!
After 25 years, this never, ever gets old no matter whose nest we watch. At least not to me!! Congrats, Kate!
Amazing!
I monitor and report on Moxie and Jamie at the Indiana Michigan building in downtown Fort Wayne, IN. I am so excited that we have found the whereabouts of their daughter, Carla S07, from hatch year 2020. Thank you for your very informative blog and lets hope that Carla and Ecco have a successful year!
So happy spring is here! They always lay right when the eagles are about to hatch.need a dual computer screen.
Ooh, we have a second egg which appeared at around 9:10 pm tonight. Woo-hoo!