16 March 2025
Today at 1:17pm Carla laid her first egg of the year at Pitt’s Cathedral of Learning peregrine nest. The Pittsburgh area and large swaths of western PA and neighboring states were under a Tornado Watch at the time.
The first heavy downpour and lightning had passed when Carla arrived at the nest at 12:30pm but it was still raining and the wind was gusting to 48 mph. She took one last look at 12:53pm before hunkering down at the scrape.
At 1:22pm she revealed the egg.
Carla will lay her next egg in about two days so watch for it on the National Aviary falconcam at the Cathedral of Learning.
Here is the video clip of Carla laying her first egg of 2025. You can hear wind on the microphone and a distant rally in the park across the street.
Congrats to Carla and Ecco on their first egg. Thanks for the update, Kate.
Well there are now 2 eggs in the nest. Carla was laying on them when I tuned back in at 4:45 this afternoon until Ecco showed up. He laid on the eggs for a little while then went to the green scratching post. She was laying on the egg when I left the website around 1:30 & she was there when I tuned back in. Perhaps there will only be 2 eggs this year.
Joann, I believe incubation did not begin yet though it is always hard to tell. They’ll begin it just before the last egg is laid. Carla laid 4 last year so I’m going to wait and see if she does so this year.
Congrats