18 March 2026
Carla laid her first egg of 2026 at 4:08am this morning at the Cathedral of Learning peregrine nest.
John English was awake at 4:39am and texted me with the news. (Yes, I am up that early.) Britta Moletz at the National Aviary provided this video.
Here are snapshots of what happened next.
Just before 6:30am Ecco came to see the egg.
Carla will lay her second egg in about two days but she won’t begin incubation until her next-to-last egg. Meanwhile it is 16°F before dawn this morning. Ecco and Carla will cover the egg to keep it from freezing but will not lay their skin against it to heat it up until incubation begins.
Watch Carla and Ecco’s growing family on the National Aviary falconcam at the University of Pittsburgh’s Cathedral of Learning.
Hurray! Let it be the first of many eggs at the Cathedral. Thanks for the update.
Congratulations Carla and Ecco!!!
I was watching and caught Carla laying her first egg at 4:07am. So exciting!
Happy to send screen shot if you are interested.
wow congrats but question what was all that noise in the backround
The microphone has issues, however we cannot go out on the ledge to troubleshoot it while the birds are nesting.