Baby Eagle Watch Continues: Second Eagle Egg Laid In Avon Lake

AVON LAKE, OH — A second eagle egg has been laid in a nest near Redwood Elementary. School officials say the second egg appeared in the nest on Feb. 28 at about 6:30 p.m. A third egg could be laid soon.

Stars and Stripes, the two adult eagles that live in the nest, laid their first egg of 2018 last week. The mother laid the egg at about 6:40 p.m., which appears to be prime egg laying time.

Eagles usually lay eggs in groupings of about two to three. The eggs are laid two to three days apart. A third egg could appear this weekend or earlier. The eggs take between 36 and 38 days to hatch. That means there could be baby eagles during the first week of April.

There is a live stream of the nest near Redwood that is available at all times, so the eaglets can be seen coming out of their shells and learning to fly.

Two eggs have hatched healthy baby eagles each of the past two years. Stars and Stripes are pretty consistent on when they like to lay new eggs. In both 2017 and 2016, eggs were laid during the last week of February.

Check out the live stream of the eagles in the video above.

Photo from Avon Lake Schools