COLORADO, USA — Two bald eagle couples in Colorado have laid eggs.
The two bird pairs — one in Standley Lake Regional Park and another in Fort St. Vrain — laid at least one egg each in February, as stated in social media groups that monitor the eagles on a day-to-day basis.
The pair in Platteville laid a soon-to-be Leap Day chick. The female eagle, nicknamed "Ma" in the Facebook group dedicated to the Fort St. Vrain couple, laid her first egg of the year on the evening of Feb. 29, according to a group post.
Since then, members of the social media community have continued celebrating the good news for "Ma" and her partner, "Pa." Progress of the expecting parents can be followed through a livestream, which is in place to let people follow the pair's journey without disturbing them.
Over at Standley Lake Regional Park, a different bald eagle couple got another chance at being parents. In a social media post, the wildlife refuge said the female, known as F420, laid one to two eggs on Feb. 18 — this is the first time the pair has had an egg on their nest after losing their eaglets in 2023 for the third year in a row.
The Standley Lake Regional Park eagles gained popularity since 2016, when the pair first got their own live camera installed for people to watch them daily. However, the livestream stopped after the couple had to build a new nest following their first tragedy in 2021, when a tree that supported their original nest split down the middle and killed their offspring.
The cameras can no longer reach the exact location of the bald eagle pair, but the wildlife refuge posted photos and updates of the couple to their Facebook page.
The eggs are set to hatch in approximately 35 days.
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