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First eagle egg hatches at NBG
39 days after egg laid
Updated: Friday, 12 Mar 2010, 6:39 AM EST
Published : Thursday, 11 Mar 2010, 3:27 PM EST
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) - The first bald eagle egg of the season hatched Thursday afternoon at the Norfolk Botanical Garden , almost 39 days after the first egg was laid in a snow-filled nest, the garden reported.
First evidence of the hatchling occurred at about 1:10 p.m. The Botanical Garden said the adult eagles were "diligent" in incubating the egg, which was laid the day after the Hampton Roads area received more than a half-foot of snow.
Two more eggs were laid soon after -- on February 3 and February 6. The eagles and the hatchling can be seen in person by visiting the Norfolk Botanical Garden .
This is the seventh year this pair of bald eagles has nested at the Norfolk Botanical Garden.
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