Harriet lays second egg, countdown begins
By CHUCK BALLARO - | Dec 30, 2020
PHOTO PROVIDED BY SWFLEAGLECAM.COM
Southwest Florida’s most popular eagle pair is now counting down the days before they become parents once again.
Harriet now has two eggs, laying the first on Dec. 16 at 4:58 p.m. and the second one on Dec. 19 at 4:45 p.m. Assuming a standard 35-day incubation period, the new brood of eaglets will hatch toward the later part of January and fledge sometime in April.
Ginny Pritchett McSpadden, one of the founders of the Southwest Florida Eagle Cam, said the new eggs round up what has been a whirlwind of a year.