The Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania reports there are now three eggs in the Hays bald eagle’s nest. The third egg was laid before 5 p.m. Thursday; it joins the first egg, which was laid on Feb. 11, and the second, laid on Valentine’s Day. This is the sixth time in the pair’s history that they have laid three eggs in one season. Two times (2014 and 2021) all three eggs hatched and three eaglets fledged the nest. The nest cam is online at: http://aswp.org/pages/hays-nest.

The nest is located about five miles from downtown Pittsburgh, along the Monongahela River, near where the famed Carnegie Steel Homestead site once existed.

Eggs take approximately 35 days to hatch. An adult bald eagle will stay on the nest constantly, incubating the egg.The adult eagles will take turns on the nest, never leaving it unattended.

When the adult stands up, it can be seen rolling the egg to keep a constant temperature within the egg. When this occurs, the egg is visible in the nest bowl. The adult then lays back down over the egg to continue incubation.