BEPR confident that there’s an egg in the nest
“Members of the BEPR are very excited about the latest developments at the Botanical Garden and hope for a successful breeding cycle to be completed.”
Members of the Black Eagle Project Roodekrans (BEPR) have been closely monitoring the breeding pair of Verreaux’s eagles at the Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden (WSNBG) during the past week.
According to BERP monitor and photographer, Johann van den Berg, judging from the eagles’ behaviour, they strongly suspect that the first egg was laid on 21 or 22 April.
However, at this point in time, the BERP monitors are unable to confirm this with photographic evidence.
“We have been monitoring the eagles closely for the past 10 days and judging from their behaviour, we strongly suspect that an egg was laid on Wednesday, 21 April. We have been hesitant to make an announcement, as we were hoping for camera footage for confirmation but unfortunately, this is not to be as the trap camera cannot focus into the cup of the nest. Based on this, we are expecting the second egg to be laid this Sunday. If all goes according to plan, we should have the first hatching in 44 days’ time, that being 4 or 5 June,” said BEPR monitor, Dougie Crewe.
“Members of the BEPR are very excited about the latest developments at the Botanical Garden and hope for a successful breeding cycle to be completed,” said Johann.
