Black Eagle volunteers ecstatic about new chick
After reporting that an egg had most likely been laid either on 18 or 19 April, BEPR monitors expected it to hatch in the first few days of June
The Black Eagle Project Roodekrans (BEPR) confirmed that an egg had hatched in the nest in the Walter Sisulu Botanical Garden (WSBG).
On Sunday, 7 June rangers from the Sugarbush Ridge Coalition (SRC) got a glimpse of the new chick after some monitoring had indicated such a possibility.
After reporting that an egg had most likely been laid either on 18 or 19 April, BEPR monitors expected it to hatch in the first few days of June.
“Should all go well over the next three months the juvenile, if it is a male, will possibly fledge in the first week of September, or a little later if it is a female,” said BEPR chairperson, Gerald Draper.
Although the lockdown regulations curtailing movement are rather a nightmare for the BEPR volunteers, they are ecstatic with the news and are looking forward to resuming their monitoring duties as soon as possible.
