BEPR expecting an egg within a few days
Members of the BEPR have been to the Botanical Garden every day for over a week now to see if there were signs of an egg in the nest.
On the morning of 13 April, Black Eagle Project Roodekrans (BEPR) chairperson, Gerald Draper and BEPR monitor, Dougie Crewe did some monitoring on the resident eagles of Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden to establish what the egg-laying situation was.
“It was just starting to get light when we arrived and it didn’t take us too long to establish that there was no egg in the nest. It wasn’t long before the rest of the BEPR monitors arrived to help with the monitoring, and by 7.30am Makatsa and Mahlori were bringing in a variety of small sticks and green spray for the lining of the nest while a lot of time was spent on the nest rearranging the sticks. We are however expecting the first egg to be laid within a few days,” said Dougie.
According to the BEPR monitors, they will be at the Botanical Garden regularly to monitor the nest and the eagles’ activities.
This enables them to determine the ongoing situation as they like to provide factual information on the latest developments.
“We do not speculate; once we have had positive confirmation of an egg from the trap camera we will make an official announcement,” explained Dougie.
Members of the BEPR have been to the Botanical Garden every day for over a week now to see if there were signs of an egg in the nest.
The eagles have been bringing sticks and green sprays to the nest regularly, but unfortunately not spending much time on the nest, beside moving sticks around.
BERP monitors will continue watching for positive signs as last year the first egg was laid on 19 April.
