March 25, 2025: News from the Lawrence Peregrine Nest! Throughout March 2025, Peregrine watchers on the New Balance falcon cam observed the resident female showing strong signs of egg-laying. Special thanks to our friends at New Balance for keeping the webcam running! She frequently visited the nest box, rearranging gravel, forming a nest bowl, and regularly hunching over it as if incubating. She also spent long periods on the lateral perch pole outside, watching over her territory. All signs suggest she’s ready to lay her first egg—stay tuned for updates!
March 26, 2025: Exciting News: First Egg Arrives!
Overnight, our resident female laid her first egg, marking the first use of this nest box in years! Right on schedule for late March, she’ll likely lay additional eggs every 48 hours, starting incubation with the next-to-last egg. At this location, we’ve often seen 4 eggs per year, but from different mating pairs. Thanks again to our friends at New Balance for keeping the falcon webcam running.
March 27, 2025: Under sunny skies and breezy weather with temp highs near 50F. The female tends to her first egg on and off throughout the day. She devotes sometime to incubating and also just perching in the sun on the lateral perch pole. The second egg will hopefully drop overnight tonight. The view below shows her in the midst of moving around near the single egg in the middle of the afternoon after the sunlight had cast directly on the egg.
March 28, 2025: under partly cloudy, wind NW 9MPH, and temps in high 50’s. What an incredible experience to witness nature in real time! Watching the webcam, we’re thrilled to see a second egg, beautifully brown-speckled—now nestled in the nest box! Each egg brings us closer to a full clutch, and the excitement builds as our dedicated female tends to her growing brood. The privilege of observing this up close is a true gift (thanks New Balance); stay tuned for more updates as this season unfolds!
March 29, 2025: Cloudy with rain likely with patchy drizzle and fog. Temps high near 38. NE wind around 8 mph. Female peregrine falcons typically lay eggs every 48 hours, While most follow the standard interval, some may wait. Since incubation often starts after the second or third egg, slight delays don’t significantly impact hatching. Factors like weather, stress, or resource availability influence these variations. Let’s hope for a third egg overnight tonight!
March 30, 2025: patchy fog, cloudy, with a high near 45. East wind 11 to 13 mph. After looking many times at the webcam for an additional egg overnight, the female finally rose up off of the two eggs this morning for a stretch and bathroom break, but no third egg spotted yet…..stay tuned!
March 31, 2025: A slight chance of showers and areas of fog, cloudy, with a high near 69. Light and variable wind becoming southwest 9 to 14 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 29 mph. It’s often times amazing how the natural world throws us all kinds of surprises and keeps us humble in the process. Again, great joy this morning to observe a third egg that has been laid. The female is now spending more time over the eggs in incubation mode. Now we can hold out high hopes for a full clutch of 4 eggs!
April 2, 2025: under clear skies, wind N 8MPH, temp 31F; What a thrilling morning discovery; the fourth and likely final egg was laid overnight! Our dedicated female has carefully laid a full clutch, right on schedule, marking a huge milestone for this season. Now, the wait for incubation begins!
Pure joy watching this unfold—stay tuned for the next chapter in this amazing and joyous return to the New Balance nest box!
