Monitors increase observations as hatching approaches
The behaviour of Makatsa and her partner Thulane was later confirmed by a trap camera set up by photographer Garth Heydenrych.
There was excitement in the air when the Black Eagle Project Roodekrans (BEPR) monitors observed the behaviour of the eagles that indicated that there should be at least one egg in the nest.
This behaviour by Makatsa and her partner Thulane was later confirmed by a trap camera set up by photographer Garth Heydenrych.
Garth sent through a picture taken by his camera on 2 May, which confirmed that there was at least one egg on the nest.
Photographer and observer, Johann van den Berg said, “At the moment they are incubating the egg/ s and according to our calculations, the first chick should hatch round about 10 June”.
In the meantime the parents are healthy and busy incubating. Makatsa spends more than an hour feeding, while Thulane tends to the egg/ s. When Makatsa finishes feeding, both adults fly together for some time before Makatsa returns to her parental duties.
As the egg/s get closer and closer to hatching, the BEPR monitors will increase their observations.
