It's a dangerous world up there in an eagle nest, but the two Richmond Eagle Cam birds are experts at protecting their eggs.
A sustained cold rain could kill the eggs. A raccoon could eat them. James and Virginia, however, have been bringing up babies for more than a decade.
"They know what they are doing," said Bryan Watts, director of the Center for Conservation Biology, a research group.
The eagles are tending two eggs. That's the norm, although some mother eagles lay three. The eggs should hatch in mid- to late March.
"We're hoping for an uneventful incubation," Watts said. The young birds should take their first flights in June.
Viewers are watching the Eagle Cam from across the U.S. and more than 60 countries, including Canada, the United Kingdom, Libya, Serbia and Peru, said Libby Mojica, a wildlife biologist with the center.
The Eagle Cam is a project of the center and the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
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