On the Cornell Hawks cam, Big Red monitors her surroundings at the Fernow nest site while the camera zooms in for a close-up. Later, Arthur arrives with a chipmunk, and Big Red takes it to go while he spruces up the nest with some stick arrangements. When can we expect the first egg of 2022? The earliest lay date on record for Big Red is March 13 in 2016, so it could be coming any day. We'll be watching closely over the next week! Watch LIVE at AllAboutBirds.org/CornellHawks | Bird Cams

The Cornell Hawks are back in action! Watch Big Red hunker down over the nest bowl and lay a shiny white egg with brown speckles. This marks the first egg of the 2022 breeding season for Cornell University's resident Red-tailed Hawks, Big Red and Arthur. March 14 is the second earliest lay date that we've recorded for Big Red since the Cornell Hawks cam went live in 2012. The earliest lay date was on March 13, in 2016. Given how much we've seen the hawks invest in nest building over the past mon