# Watch Bald Eagle eggs hatch Vol. II **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 7, 2012, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch-vol-ii/612096 "2012-02-07T18:13:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch-vol-ii/612096/21 "2012-03-27T19:39:38Z")
Is that daddy on the eggs now? ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch-vol-ii/612096/22 "2012-03-27T19:40:41Z")
It’s really hard to watch live streaming video on my DSL (Damn Slow Linkage), but I see they’re having the same wind we’re having. Maw and Paw Eagle are both on the nest ATM. Can’t see the chick right now. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch-vol-ii/612096/23 "2012-03-27T19:43:22Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Is that daddy on the eggs now? That’s Mom on the eggs, Pop was on the side of the nest. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch-vol-ii/612096/24 "2012-03-27T19:45:50Z")
> [@Bumbershoot](#): > > That’s Mom on the eggs, Pop was on the side of the nest. Thanks. The one on the side looked larger, which should be the female I believe. Probably just camera perspective. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch-vol-ii/612096/25 "2012-03-27T19:49:58Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Thanks. The one on the side looked larger, which should be the female I believe. Probably just camera perspective. Right, they’ve got a wide-angle lens on there and the male was much closer to it. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch-vol-ii/612096/26 "2012-03-27T22:22:40Z")
Dad just came back with a nice trout. Took the head off it even! Dinnertime. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch-vol-ii/612096/27 "2012-03-28T13:37:49Z")
The website says a second pip was spotted last night, so egg #2 should be hatching today or tomorrow. For anyone who’s wondering how to tell the male from the female, the best way is by looking at the brow ridge. It’s more prominent on the female and extends further back on the head. The female also has more gray around her eyes. The female is larger than the male but it’s hard to compare when only one is on the nest. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch-vol-ii/612096/28 "2012-03-28T15:51:01Z")
Eaglet #2 hatched about an hour ago. Eaglet #1 just had breakfast, raw fish served by Mom. ---
**Author:** ![zagloba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/977dab/32.png) [@zagloba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zagloba)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch-vol-ii/612096/29 "2012-03-28T16:20:57Z")
I think I’ve also seen them feeding bits of birds. I’m also enjoying the songs of the other birds. The sparrows and other little birds poking around the edge of the nest are pretty amusing. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch-vol-ii/612096/30 "2012-03-28T17:00:28Z")
Hah! Our “local” TV news station (which is really from the Twin Cities) just had the webcam as one of their news stories. Do they even hire actual reporters any more? ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch-vol-ii/612096/31 "2012-03-28T17:02:09Z")
> [@Sudden\_Kestrel](#): > > Hah! Our “local” TV news station (which is really from the Twin Cities) just had the webcam as one of their news stories. Do they even hire actual reporters any more? What, you expect a reporter to go interview the Eagles? ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch-vol-ii/612096/32 "2012-03-28T17:12:55Z")
> [@Laggard](#): > > What, you expect a reporter to go interview the Eagles? That would be hiLARious! But no, they just seem to get most of their “news” content from the internet lately, offer the barest details of the story, then refer viewers to their web page for a link to the rest. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch-vol-ii/612096/33 "2012-03-28T20:20:00Z")
Yay, I finally got to see the babies! ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch-vol-ii/612096/34 "2012-03-29T22:08:02Z")
Looks like a dead squirrel has been added to the buffet. And a pip was just spotted in egg #3. Hatch is likely within 24 hours, going by the first two. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch-vol-ii/612096/35 "2012-03-30T00:02:30Z")
Well, I just watched two of them being fed. So cute! The tiny little albino chicks were poking at each other while mom was chewing on something that looked like a fish. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch-vol-ii/612096/36 "2012-03-31T15:20:40Z")
Egg #3 hatched last night! This is the fourth year in a row that this pair has successfully hatched 3 eaglets. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch-vol-ii/612096.md?page=1)