# Watch Bald Eagle eggs hatch **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 30, 2011, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573 "2011-03-30T22:38:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573/262 "2014-05-05T02:10:42Z")
> [@Bumbershoot](#): > > That’s an interesting question. I PMed Colibri, hopefully he can answer it. > [@Bumbershoot](#): > > In the meantime, I found [this link](http://www.nationaleaglecenter.org/eagle-info/glossary/#s) that says Yes, that’s the answer. Raptors have a ridge above the eye to shade it which also makes them look [fierce.](http://themartireed.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/eagle-face-white.jpg) ---
**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:** [May 5, 2014, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573/263 "2014-05-05T02:17:58Z")
That’s quite a photo, Colibri! In the case of this nesting pair, the ridge is an easy way to tell the female from the male (besides the difference in size, the female being larger). The ridge is much more prominent on the female. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573/264 "2015-02-19T02:17:18Z")
Bumping this for a good reason: Momma has laid her first egg of the season at 6:07 Central time! [Here is a video of the the egg-laying,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqeYhtkZbhQ) and [here is live video of Momma sitting on the egg.](http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles) Welcome to the world, D21! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573/265 "2015-02-19T06:23:33Z")
Correction: [This is the video of the first egg being laid today.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZAM4SsTxkU&feature=youtu.be) ---
**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:** [February 19, 2015, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573/266 "2015-02-19T16:38:10Z")
Thanks for bumping this thread, Czarcasm. For anyone following along at home, the eagles are not in the same nest they used when I started this thread in 2011. They built a new one about 500 ft. from the old one and have been using it since 2013. They’ve been prolific, having hatched and fledged 3 eaglets every year since 2009 (and 2 eaglets in 2008). ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2015, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573/267 "2015-02-21T18:33:14Z")
The angle she is sitting, I swear she knows exactly where the camera is. What a beautiful sight. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573/268 "2015-02-22T21:14:02Z")
Second egg laid last night at 7:01 pm CST. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2015, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573/269 "2015-02-25T19:19:39Z")
Looks like they got some snow in Iowa- Papa was on the eggs with a layer of snow on his back. Then he stood up, shook the snow off and flew away as Mama arrived for her shift. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573/270 "2015-02-25T21:44:36Z")
If there is a third egg, it’ll come any time now. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573/271 "2015-02-26T00:56:50Z")
She is laying the third egg right now. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2022, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573/272 "2022-01-10T14:34:46Z")
Bumped. Some good news, for once: > **[Two bald eagle eggs have hatched in Florida, part of a huge success story....](https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/09/us/bald-eagles-success-story-conservation-efforts-scn/index.html)** > > When two baby bald eagles hatched in Florida in front of a livestream camera in late December, thousands of people tuned in to see it happen. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573.md?page=13)