# 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:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573/21 "2011-03-31T16:23:07Z")
> [@PapSett](#): > > Thank you for posting this… very cool watching! > > I think it’s Daddy Eagle on the nest right now and he sure is doing a lot of rearranging of the twigs! And here I thought males never rearrange furniture without females making them do it. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573/22 "2011-03-31T17:46:46Z")
Whichever one is sitting now is amazingly alert - head constantly moving from side to side. I think I’d have zonked out by now, just sitting there like that! (Too bad eagles can’t surf the Dope - you know (s)he’d be all over the boards posting like a mofo, bored out of his feathered skull!) ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573/23 "2011-03-31T17:56:50Z")
LOL… i was just talking to a friend on the phone, I had sent her the link this morning and we were both watching while talking, and we got to giggling about how boring it has to be to just SIT there, no TV, no computer, no video games… just endless sitting. I am pretty sure it’s still the male on the nest unless I missed the changing of the guard, the stats at the bottom said he is the smalled of the 2 and when they switched out, this one was definitely the smaller. Can’t wait 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 31, 2011, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573/24 "2011-03-31T18:27:15Z")
> [@PapSett](#): > > LOL… i was just talking to a friend on the phone, I had sent her the link this morning and we were both watching while talking, and we got to giggling about how boring it has to be to just SIT there, no TV, no computer, no video games… just endless sitting. > > I am pretty sure it’s still the male on the nest unless I missed the changing of the guard, the stats at the bottom said he is the smalled of the 2 and when they switched out, this one was definitely the smaller. > > Can’t wait to see the babies! You saw them switch places? I was hoping to catch that! They just zoomed in on what looked like a dead rabbit at the edge of the nest. Cool! ---
**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, 2011, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573/25 "2011-03-31T19:06:15Z")
I just saw them trade places! The female, on the nest now, is definitely larger. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573/26 "2011-03-31T19:43:04Z")
> [@Bumbershoot](#): > > You saw them switch places? I was hoping to catch that! > > They just zoomed in on what looked like a dead rabbit at the edge of the nest. Cool! “Aw honey, not dead rabbit **again!** ” ---
**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, 2011, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573/27 "2011-03-31T20:10:28Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > “Aw honey, not dead rabbit **again!** ” "I brought you a nice fresh cat when _you_ were on the nest. That I caught myself! And did you save any for me? No! Then you show up with a 3 day old roadkill rabbit. Sometimes I think I married a turkey vulture." ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573/28 "2011-03-31T20:31:15Z")
Mama just turned around and rearranged the eggs a bit so the camera zoomed in on the eggs. Very cool. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573/29 "2011-03-31T21:09:48Z")
nevermind. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573/30 "2011-03-31T21:26:54Z")
I’m getting google ads on that feed for BirdBGone pest bird removal.:mad: ---
**Author:** ![DoperChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@DoperChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoperChic)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573/31 "2011-03-31T21:30:34Z")
She’s got her butt to the wind now. It’s blowing her wing feathers up exposing the lower white ones. Must feel good. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573/32 "2011-04-01T01:03:52Z")
Odd experience. I just moved suddenly and she swung her head and stared straight into the camera, like she was looking at me. One of those moments when reality doesn’t seem to work quite right. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2011, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573/33 "2011-04-01T12:26:25Z")
I’m pretty sure that’s the male on the nest now. He must have taken over late last night or early this morning. He was just moving around and I saw all three eggs intact. I hope today is the day, I really really really want to see at one of the eggs hatch! ---
**Author:** ![gravitycrash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@gravitycrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gravitycrash)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573/34 "2011-04-01T13:22:16Z")
I know Eagles are large birds but it’s hard to get a feel for the scale until you read the FAQ and it says the nest is 5’-6’ across and about the same in depth and weighs 1.5 tons. Also I’m spending more time watching this than doing work. Update: The male just rearranged the eggs and is facing into the wind 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:** [April 1, 2011, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573/35 "2011-04-01T15:44:32Z")
I just saw the changing of the guard! Mama Eagle is on the nest! ---
**Author:** ![gravitycrash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@gravitycrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gravitycrash)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573/36 "2011-04-01T15:46:34Z")
Mama is rearranging the nest to her satisfaction. ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573/37 "2011-04-01T15:51:05Z")
Thanks again **Bumbershoot** (a hilariously cool name) for bringing this to attention! Fascinating. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2011, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573/38 "2011-04-01T16:40:30Z")
> [@the lone cashew](#): > > Thanks again **Bumbershoot** (a hilariously cool name) for bringing this to attention! Fascinating. My pleasure. I never thought it could be so interesting to watch a bird sitting on a nest, but I can’t stop watching. I hate it when something comes up here at work and I have to leave my desk. Bumbershoot is a tune by my favorite group, Bela Fleck & the Flecktones. Plus a bumbershoot is sort of like a parachute and I used to do a lot of skydiving. It made sense at the time. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573/39 "2011-04-01T17:51:23Z")
I always forget how much more quickly spring comes here than the rest of the country - it’s surreal that there are no leaves on the trees. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2011, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573/40 "2011-04-01T18:12:01Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > I always forget how much more quickly spring comes here than the rest of the country - it’s surreal that there are no leaves on the trees. I know! It’s 75F and sunny here in New Mexico. It looks so cold there! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573.md?page=3)