# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2011, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573/81 "2011-04-03T22:50:02Z")
A bit more feeding. The runt still seems to be getting the raw end of the food deal. ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/51bf81/32.png) [@Big\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Blue)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2011, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573/82 "2011-04-03T23:01:16Z")
wow. I think they just brought back a crow and 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:** [April 3, 2011, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573/83 "2011-04-03T23:01:49Z")
Papa just showed up and dropped off a dead bird- looks like it might be a crow. Then he flew off and came back with a small fish! Edit: he had bits of meat and feathers hanging from his beak. Now he’s gone 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:** [April 3, 2011, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573/84 "2011-04-03T23:03:37Z")
You beat me to it, Big Blue! ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/51bf81/32.png) [@Big\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Blue)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2011, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573/85 "2011-04-03T23:05:55Z")
I wonder how stocked they will get! It must be pretty awesome to watch an eagle catch a fish. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2011, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573/86 "2011-04-03T23:10:14Z")
There is a regular buffet in that nest now… babies have their choice between red meat, seafood or poultry! I was getting worried about that wayward chick too and awwwww’ed out loud when mama managed to pull it back under her! ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2011, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573/87 "2011-04-03T23:14:02Z")
which of the two (male or female) as the feather sticking straight up? ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2011, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573/88 "2011-04-03T23:19:26Z")
Dad is on the nest right now, he’s the one that is always fidgiting with the nest. Mom iscalmer and seems to sleep more. ---
**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 3, 2011, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573/89 "2011-04-03T23:19:48Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > which of the two (male or female) as the feather sticking straight up? That was the female. The male is on the nest 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 3, 2011, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573/90 "2011-04-03T23:20:49Z")
Beat me to it, PapSett! ---
**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 3, 2011, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573/91 "2011-04-03T23:29:19Z")
He’s trying to feed it chunks of meat bigger than the chick’s head! Edit: Wait a minute, I think that’s Mama again. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2011, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573/92 "2011-04-03T23:32:34Z")
Nice buffet on the near side of the nest. Fish, Rabbit, and Crow? where are the veggies? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2011, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573/93 "2011-04-03T23:40:12Z")
We need a snake and frog to finish the buffet of the animal kingdom. Mammals, Fish, Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians. Might be too early in the season for Frogs and Snake type creatures. ---
**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 3, 2011, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573/94 "2011-04-03T23:42:37Z")
Is anyone else getting hungry? ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573/95 "2011-04-04T00:33:01Z")
If the rabbit, fish and crow are in front, what is in the back that is being fed to the eaglets? ---
**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 4, 2011, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573/96 "2011-04-04T00:40:42Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > If the rabbit, fish and crow are in front, what is in the back that is being fed to the eaglets? I was wondering about that. Maybe one of the parents tore off a chunk of rabbit and stashed it back there. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573/97 "2011-04-04T00:50:28Z")
Is the video on a tape delay? I live (almost) due South (500 miles) of the hatchery and it is pitch dark here. and I can see the road in the background of the video. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573/98 "2011-04-04T02:15:31Z")
Before it got dark, I noticed cars pulling over on the side of the road in the background. Local stickybeakers? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573/99 "2011-04-04T02:24:22Z")
Just checking sunset times, the sun sets in Decorah about 12 minutes after my hometown (7:35 pm). and civil twilight lasts until 8:03 pm. I wouldn’t think that there is that much different in sunsets/twilight in differing latitudes in early April. Late June, yes, but not April 3rd. Straight Dope: Fighting Ignorance once again. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573/100 "2011-04-04T07:09:43Z")
A few minutes ago the chicks got restless and there was a bit of “middle of the night” jiggling around. I suppose it must get awfully hot and squashy underneath whichever parent it is. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573.md?page=6)