Eagle eggs hatching today on live web cam

Vanity Post?? ^ | May 22, 2003 | Apple Pan Dowdy

[westmex]

Here is the article from King 5 News

Westy... 'Miracle' emerges in the treetops 05/25/2003 By ARTURO SANTIAGO / KING 5 news KENT, Wash. - High above Loraine and Garry Robbins' back yard, "Star," the mother eagle, flies back home to the nest. At her feet are two of her eggs. And if you look closely, one of them is twitching, actually, hatching. A day or two later, a tiny, fluffy gray eaglet joins the family. It’s called “Miracle” because the eggs in this nest are usually incubated for 37-38 days. The first egg was laid on April 11 and 42 days had passed with no hatching. Experts were telling the Robbins’ the eggs had no chance of survival after so many days and sometimes the eggs were left unattended for hours in the cold and rain. But the eaglet defied the odds and the skeptics to breathe new life in to the nest, and bring a sigh of relief to their hosts that were faithfully monitoring the Web cameras. Resource Links EagleCam There are now new life and death struggles the little eaglet is facing. For now, it gets stronger every day and is off to a pretty good start. The Robbins’ will observe the eaglet for awhile to see what kind of characteristics and personality traits emerge, and then rename it appropriately. As for the second egg, it still has not yet begun to hatch.

[andysandmikesmom]

Thanks for the info about when the Eagles are going to be on TV again....will be sure to tune in and watch and see what I can see...

Now I am going over to the cam, and hope there is a baby eagle in the nest....

[westmex]

The link to the article...

Eagle Article

.......Westy....

[westmex]

Mom, they didn't say it would be on again at 10 and 11, but there is a chance.....

......Westy....

[andysandmikesmom]

Well, I am going to watch anyway, and hopefully, they will have time to show it again...mixed in with all the usual bad news, I would like to see a good story about eagles...

[westmex]

The link above will take you to their news story....

.....Westy....

[HairOfTheDog]

Just watched one of the parents get up and cover the egg (and the baby too I guess!) with grass. They are hiding them from us, and keeping them warm. That is why we haven't been able to see. There must be an eaglet there still, because they didn't do this covering-up behavior when it was just the eggs.

[Severa]

that's what it sounds like. It's eerie as hell when you go from one frame where she's looking away and the next frame it's like she's looking dead square at the camera *L*

[Calpernia]

Thanks, you just answered my question I was going to post!

[andysandmikesmom]

I think I have seen the baby eagle...an hour ago, I saw what I thought might be the baby...then I just now looked, and what I thought was the baby, has changed position...so it looks like we do indeed have one baby....

The other egg is still unhatched...

[westmex]

Just a ping to mark the spot....

......Westy....

[westmex]

Another ping to mark the spot.....lol

.......Westy.....