FEEDING

Parent feeding 1st chick still see 2nd egg see dark hole in it

HATCH

1st chick hatched on March 2, 2009 you can still see the 2nd egg.

See dark hole in one of the eggs

You will see there is a dark spot in one of the eggs. That is the chick using

its tooth to cut through egg shell.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR JUST BEFORE EGG-LAYING

Just wanted to mention-WHAT TO LOOK FOR JUST BEFORE EGG-LAYING:
Female sitting down on nest more and more. Female reluctant to leave the nest area. She sleeps in nest all night. Male may bring fish for her to eat.
EGG-LAYING: Female's feathers stick out like a porcupine. Her body starts contractions, every two or three seconds. She opens her beak a quarter inch and emits grunts with each contraction. This may last for 3 or 4 minutes. When egg comes out she stands over it allowing it to dry. After this you will see a lot of eagle raising up over the egg/eggs and turning the eggs.
Which will continue from day 1 of laying egg until 35-40 days of incubation till hatch if egg
is fertile.

3/01/09 taken at 11:25:00AM EST I sent picture to Lisa she said: Definitely a hole.

This is the 37th day of incubation.

The hole in the shell allows the chick to breath.

It can take up to 24 hrs. for the chick to come fully out of the egg.

Tired and wet it will dry very fast.

Hatching Process

3/01/09 at 8:33:30AM Sent pic to Lisa she said : Nothing definite