WASHINGTON — Remember the bald eagle so committed聽to protecting its eggs, that it didn’t budge when聽? Well, some of the hard work has paid off as the eaglets hatch.
One of the eggs hatched and the on Tuesday morning showed at least one moving baby. The other eggs are about to hatch.
The first Pennsylvania bald eaglet has hatched!
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The particular eagle guarding the nest was actually one of two. Named Liberty and Freedom, the pair has two eggs. Their nest is in view of the .
Over the past few days, the eagles continued to tend to the eggs, but took quick breaks from the nest always returning and resuming watch.
Earlier this month when the eagle was seen covered in snow, there were calls for someone to save the bird. At the time,聽, a naturalist with聽WGAL-TV, said the eagle was warm — that it was like a human wearing a goose down coat.
鈥淚f you look at the eagle, covered with snow, that tells you that聽this eagle is terrifically insulated because the snow is not melting,” Hubley said. “Why is that? There鈥檚 no heat escaping.鈥�
