It's official! The viral eaglets living in the San Bernardino National Forest in Southern California now have names, following a contest that saw over 54,000 submissions.
Two pairs of Michigan bald eagles could become parents any day now, and the public can watch as it happens. The eagles, in west Michigan and near Traverse City, have been carefully guarding eggs since February. Based on typical eagle gestation, both pairs of birds could see chicks hatch as soon as April 1.
New bald eagle mom Stella unveiled her first eaglet early Thursday at about 1:45 a.m. in the U.S. Steel Irvin Plant nest above the Monongahela River in West Mifflin.
Three bald eagle chicks have hatched in a West Virginia nest to parents that endured tragedy last year during their first mating season together. The day-to-day lives of Bella and Scout, as well as their three new eaglets, are captured on the livestream camera at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Conservation Training Center.
The sea birds will be released when their flight feathers grow and they can feed themselves — in about three months, care center officials said.