During the eaglets hatching, does she continue to sit on the egg or stand aside?
A. As far as we can tell when the new hatchling is emerging, both parents are at the nest and both seem a little fidgety. Most of the time mom stays in the nest and dad is out and away but comes back in to check on the progress. They do trade places quite often and each stands and turns, sits a while, stands and turns, sits a while and so on. This continues until the chick has completely emerged. With each hatching though mom has been sitting “at the time of birth”. She stands and dad (not being far away) comes back in and they both look at the new youngster as if to say, “It’s here! These last few days have been a busy time for mom and dad eagle, as will be the next few weeks and months. These two little ones are fed about every two hours. Mom and dad have been bringing in all kinds of food. Fish, rodents, snakes and other birds. They seem to keep a good supply of food in the nest. We see them bring in fresh but they sometimes prefer to use previous items too. These two won’t go hungr
