Two of three eagle eggs hatch
A pair of bald eagles that returned to their nest in the Hays section of Pittsburgh for the ninth year witnessed the first of their three eggs hatching Monday morning and the second on Tuesday, as did thousands of eagle enthusiasts who watch the nest via an online feed.
An Audubon Society camera, which is attached to a nearby tree and trained on the nest, showed the first egg cracking early Monday.
Jim Bonner, executive director of the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania, explained the process of an eagle hatching is not instantaneous and sometimes takes up to 24 hours.
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