Comments on: Video: Sibling Rivalry http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/american-eagle/video-sibling-rivalry/4252/ The premier natural history series Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:13:02 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: dale http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/american-eagle/video-sibling-rivalry/4252/comment-page-1/#comment-8520 dale Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:24:40 +0000 http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/?p=4252#comment-8520 when do eaglets hatch when do eaglets hatch

]]> By: Toni http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/american-eagle/video-sibling-rivalry/4252/comment-page-1/#comment-7477 Toni Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:29:33 +0000 http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/?p=4252#comment-7477 Last year at Fort St. Vrain Station here in Colorado there were 3 eaglets, when the 3rd one had hatched I was cheering 'him' on because he wasn't able to get around well for a while and the other 2 were getting about all the food, I wasn't sure if he was going to make it. At times I thought he didn't. But he did, they all did. Towards the end, just before they were old enough to fledge, they even survived a tornado in the area. It was great watching them grow via Xcels's webcam. This year again there is a clutch of 3. And we wait to see what happens. Last year at Fort St. Vrain Station here in Colorado there were 3 eaglets, when the 3rd one had hatched I was cheering ‘him’ on because he wasn’t able to get around well for a while and the other 2 were getting about all the food, I wasn’t sure if he was going to make it. At times I thought he didn’t. But he did, they all did. Towards the end, just before they were old enough to fledge, they even survived a tornado in the area. It was great watching them grow via Xcels’s webcam. This year again there is a clutch of 3. And we wait to see what happens.

]]> By: Scott http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/american-eagle/video-sibling-rivalry/4252/comment-page-1/#comment-7280 Scott Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:30:26 +0000 http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/?p=4252#comment-7280 When eaglets hatch (a clutch of 2 is normal), they hatch from 1 to 3 days apart, in order that the eggs were laid. for the first couple of weeks, there is a visible difference in size, but past 2 weeks, the size difference starts to equal out. Also, bald eagles are dimorphic in the fact that the females are larger on average than males, so that gives them a little bit of a size advantage, even as nestlings. A female adult can be about a third bigger than a male. If the little guy can make it past a couple weeks, he should be OK. When eaglets hatch (a clutch of 2 is normal), they hatch from 1 to 3 days apart, in order that the eggs were laid. for the first couple of weeks, there is a visible difference in size, but past 2 weeks, the size difference starts to equal out.

Also, bald eagles are dimorphic in the fact that the females are larger on average than males, so that gives them a little bit of a size advantage, even as nestlings. A female adult can be about a third bigger than a male.

If the little guy can make it past a couple weeks, he should be OK.

]]> By: Warriorjd http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/american-eagle/video-sibling-rivalry/4252/comment-page-1/#comment-6459 Warriorjd Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:22:37 +0000 http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/?p=4252#comment-6459 Wow! Those eagles are as bad as humans! Wow! Those eagles are as bad as humans!

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