Birds-eye view: See a baby eagle
Want to see one of the season's first bald eagle babies? Head on over to a live feed set up by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
The birth was caught on video Tuesday by the department's EagleCam. According to the department, the first of three eggs was laid on Jan. 19 or 20, and it usually takes 35 days for eagles to incubate their eggs.
On Wednesday, the DNR tweeted a link to a video replay of one of the eggs beginning to hatch:
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Officials believe the same pair of eagles has returned to the nest featured on the live stream for the past three years.
MPR News digital producer Nancy Yang contributed to this report.