Hooray! The First Eaglet has hatched at National Arboretum. The little fuzzball emerged at 8:30 a.m.

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this morning. Mr. President & The First Lady look like they are doing well. The watch is now on for egg #2.

http://dceaglecam.eagles.org/

[sarge43]

1. Congratulations to the proud parents. May all go well

[blue neen]

2. I was watching that earlier.

Fascinating.

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3. Here is a screen grab I took of the little guy this afternoon when mama was feeding him/her.

So adorable...

[blue neen]

4. OMG! How cute!

You did a great job getting that screen shot!

[catbyte]

5. Thanks! Here's eaglet #2, who hatched at about 3:00 a.m. today:

[femmocrat]

6. Hooray! So cute!

May they both continue to thrive!

[catbyte]

7. I hope so! They are so cute and fuzzy that the thought of one tearing the other one apart is just

too gruesome to contemplate. I think that danger is low, however, because that usually happens when food is scarce. That doesn't seem to be a problem here--dad is constantly bringing freshly caught fish to mom & babies. They're even flopping, which is kind of awful, but they gotta eat!

[blue neen]

8. You know, I was up at about 1 am last night watching that eagle cam!

You could kind of tell something was going on, because mom or dad (whoever was sitting on the nest) was a little restless.

How cute!

[Rhiannon12866]

9. That is so precious!

Thanks so much for sharing this, love these magnificent birds!