This menu item tracks the stages of the Bald Eagle breeding season from the formation of a pair bond through the incubation and hatching of eaglets.  Pages will cover (links are added as pages are published):

• Pair formation, bonding, copulation
• Female and male reproductive systems
• Eggs
  • Formation and fertilization
  • Oviposition (egg-laying)
  • Time intervals between eggs
  • Embryo development
  • Hatching
  • Time intervals between egg-laying and hatch
• Numbers from the Nests
  • Eggs, Nestlings, and Fledglings
  • Success Rates of Clutches and Broods
  • Lost Eggs and Failed First Clutches of Eggs
  • Lost Nestlings and Failed Broods of Eaglets
  • Nests Included
• Second Clutches
• When Bald Eagle Eggs Don’t Hatch
• Intraspecific intrusions at Bald Eagle nests
• Cooperative breeding

Click here for pages about eaglet growth and development from hatch through fledge.  (See Menu item “Eagle Growth.”)

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