Love birds: Golden eagles that reunite yearly at Bernheim are a breeding pair
Remember the golden eagles we told you about? The ones that reunite every year at Bernheim Forest?
While we all suspected they were quite fond of each other, it is now confirmed that they are an actual breeding pair. Yes, they are actually love birds.
The two rare birds have been tracked by Bernheim's staff for a decade.
Each year, a male eagle named Harper and a female named Athena migrate between Kentucky and Canada. Last year, they left Kentucky in late October and returned in late November.
Then in early February, researchers said they figured out that the two had actually hatched an egg in 2019 by using GPS data and Google Earth.
According to Bernheim's timeline, Athena laid two or three eggs in April. It appears at least one hatched during the week of June 2.
"Hatching is a special event, and while we don맥스카지노t know how many eggs hatched, we can confirm from our data that the golden eagles produced at least one chick in 2019," Bernheim researchers said in a blog post.
However, we're not sure when the little eagles leave the nest.
You can see the full timeline of the nesting process on written by Andrew Berry.