Bald Eagle Chick Hatches
Associated Press
MAITLAND, Fla. —
A healthy bald eagle has hatched from an egg incubated by a pair of captive birds after the egg fell 40 feet from its nest in the wild, officials said Monday. They plan to release the chick to the wild in about a month. Such a transfer has been accomplished with other birds but not with eagles, officials said.
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