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The first chick has hatched!

4/2/2011

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It took all afternoon and all night, but the first chick is hatched.  I was just watching the mom feed the chick at 3:40 pm on Saturday and she did indeed use the rabbit they brought to the nest a couple days ago.  It makes you wonder about how they knew the egg was about to hatch, and shows that they were planning on it by storing the rabbit for the first feeding.  Amazing!
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Evolution of the eagle from reptiles

3/23/2011

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One of the questions our students asked related to eagle ancestry and genetics of plumage.  I haven't found anything satisfactory, however I did find a nice summary of the evolution of eagles and kites from reptiles in the PBS Nature page: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/american-eagle/bald-eagles-evolutionary-ancestors/4274/
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First Post!

3/23/2011

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This is a blog for you to ask questions about the eagles.  I set up another post for you to name the eagles, as this was an expressed interest by some of the students. 
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    Maggie is a science teacher at Eagle School of Madison, teaching Intermediate General Science and 7/8 Biology

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