The mother of a the first chick to hatch in the Hays bald eagle nest checks out her hours-old offspring, which began cracking its shell on Monday morning.Audubon Society experts expect the other two eggs to hatch this week as well.

All three eggs have hatched in the Hays bald eagles’ nest. There are now three eaglets in the nest. The third hatched overnight Friday. The other eaglets hatched Monday and Tuesday.

This is the 18th eaglet that the Hays pair has hatched since 2013 — and the third time that three eggs have hatched in the nest in one season. The other successful three egg years were 2021 and 2014.

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