Our Golden Eagle's First Egg

Our imprinted golden eagle lays eggs each year. They are infertile, however, each spring her hormones still assert their control over her behavior. She may lay up to 6 eggs each year.

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Pets & Animals

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• Eagle
• egg
• spring
• wildlife

[CowieMooCowxo87]

aren't these endangered? and I'm assuming this is a bird sanctuary. you should try to get her used to males, then you can release the babies into the wild.

[Berkutchi]

@CowieMooCowxo87 : MooCow- golden eagles are not endangered in the United States. Reversing severe imprinting has yet to be undone, and since golden eagles are not endangered captive breeding of this specific individual is not really an issue of urgency.

[CowieMooCowxo87]

@Berkutchi oh I see, but yeah I still think it would be cool for people to breed them a little bit just to KEEP them off the list. & what do you mean by imprinted? that just means she was never socialized with males or something? is she able to be around other animals at all?

[Berkutchi]

@CowieMooCowxo87 : imprinting refers to what happens when one species at their youngest age, associates with another species and does not learn appropriate behavior for their own kind. The female was raised improperly by humans from about two weeks of age until 12 weeks. Subsequently she thinks humans are a food source and she never learned to hunt. She was released and had to be recaptured. She tolerates humans quite well, however, she is very aggressive against other eagles.

[FairyUselessWords]

Why is the egg infertile? Did the eagle not mate prior to this laying? Or is she too old to have fertile eggs.

[Berkutchi]

@FairyUselessWords : The egg is infertile because it has not been fertilized by a male eagle...basic biology. This is due to the fact that this female is severely imprinted (as stated above) and she would kill any male who attempted copulation.

[SirianKings]

Women should lay eggs.

[GattiF50]

It's 27 years old! Wow! I didn't know Golden Eagles lived that long!

[Manjrule]

Artificial insemination? Its been done before but since its not urgent i guess its ok..

[drinksbadmed]

wow, very beutiful and powerful

[1toscany]

She is beautiful!

[mrbrunistico]

poor eagle, she wants to have a baby :( get her some mail who can make her dream come true, she would be the happiest of all in the world. Believe me, i know what i´m talking about ;D

[cricket1st]

Aww so cute to see her lay down on her egg.

[birdman2ns]

everything is legal with a permit