The bird in one of two eggs produced by a bald eagle couple broke out of its shell Saturday, a sight caught on a live web cam Digital Journal reported Sunday.
"But they're wild animals, you never know," Chris Kozelle director of news and editorial services at Berry College in Atlanta told NBC television station 11Alive.
The birds typically come back to the college annually to produce eggs while nesting in a pine tree located in heightened elevations on the college campus, by the school's entrance, and parking lot for the academic institution's Steven J. Cage Athletic Center according to information on the school's page showing the live stream.
Workers from Georgia Power, the state's utility company, set up the camera in September when the birds were not around 11Alive reported. Sony gave the camera to the school with the feed being provided by Fluid Mesh Network.
Campus-goers have seen the birds around the college over the last few years, however the birds shown in the web cam are the initial ones on record with Floyd County, Georgia where the school is located.
The bald eagles began to construct the nest to inhabit the area in March 2012, considered to be an off period for the birds' life cycle. Observers saw the birds carrying sticks to make the nest, but they vacated the area in April due to their tardiness to produce eagle babies the Berry College website reported.
The eagles came back in October 2012 however to produce two eggs which came in December, and sprung two eagle babies in January 2013. The eaglets then spread their wings and soared into the sky at the end of April. The first one launched April 22, with the second lifting off April 28 the Berry College website reported. The first Eagles were noticed back on the scene, along with their two offspring, and four or more younger Eagles.
The bald eagles also upgraded and improved the nest with small pieces of wood they transported while also capturing fish and crane birds for many months after coming back in Sept. 2013.
