AS IT IS 2016-03-19 Watch Live Video of Bald Eagles Hatching

AS IT IS 2016-03-19 Watch Live Video of Bald Eagles Hatching²

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The American Bald Eagle has long been the national bird of the United States.

In 1782, the Continental³ Congress⁴ approved the Great Seal of the United States. The seal appears on some official U.S. documents. It shows a bald eagle with its powerful wings out-stretched.

This week, thousands of people have been watching live video of bald eagles breaking open their eggs.

In 2014, two adult eagles built a nest high in the trees of the U.S. National Arboretum⁵ in Washington, DC. The nest is 1.5 meters wide and about 1.8 meters deep.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says this is the first pair of bald eagles to make their home within the arboretum since 1947.

Some people are calling the adult eagles “Mr. President” and “The First Lady.” The pair already raised one baby eagle in the same area last year.

Mr. President and The First Lady temporarily left the nest site in the summer of 2015 for their annual migration⁶. A short time later, the non-profit American Eagle Foundation⁷ set up cameras in trees near the nest, with the help of tree climbers.

This weekend, people from around the world get to watch as the Bald Eagle pair hope to add more eaglets to their family. “The First Lady” laid the eggs on February 10 and February 14.

Egg #1 began to hatch¹ on Wednesday night, March 16. The baby eagle was born Friday morning. Park officials expect egg #2 to break open sometime this weekend.

On social media, people are using the hashtag #dceaglecam to follow the nest and to guess when they think the eggs will hatch.

But, on the DC Eagle Cam website, the American Eagle Foundation warns that “this is a wild eagle and anything can happen.”

Words in This Story 

wing - n. a part of an animal's body that is used for flying or gliding⁸

migration - n. the movement from one area to another at different times of the year

hatch - v. to be born by coming out of an egg

1 hatch   

n.孵化，舱口；vt.孵，孵出，策划；vi. 孵化

参考例句：

• No one knows how the new plan will hatch out.谁也不知道这新方案将怎样制订出来。
• The bird mistook the pebble for egg and tried to hatch it.这只鸟错把卵石当蛋，想去孵它。

2 hatching   

阴影，影线

参考例句：

• The government are hatching out a new plan to deal with rising prices. 政府正在制订一个对付物价上涨的新方案。
• But hatching time was drawing closer every day. 但是“收蚕”的时期一天一天逼进了。 来自汉英文学 - 春蚕

3 continental   

adj.大陆的，大陆性的，欧洲大陆的

参考例句：

• A continental climate is different from an insular one.大陆性气候不同于岛屿气候。
• The most ancient parts of the continental crust are 4000 million years old.大陆地壳最古老的部分有40亿年历史。

4 Congress   

n.(代表)大会；(C-:美国等国的)国会，议会

参考例句：

• There were some days to wait before the Congress.大会的召开还有几天时间。
• After 18 years in Congress,he intented to return to private life.在国会供职18年后，他打算告老还乡。

5 arboretum   

n.植物园

参考例句：

• We can go to the arboretum in the southern suburb.我们可以去南郊的植物园。
• The arboretum is full of exotic flowers and rare herbs.植物园里长满了各种奇花异草。

6 migration   

n.迁移，移居，（鸟类等的）迁徙

参考例句：

• Swallows begin their migration south in autumn.燕子在秋季开始向南方迁移。
• He described the vernal migration of birds in detail.他详细地描述了鸟的春季移居。

7 foundation   

n.[pl.]地基；基础；基金会；建立，创办

参考例句：

• The foundation of the university took place 600 years ago.这所大学是600年前创办的。
• The Foundation gives money to help artists.那家基金会捐款帮助艺术家。

8 gliding   

v. 滑翔 adj. 滑动的

参考例句：

• Swans went gliding past. 天鹅滑行而过。
• The weather forecast has put a question mark against the chance of doing any gliding tomorrow. 天气预报对明天是否能举行滑翔表示怀疑。