SWFL Eagles ~ Amazing! Tiny Egg Tooth Seen Chipping Away! Hatch In Progress For E21! 😊💕 1.3.23

M15 is incubating the eggs when he gets up for a break and we get to see the progress of E21 hatching. If you look close and watch the zooming, you will see the tiny white egg tooth chipping away at the shell. Harriet will return and resume incubation for the evening!

What is an egg tooth? An egg tooth is a tiny horn like projection on the tip of the beak used to break out of the shell. The chick first uses the egg tooth to cause a crack in the eggshell. Once this crack has appeared the chick back-stretches the neck and uses the sharp, long edge of the egg tooth to cut through more of the shell. From inside the egg the chick pokes a hole in the membrane separating it from the air bubble at the top of the egg shell. After breaking the membrane with its egg tooth the chick can breathe the air that filters through the porous egg shell and vigorously starts the final process of hatching.The chick uses its egg tooth to scratch around the inside of the shell in a circular path. The scratches weaken the shell in a pattern all around the egg. This is called pipping, and it can take from one to two days for the chick to hatch. ♥ Thank you for watching!

Video captured & edited by Lady Hawk

Thank you SWFEC , hosted by Dick Pritchett Real Estate, for allowing us the opportunity to view these amazing eagles.

Watch live here: https://dickpritchettrealestate.com/southwest-florida-eagle-cam/?cam=1

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