April 17, 2019
After the cold weather, D32 and D33 seemed eager to get out of the rumpus room! We caught brief glimpses of their grey thermal down and a very brief glimpse of a yellow footpad that looked almost too big to belong to one of the eaglets - but quite small compared to Mom's much larger foot.
Eaglets don\'t grow evenly. In their second week of life, they experience rapid growth in features like beaks, culmens, and footpads. D32\'s large footpad looks outsized compared to other body features, but footpads (and middle toes, which begin growing in the first week of life) are an important part of gaining balance and coordination and help the eaglets shuffle around the nest.
