First eaglet of the season at Berry College nest dies

MOUNT BERRY, Ga. (AP) – A baby bald eagle that hatched Wednesday on the campus of a northwest Georgia college has died after less than 48 hours of life.

Berry College announced Friday that the eaglet, labeled “B14,” had died overnight after it apparently got too far away from its parents and got too cold.

One of the adult eagles at least partly ate the dead offspring, which the college said “is not an uncommon occurrence in many eagle nests.”

Berry College biology Professor Renee Carlton said observers believe B14 was the first eagle hatched by the female, who is new to a nest where another female successfully hatched other eagles.

The female is still incubating a second egg expected to hatch any day.

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Here is the link to the Berry College Eagle cams.