In a huge nest of twigs high above an icy cold Alaskan river a Bald Eagle chick cracked open her egg For two days the baby eagle had scraped her beak against the inside of the eggshell Now she pushed hard with her head till the eggshell split open She was out
The cold wind swept over the large eagle nest perched in a tall old tree The eaglet was covered only in thin gray and white down She shivered in the freezing air until her mother tucked the baby under her own warm body