Originally published at: 31-year-old male bald eagle, Murphy, who tried to incubate a rock, might be getting his own baby bird to raise after all! | Boing Boing
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Any ornithologists here? I’m just curious as to whether male eagles (or any bird for that matter) tend to do incubating duties? We usually read “mama bird” doing XYZ but I know that lots of birds do form parental units as well, but never put my mind to wondering how those family units are structured and how labour is divided.
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You should google And Tango Makes Three. The story of a couple of gay male penguins who hatched an egg and had a happy family.
christo-facists have exploding head syndrome
about it and the book is banned every place tiny
minds can dominate. The birds on the hand couldn’t
give a shit less what right-wingers think
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I believe most birds take it in turns. While papa sits on the eggs, mama can go and feed herself and vice versa.
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Someone warn the conservatives that bald eagles have gone woke.
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They could auction Murphy’s Rock to fund the sanctuary.
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Right? They say it’s unnatural… yet Nature has other ideas. 
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He did get a chick.
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I think lots alternate. I’ve heard eagles take turns but I don’t know for sure. My emu rancher friends tell me it’s only the male emus who sit the eggs.
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