We've got a wiggler

Two days after the initial pip, the eaglet has hatched! (link to live stream)

Good morning, Harriet!

Good morning, and welcome to the world, E15!

Harriet checking if the chick is hungry. She seemed to conclude that yes, and dragged over the Unidentified Food Object (a large bone of mysterious origin) that M had brought earlier, and begun feeding.

Some temporary brightness issues with the camera, but look at that cute face!

Temporary balance issues with the eaglet, and also still a cute face.

Brightness corrected, balance will take a bit longer to perfect.

Harriet did her patient, gentle best with E15's first feeding. A lot of tumbles back and forth and getting more food on the face than in the beak for the eaglet, but I think some bites even went down the hatch. A great start!

A stray piece of hay gets in the way!

Let mom get that for you.

It looks like there's also a pip on the other egg, too, already!

(mild gore warning for a view of aforementioned UFO bone in next screenshot)

After feeding the baby, Harriet settled back down to brood. Here she seems to be moving part of E15's empty egg shell.

The post title comes from this update just before E15's grand debut:

 [Latest update: 15 minutes ago. On the nest: Harriet. Egg #3: hatching in progress, Egg #4: 01d 05h 43min 55s. Update text: 12:08am Lots of loud peeps, Harriet aerates. Peeps subside, Harriet back down. 4:00am Harriet up and down as the chick continues to break free of its shell. No view. 5:30am Harriet gives us a look and we've got a wiggler. Maybe a bit of shell attached.]

It was still too dark for screenshots, so E15 was just a small, light haze wobbling around in front of Harriet at that moment.

Congrats to the parents, they've certainly worked hard for these little ones!

According to the counter at the site, at least 1500 people were online for this morning reveal, after anxiously waiting for E15 to emerge. The camera work has been phenomenal throughout the hatching, close zooms giving us a detailed view of the event and the progress the eaglet was making every time the brooding parent got up. Some video captures of the hatching, if you missed it, are here:

First views of egg tooth

Blood was seen at the pip at one point, causing some concern in viewers. The caption of the video includes a detailed, informative explanation of the process of hatching.

Progress is being made. E15 opens beak wide. Harriet's talon catches on the pip for a moment by accident, but no harm was done.

M15 assists in the hatching, which is unusual, and shouldn't be attempted by a human who finds themselves caring for a hatching egg, but it seems dad knows what he's doing.

Almost here, soft chirps heard.

And update: Harriet has handed brooding duty over to M15, who has gotten to see his new baby for the first time after hatching now!

Hi, dad!