Murphy's parenting instincts first prompted him to guard an egg-shaped rock.
A bald eagle’s paternal instincts are in the spotlight this spring. In late March, Murphy — a 31-year-old bald eagle living at World Bird Sanctuary in Valley Park, Missouri — became a media sensation for incubating a rock as if it were an egg.
“Murphy does not need a real egg to feel accomplished,” wrote the World Bird Sanctuary in a Facebook post. “He’s quite content with his rock, and VERY protective of it! After his spring hormones have run their course, he will get bored and move on to other activities.” But earlier this month, Murphy had the opportunity to put his paternal instincts to use. On April 1, a bald eagle nestling in need of a foster parent arrived at World Bird Sanctuary. Dubbed Bald Eagle 23-126, the baby bird’s nest tree was destroyed in a storm about 60 miles away. Aside from caring for RockBaby, Murphy had limited parenting experience — but was the “obvious choice” to be the eaglet’s foster parent, Dawn Griffard, chief executive of the sanctuary, told the New York Times.
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