Murphy the eagle steps in as stepdad

At World Bird Sanctuary in Valley Park, Mo., the plight of Murphy, a bald eagle who was reduced to incubating a rock, aroused social media sympathy, until an orphaned eaglet was brought to the sanctuary for care, and the two have hit it off. Jane Pauley reports.
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[@NolaChick82]

He isn't the step dad, he's the dad that stepped up.

[@nathanseper8738]

One of the most chad things ever.

[@seanlee7563]

Omg, there is such a thing in the birds.

[@toddmolenda]

Murphy congrats you have to be the first eagle to hatch a rock

[@blessed3617]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@MH-pz8wf]

Congratulation Murphy, you are a new dad now and I heard you had done a great job caring your eaglet!

[@kathysanchez5945]

You go Murphy...knew you'd be the Best Dad!!! Blessings to you, your baby, & everyone at the Sanctuary!!!

[@blessed3617]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 go murphy

[@muggins20]

This is precious! I genuinely can't believe there are people that don't love birds of prey!

[@philipciaffa6643]

Great segment! There is so much to learn about animal behavior and intelligence. Glad that Murphy was able to assist in the care of a youngster. A number of fathers are not up to the opportunity.

[@annemarieelizabethrosevolo4366]

Good job Murphy! This is the second male American bald eagle this year that had raised or is rasing one or more eaglets. The first one is "M15", and E21 and E22.

[@Katcampton]

Yes, and M15 did an Amazing job as well. I am so happy to see these wild birds doing what wild birds do. 🎉

[@susanmaguire]

I'm very impressed with the resilience of M15. He's overcome tremendous odds and now those babies are about ready to head off on their own. I had feared a sad outcome.

[@bjsteinhoff9810]

Here's to M15 at the southwest Florida eagle's nest in North Ft. Meyers. He raised his two eaglets alone after his beautiful mate Harriet sadly went missing shortly their eaglets hatched. He overcame numerous owl attacks, adult eagle nest intruders & the daunting task of hunting for food to bring to his offspring several times a day. 🦅❤

[@dixiee3554]

Eaglet"s crop! LOL Someone is NOT going hungry! Love this story!

[@danarobb9974]

Love good stuff happy joy. Loving animals. Respecting.

[@shashee0000]

Ok Murph! We see you stepping up. Congratulations!🎉

[@timeispreciousliveasgoodas8652]

This makes my heart so happy!!!!

[@carmelduggan6547]

That is so heartwarming, birds of prey are just so incredible and we are just so lucky to share their world🦅🦅🦅

[@deeprose8598]

Thank you for that!

[@mrwaterschoot5617]

in anne Murray a canadian north american singer sang in the 1970s. we need a little good news today. and this video is a little good news in a world full of not good suff. another interesting song was written in 1958 by a group of college boys called the merry minuet. they sang about. we should be tranquil and thankful that man is endowed with a mushroom shaped cloud and we can all be blown away. the cold war of the 1960s did not curb nuclear armaments. a russian/communist/dictatorship. madman rutin polutin putin is ready to push that button and maybe we will be blown away. anyways good day and better tomorrows.

[@susancoddington6393]

Wonderful story 🦅🐣❤️❤️

[@brandon7482]

Bald Eagles are special. In the Choctaw language they are called Onsi.

[@zerocool9135]

We should all be like Murphy! Plain love.

[@JS-fb6ww]

Father of the year! Murphy the Eagle 2024!!!

[@keithscott1926]

I guess that rock Murphy was sitting on finally hatched.😂

[@blessed3617]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@seannedegraff3175]

Oh that is a beautiful story I just love our wildlife and it's stories like this that I enjoy the most to wachee loving bird try and raise a family is unbelievable the loud that they share with others unbelievable I just tear up and cry I want to hug and kiss that little eagle Daddy he is too great🎉

[@summerrain7466]

Sweet!

[@noahvr5675]

❤🎉cute

[@rickytoddbotelho9555]

The American way❤

[@darryldrax606]

That's awesome 👍😃

[@jeffsiegwart]

I love this story!

[@jagriggle1662]

He is a great papa❤

[@BudaKhan420]

Y’all failed to mention that he’s 31 years old…

[@Andijt]

BudaKhan, I recognize you from other eagle site comment sections! Do you happen to know whether or not they have plans about releasing this eaglet when it's ready to fledge?

[@BudaKhan420]

@@Andijt I have no idea, but I wager that’s the aim. Having Murphy do it is minimizing the human contact with the eaglet.

[@GGiblet]

For everyone interested, the last I read the plan for release was aiming for Father's Day if eaglet 23-126 is ready

[@Andijt]

@@GGiblet Thanks, Boo!

[@GGiblet]

@@Andijt you are most welcome 🌻

[@slyeung6562]

Beautiful ! thanks for posting.

[@gloriaguevara6763]

❤❤❤❤

[@catherinereynolds9644]

Nature

[@kathysalkeldbonilla6541]

The eaglet is all grown up and was released into the wild!

[@jbg2707]

It’s in our system as alive creatures that is why humans crave same thing but we get the world spinning us at different directions

[@pibly7784]

Great segment. 👍

[@barbara5659]

Wish someone could help the Eaglets at Dale Hollow nest in TN they are tangled in fishing lines and the owner refuses intervention this is human devastation not Nature

[@barbara5659]

@@Claudia-bo5vf every body has been trying to help its the owners that won’t comply

[@seventhdayissabbath8747]

I am so sorry to hear this.. People... If you fish and you have to cut off some of your line, please pick it up and dispose of properly.

[@combatduckie]

call some animal rescue operation, the Americal Eagle Association, or here in Germany at least also fire departments rescue animals...

[@vespermartini2556]

How sad no one is helping. Glad that in Florida we have C.R.O.W. that helps whenever possible.

[@Claudia-bo5vf]

I watched that cam just now and also asked for info. There is only 1 or 2 fish lines so won't impose serious danger to eaglets. Unnecessary human intervention only scares adults away and adults might abandon the nest.

[@JustinCase780]

Murphy's between a rock and a hard place bit will be fine.

[@ExelArts]

Wish there was a video of them making the switch and there first meeting

[@The-Creeper69]

Poor Murphy had such bad baby fever he divided to take care of a rock

[@mistimukherjee7607]

Wow, he actually hatched a rock 😂❤

[@innos3ntCrim3]

Similarly, two male penguins tried to hatch a rock together. There’s a children’s book about it that’s banned. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@mangopastor]

they've been showing the same 6 second long footage for months, i want to know what's new with them

[@dianabalak7225]

Has anyone actually seen him feed the baby? I watch as much as I can, but I don't know if I've missed it. Or is the baby feeding itself?

[@twitteringothers5059]

And now Murphy thinks that if he sits on a rock long enough, it will hatch into a baby eagle.

[@jennslifeinhuntingtonwv2678]

Aawwwww

[@Choshako]

He's the adoptive dad, not step dad.

[@albertozalbertoz5820]

Meaby He lost all family, and suffer From that

[@margaretcervern7229]

Go Murphy. Did he dump the rock now

[@blessed3617]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@elizabethbrauer1118]

Eagles > Humans

[@007Julie]

Actually it’s animals > humans

[@dawidjagusiak]

Salmon, venison and rat 🐀

[@007Julie]

Rat for breakfast sounds yummy, doesn’t it? 😂

[@omalley5196]

If this eagle was a human many of us would be laughing at it for being so stupid!

[@007Julie]

Well not really, humans are programmed to be caretakers too, that’s why single men have dogs. Unconsciously they need someone to take care of, just like women have the maternal instinct. A rock maybe stupid to you but to Murphy it’s an egg that needs to be cared and protected. It’s all in our DNA.

[@loiscandler814]

Male eagles help raise babies. Nesting instinct kicks in. I know humans & other animals who are males, also have that nurturing instinct too! 🤗

[@Powerranger-le4up]

And recently, he is now raising another chick.

[@dazlafrmthaHX5]

Imagine the real dad turns up!?

[@schen5425]

I L💖VE this true story. Good for Murphy🦜

[@LivingstonGina]

❤❤❤❤