We have babies in Piper Glen, at least one egg has hatched based on the actions of Eagle Parents Glen and Piper. The official birth (hatch) date February 14th Valentines Day! We hope to have a visual on the new eaglets within the next week.

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�Break out the cigars — Charlotte eagles Piper and Glen have hatchlings 

Eagle couple at center of south Charlotte development fight welcomes babies

Residents near Piper Glen have cited the fate of the eagles in a battle against proposed apartments

This photo by local photographer Emilie Knight shows three eaglets born to Piper and Glen in 2022. Knight says she has been photographing the eagles for the last four years. (Photo by Emilie Knight)

Like clockwork, every year in December, baby prep begins for Piper and Glen, a pair of American bald eagles who live at the TPC Piper Glen golf course in south Charlotte — and who happen to also be at the center of a development fight. 

December is when the eagles start “remodeling” their nest high in a tree within eyeshot of the golf course’s clubhouse, expanding it with more sticks and then hunkering down once the eggs arrive, said Chris McIntire, a local resident who with his wife, Ellie, keeps a close eye on the eagles. 

Around Valentine’s Day, the eaglets hatch, and then Piper and Glen continue their parental duties, keeping the babies warm and safe, until they’re ready to leave the nest. 

Typically, two or three eagle babies hatch each year, Ellie McIntire says. They’ll become visible with binoculars once they grow and their heads start to pop out of the nest. 

One afternoon this week, the proud parents were visible in and around their treetop nursery. Piper was in the nest tending to the babies, while Glen perched on the tip of a branch of a tree nearby, keeping guard.

The rest of the article is here and appeared in the Feb. 23, 2024, edition of The Charlotte Ledger, an e-newsletter with smart and original local news for Charlotte. We offer free and paid subscription plans. More info here.

Congratulations Piper and Glen!

We have reached 19,000 on line signatures in opposition to the development of the Rea Road Gillespie Property.

The proposal to clear cut 53 acres of native North Carolina Forest and transform this area, a home to our nesting American Bald Eagles and the last large untouched green space inside Charlotte's 485 beltway into a sprawling big box apartment complex has seen universal condemnation. 

Thank you for your continued support and encouragement. Please help spread the word to family and friends and ask them to consider signing our petition to spare Piper and Glen's home from destruction at change.org/savepiperglen