Thousands Watch As American Bald Eagle Chicks Hatch

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MIAMI (CBSMiami) - Eagle watch 2016 is on.

The internet is obsessed with watching two live web cams of an American bald eagle perched in nest, waiting for its babies to hatch.

The feeds have drawn so much interest they've sparked the hashtag #DCEaglecam.

The proud parents have been dubbed "Mr. President" and "The First Lady." The pair mated in 2014. The built their nest high in a Tulip Poplar tree amongst the Azalea Collection at the U.S. National Arboretum in Washington D.C.

Egg #1 has already hatched.

Check out the live feeds at The American Eagle Foundation which partnered with the U.S. National Arboretum to install and stream the two high definition video cameras from the top of the nest tree. The @ArboretumEagles Twitter account has been sharing photos of the hatching eggs.

For more information, go to Eagles.org.