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Facts about Harpy Eagle Nesting
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Nest construction for harpy eagle nesting often involves the use of large sticks, green branches, and animal fur to line the interior.
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A harpy eagle chick remains dependent on its parents for up to a year after fledging, making parental care among the most prolonged of any eagle species.
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Both parents share incubation duties during harpy eagle nesting, taking turns warming the single egg laid per breeding cycle.
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The nest of a harpy eagle, called an eyrie, is typically built in the crown of a tall emergent tree in lowland tropical rainforest.
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Harpy eagle nesting occurs every two to three years, as the parents invest so much energy raising a single chick that breeding cycles are unusually long.