Abandoned Philippine Eagle Egg Adopted

After a rare Philippine eagle stopped tending her egg, humans stepped in to do the job for her.

The egg, which was bred naturally, has been placed in an incubator, where it will remain for the remainder of the 58-day incubation period, Lito Cereno, a spokesman for the Philippine Eagle Foundation about 600 miles south of Manila, said Thursday.

If nature continues its course, a young eagle was expected to hatch around Nov. 9, Cereno said.

Most recent estimates put the number of Philippine eagles at 77, a decline from about 200 in the 1970s. Their numbers have been diminished by illegal logging and hunting.