WEST BROOKFIELD, Mass. - There​ are between 70 to 80 bald eagle nests in Massachusetts. One of them is in a front yard of a home in West Brookfield.

MassWildlife banded two young eagles living in the nest with state and federal ID tags.

"Massachusetts eagle recovery has gone so well in Massachusetts and nation-wide, where we aren't as concerned as we were 20 to 30 years ago,” said Todd Olanyk, MassWildLife Central District Supervisor

The bands help keep track of the eagles’ movement, lifespan and living patterns.

"If you have a good enough pair of binoculars, you can read the band numbers, you can track where their movements are, where they disperse to. If one of them re-nests somewhere else, it helps us track their movement,” Olanyk said.

MassWildlife says the two young eagles are well fed---they are some of the biggest they've ever tagged. 

The baby eagles are seven and a half weeks old -- 13 pounds and 10 and a half pounds, respectively. They can't fly yet, but a couple more days and they will be on their way. 

Brenda Cosby and Kurt Adams live on the property and say the eagles took over a hawk's nest four years ago and never left. 

"We didn't know what to expect,” Adams said. “We just saw frequent fliers and to find out they were going to have eggs and babies, it’s been a great experience."

Now, the pair says the birds have become a part of their family. 

“You're worried about them, the weather. When the babies hatch it’s really bad, the wind and the snow and the rain,” Cosby said. “I can remember just sitting in my house going ‘Oh I hope they are okay.’"

But coexisting with any animal comes with its challenges. 

"Squealing, high pitch squealing. It’s constant,” Adams said. “It does get under your skin, you're ready for them to leave."

When the two young eagles do leave, they will make 11 total to have come and gone from the nest.