Baby Bald Eagles Nesting at DTE Facilities

They're a soaring symbol of national pride. Four baby bald eagles are currently nesting at two DTE Energy facilities.

The Fermi 2 nuclear plant and Monroe power plant each have a massive nest with two eagletes.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife experts have put a tracking band on each baby bird.

"They put a little band around their ankle with a tracking number on them just to kind of keep track of how many we have and the eagle population in the area," said Mary Ott, an environmental engineer at the Fermi 2 plant.

She was one of the few people present for the remarkable experience, which does not harm the birds. Ott said their parents actually circled overhead, but did not attack the biologists.

"It was amazing. I've never seen one up that close. I've seen them flying around on property, but never up close and never did I think I could be able to touch one," she told FOX 2's Robin Schwartz.

Bald eagles are in the raptor family. They're natural born predators. They were once endangered, but a national effort to save them succeeded.

Getting to the nest was no easy task. It was about a 100 foot climb.

"We used to have a pair of bald eagles on site for 15 years, and last year the tornado that came through in June tore down their tree," said Ott. "We thought that we had lost the nest and the eagles had moved on elsewhere."

However, these magnificent creatures stuck around to rebuild.

We're told the babies have not yet taken flight.

The energy company asked Facebook friends to name the fuzzy birds. The patriotic names that got the votes to win were Spirit, Freedom, Honor and Grace.

"It's really exciting for us on-site and for the community to see the bald eagles, like our national symbol, on our property at DTE," Ott said.