Wildlife experts had been chasing leads regarding Justice’s whereabouts for weeks, but to no avail.

The nest contains two bald eagle eggs, with about a 30-day incubation period, but experts doubt they will hatch. Justice and Liberty, the female, have made the nest their home for 14 years — hatching about 22 eaglets there — but this year, there’s been unrest at the nest.

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After Justice left, two other male eagles showed up to try to court Liberty, then she took off, probably because she was stressed, experts said.

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Many eagle watchers had plenty of comments.

Elice Porro wrote about Justice’s homecoming on a YouTube.com page for those who watch the live eagle camera, “I’m so excited I’m crying. He’s probably looking for his dear Liberty. I sure hope they catch up with each other.”

Another viewer who goes by “pretty girl,” wrote “Boy is he gonna get an ear full.”

On the Facebook page of the Earth Conservation Corps, there were a few commenters who compared the drama at the eagle’s nest this year to soap operas.

Tim Phillips, said “Liberty is with m2 and [now] Justice is back. This sounds like a Jerry Springer show.” Another Facebook commenter — Katrinia Layman said, “And this my friends is ‘The Days of Our Eagles Lives!’”

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