The Nature of Things

Home alone at the eagle nest

May

Two kids in sight this morning at the bald eagle nest in Southeast but no sign of mom or dad, when I stopped by for a peek. Toward the end of last week, I could only spot one eaglet in the nest and I was worried that one of the young had pushed out its sibling, as apparently sometimes happens.

But both were sitting atop the nest today, panting in the bright sunshine. Here’s a slew of information on bald eagles and their recovery and removal last year from the federal endangered species list.

TJN photographer Frank Becerra made these photographs last week. I especially like the one with the adult sitting above the nest, its shoulder highlighted by the setting sun.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 at 11:50 am by Mike Risinit.
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