Where Eagles Care

Can't get enough of the Decorah Bald Eagle family drama — "The most alive is the wildest" — available for your viewing pleasure here. Reading into the couple's every encounter. So intense, so devoted to each other and their brood but not without moments of "Come on, honey, give me a break." They're just like us.

Changing of the guard in the early morning light.

Hey, girl, I've been out predating for hours.

Light of my life, but give me some down time on the nest, sweetbeak.

When love comes so strong …

Firsthatched moved beyond the brooding breast this afternoon toward the outer parts of the nest to peck away at the carcass of the crow brought in yesterday without the intercession of the parental beak to beak. They grow up so fast. Two eaglets, one egg to go.

Comments

[chickelit]

Those birds have such aquiline profiles...thanks for the story and links.

OT, as a chemist, I don't recommend you trans fats - but I won't stop you from eating them and nor should anyone else. :)

[Sissy Willis]

chickelit: Fortunately, the lard I get from the heartland has no trans fats, unlike the typical bit you might find in your super.

[aine]

Sissy, we have been transfixed and moved by this pair and their young eaglets. We've experienced real dread a couple of times this week when the eldest hatchling found himself outside of the nesting bowl...Imagine over 150,000 viewers and our stomachs churning over the fate of this tiny creature.

Thanks for writing about the Decorah eagles. The more I watch the more I come to believe our Founders chose exactly the right bird as our national symbol. I pray for America and hope we can rise to this level of greatness again.