I know I’ve talked about this eagle nest before. But we were away for a couple of weeks. When we returned a few days ago, the baby had left the nest. He ended up on the top of a rock across our driveway, now and then fluttering his wings but not flying. I don’t know how long he’s been there.
We were afraid he would die up there, but with a telescope in the back of our pickup (:)) we were able to see there was a dead duck on the ground in front of him which he would pick at from time to time, so he was being looked after. Today a deer appeared, browsing along the grass at the foot of the rock. (The eagle is still up there, hard to see him behind the tree branch.)The eagle froze. I was afraid the deer would discover the young bird. He kept lifting his head and waving his nose around, must have smelled the duck, and he climbed up and down the rock, but didn’t go closer to the eaglet.
Once the deer left, one of the parents flew in and landed beside the youngster. They twittered together for a time. Then the parent tore strips of meat off the duck and handed it over, beak to beak with the baby. Still looking after the little one. It’s been fun to watch.
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The eagles have been very busy. They have continued to increase the size of the nest until we could no longer tell if Mama was sitting on the eggs, if there were eggs. Here’s what it looks like now, nearly twice the size as it was in March when I last posted, cascading down the tree, hooked on 3 or 4 branches now.
My husband and I were standing on the driveway talking when an eagle flew low overhead and landed behind a high rock. Eagles don’t do that as a rule, they stick to the trees unless they’re after something. A minute later, it flew off with something in it’s claws, went to the nest briefly, then darted into the nearest tree. Here it is resting in the tree.
We climbed up to see what he was after, and found a large clump of moss torn up. He must have placed the moss in the nest as a cushion for the eggs. Does that mean the eggs are yet to be laid? We don’t know. Wish I had a mirror fixed in the tree that would show me what’s in the nest. 🙂
We have bald eagles around our land, and this winter, starting in December, a couple of eagles built a nest in a cottonwood tree just down from the house. Here it is, full of twigs and tree limbs. We kept seeing them flying past our house, carrying big branches in their claws, and followed them around until we found what they were doing. There is an eagle parked in the nest now, so we figure the eggs have been laid. That means they should hatch in 5 weeks, around the 12th of April. Very exciting. I’ll keep you posted. 🙂
This is the fourth book of the Lies He Told series, title is Game Plan. Here is the cover.
What do you think? Here is the back blurb.
Investigator Randy Bonnar’s search for a missing husband uncovers a plot so thick even the cops can’t penetrate the secrets in this romantic thriller by bestselling author Sylvie Grayson.
Georgia knows she makes bad decisions. When she has a flat tire while riding her bike, Randy offers to help, but she doesn’t trust him. Then she seizes control of her future and hires him to follow her estranged husband, Howard. The facts he uncovers are devastating. Soon Howard’s greedy business partners are threatening action if she doesn’t stop the investigation, but as Randy digs deeper and uncovers more secrets, they lead in a direction she could never have imagined.
Randy understands his job—protect Georgia—even though it’s not clear who or what he’s protecting her from. Has the husband left a string of big gambling debts with a determined and violent collector on his trail, or are his nefarious business partners after his share of the investment profits?
When the truth is finally revealed, Randy and Georgia may not survive.
