Significant Other and I have been considerably distracted of late watching the live feed from a camera implanted in an eagle’s nest in Iowa.

At this writing, two of the three eggs have hatched. The third baby eagle is still in the egg at this writing, but due to emerge at any time.

It’s a beautiful thing to behold. Nature in the raw, of course, takes when it gives. We’ve watched the great birds feed the little eaglets a rabbit, assorted birds, what looked like a good-sized rat, and something that bore a remarkable resemblance to what’s called in the popular press today a “kitteh.”

One creature dies that another may live. Nature in action.

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  1. We are fortunate to have several eagle pairs nesting nearby. One pair, in particular, is quite easy to watch. Two years ago I was able to use binos to see the baby start peeking its head over the side of the nest. Unfortunately, they’ve switched to a new nest far enough back that more eaglet sightings are impossible, but once the youngun fledges we can still watch the flying lessons!

  3. My sister happened to be in town and is an avid photographer. Sat. morning was spent watching an osprey fishing in the pond out back along with a bald eagle who alternated sitting on a pole across the pond and in a tree about 200 ft down the pond from my porch. Needless to say she got some great shots and the pond is a few fish lighter. I was using the spotting scope so got some very close looks at the eagle, the osprey was to fast to even try at 20 to 65x though. One amazing string of photos was of the osprey diving, hitting the surface and taking off with a fish. One photo just shows the osprey’s wings sticking out of the water, never realized how deep they would get into the water. Did not notice any ducks missing but have to think the eagle did not leave empty “handed”.

  4. I have been watching them for a couple of days, along with my wife. A couple of years ago we were up in Alaska and bald eagles were as common as robins. I got some great video, but nothing like this.

  5. We have some Bald Eagles that nest at a lake not too far from my house in the Sierras. I was hiking around the lake on a very narrow trail beside a 15 ft or so drop off when a pair of the eagles came zipping past me along the lake edge just about at eye level.

    One of the eagles let out a shriek that was so loud and startling, I nearly fell off the ledge. They sure were a sight to see though! I can totally understand why the 101st Airborne Division was nicknamed the “Screaming Eagles”!