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Bald eagle pair hangs at home, preps for the season

January 28, 2022 by Tony Leave a Comment

Bald eagle pair hangs at home, preps for the season
A female bald eagle dives off the edge of her nest into the air. (© Tony’s Takes)

My first visit of the year to this beautiful couple’s home in northeastern Colorado. Now is the time of year when mated bald eagles will start hanging out at home more. Home repairs take on a priority and they will begin mating and will be laying eggs in the coming weeks.

Knowing that, I hiked in to check on my favorite pair of bald eagles and as usual, they were quite entertaining. Initially, mom was the only one around and she was quite content to sit on the rim of the nest, blocked by branches of course. Sigh.

After a while, dad arrived, checked on her, then departed to chase off a juvenile eagle that he felt was too close. He returned though, this time with a stick to aid in nestorations of the home. After meticulously placing it, he departed again. The female decided it was time to stretch her wings and took a short flight 50 yards away to one of their favorite perches where she hung out and preened.

These are images of the male bringing the stick and the female as she departed, all with the backdrop of those gorgeous blue Colorado skies. In the years I have been watching this pair, they have been quite successful most years in successfully fledging an eaglet. Fingers crossed that luck continues in 2022!

A male bald eagle returns to the nest with a stick to aid in building its home. (© Tony's Takes)
A male bald eagle returns to the nest with a stick to aid in building its home. (© Tony’s Takes)

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