Sandy and Luna’s first flight from the Big Bear eagle nest may feel like goodbye, but for Jackie and Shadow’s young bald eagles, it is really the beginning of everything.
DH3 and DH4 are suddenly using the Decorah Eagles nest tree in a whole new way. From DH3’s heart-stopping oopsie and recovery to DH4’s tricky landings and HD’s fish-delivery drama, this flight week is showing just how quickly the eaglets are changing.
USS eaglet Hutch reached a major milestone at 74 days old, branching for the first time at the U.S. Steel bald eagle nest near Pittsburgh before slipping and sliding back home.
Luna gets big air at Big Bear during an exciting round of pre-flight training, while Sandy’s sweet, honking voice steals the soundtrack from the nest.
At the Decorah Eagles nest in Iowa, DH3 and DH4 are climbing higher through the nest tree as their first flights draw closer. What begins as branching practice turns into a lively sibling moment, with one eaglet perched above while the other stretches its wings below. The nest bowl is no longer their whole world, and every move makes the sky feel a little closer.