More of the Erie Bald Eagles in this new nest year can be seen in this short slide show with original music. Other factors could have been the stress of setting up shop at a new nest inexperience of the new, young male eagle (3.5 to 4 years old) or perhaps due to temporary egg abandonment on a frigid March day as a ditch excavator operated near the base of their nest. First, this was a new pair, as the former male had been electrocuted near the old nest site only a month prior to the nest “take”. There are many possibilities why the eggs laid in that nest failed to hatch after 55 days of faithful incubation (35 to 38 days is the average). A new nest began to take shape in that old cottonwood during the next month (photo 7). The female was perched near the top of a weathered old growth cottonwood (photo 6), while the male was in an adjacent cottonwood. We were delighted to find both Bald Eagles the next day near where they disappeared the previous evening. During that time frame, we spotted the pair flying northwest and followed them to a site about 2 miles from their former nest.
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