The Santa Cruz chick is hungry, so Mom (K26) gets up and does one of the quickest and most efficient jobs of feeding her 1-week old chick in the rain; then goes back to protecting it from the rain in the same position as before.
You can read about the struggle to reintroduce America's symbol, the Bald Eagle, to the Channel Islands as well as watch this miracle of nature via live eagle-cam by going to http://www.iws.org and clicking first on 'interactive' and then choosing one of the 3 nests to view.... 2 are on Catalina Island and 1 on Santa Cruz Island or go to: http://z7.invisionfree.com/CHIL_EagleCAM/index.php?act=idx
Soaked.
eagleday 4 years ago
Wet, wet, and more wet
mycruzers 4 years ago
Excellent video. Go to IWS org to view this nest and learn about bald eagle restoration on the Channel Islands.
Proddave 4 years ago