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Sundays wind storm toppled this eagle pairs tree along with their new egg
Take your daily five minute break from reading about *****.
Hat tip, the Capital Weather Gang:
Mother Nature can be cruel: Sunday’s wind storm toppled this eagle pair’s tree — along with their new egg
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Sunday’s wind storm toppled this eagle pair’s tree — along with their new egg
By Angela Fritz February 14 at 1:19 PM
Mother Nature can be cruel. Case in point: A tree near Pittsburgh that had been the home to a pair of bald eagles came crashing down Sunday night, taking their newly-laid egg with it.
The Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania’s live “eagle cam” caught the event as a windy storm rolled through Hays, Pa. The tree swayed violently in the wind before toppling. The eagle on the nest at the time, apparently the mother, took flight as the nest went down with the tree — and the egg that she had just laid Friday. ... Both of the eagles were spotted Monday in fine shape, albeit homeless for now. The Audubon Society expects this pair to nest again immediately.
“The birds are not upset like we are. It’s not even in the bird’s brain,” Bob Mulhivill, an ornithologist at the National Aviary, told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “Their complete reaction was, ‘Oops, let’s start again,’ or, ‘Let’s not work on it anymore.’ The amazing thing is, there’s no remorse, sadness and no depression. They won’t take the week off.”
You might remember this pair from headlines in 2016 when they caught and fed a cat to their young eaglets in April. The Audubon Society reminded their views that nature “isn’t always kind or pretty.”
{Nest cam livestreams bald eagle parents feeding a cat to their eaglets}
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Angela Fritz is an atmospheric scientist and The Post's deputy weather editor. She has a B.S. in meteorology and an M.S. in earth and atmospheric science. Follow @angelafritz
By Angela Fritz February 14 at 1:19 PM
Mother Nature can be cruel. Case in point: A tree near Pittsburgh that had been the home to a pair of bald eagles came crashing down Sunday night, taking their newly-laid egg with it.
The Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania’s live “eagle cam” caught the event as a windy storm rolled through Hays, Pa. The tree swayed violently in the wind before toppling. The eagle on the nest at the time, apparently the mother, took flight as the nest went down with the tree — and the egg that she had just laid Friday. ... Both of the eagles were spotted Monday in fine shape, albeit homeless for now. The Audubon Society expects this pair to nest again immediately.
“The birds are not upset like we are. It’s not even in the bird’s brain,” Bob Mulhivill, an ornithologist at the National Aviary, told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “Their complete reaction was, ‘Oops, let’s start again,’ or, ‘Let’s not work on it anymore.’ The amazing thing is, there’s no remorse, sadness and no depression. They won’t take the week off.”
You might remember this pair from headlines in 2016 when they caught and fed a cat to their young eaglets in April. The Audubon Society reminded their views that nature “isn’t always kind or pretty.”
{Nest cam livestreams bald eagle parents feeding a cat to their eaglets}
....
Angela Fritz is an atmospheric scientist and The Post's deputy weather editor. She has a B.S. in meteorology and an M.S. in earth and atmospheric science. Follow @angelafritz
Mmmmmm, cat.
In the comments, Angela provided a link to this video: