On a warm, sunshiny afternoon in February, an adult bald eagle makes its way to a tall pine tree adjacent to the teacher parking lot at Eagle Nest Elementary. Both parents have spent five weeks incubating their eggs and protecting them from predators such as squirrels, ravens and gulls. Though the female has spent more time on the nest, the male has shared the duties of parenthood. Using its sharp yellow eyes, the eagle circles the tree, swoops, and captures in its talons a significant size branch. With the help of a strong beak and equally strong, featherless lower legs, the eagle snaps the branch, then returns to its nest carrying the branch in the talons of its yellow feet. Since the young eaglets will remain for another 10-12 weeks, the male adult uses the branch to create additional support for the growing family within the nest.

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