{"id":851,"date":"2021-05-18T08:19:05","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T13:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.messysuitcase.com\/?p=851"},"modified":"2021-05-18T08:22:25","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T13:22:25","slug":"eagles-are-on-the-nest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/18\/eagles-are-on-the-nest\/","title":{"rendered":"Eagles Are on the Nest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I had a fascinating encounter with the bald eagle family of Lake Rescue this morning. They live there year-round, and have been residents for years, entrancing the human residents of this lovely lake in southern Vermont. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC00803-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC00803-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC00803-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC00803-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC00803-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC00803-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When I came around the bend in my kayak at 6:45 AM, the mother eagle was waiting for me in a tall tree nearby.  Can you spot her?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC00804-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC00804-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC00804-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC00804-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC00804-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC00804-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption> Mother eagle, perched on a branch on the north end of Discovery Island. The nest is in a cove just beyond the south end of the small island.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I checked the nest: empty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC00814-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC00814-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC00814-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC00814-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC00814-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC00814-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then the baby popped up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC00816-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC00816-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC00816-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC00816-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC00816-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC00816-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mom immediately flew over to him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC00820-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC00820-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC00820-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC00820-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC00820-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSC00820-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>She landed on a nearby branch and the two interacted for a long time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"764\" src=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Mom-and-Baby-eagle-1024x764.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Mom-and-Baby-eagle-1024x764.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Mom-and-Baby-eagle-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Mom-and-Baby-eagle-768x573.jpg 768w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Mom-and-Baby-eagle-1536x1147.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Mom-and-Baby-eagle-2048x1529.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s so awesome to start the day with this!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had a fascinating encounter with the bald eagle family of Lake Rescue this morning. They live there year-round, and have been residents for years, entrancing the human residents of this lovely lake in southern Vermont. When I came around the bend in my kayak at 6:45 AM, the mother eagle was waiting for me &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/18\/eagles-are-on-the-nest\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Eagles Are on the Nest&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[222,216,15],"tags":[265,254,264,61,7,244,5,6,37],"class_list":["post-851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lisa-blogger","category-outdoors","category-vermont","tag-bald-eagles","tag-birds","tag-eagles","tag-lake-rescue","tag-messy-suitcase","tag-okemo-valley","tag-travel-blog","tag-travel-blogger","tag-vermont"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=851"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":859,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851\/revisions\/859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}