Lords of lower Nettleslide
Someday I hope to upload a greatest-hits slideshow called Butterbutt bycatch, with clips of cool birds stumbled onto while looking for mountain goats. Obviously a multi-day winter project. For now, fresh off the 2026 GLOF and feeling celebratory, easier to settle on just one regal-if-sometimes-goofey example; chʼáak’, bald eagle. Here’s a 5-minute eaglet development series from this summer, with interspersed comparisons against prior years at the same nest.
My attention to eagles—unlike my goating—has been casual, and I realized while making this how many basic life-history questions I’d never thought to ask. How long is incubation? How long do parents tend to fledged offspring? As with most birdy matters, ignorance sent me to BoW (Birds of the World, of course) Telling stories properly means homework. Second only to fieldwork as the best way to learn.
