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Bald eagles rebounding in Indiana
Reni Winter, Lafayette Journal and Courier
LAFAYETTE, Ind. - In the crook of a tree more than 60 feet above the murky brown waters of the Tippecanoe River, a male bald eagle stands perched on the edge of a massive nest, his back turned toward the female whose head is barely visible from below. Minutes pass with neither bird moving; she's coddling the eggs, he's standing guard. Then the female, the larger of the two, slowly rises. She steps onto the edge of the nest and launches into flight - off on a fishing or hunting foray. The male hunkers down for his turn incubating the eggs. It is a sight few see - the changing of the guard of a mating pair of bald eagles, majestic birds that mate for life - but one that is about 60 times more likely now than in 1985, when the Indiana Department of Natural Resources began reintroducing bald eagles to the state.
http://www.courierpress.com/ecp/local_news/article/0,1626,ECP_745_3726685,00.html
Bald eagles rebounding in Indiana
Reni Winter, Lafayette Journal and Courier
LAFAYETTE, Ind. - In the crook of a tree more than 60 feet above the murky brown waters of the Tippecanoe River, a male bald eagle stands perched on the edge of a massive nest, his back turned toward the female whose head is barely visible from below. Minutes pass with neither bird moving; she's coddling the eggs, he's standing guard. Then the female, the larger of the two, slowly rises. She steps onto the edge of the nest and launches into flight - off on a fishing or hunting foray. The male hunkers down for his turn incubating the eggs. It is a sight few see - the changing of the guard of a mating pair of bald eagles, majestic birds that mate for life - but one that is about 60 times more likely now than in 1985, when the Indiana Department of Natural Resources began reintroducing bald eagles to the state.
http://www.courierpress.com/ecp/local_news/article/0,1626,ECP_745_3726685,00.html