Eagle

Early March 2026

Longboat Key, Sarasota

An eagle nest

high in a tree

on the lee side of the island

overlooking Sarasota Bay.

Two eaglets,

nearly grown,

almost ready to fly.

An Audubon lady

watches the chicks,

camera clicking away.

The parents are off feeding.

Soon one eagle returns

to keep watch.

Soon the day will come

when they teach them

to fish.

Such good parents.

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Eagle —

keep watching.

Your chicks have not flown.

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An eagle

keeps a sharp eye out,

wary of the world.

.

How is it

that birds get along

and we can’t?

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Note

The birds I saw are Bald Eagle chicks. Along the bay they usually fledge (take their first flight) around March or early April, so my timing is spot on. After they fly, the parents still bring them fish for a few weeks while they learn to fish for themselves.

Then they are off on their own.