This nesting pair has successfully fledged six eaglets since 2005. Watching the 2008 eaglet from hatching to fledging was one of the most amazing things I've ever seen. My partner and I visited the nest several times a week throughout the spring. We watched the parents feed, watched the chick go from begging for food to taking it right out of her parents' mouths, to taking her first flight. On the day of that first flight, we sat watching her exercise her wings in her usual vigor, then she just took off. I heard my partner gasp and we both cried as she flew around the pond a couple of times and made an awkward landing back at the nest. I have never seen anything like her determination, or her beauty.
