Chapter 100 Bald Eagle (V)
The huge and heavy bird's nest collapsed in an instant, and the entire bowl fell to the ground upside down, making a deafening sound.
The little fat chick was stunned like a wooden chicken, and the staff of the Wild Orphan Chick Care Association exclaimed in surprise.
“Oh my god!”
"Oh my god, this is incredible!"
"They are such lucky little guys!"
You know, the bald eagle's nest has been reinforced again and again over the years, and its size has become quite exaggerated.
Someone once photographed a bald eagle's nest, which was 2.9 meters wide and 6.1 meters high. It is conservatively estimated that its weight is more than 2 tons.
The bird's nest is completely supported by tree branches and can easily collapse in the event of a snowstorm or when multiple cubs are being raised at the same time.
Generally speaking, if a 6-7 week old chick encounters a nest collapse, especially one that is upside down, the chances of survival are slim.
Over the years, the Wild Orphan Chick Care Association has encountered countless tragedies where all the chicks were killed due to the sudden collapse of bird nests.
Unexpectedly, this year there was a nest of miraculous chicks that actually jumped out before the nest collapsed, as if they had foreseen the disaster and miraculously escaped the disaster!
The brother and sister stood on a tall tree branch, their heads tilted to the left and then to the right.
His brain, as big as a melon seed, obviously didn't react in time and he didn't know that he had just escaped death.
Yu Yiyun was so frightened that she jumped back several steps, and then a few more steps.
It circled the bird's nest in a big circle, and then in a bigger circle.
“Chirp?”
“Chirp!”
Who understands?
I just came out to mess around, but ended up losing my home!
etc!
Does this count as a house collapse?
Physical house collapse is also possible?!
Yu Yiyun, whose house really collapsed, stood in front of the ruins of the bird's nest and thought about the bird's life for a few minutes, then heard the familiar sound of "oyioyi" from afar.
Looking up, I saw the male eagle that had gone out to forage for food had returned.
He held half the fish in his paws, spread his wings, flew over the Douglas fir, and folded his wings to land.
After circling around the Douglas fir tree again and again, the male eagle did not find a familiar bird's nest as a landing point.
Yu Yijun raised his little bird head and clearly felt that his father was panicking.
He began to flap his wings wildly and let out helpless calls.
The stupid daddy, who had no experience in marriage and raising chicks and whose brain was the size of a grape, never expected that the bird's nest would collapse!
It must be because his hunting efficiency was too low, and his mature and beautiful wife was not satisfied, so she ran away from home with the children!!!
"oyi~oyi~"
The humble male eagle called out to his wife in grievance, hoping that she could give him another chance.
“Chirp!”
Yu Yiyun couldn't bear to listen any longer, so she shouted loudly to get her daddy's attention.
"oyi?"
The male eagle spread its wings and circled around the Douglas fir tree in spirals, finally avoiding the dense needle-shaped leaves and noticing the tattered bird's nest under the shade of the tree.
He flew down with half the fish in his hand and landed accurately in the center of the bird's nest. He actually felt relieved.
The bird's nest is still there, it seems my wife didn't abandon it with the child...
etc!
"Oyi?!"
woc!
How come there is only one lump of the child left?
The male eagle panicked again, and the white feathers on its head stood up.
Two of my three children are missing. How should I explain this to my wife when she gets home?
She will beat me to death!!!
"Chirp! Chirp!"
Yu Yiyun touched the male eagle's claws with her paws and raised her neck, motioning him to follow her gaze and look upwards.
The brothers and sisters who stayed on the tree branches tried their best to hold on to the trunk of the Douglas fir with their claws, for fear that they would be blown off by the wind.
When they found that their daddy had noticed them, the two chicks excitedly shouted for help.
The male eagle heard the babies calling loudly and thought they were begging for food again, so he skillfully tore the fish into pieces and fed them to the three chicks in turn.
“…”
Yu Yiyun was defeated.
I admire you, my father. Is it time to eat now?
Save the birds first!
"Oyi~" Baby, open your mouth~
"Chirp!" The little fat bird opened its mouth and swallowed a large piece of fish.
It smells so good. After all, eating is more important.
Two baby birds were trapped on a high tree branch, unable to climb up or down. They cried for help for a long time and were rewarded with delicious fish.
They chewed the fish and thought helplessly:
Okay.
At least I don’t have to starve to death.
The male eagle was busy flying up and down, feeding the three cubs one by one.
The female eagle that was out foraging for food and the raven that came as usual to "seek excitement to the end" arrived almost at the same time.
Seeing that the two sea eagles were guarding the cub, the raven did not dare to approach casually. It folded its wings and stopped beside it to observe.
The female sea eagle has more life experience than the male eagle. She immediately realized that her nest had collapsed and dived to the ground at the fastest speed.
“Oh eh…Oh eh…”
The female eagle uttered a mournful wail, mourning the poor...
“Chirp~”
Mommy~
Next to the tattered bird's nest, a gray glutinous rice ball poked its head out and cried out loudly.
The female eagle looked in the direction of the sound and found that the fattest cub was jumping around, while the other two chicks were standing quietly on the tree branch, with their mouths wide open, waiting for the male eagle to hover over and feed them with great effort.
“…”
The target of the mourning was still alive and kicking, and the female eagle's wail was instantly stuck in her throat.
The scene was very embarrassing for a while.
“Chirp!”
Yu Yiyun didn't have time to embarrass her, and immediately asked her mother for help.
Although it was not crushed to death by the bird's nest, the 7-week-old fat little bird's survival ability is worrying.
There are so many predators on the ground, and in my current state, I can barely fight the mustelids on equal terms.
Not to mention encountering a wolf, even if you encounter a short-tailed cat that likes to eat birds...
Recall the bobcat in Yellowstone Park that couldn’t catch either the mallard duck or the black-headed swan.
Chirp me, maybe this will be the only achievement in its hunting career.
The female eagle has a small brain, but she knows that her cubs cannot stay on the ground for a long time.
The problem is that the six-week-old chicks weigh more than 2 kilograms, and the little fat chicks are obviously two times larger than birds of the same age.
The bald eagle's beak and claws are all designed for catching fish, and with their sharp curved hooks, they are unable to grab their cubs and fly into the sky.
The female eagle tried several times but to no avail except pecking off two feathers of the little fat chick.
“Chi, chirp…”
Yu Yiyun lay there, his cries becoming weaker and weaker.
With his intelligence, he was able to come up with various ways to help himself transfer.
But every method cannot be accurately conveyed to Mommy.
With Yu Yiyun's current ability, he could easily climb back up the tree by himself, but the problem was that there was no bird's nest on the tree.
The most urgent task now is to find a new bird's nest.
As the national bird of the United States, the bald eagle likes to occupy territory everywhere and build several nests with branches, grass and seaweed.
One of them serves as the main nest, and the rest are 'overseas bases'.
Yu Yiyun once again sighed that the people who chose the eagle sauce as the national bird were so foresighted!
The little fat eagle's voice was almost hoarse from crying, but the female eagle still couldn't find a way to take her baby to the 'overseas base', so she could only circle around him in clockwise, counterclockwise, and in various ways, trying to be alert to predators from the ground.
However, this is not a long-term solution.
In recent days, female and male eagles need to hurry up to find food, otherwise, not only their chicks, but even they themselves will find it difficult to survive the impending heat dome effect.
Yu Yiyun was in a bad situation, and the other two chicks were in an even worse situation.
Now that the wind and the sea were calm, they could stay on the tree branches for the time being.
If a strong wind blows, the lives of the two birds will be in danger.
The sea eagle couple was extremely anxious but couldn't think of any solution.
The raven nearby couldn't bear it any longer, so it flew over despite the risk of being attacked by the sea eagle, spread its wings lovingly, exposed its back, and motioned for its baby cub to step on its back.
"Quack!" Baby, abandon that useless bird, I will take you flying!
"Ga ga~" Yu Yiyun was deeply moved. She spread her wings and jumped up, and then -
"Ga..." The raven fell to the ground in an instant, and its voice was muffled.
In just a few seconds, Ya Ya felt the unbearable weight of life.
If the fat little bird loses another two kilograms, the raven will indeed be able to fly with its cubs in this way.
The problem is that the little fat bird is growing too fast and already weighs twice as much as the raven.
Ravens mainly hunt small animals. Their bodies and claws are not designed for carrying weight, so they cannot fly with a fat chickadee that is twice their weight.
"Cack?" Yu Yijun heard the scream and immediately jumped off the raven, fearing that it would crush the raven.
The female eagle watched its series of confusing behaviors, her mind was at a standstill, and she did not immediately drive the raven away.
The raven realized that he was not doing well, and seeing that the female eagle was standing there in a daze, he bravely jumped onto her back and then jumped down again, repeating this several times, shouting loudly.
"Ga! Ga! Ga!" Now it's up to you to take the cub to fly.
"Ha ha?" Like this, has learning been wasted?
The female eagle was stepped on on the back several times. She finally realized something, retracted her claws, and lay down on the spot to allow the chicks to jump onto her back.
“Gah!”
Yu Yiyun was so moved that she even confused the birds' language!
If there were academic qualifications in the bird world, our Corvidae boss would definitely be at the graduate school level!
Yu Yiyun climbed onto the back of the female eagle with a grunt, grabbed the base of her mother's wings with her claws, and curled up into a ball to avoid being blown off by the wind.
The female bird tried flapping its wings and flew two circles at low altitude.
After making sure the chick would not fall, it slowly increased its altitude and howled at the male eagle that was circling around the tree.
"Oh hey!" Follow me!
"oyi~oyi~"
As a loyal bird to his wife, the male bald eagle flapped his wings and followed immediately after hearing his mate's call.
The elder sister, who was originally planning to follow her father's example and jump onto his back, immediately put her legs down.
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"Gugu?"
Did they fly away?
“Chirp…”
Fly away...
Looking at their daddy following their mommy away, the two young chicks were in tears.
You two are truly in love, what about us?
The rule that all bald eagles are only children is true.
Just as the two young chicks were alone on the tree branch, lamenting how short their lives were.
The Wild Orphan Rescue Association, which had been observing the entire process, rushed over carrying a ladder and contacted colleagues while climbing the ladder.
"Where did the sea eagle fly to?"
"It looks like we should fly to the seaside."
"OK, you guys continue to track the sea eagle, we will send the two little sea eagles over soon."
At the same time, Yu Yiyun stepped on the back of the female eagle, feeling the sensation of dominating the sky for the first time in her life.
He originally thought that such a flight would be very thrilling, more exciting than a roller coaster or bungee jumping.
In fact, the female eagle flies so smoothly that she barely flaps her wings in the air.
She tucked her legs in to her chest to reduce air resistance, spread her two-meter-wide wings to adjust her direction, and expertly searched for rising air currents.
Eagles have strong tendons that allow them to maneuver their huge wings to harness the strong winds.
Their flight is often not in a straight line, but rather in a spiral following the air currents.
The thermal currents in the air support the surface flight feathers and provide assistance, allowing the eagle to fly across the sky effortlessly.
The paraglider created by humans was inspired by the wings of eagles.
Yu Yiyun stood on her mother's back and saw the blue sky getting closer and closer to her.
The vast ocean in the distance will be his natural hunting ground in the future.
The fledged little fat bird couldn't help but get excited. It flapped its wings twice and imagined that it could fly.
"Oh!"
Unexpectedly, because Yu Yijun was too excited, her small wings accidentally hit the oncoming airflow, causing the female eagle's flight balance to be destroyed and she flapped her wings violently several times.
The raven following closely behind, upon seeing this scene, almost pounced over to show its motherly courage.
Yu Yiyun huddled in the middle of the wings, feeling the huge bumps and ups and downs. She was so scared that she immediately retracted her paws and became as quiet as a chicken.
It is indeed too early for the little fat bird to fly.
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Fortunately, the female eagle had rich flying experience, so she found her balance again and landed on the spare nest with her chicks.
The spare bird's nest has been idle for many years and looks a bit dilapidated. The grass and seaweed in the trough have dried up, as if it will fall apart at any time.
The female eagle put down the young chick, flew into the air and ordered the male eagle following closely behind her to quickly find branches and grass, and then fly back to her "hometown" to pick up the other two chicks.
Upon receiving the order, the male eagle did not dare to slack off and immediately flew far away to look for materials to decorate the bird's nest.
Yu Yiyun felt that the nest under his claws would fall apart at any time. He was so frightened that he dared not stay any longer and jumped tremblingly to the branch of a tree next to him to stand guard.
This tree is different from the one in my hometown. It is a North American juniper tree and can reach a height of about 40 meters. Standing on the branch, you can see very far away.
Yu Yiyun looked around and saw an endless ocean.
The bald eagle's name contains the word "sea". It mainly feeds on fish and prefers to build nests in rivers, lakes, coasts and other places near water.
In all economically prosperous countries, waterfronts have always been a hot spot for the construction and tourism industries.
Not to mention this is Alaska, one of the most glamorous places in the world.
Yu Yiyun looked from afar and saw many little people in bikinis and shorts lying on the beach sunbathing.
Now that the bald eagle is the national bird, it has reaped the political benefits and enjoys a variety of protection policies, so it is not afraid of getting along with humans.
Not only are they not afraid of people, the bald eagles living in Canada will even openly surround fishermen, chirping and asking them to catch fish quickly for them to eat.
The video was uploaded to the Internet and was ridiculed as "the boss looking for his younger brother to collect protection money."
Bald eagles, who are good at kleptophagy and parasitism, treat the little people as part of their play.
Yu Yiyun observed for a while and found that the group of little people were quite far away and it seemed that they could not catch fish, so it was highly likely that they would not affect him.
He withdrew his gaze in disappointment, but when he looked down, he found that several little people had already come under the tree and were climbing up the tree from both sides along the ladder.
"Chirp?" Wait, are you going to rob the bird's nest?
"Chirp! Chirp!" I am your national bird. Don't I have dignity?
Yu Yiyun chirped for a long time, trying to make the two-legged beast recognize the "lofty" status it had just been promoted to as the national bird.
The wild orphan care team heard it and thought the fat bird was hungry, so they shouted towards the tree:
"Hey, did you bring any food?"
Hearing this, Yu Yiyun's DNA moved, and her voice instantly became flattering.
It's like a kitten panting at a human, and suddenly gets a piece of cat food, and wisely says, "Master, just call me Mimi from now on."
"No."
The man under the tree answered.
“Chirp!”
Yu Yiyun turned hostile in an instant.
"Chirp! Chirp!" Why dig a bird's nest if there's no food!
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The two-legged beast didn't understand the baby bird's cry, so it climbed up the ladder to the bird's nest and took out from its arms -
A camera.
“Chirp?”
Yu Yiyun became even angrier.
You unilaterally invited me to perform, but didn't even give me any dried fish.
"Chirp, chirp!" I will raise this camera later!
Before Yu Yijun could finish getting angry, another team of staff climbed up with a large cage in their hands.
They opened the cage and carefully put the brother and sister back into the bird's nest, with relieved smiles on their faces.
"Thank God nothing happened to you all."
As he spoke, he reached out and touched the little fat bird standing guard high up, and brought him back to the nest.
"Little guy, it's dangerous to stand there. I don't want to take you back to the orphan rescue center."
“Chi…”
Yu Yijun called out reluctantly, looked at the camera that Xiao Renmi had just installed, and resignedly crawled into the bird's nest.
Okay, it’s not the first time I’ve been photographed.
A veteran documentary actor.
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The staff installed the cameras and, fearing that the sea eagle would be too busy, they also renovated the bird's nest.
The two sea eagles returned with branches in their beaks and empty wings, and found that their original mission had been completed.
Although the reason is unknown, the chicks were transferred safely and they can go out to sea to catch fish again.
Yu Yiyun originally thought that living in the new sea view house would make it more convenient for mommy and daddy to hunt, and her quality of life would definitely improve.
However, just two days after moving into the new home, the temperature in the area began to rise sharply, causing a heat dome phenomenon.
The North American heat dome phenomenon often occurs around July, and many areas will experience extreme high temperatures, seriously affecting the normal lives of humans and animals. In 2021, the North American heat dome caused temperatures to exceed 50°C in many places, and even 30°C in the Arctic Circle in midsummer.
Currently, there is no way to intervene and alleviate the heat dome in the world, and the only thing we can do is wait for it to disappear naturally.
A persistent heat dome will not only cause high temperatures, but will also increase sea surface pressure, causing all fish that would originally float to the surface to hide in the deep sea.
Bald eagles can swim but cannot dive, so they cannot go into the deep sea to catch fish.
The sea eagle couple guarded the sea from morning to night every day, but they never waited for a single fish.
Many sea eagle chicks could not survive this summer due to the heat and lack of food.
But Yu Yiyun is an exception.
The sea eagle couple couldn't catch any prey, but the raven's hunting was not affected at all.
Even when the temperature is high, hares and squirrels on the ground still need to leave their holes to find food.
Temperature affects the activity level of mammals, causing them to move slowly, and this happens every time you catch them.
The little fat bird not only eats its fill every day, but even feels a little full.
Thanks to him, the older brothers and sisters can maintain their vital signs by picking up the leftover meat of their younger brother every day.
After a few meals, the brothers and sisters have become Raven's godsons and goddaughters, and they are more enthusiastic about seeing Raven than seeing his biological father.
His attitude towards his younger brother is naturally more respectful, with an attitude of "following the eldest brother will give you the meat to eat".
There are a large number of bald eagles nesting on the seashore, and there is a large bird's nest every few hundred meters.
Due to the influence of climate, the hatching time of this batch of chicks is roughly the same.
The chicks in other nests are just beginning to learn to stand and walk.
Every day when Yu Yiyun's nest of chicks had enough to eat and had nothing to do, they would crawl out of the nest with a grunt and wander around like free-range chickens.
After experiencing the house collapse, the older brothers and sisters also realized how important it is to learn how to climb trees.
They dared not slack off, and except for eating and sleeping, they spent all their time learning tree-climbing skills, which the bald eagles did not actually need.
While other families with multiple children were busy fighting in the bird's nest, the three of them were already lining up to climb up and down, jumping and skipping to the coast for a stroll.
The weather has been incredibly hot recently, with temperatures comparable to those in Africa.
Most animals on the ground have changed their habits to hide during the day and come out at night, so there is no need to worry about encountering enemy animals during the day.
Even if they encountered an enemy beast, Yu Yiyun, who had grown twice as big and whose beak and claws had become stronger, and whose brothers and sisters were also making rapid progress, might be able to complete the first hunt in the bird's life.
The two-month-old bald eagle's feathers have almost grown out, and its legs are covered with fluffy feathers. From a distance, it looks like an old man wearing brown-gray autumn johns.
The three of them walked without caring about their relatives, shrugged their shoulders, and staggered to the beach.
Yu Yiyun looked at the guards on both sides of him and thought to himself:
Beach + bald eagle = sand sculpture.
broken.
I often diss the Blackfin Party for being idiots, but now I am the idiot myself.
Yu Yiyun was thinking secretly, and suddenly looked up and saw an old beast near the coast.
"Ding-dang-dang—"
Lying in the middle of a kelp forest, a sea otter with a rock on his chest pried open a scallop shell and fed it to a nearby cub, about two months old.
After feeding the scallops, it picked up a large sea urchin and continued knocking it.
After the little sea otter finished eating the scallops and sea urchins, it stretched out its paw again to ask for food.
Under the envious eyes of the sea eagles, the mother sea otter took out another crab, pried open the shell with a stone, and fed it to the little sea otter.
The little sea otter held the crab and looked at the three sand sculptures provocatively.
"Squeak~" Whose mother is so good at cooking? It turns out to be my mother~
"Squeak, squeak, squeak~" Is there any mother who can't catch fish? No way, no way?
Yu Yiyun heard the tea-like sound of its tea and let out a loud squeak of anger.
"Chichi!" It's great to be able to cook!
"Chirp, chirp!" My mother ate your mother in her previous life!
As soon as it finished chirping, several bald eagles flew over. They saw the sea otter lying on the sea and flew over without even looking away.
Sea otters can weigh up to 50 kilograms, nearly ten times heavier than an adult bald eagle, and are highly aggressive.
If you rashly attack a sea otter with its cubs, you may be dragged into the sea and killed by the otter. Bald eagles like to get something for nothing, so they are unwilling to take risks.
"Squeak?" The little sea otter cried even louder and asked happily: Hey~ Who is your mother?
“…”
The little fat guy was so angry that he was silent!
You wait!
I will learn to fly tomorrow, learn to hunt the day after tomorrow, and catch you the day after tomorrow!
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