MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • January 21, 2024
On this cold Sunday, while we read the news in the comfort of our homes, let’s take a second to acknowledge the feathered parents sitting on nests right now, incubating eggs that will become the next generation of our backyard birds. One of the most well known of these early nesters is the bald eagle. A tiny black-capped chickadee only needs about two weeks after hatching to fledge, but a massive bald eagle can take up to 14 weeks. Rivaling our eagles for the “Eager Nester” award is the great horned owl. ~ Maine Audubon staff naturalist Doug Hitchcox