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Narrator: FROM THE SKIES OVER
THE MISSISSIPPI
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COMES A PERSONAL STORY
OF OUR NATION'S SYMBOL...
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Man: WHEN I WAS A KID,
JUST TO SEE A BALD EAGLE
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WAS JUST A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME
EXPERIENCE --
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IT'D BE ON THE FRONT PAGE
OF THE PAPER --
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"A BALD EAGLE WAS SEEN."
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Narrator:
NOW, ALL THAT HAS CHANGED.
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WE'RE REALLY HOPING
TO INSTALL MULTIPLE CAMERAS --
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MAYBE ONE ON THIS LIMB,
PERHAPS ONE ON THE OTHER LIMB.
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Narrator: WE'RE AFTER
THE ULTIMATE
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BIRD'S-EYE VIEW
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INTO THE PRIVATE LIFE
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OF AN AMERICAN ICON.
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Man: WE'VE BEEN WORRIED
ABOUT WHETHER
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THE YOUNGER SMALLER CHICK
IS GOING TO SURVIVE OR NOT.
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Narrator: SIBLING RIVALRY...
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PARENTS IN CRISIS...
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PARTNERS...
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FOR BETTER OR WORSE.
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Man: AND HE'S THE BOSS.
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BOY, THIS IS HIS NEST --
NO MATTER WHAT SHE DOES,
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HE COMES BACK
AND REARRANGES IT.
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Narrator: A NATIONAL TRIUMPH --
RECLAIMING ITS PLACE
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IN THE NATURAL WORLD.
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THE AMERICAN EAGLE...IS BACK.
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Narrator:THE FOUR OF JULY, 1776.
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ON A DAY OF HIGH EMOTIONS --
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HOURS AFTER
DECLARING INDEPENDENCE --
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CONGRESS ASKED THOMAS JEFFERSON,
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BEN FRANKLIN,
AND JOHN ADAMS
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TO CHOOSE AN EMBLEM
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FOR THE FLEDGLING UNITED STATES.
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WHAT SYMBOL WOULD BEST REPRESENT
A NEW SOVEREIGN NATION,
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AND A FREE PEOPLE?
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THE COMMITTEE FIRST LOOKED
TO HISTORY,
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AND BEGAN WITH
A CLASSICAL DESIGN.
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THEN INSPIRATION STEPPED IN --
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THEY TURNED TO NATURE,
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TO SOMETHING POWERFULLY ALIVE.
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THE BALD EAGLE
WAS DISTINCTLY AMERICAN.
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THE ULTIMATE EMBLEM OF A NATION
WITH SOARING ASPIRATIONS.
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SINCE THEN, THE AMERICAN EAGLE
HAS HAD SWINGS OF FORTUNE
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EVERY BIT AS DRAMATIC AS THOSE
OF THE UNITED STATES.
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Man: I THINK THAT BEING AN EAGLE
IS A TOUGH THING.
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I MEAN, THEY'RE OUT THERE
EVERY DAY
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LIVING ON THE EDGE OF SURVIVAL.
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I'M NEIL RETTIG,
I'M A NATURAL HISTORY FILMMAKER,
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I'VE BEEN MAKING
WILDLIFE DOCUMENTARIES
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FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
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MY BIG PASSION IN LIFE, THOUGH,
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HAS BEEN BIRDS OF PREY.
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THE REALLY NEAT THING ABOUT THIS
IS THAT,
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ON A DAY LIKE TODAY,
YOU HAVE UNLIMITED VISIBILITY.
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AND 180�.
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AFTER ALL THESE YEARS,
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I DECIDED IT WAS THE TIME
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT
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THE NATIONAL BIRD --
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A BIRD THAT AMERICANS REALLY
DON'T KNOW ALL THAT MUCH ABOUT.
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AND SO WE SET OUT TO DISCOVER
THEIR SECRET LIFE --
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HOW THEY BREED, HOW THEY HUNT...
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TO DEPICT A REAL PREDATOR --
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A CHASER OF DUCKS,
A CATCHER OF GAME.
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AND WHAT WE FOUND WAS IN SOME
WAYS INCREDIBLY MIND-BLOWING.
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THEY WILL FACE ANY KIND OF
THREAT WITH FULL FORCE,
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AND THEY WON'T HOLD BACK.
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HERE'S A COUPLE MORE CHASING
EACH OTHER DOWN HERE, LOOK AT.
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THEY'RE GONNA COME BY --
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WE'RE GONNA GET SOME SHOTS.
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Abraham: ALONG A TRIBUTARY
OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
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NEIL FINDS THE PERFECT
NEST SITE.
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IT HAPPENS TO BE RIGHT ABOVE
THE STATE FISH HATCHERY,
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IN A HUGE COTTONWOOD TREE.
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Rettig: NOW THESE EAGLES
TURNED OUT TO BE
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AN EXTRAORDINARY PAIR
TO WORK WITH.
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NOT ONLY WERE THEY
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VERY TOLERANT
OF HUMAN ACTIVITY,
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BUT THEY WERE ALSO
CATCHING TROUT
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RIGHT UNDER THE NEST
IN THE FISH HATCHERY PONDS.
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THE FEMALE WAS A PARTICULARLY
COOL CHARACTER --
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SHE HAD ONE EYE MISSING.
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WATCHING THESE BIRDS
WORK ON THE NEST
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IN THE DEAD OF WINTER
WAS REALLY SOMETHING.
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BUT THE MOST EXCITING THING
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WAS WATCHING THEM ACTUALLY
SWOOP DOWN
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INTO THE WATERS
OF THE FISH HATCHERY POND.
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EVEN THOUGH THE FEMALE
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HAD ONE EYE,
I WAS AMAZED AT HER ACCURACY
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IN ACTUALLY CATCHING TROUT.
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THERE WAS NO TOLERATION
OF TRESPASSERS.
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THE NEST SITE IS THE NUCLEUS
OF THEIR ACTIVITIES,
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AND THEY HAVE TO PROTECT THE
RESOURCES RIGHT NEAR THE NEST.
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ANY OTHER EAGLE
THAT WOULD COME
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ANYWHERE NEAR
THAT FISH HATCHERY POND
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WOULD BE CHASED OFF.
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IT'S A DEMONSTRATION, TOO,
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OF SPEED AND AGILITY --
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THE MANEUVERS WERE REMARKABL
THROUGH THE BRANCHES,
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AND THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS
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THAT HAS ALWAYS JUST SURPRISED
ME ABO THIS SPECIES --
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HOW FAST THEY ARE.
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Abraham: ALL WINTER,
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EVEN AS TEMPERATURES DIPPED
TO 20� BELOW,
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THE PAIR HAS WORKED TOGETHER,
REFURBISHING THE NEST.
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Rettig: I THINK A LOT OF
THE NEST BUILDING ACTIVITY
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IS PART OF PAIR BONDING,
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BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO
GET THEIR ACT TOGETHER
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AS A MATTER OF SURVIVAL.
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Abraham: IT'S NOW
THE END OF MARCH,
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AND THE FEMALE
SETTLES INTO THE NEST
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WITH A TELLTALE WAGGLE.
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Rettig: BALD EAGLES NORMALLY LAY
TWO TO THREE EGGS.
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BUT THIS SPRING,
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THE ONE-EYED FEMALE
ONLY LAID ONE EGG.
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Abraham: THE COUPLE BEGINS
A DAILY ROUTINE.
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FOR FIVE LONG WEEKS,
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THEY'LL TAKE TURNS
INCUBATING THE EGG.
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AS WINTER EBBS,
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THE WELL-PRACTICED TEAM
SEEMS TO BE HEADED FOR SUCCESS,
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BUT SPRING IS A FICKLE SEASON.
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Rettig: IN MID-APRIL,
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THERE WAS A FREAK SNOWSTORM --
I'LL NEVER FORGET IT.
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THE NEST WAS BEING BLOWN AROUND
BY THIS VIOLENT WIND,
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THE SNOW WAS GOING
ABSOLUTE HORIZONTAL.
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AND IT JUST KEPT REMINDING ME
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OF WHAT THESE BIRDS ARE FACING
IN EVERYDAY LIFE.
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THEY WERE WELL INTO INCUBATION,
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SO THE CHANGING OF THE GUARD
WAS ALWAYS QUICK.
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BECAUSE YOU GOTTA REMEMBER,
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THEY HAVE DELICATE EGGS
THAT THEY'RE PROTECTING
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AND KEEPING WARM.
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THERE SEEMED TO BE SHIFTS OF
AN HOUR, HOUR AND A HALF,
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WHERE ONE EAGLE
WOULD SIT ON THE EGG
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WHILE THE OTHER WAS OUT
FORAGING FOR FOOD.
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THROUGH THIS STORM,
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THE MALE SAT, WAITING FOR
THE FEMALE TO RETURN.
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TRAGICALLY,
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SOMETHING HAPPENED TO HER --
WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT.
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THERE'S SO MANY THINGS OUT THERE
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THAT CAN WORK AGAINST
THE SURVIVAL
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OF THESE MAGNIFICENT BIRDS,
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AND IT MAKES YOU REALIZE
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HOW FRAGILE THEIR EXISTENCE
ACTUALLY IS.
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Abraham: COLD AND HUNGRY,
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THE FATHER ABANDONS HIS EGG.
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NOW HE HAS LOST
ALMOST EVERYTHING.
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HE MAY FIND ANOTHER MATE
AND START ALL OVER AGAIN.
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BUT UNTIL THEN, HE MUST DEFEND
HIS TERRITORY...ALONE.
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WHEN EUROPEANS ARRIVED
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IN NORTH AMERICA,
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THE CONTINENT TEEMED WITH
AS MANY AS
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HALF A MILLION BALD EAGLES.
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BUT AS SETTLERS ADVANCED,
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THE RAPTORS BECAME TARGETS,
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AND THEIR NESTING TREES
FELL TO THE BLADE.
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FOR RAPTOR SPECIALIST
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BOB ANDERSON,
THE PIONEERS' ATTITUDE
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WAS SIMPLY ARROGANT --
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AND IGNORANT.
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Anderson: ALL BIRDS OF PREY
WERE JUST CONSIDERED VERMIN.
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I MEAN,
THEY WERE ALL CHICKEN HAWKS,
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THEY WERE ALL BAD BIRDS.
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BE IT A BALD EAGLE,
A GOLDEN EAGLE,
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A RED-TAILED HAWK,
THEY WERE ALL SHOT.
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Abraham: AT THE START
OF THE 20th CENTURY,
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BALD EAGLES WERE UNDER
SIEGE ACROSS THE LOWER 48.
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ALASKA SEEMED LIKE
THE LAST WILD PLACE.
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AND THERE,
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THE BALD EAGLE THRIVED.
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BUT IN 1917,
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THE TERRITORY INTRODUCED
A CASH BOUNTY.
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BY MID-CENTURY,
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OVER 120,000 EAGLES
HAD BEEN SHOT...
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AND THE GRAVEST THREAT
WAS STILL TO COME.
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AFTER WORLD WAR II,
DDT CAME INTO WIDESPREAD USE
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TO CONTROL INSECT PESTS.
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BALD EAGLE NUMBERS
WENT FROM DECLINE
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TO FREE FALL.
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Anderson: WHEN I WAS A KID,
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JUST TO SEE A BALD EAGLE
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WAS JUST A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME
EXPERIENCE --
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THE PHONES WOULD RING IF
A BALD EAGLE WAS SEEN ANYWHERE.
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I MEAN, EVERYBODY WOULD CALL --
IT WOULD BE ON
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THE FRONT PAGE OF THE PAPER,
"A BALD EAGLE WAS SEEN."
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Abraham: DDT MADE EGGSHELLS
THIN AND FRAGILE,
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SHARPLY REDUCING THE NUMBER
OF HATCHING CHICKS.
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Anderson: THE CRASH WAS
TAKING PLACE SO RAPIDLY.
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I WAS JUST CONVINCED
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WHATEVER EAGLE I SAW
WAS JUST GOING TO BE A DINOSAUR,
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IN MY LIFETIME,
THEY WERE GOING TO BE EXTINCT.
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Abraham: IN THE 1960s,
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JUST OVER
400 NESTING PAIRS
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REMAINED IN
THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES.
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IN THE '70s,
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TWO CENTURIES AFTER EMBRACING
AN ICON OF WILDNESS,
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THE U.S. DECLARED
THE BALD EAGLE "ENDANGERED."
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AMERICA'S SYMBOL OF STRENGTH
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HAD BECOME AN EMBLEM OF
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION.
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BUT AMERICA WAS NOT ABOUT TO
FORSAKE ITS TROUBLED SYMBOL.
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RESEARCHERS FINALLY
PERSUADED CONGRESS
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TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST DDT.
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BY 1973, GENERAL USE
OF THE PESTICIDE WAS BANNED.
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ALMOST IMMEDIATELY,
BALD EAGLES STARTED TO REBOUND.
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IN 2007, THE AMERICAN EAGLE
WAS REMOVED FROM
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THE ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST.
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BY TAPPING
OUR OWN BETTER NATURES,
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WE HAD GIVEN PRIMAL NATURE
A SECOND CHANCE.
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Rettig: IT WAS LATE SUMMER
AND THE EAGLE HAD LEFT THE NEST.
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IT WAS A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY
TO CLIMB
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THE 80 FEET UP AND INVESTIGATE.
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BOB AND I WANTED TO HAVE A LOOK
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TO SEE JUST WHAT WAS ON
THE NEST.
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WOW!
WOW, LOOK AT THE FOOD UP HERE!
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AMAZING.
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HERE'S A SKULL OF SOME MAMMAL --
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THE TOP PART OF THE BRAIN
OF SOME MAMMAL.
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AND HERE WE'VE GOT
THE REMAINS OF A...
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THIS IS A RABBIT FOOT HERE,
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YOU SEE A LITTLE BIT OF
THE FEMUR.
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BONES HERE.
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AND HERE'S A FEATHER.
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A DARK FEATHER THAT ALMOST
LOOKS LIKE
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IT MIGHT BE FROM A CROW,
POSSIBLY A DUCK.
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Abraham: BOB AND NEIL
DECIDE TO LOOK FOR
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POSSIBLE POSITIONS
TO PUT CAMERAS.
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BOB IS A NEST-CAM EXPERT.
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00:16:20,380 --> 00:16:22,648
ONE THING THAT WE
WE'RE REALLY HOPING TO INSTALL
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00:16:22,716 --> 00:16:25,117
HERE IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO
ARE MULTIPLE CAMERAS --
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YOU KNOW, ONE ON THIS LIMB,
MAYBE ONE OF THIS LIMB,
229
00:16:27,420 --> 00:16:28,721
PERHAPS ONE ON THE OTHER LIMB,
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ALL POINTING INTO
THIS GENERAL AREA,
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00:16:30,490 --> 00:16:32,858
THE BOWL OF THE NEST.
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00:16:36,796 --> 00:16:38,330
YOU'VE HEARD OF "SEA LEGS"?
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00:16:38,398 --> 00:16:41,500
WE HAVE TO HAVE TREE LEGS
WHEN YOU'RE WORKING THIS JOB.
234
00:16:41,568 --> 00:16:44,737
Abraham:
BOB WILL HAVE A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW
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00:16:44,804 --> 00:16:48,407
IN THE COMING NESTING SEASON,
NO MATTER WHETHER
236
00:16:48,475 --> 00:16:51,310
THE SINGLE MALE SUCCEEDS
OR FAILS.
237
00:16:56,116 --> 00:16:58,050
[ THUNDER RUMBLING ]
238
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OCTOBER IN
THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
239
00:17:09,996 --> 00:17:12,364
THE FALL WEATHER IS MILD
240
00:17:12,432 --> 00:17:15,434
AND EAGLES ARE FREE FROM
THE BURDENS OF THE NEST.
241
00:17:20,874 --> 00:17:24,276
WATER BIRDS, SOON TO DEPART
242
00:17:24,344 --> 00:17:27,546
FOR WARMER HAVENS,
ARE BRIEFLY ABUNDANT.
243
00:17:42,395 --> 00:17:44,596
JOINING THE EAGLES
THAT LIVE HERE YEAR-ROUND
244
00:17:44,664 --> 00:17:47,599
ARE BALD EAGLE MIGRANTS
245
00:17:47,667 --> 00:17:49,401
FLYING SOUTH FROM CANADA.
246
00:17:49,469 --> 00:17:52,871
SOME HAVE FLOWN 1,400 MILES
TO FIND OPEN WATER.
247
00:17:52,939 --> 00:17:58,744
THIS SURGE OF EAGLES
NOW TURNS TO HUNTING.
248
00:18:01,748 --> 00:18:06,885
BALD EAGLES WILL
SOMETIMES CHASE MALLARDS.
249
00:18:06,953 --> 00:18:12,224
BUT THE RIVER OFFERS
MUCH EASIER PREY.
250
00:18:12,292 --> 00:18:16,161
COOTS RAFT TOGETHER
BY THE THOUSANDS,
251
00:18:16,229 --> 00:18:19,331
AND THESE CALM BIRDS
ARE A FAVORITE MEAL.
252
00:18:21,735 --> 00:18:24,903
A STRONG WIND ALLOWS AN EAGLE
THE RARE CHANCE
253
00:18:24,971 --> 00:18:27,940
TO HOVER LIKE A SMALLER RAPTOR,
THE KITE.
254
00:19:17,190 --> 00:19:19,858
THERE'S MORE THAN ENOUGH PREY
FOR EVERY EAGLE,
255
00:19:19,926 --> 00:19:21,994
BUT THIEVERY
IS IN THEIR NATURE.
256
00:19:26,466 --> 00:19:29,168
AS ONE HUNTER LANDS AT
A MUSKRAT HUT,
257
00:19:29,235 --> 00:19:32,671
OTHER EAGLES IMMEDIATELY
TRY TO STEAL HIS PRIZE.
258
00:19:45,185 --> 00:19:47,052
THIS AUTUMN BOUNTY
259
00:19:47,120 --> 00:19:50,422
IS A RETURNING GLIMMER
OF THE OLD DAYS.
260
00:19:52,525 --> 00:19:55,260
IN NOVEMBER, WHEN THE EAGLES
ARE STAGING
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ON THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI,
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THERE IS ONE PLACE
FAR TO THE NORTH
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00:19:58,932 --> 00:20:01,233
THAT IS ALMOST PRIMEVAL --
264
00:20:01,301 --> 00:20:04,436
AN UNTOUCHED WILDERNESS.
265
00:20:04,504 --> 00:20:07,206
THIS IS THE CHILKAT RIVER
IN ALASKA,
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00:20:07,273 --> 00:20:11,043
WHERE GREAT RUNS OF SALMON
BRING EAGLES FROM AS FAR AS
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00:20:11,111 --> 00:20:13,045
A THOUSAND MILES AWAY.
268
00:20:16,516 --> 00:20:18,384
THE SALMON HAVE MADE
THEIR OWN EPIC JOURNEY
269
00:20:18,451 --> 00:20:19,718
IN FROM THE SEA
TO SPAWN.
270
00:20:19,786 --> 00:20:24,556
THEY WILL DIE SOON AFTERWARDS,
BUT THEY WILL SUSTAIN
271
00:20:24,624 --> 00:20:26,625
THIS GREAT GATHERING OF EAGLES,
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00:20:26,693 --> 00:20:30,262
AS THEY HAVE DONE EACH AUTUMN
FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS.
273
00:20:38,538 --> 00:20:39,972
Rettig: I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO GO
274
00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:42,808
TO THE CHILKAT,
AND IT WAS NOT A LETDOWN.
275
00:20:42,876 --> 00:20:45,944
I HAVE NEVER SEEN SO MANY EAGLES
IN ONE PLACE.
276
00:20:46,012 --> 00:20:50,349
THERE CAN BE AS MANY AS 2,000
IN ONE SMALL AREA OF THE RIVER.
277
00:20:50,417 --> 00:20:53,786
IT'S LIKE GOING BACK INTO TIME
BEING THERE.
278
00:21:03,396 --> 00:21:06,331
BECAUSE BALD EAGLES
DO SPECIALIZE
279
00:21:06,399 --> 00:21:09,234
OFTEN IN FISH, THEIR FEET
280
00:21:09,302 --> 00:21:12,037
ARE MODIFIED,
WITH TINY PROJECTIONS
281
00:21:12,105 --> 00:21:14,006
ON THE BOTTOM OF THE TOES,
282
00:21:14,074 --> 00:21:15,474
AND THE PADS OF THE FEET,
283
00:21:15,542 --> 00:21:18,377
WHICH ACTUALLY MAKE IT
EASY FOR THEM TO GRIP FISH.
284
00:21:18,445 --> 00:21:20,879
THEIR BEAKS
ARE INCREDIBLY EFFICIENT
285
00:21:20,947 --> 00:21:24,750
AT RIPPING THE FLESH OF FISH
AND OTHER PREY THAT THEY CATCH.
286
00:21:31,224 --> 00:21:36,161
EAGLES GENERALLY CAN GO FAIRLY
LONG PERIODS WITHOUT EATING.
287
00:21:36,229 --> 00:21:37,963
THEY HAVE WHAT'S CALLED
A "CROP,"
288
00:21:38,031 --> 00:21:40,733
WHICH IS AN EXTENSION
OF THE ESOPHAGUS,
289
00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:42,868
WHICH IS A STORAGE BAG FOR FOOD.
290
00:21:42,936 --> 00:21:45,137
WHEN THERE'S
PLENTY OF FOOD AROUND,
291
00:21:45,205 --> 00:21:48,207
THEY'LL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT
BY GORGING THEMSELVES.
292
00:21:48,274 --> 00:21:50,309
AND THEY CAN ACTUALLY GO,
AFTER A GORGE,
293
00:21:50,377 --> 00:21:53,212
FOR A WEEK TO TEN DAYS
WITHOUT FEEDING IF THEY HAVE TO.
294
00:21:53,279 --> 00:21:56,181
BUT AS SOON AS A BALD EAGLE
CATCHES SOMETHING,
295
00:21:56,249 --> 00:21:58,183
YOU CAN BET THAT WITHIN SECONDS,
296
00:21:58,251 --> 00:22:01,020
ANOTHER ONE'S GONNA COME IN
AND HASSLE IT.
297
00:22:11,231 --> 00:22:14,933
Abraham:
BACK ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI,
298
00:22:15,001 --> 00:22:16,935
AUTUMN IS ON THE WANE.
299
00:22:21,841 --> 00:22:25,044
WINTER MAKES A GENTLE ENTRANCE.
300
00:22:39,826 --> 00:22:42,728
BALD EAGLES CAN NOW
WALK ON THE RIVER,
301
00:22:42,796 --> 00:22:45,564
ALTHOUGH SOME
SEEM TO PREFER SKATING.
302
00:22:55,175 --> 00:22:58,510
GIZZARD SHAD
CAN STILL BE PLUCKED UP,
303
00:22:58,578 --> 00:23:02,715
BUT THEY WILL SOON BE
ENTOMBED IN ICE.
304
00:23:07,487 --> 00:23:09,688
AS OPEN WATER FREEZES OVER,
305
00:23:09,756 --> 00:23:11,190
AN EAGLE MUST BE
306
00:23:11,257 --> 00:23:13,425
EVER MORE PRECISE.
307
00:23:26,906 --> 00:23:29,308
AT THE HATCHERY NEST,
308
00:23:29,376 --> 00:23:32,578
BOB ANDERSON HAS BEEN KEEPING
AN EYE ON THE WIDOWED MALE.
309
00:23:36,116 --> 00:23:37,549
Anderson: THE MALE
310
00:23:37,617 --> 00:23:39,985
WILL ALWAYS MAKE OCCASIONAL
VISITS TO THE NEST.
311
00:23:40,053 --> 00:23:42,087
HE STILL MAINTAINS
THE TERRITORY.
312
00:23:42,155 --> 00:23:44,256
HE'S WORKING ON HIS NEST,
ADDING LITTLE TRINKETS
313
00:23:44,324 --> 00:23:47,626
THAT MIGHT MAKE IT
MORE ATTRACTIVE.
314
00:23:47,694 --> 00:23:50,796
THIS PARTICULAR NEST
IS PRIME PROPERTY --
315
00:23:50,864 --> 00:23:54,199
IT'S LOCATED SO CLOSE
TO A PRIME FOOD SOURCE.
316
00:23:54,267 --> 00:23:58,871
MANY, MANY EAGLES HAVE BEEN
VYING TO GET INTO THE TERRITORY.
317
00:23:58,938 --> 00:24:00,305
NOW THAT HE'S ALONE,
318
00:24:00,373 --> 00:24:03,175
AN APPROACHING FEMALE
WOULD BE COURTED.
319
00:24:09,449 --> 00:24:11,283
Abraham: AFTER REARRANGING
HIS CORN HUSKS,
320
00:24:11,351 --> 00:24:14,319
THE MALE SETS OFF
TO COVER HIS TERRITORY.
321
00:24:24,130 --> 00:24:28,300
BUT NOW ANOTHER EAGLE
BUZZES THE NEST.
322
00:24:32,572 --> 00:24:34,273
IT'S A FEMALE.
323
00:24:51,591 --> 00:24:55,160
AN AERIAL DUET MAY BE A CHANCE
FOR THE PROSPECTIVE COUPLE
324
00:24:55,228 --> 00:24:57,596
TO SIZE-UP
EACH OTHER'S CONDITION.
325
00:24:57,664 --> 00:25:00,332
A HEALTHY EAGLE CAN CRUISE AT
326
00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:02,634
40 MILES AN HOUR
IN LEVEL FLIGHT
327
00:25:02,702 --> 00:25:05,537
AND HIT 100 IN A DIVE.
328
00:25:16,316 --> 00:25:19,818
AFTER A FEW MINUTES
WITH THEIR HEADS IN THE CLOUDS,
329
00:25:19,886 --> 00:25:21,854
THE COURTSHIP IS OVER.
330
00:25:21,921 --> 00:25:23,455
ROMANCE IS A LUXURY --
331
00:25:23,523 --> 00:25:27,426
THERE'S WORK TO BE DONE.
332
00:25:37,470 --> 00:25:39,938
Anderson: WHEN THE EAGLES
FIRST LAND TOGETHER ON THE NEST,
333
00:25:40,006 --> 00:25:41,540
THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT
APPREHENSIVE,
334
00:25:41,608 --> 00:25:43,709
AND I THINK THE MOVING AROUND
OF STICKS TOGETHER
335
00:25:43,777 --> 00:25:45,878
AND GRASS TOGETHER
JUST KIND OF CEMENTS THE BOND,
336
00:25:45,945 --> 00:25:47,246
IT KIND OF CREATES THE MARRIAGE
337
00:25:47,313 --> 00:25:48,947
THAT WILL ONLY GET
DEEPER AND DEEPER
338
00:25:49,015 --> 00:25:51,417
AS THE WEEKS PROGRESS.
339
00:25:55,088 --> 00:25:57,322
BUT IRONICALLY,
IN THIS SITUATION,
340
00:25:57,390 --> 00:25:58,791
THE MALE HAS THE FINAL SAY --
341
00:25:58,858 --> 00:26:00,292
EVEN THOUGH SHE BRINGS A STICK
342
00:26:00,360 --> 00:26:02,127
AND TRIES TO PUT IT
IN SOMEPLACE,
343
00:26:02,195 --> 00:26:04,963
THE MALE WILL GRAB HER STICK
AND PUT IT SOMEPLACE ELSE.
344
00:26:12,372 --> 00:26:14,406
WE THINK SHE'S A FOUR-YEAR-OLD,
345
00:26:14,474 --> 00:26:16,008
THOUGH SHE DOES HAVE SPECKLES
ON HER HEAD,
346
00:26:16,076 --> 00:26:18,410
BUT YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE
DARK STREAK ON TOP OF HER BEAK.
347
00:26:18,478 --> 00:26:22,481
THAT DARK STREAK TELLS US THAT
MAYBE SHE'S A FOUR-YEAR-OLD.
348
00:26:22,549 --> 00:26:23,816
HE'S GOT A YOUNG BRIDE,
349
00:26:23,883 --> 00:26:26,585
PROBABLY COMING INTO
HER FIRST BREEDING SEASON.
350
00:26:35,395 --> 00:26:39,398
Abraham: WINTER DRAINS
THE LAST WARMTH FROM THE RIVER.
351
00:26:45,472 --> 00:26:47,272
FRESH PERILS APPEAR
352
00:26:47,340 --> 00:26:51,510
FOR ALL THE CREATURES
ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI.
353
00:26:57,584 --> 00:27:02,821
AND NOW THE MOST BRUTAL SEASON
TIPTOES IN.
354
00:28:06,386 --> 00:28:09,355
AT THE FISH HATCHERY,
THE MALE HAS WAITED OUT
355
00:28:09,422 --> 00:28:11,724
THE FIRST SNOWFALL
OF THE SEASON.
356
00:28:11,791 --> 00:28:15,027
EACH STORM WILL TEST HIS NEST
AGAINST THE WIND
357
00:28:15,095 --> 00:28:16,895
AND THE EXTRA WEIGHT
OF SNOW AND ICE.
358
00:28:25,872 --> 00:28:28,907
ND
NEIL RETTIG FINDS THAT
EAGLES PAY A HUGE PRICE
359
00:28:28,975 --> 00:28:31,610
FOR THESE STORMS EVERY YEAR.
360
00:28:34,247 --> 00:28:36,982
WHAT WE'VE GOT SCATTERED
ALL OVER THE GROUND HERE
361
00:28:37,050 --> 00:28:39,084
IS THE REMAINS
OF THIS EAGLE NEST,
362
00:28:39,152 --> 00:28:41,987
WHICH JUST FELL A COUPLE NIGHTS
AGO IN A WINDSTORM.
363
00:28:42,055 --> 00:28:45,824
IT WAS IN A CROTCH OF
A SILVER MAPLE UP ABOVE ME HERE.
364
00:28:45,892 --> 00:28:48,093
AND THIS IS
THE NEST BOWL ITSELF.
365
00:28:48,161 --> 00:28:49,728
ENCRUSTED IN THIS NEST BOWL
366
00:28:49,796 --> 00:28:53,165
IS THE CENTER OF THE NEST --
THE NEST BOWL IS RIGHT HERE --
367
00:28:53,233 --> 00:28:55,668
IS ALL THESE COOT FEATHERS
AND PREY REMAINS.
368
00:28:55,735 --> 00:28:58,604
THERE'S SCALES OF FISH ON HERE,
ON THE TOP OF THE NEST.
369
00:28:58,672 --> 00:29:00,105
THERE'S A CHUNK OF ICE,
370
00:29:00,173 --> 00:29:02,541
WHICH IS TYPICAL
THIS TIME OF THE YEAR,
371
00:29:02,609 --> 00:29:04,743
AND THE EAGLES
ARE DEALING WITH ICE
372
00:29:04,811 --> 00:29:08,147
IN PREPARATION OF EGG LAYING,
BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S SUCH A SHAME.
373
00:29:08,214 --> 00:29:10,549
THESE EAGLES WORKED HARD
SINCE OCTOBER,
374
00:29:10,617 --> 00:29:12,951
AND IN ONE VIOLENT WINDSTORM
A COUPLE DAYS AGO,
375
00:29:13,019 --> 00:29:15,054
THE WHOLE THING IS OVER
FOR THE SEASON.
376
00:29:18,425 --> 00:29:21,593
Abraham:
NATURE ISN'T THE ONLY CHALLENGE
377
00:29:21,661 --> 00:29:22,961
FOR BALD EAGLES.
378
00:29:23,029 --> 00:29:29,668
DEER CARCASSES ARE A CONSISTENT
MEAL THROUGH THE WINTER.
379
00:29:29,736 --> 00:29:35,407
BUT NOT ALL THESE DEER
DIE A NATURAL DEATH.
380
00:29:35,475 --> 00:29:38,243
HUNTERS LEAVE
MANY OF THESE REMAINS,
381
00:29:38,311 --> 00:29:40,913
AND THEIR BULLETS ARE OFTEN MADE
OF LEAD --
382
00:29:40,980 --> 00:29:42,281
A POWERFUL NERVE TOXIN
383
00:29:42,349 --> 00:29:44,283
THAT CAN KILL.
384
00:29:55,829 --> 00:29:59,698
Rettig: WATCHING AN EAGLE DYING
FROM LEAD-POISONING,
385
00:29:59,766 --> 00:30:04,269
SUFFERING, IS ONE OF THE MOST
SADDENING AND MOVING EXPERIENCES
386
00:30:04,337 --> 00:30:06,005
I CAN REMEMBER SEEING.
387
00:30:06,072 --> 00:30:09,108
I COULD HARDLY BEAR TO FILM IT.
388
00:30:13,780 --> 00:30:18,117
THE LUCKY ONES ARE THE ONES THAT
ARE DISCOVERED BY HUMANS.
389
00:30:20,887 --> 00:30:25,024
AND WITH THE KIND HELP
OF ANIMAL REHABILITATORS,
390
00:30:25,091 --> 00:30:27,192
THESE BIRDS CAN BE SAVED.
391
00:30:27,260 --> 00:30:30,095
SHH!
392
00:30:32,632 --> 00:30:36,635
IT'S A COSTLY
AND VERY TIME-CONSUMING
393
00:30:36,703 --> 00:30:37,936
AND DIFFICULT PROCESS,
394
00:30:38,004 --> 00:30:40,072
BUT SOMETIMES
THE BIRDS WILL RECOVER
395
00:30:40,140 --> 00:30:42,107
AND CAN BE RELEASED
INTO THE WILD.
396
00:30:42,175 --> 00:30:44,910
IT'S OKAY, SHH...
397
00:30:44,978 --> 00:30:46,612
SHH...
398
00:30:53,653 --> 00:30:57,656
Abraham: IN A WORKSHOP BENEATH
THE IOWA HATCHERY NEST,
399
00:30:57,724 --> 00:30:58,757
BOB ANDERSON
400
00:30:58,825 --> 00:31:01,126
CHECKS ON HIS REALITY SHOW.
401
00:31:05,398 --> 00:31:06,799
Anderson: WHAT A VIEW!
402
00:31:06,866 --> 00:31:08,367
WHAT AN INCREDIBLE ANGLE
403
00:31:08,435 --> 00:31:11,003
OF LOOKING AT
THE AMERICAN BALD EAGLE.
404
00:31:14,040 --> 00:31:16,308
AND THERE SHE IS, ALSO.
405
00:31:19,079 --> 00:31:21,447
AND HE'S THE BOSS, BOY --
THIS IS HIS NEST.
406
00:31:21,514 --> 00:31:24,416
I MEAN,
HE CALLS THE SHOTS.
407
00:31:24,484 --> 00:31:28,387
HE'S IN CHARGE OF
ALL CONSTRUCTION.
408
00:31:28,455 --> 00:31:29,888
NO MATTER WHAT SHE DOES,
409
00:31:29,956 --> 00:31:32,157
HE COMES BACK
AND REARRANGES IT.
410
00:31:32,225 --> 00:31:33,826
AND -- 100% OF THE TIME!
411
00:31:38,365 --> 00:31:40,699
NOW, SHE BROUGHT IN
A LITTLE BIT OF GRASS,
412
00:31:40,767 --> 00:31:42,134
AND IF SHE FLIES OFF NOW,
413
00:31:42,202 --> 00:31:45,504
HE WILL GO TAKE THAT GRASS
AND PUT IT SOMEPLACE ELSE.
414
00:31:53,980 --> 00:31:57,449
Abraham:
DESPITE SQUABBLES OVER DECOR,
415
00:31:57,517 --> 00:31:59,585
THE NEW COUPLE
IS STARTING TO EMBRACE
416
00:31:59,652 --> 00:32:02,488
THEIR COMMON PURPOSE.
417
00:32:11,698 --> 00:32:13,499
Anderson:
YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THEM,
418
00:32:13,566 --> 00:32:15,834
THEY'RE BUMPING EACH OTHER,
THEY'RE INTERAING,
419
00:32:15,902 --> 00:32:17,569
THERE'S NO AGGRESSIVENESS
AT ALL.
420
00:32:17,637 --> 00:32:20,539
A MONTH AGO, THEY WOULD HAVE
NEVER TOLERATED
421
00:32:20,607 --> 00:32:22,374
BEING THIS CLOSE TO EACH OTHER.
422
00:32:22,442 --> 00:32:26,578
IT'S LIKE,
NOW THEY'RE A TEAM.
423
00:32:26,646 --> 00:32:30,249
WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE GETTING
CLOSE TO LAYING THEIR EGGS
424
00:32:30,316 --> 00:32:32,351
WHEN YOU START SEEING
THIS BEHAVIOR.
425
00:32:34,287 --> 00:32:38,090
Abraham: THE YOUNG FEMALE
LAYS HER QUARTER-POUND EGG
426
00:32:38,158 --> 00:32:40,392
BEFORE DAWN.
427
00:32:45,565 --> 00:32:50,369
EXPOSED, AN EGG CAN FREEZE
IN A MINUTE.
428
00:32:50,437 --> 00:32:53,672
AND SO THE FATHER WILL NEED TO
MOVE IN FOR HIS FIRST SHIFT.
429
00:32:53,740 --> 00:32:56,742
Anderson: THE FIRST EGG WAS LAID
EARLY IN THE MORNING.
430
00:32:56,810 --> 00:32:58,243
WE ACTUALLY MISSED IT.
431
00:32:58,311 --> 00:33:00,012
WE SAW THE BIRDS
SITTING IN THE BOWL,
432
00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:01,380
WE KNEW THAT IT WOULD BE SOON.
433
00:33:01,448 --> 00:33:04,817
BUT WE WERE KIND OF SURPRISED
TO SEE THIS FIT EGG.
434
00:33:04,884 --> 00:33:06,485
BUT WE CAN SEE HIM,
435
00:33:06,553 --> 00:33:09,355
HOW CAREFUL HE IS
WITH HIS FEET.
436
00:33:09,422 --> 00:33:10,689
HIS FEET ARE BALLED-UP,
437
00:33:10,757 --> 00:33:12,791
AND HE'S TRYING TO HIDE
HIS TALONS.
438
00:33:12,859 --> 00:33:16,895
HE DOESN'T WANT THOSE NAILS TO
POKE A HOLE IN THAT FRAGILE EGG.
439
00:33:16,963 --> 00:33:19,031
IT'S TOUCHING TO WATCH
THAT SENSITIVITY
440
00:33:19,099 --> 00:33:21,000
THAT THIS OLD GUY HAS HAD,
YOU KNOW,
441
00:33:21,067 --> 00:33:23,602
WITH MANY, MANY EGGS,
PROBABLY, IN HIS LIFETIME.
442
00:33:29,609 --> 00:33:31,610
Abraham:
IF A SECOND EGG IS COMING,
443
00:33:31,678 --> 00:33:34,680
IT'S DUE
TWO DAYS AFTER THE FIRST.
444
00:33:34,748 --> 00:33:36,782
COME ON, STAND UP.
445
00:33:36,850 --> 00:33:38,917
SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE'S ABOUT READY
TO STAND UP, BUT...
446
00:33:38,985 --> 00:33:40,586
WHAT DO WE HAVE?
WE HAVE TWO EGGS!
447
00:33:40,653 --> 00:33:43,489
WE'VE GOT TWO EGGS, SEE THIS?
SEE 'EM BOTH?
448
00:33:43,556 --> 00:33:45,090
[ CHUCKLES ]
449
00:33:47,894 --> 00:33:49,862
Rettig:
SO, DO YOU FEEL LIKE A PAPA?
450
00:33:49,929 --> 00:33:51,964
WHEN THEY HATCH
I'LL FEEL LIKE A PAPA.
451
00:33:55,101 --> 00:33:57,970
NOW WE JUST HAVE TO WAIT
35 DAYS FROM TODAY
452
00:33:58,038 --> 00:33:59,471
TO SEE OUR FIRST BABY.
453
00:34:02,409 --> 00:34:05,844
Abraham: IF EAGLES CAN FEEL
PRIDE OR JOY,
454
00:34:05,912 --> 00:34:09,114
THE NEW PARENTS MUST BE
BRIMMING OVER.
455
00:34:09,182 --> 00:34:11,917
THEY WILL NOW WORK
NEARLY UNBROKEN SHIFTS,
456
00:34:11,985 --> 00:34:14,586
BUT EVEN SUCH AN EFFORT
CAN'T GUARANTEE
457
00:34:14,654 --> 00:34:16,955
THAT THE EGGS
WILL HATCH SAFELY,
458
00:34:17,023 --> 00:34:19,124
ESPECIALLY SINCE
THEY MUST SURVIVE
459
00:34:19,192 --> 00:34:20,926
ONE OF THE LONGEST INCUBATIONS
460
00:34:20,994 --> 00:34:23,462
OF ANY BIRD ALONG
THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI.
461
00:34:28,234 --> 00:34:30,669
EGG THIEVES ABOUND.
462
00:34:30,737 --> 00:34:32,771
RACCOONS AND CROWS
ARE EVERYWHERE.
463
00:34:32,839 --> 00:34:34,273
SO EACH PARENT
464
00:34:34,341 --> 00:34:36,141
IS HIGHLY ATTUNED
465
00:34:36,209 --> 00:34:39,645
TO ANY SIGHT OR SOUND
OF MENACE.
466
00:34:39,713 --> 00:34:41,647
[ CROWING ]
467
00:34:41,715 --> 00:34:43,148
AND THEN...
468
00:34:43,216 --> 00:34:47,086
ANOTHER STORM.
469
00:34:47,153 --> 00:34:49,688
Anderson: WE KNEW A STORM
WAS COMING,
470
00:34:49,756 --> 00:34:50,856
AND WE REALLY WANTED TO SEE
471
00:34:50,924 --> 00:34:52,291
THE FIRST REACTION
OF THE BIRDS WAKING UP,
472
00:34:52,359 --> 00:34:54,026
COVERED IN SNOW.
473
00:34:54,094 --> 00:34:56,462
SO WE MADE SURE
WE HAD OUR RECORDERS RUNNING
474
00:34:56,529 --> 00:34:59,064
LONG BEFORE DAYLIGHT.
475
00:34:59,132 --> 00:35:01,934
I WAS AT FIRST DISAPPOINTED
WE HAD SNOW ON THE LENS,
476
00:35:02,002 --> 00:35:04,269
BUT IT JUST SHOWS HOW UGLY
THE CONDITIONS
477
00:35:04,337 --> 00:35:07,406
REALLY, REALLY ARE -- I MEAN,
THIS BIRD'S COVERED IN SNOW.
478
00:35:07,474 --> 00:35:09,575
[ CALLING ]
479
00:35:09,642 --> 00:35:11,977
AND SHE'S SCREAMING RIGHT NOW,
AT THE MALE,
480
00:35:12,045 --> 00:35:14,847
GOING, "COME AND RELIEVE ME,
COME AND TAKE MY PLACE."
481
00:35:14,914 --> 00:35:18,083
[ CALLING ]
482
00:35:18,151 --> 00:35:20,953
AND HE DOES.
483
00:35:34,801 --> 00:35:39,505
Abraham: THE SPECKLE-HEADED
FEMALE FINALLY PROVES HERSELF,
484
00:35:39,572 --> 00:35:42,107
AND THE DEVOTED FATHER
KNOWS HIS JOB.
485
00:35:47,080 --> 00:35:48,714
WITH A LITTLE LUCK,
486
00:35:48,782 --> 00:35:51,316
THE EGGS WILL HATCH
IN ANOTHER WEEK.
487
00:35:57,424 --> 00:36:00,059
ON A MINNESOTA FARM
40 MILES AWAY,
488
00:36:00,126 --> 00:36:02,661
ANOTHER FAMILY
IS FURTHER ALONG.
489
00:36:02,729 --> 00:36:05,397
THEIR TWO EAGLETS
HAVE ALREADY HATCHED.
490
00:36:11,204 --> 00:36:16,275
THE MOTHER FEEDS
HER FOUR-DAY-OLD DAUGHTER.
491
00:36:16,343 --> 00:36:17,676
THE TWO-DAY-OLD MALE,
492
00:36:17,744 --> 00:36:19,912
HARDLY ABLE
TO HOLD HIS HEAD UP,
493
00:36:19,979 --> 00:36:22,648
DOESN'T SEEM TO BE GETTING
A FAIR SHARE.
494
00:36:24,584 --> 00:36:28,887
ALTHOUGH BOTH PARENTS
ARE DEDICATED,
495
00:36:28,955 --> 00:36:31,924
THEY HAVE A BLIND SPOT
FOR ONE PARTICULAR PERIL,
496
00:36:31,991 --> 00:36:34,393
ONE WITHIN THE FAMILY.
497
00:36:36,796 --> 00:36:39,531
SIBLING RIVALRY.
498
00:36:50,176 --> 00:36:52,444
IT'S NOT UNUSUAL
FOR THE OLDER EAGLET
499
00:36:52,512 --> 00:36:56,215
TO TURN ON
THE YOUNGER AND SMALLER.
500
00:36:56,282 --> 00:36:58,550
IN NATURE'S COLD CALCULATION,
501
00:36:58,618 --> 00:37:02,588
WHY SHARE YOUR MEALS WHEN YOU
CAN EAT MORE ALONE?
502
00:37:19,506 --> 00:37:20,939
NEIL HAS BEEN DOCUMENTING
THE STORY
503
00:37:21,007 --> 00:37:22,207
FROM A STIFLING BLIND
504
00:37:22,275 --> 00:37:25,210
JUST A STONE'S THROW
FROM THE NEST.
505
00:37:34,387 --> 00:37:36,655
THE DYNAMICS
OF THIS WHOLE SYNDROME
506
00:37:36,723 --> 00:37:38,590
IS THAT THE CHICK THAT'S BEAT UP
507
00:37:38,658 --> 00:37:40,225
BECOMES WEAKER AND WEAKER,
508
00:37:40,293 --> 00:37:44,196
COWERS, IS KIND OF AFRAID
TO EVEN STAND UPRIGHT,
509
00:37:44,264 --> 00:37:49,068
AND THE FEMALE WILL ALWAYS FEED
THE CHICK THAT'S MORE ROBUST.
510
00:37:49,135 --> 00:37:51,270
AND IT'S CALLED
THE "CAIN AND ABEL SYNDROME."
511
00:37:51,338 --> 00:37:55,941
THE FEEDINGS GO ON FOR ABOUT,
OH, FIVE TO EIGHT MINUTES,
512
00:37:56,009 --> 00:37:58,243
SOMETIMES MAYBE 12 MINUTES.
513
00:37:58,311 --> 00:38:00,646
THE BIGGER CHICK IS GETTING
514
00:38:00,714 --> 00:38:04,483
UP TO 30 OR 40 PIECES OF FOOD
PER FEEDING.
515
00:38:04,551 --> 00:38:09,355
THE LITTLE ONE WOULD GET
ABOUT SIX TO EIGHT PIECES.
516
00:38:09,422 --> 00:38:11,090
THE LAST FEW DAYS
WE'VE BEEN WORRIED --
517
00:38:11,157 --> 00:38:13,959
A LOT -- ABOUT WHETHER
THE YOUNGER, SMALLER CHICK
518
00:38:14,027 --> 00:38:15,561
IS GOING TO SURVIVE OR NOT.
519
00:38:15,628 --> 00:38:18,831
SO WE'VE GOT OUR FINGERS CROSSED
THAT LITTLE U.D. --
520
00:38:18,898 --> 00:38:21,834
WE CALL HIM "UNDERDOG" --
IS GOING TO BE OKAY.
521
00:38:26,206 --> 00:38:28,774
Abraham:
THE BATTLE WILL RESOLVE,
522
00:38:28,842 --> 00:38:30,409
ONE WAY OR ANOTHER --
523
00:38:30,477 --> 00:38:32,678
AND SOON.
524
00:38:45,225 --> 00:38:48,160
WATER FLOWS AGAIN AT LAST.
525
00:38:48,228 --> 00:38:51,897
SPRING HAS COME
TO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI.
526
00:39:02,509 --> 00:39:03,942
THINGS ARE LOOKING UP
527
00:39:04,010 --> 00:39:06,979
FOR ALL OF THE CREATURES
ALONG E RIVER.
528
00:39:16,289 --> 00:39:18,524
EAGLES VISITING FROM CANADA
529
00:39:18,591 --> 00:39:22,094
NOW RETURN NORTH
TO THEIR NESTING TERRITORIES.
530
00:39:25,265 --> 00:39:28,701
FOR YEAR-ROUND RESIDENTS
LIKE THE HATCHERY COUPLE,
531
00:39:28,768 --> 00:39:31,603
SPRING MEANS
GETTING READY FOR EAGLETS.
532
00:39:49,389 --> 00:39:51,523
Anderson: THE FIRST BABY'S
HATCHED NOW,
533
00:39:51,591 --> 00:39:52,958
AND YOU CAN SEE HOW KIND OF
534
00:39:53,026 --> 00:39:55,027
INEPT AND CLUMSY
THIS YOUNG BIRD IS.
535
00:39:55,095 --> 00:39:58,097
SHE DOESN'T QUITE KNOW
WHAT TO DO.
536
00:39:58,164 --> 00:40:00,099
THAT BABY'S BEGGING FOR FOOD,
537
00:40:00,166 --> 00:40:03,002
AND YET SHE'S NOT FULLY
RESPONDING TO IT.
538
00:40:03,069 --> 00:40:05,904
THERE'S FOOD OFF TO THE RIGHT
IN THE NEST.
539
00:40:05,972 --> 00:40:08,540
AND THESE FIRST FEW DAYS
WERE SO PAINFUL FOR US.
540
00:40:08,608 --> 00:40:09,808
IF IT WASN'T FOR THE MALE,
541
00:40:09,876 --> 00:40:12,044
I DON'T THINK THE BABIES
WOULD HAVE SURVIVED.
542
00:40:37,937 --> 00:40:41,440
Abraham: THE EAGLET
IS TOO EXHAUSTED TO BEG.
543
00:40:45,812 --> 00:40:49,248
AND NOW THE MOTHER
STARTS TO FEED HERSELF.
544
00:40:49,315 --> 00:40:52,351
PARENT AND YOUNG
ARE FAILING TO CONNECT.
545
00:41:11,504 --> 00:41:14,707
SUDAS IF SEEING ITER
FOR THE FIRST TIME.
546
00:41:26,219 --> 00:41:28,520
Anderson: SHE DOESN'T KNOW
HOW TO APPROACH,
547
00:41:28,588 --> 00:41:29,555
AND SHE'S KIND OF...
548
00:41:29,622 --> 00:41:31,357
SHE'S TRYING TO
BALL UP HER FEET.
549
00:41:35,562 --> 00:41:37,996
SHE JUST STEPPED ON
THE BABY THERE.
550
00:41:38,064 --> 00:41:40,532
IT'S A LOT DIFFERENT
THAN A HARD EGG.
551
00:41:49,075 --> 00:41:51,744
Anderson: THIS SHOT HERE
REALLY JUST SURPRISED US.
552
00:41:51,811 --> 00:41:55,414
SHE HAD HER TAIL
FACING INTO THE WIND.
553
00:42:00,353 --> 00:42:02,755
THE WINDS GUSTED
TO 40 MILES AN HOUR.
554
00:42:02,822 --> 00:42:05,324
THE WIND ACTUALLY LITERALLY
BLEW HER OUT OF THE NEST,
555
00:42:05,392 --> 00:42:07,359
AND SHE ALMOST TOOK
THE BABY WITH HER --
556
00:42:07,427 --> 00:42:09,661
SOMETHING AN EXPERIENCED BIRD
WOULD NEVER DO.
557
00:42:13,800 --> 00:42:16,268
Abraham:
IT'S BEEN A TRYING DAY
558
00:42:16,336 --> 00:42:18,837
AND THE STAKES
ARE ONLY GOING UP.
559
00:42:28,114 --> 00:42:30,616
Anderson: HERE'S OUR YOUNG
FEMALE JUST STANDING UP,
560
00:42:30,684 --> 00:42:33,118
AND, AS YOU CAN SEE,
WE'VE GOT OUR SECOND BABY --
561
00:42:33,186 --> 00:42:34,586
IT DID HATCH.
562
00:42:34,654 --> 00:42:36,088
AND AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THAT
563
00:42:36,156 --> 00:42:38,123
SHE'S GETTING A LITTLE BIT
BETTER WITH HER FEET.
564
00:42:38,191 --> 00:42:40,092
ALREADY THERE'S BEEN
A LITTLE BIT OF LEARNING,
565
00:42:40,160 --> 00:42:41,360
I GUESS, THAT'S TAKEN PLACE.
566
00:42:41,428 --> 00:42:44,029
AND NOW THE OLD MAN
WILL COME IN,
567
00:42:44,097 --> 00:42:45,931
THE GUY THAT'S SO PROVEN.
568
00:42:45,999 --> 00:42:47,132
THAT'S HIM ON THE RIGHT.
569
00:42:47,200 --> 00:42:49,201
SHE'S STEPPING OFF NOW.
570
00:42:57,010 --> 00:43:00,612
HERE'S THE ADULT MALE --
HE'S CLEARLY FED BABIES BEFORE.
571
00:43:00,680 --> 00:43:02,548
HE JUST WALKS IN AND JUST...
572
00:43:02,615 --> 00:43:04,883
HE'LL PUT THE FOOD
RIGHT IN THAT BABY'S BEAK
573
00:43:04,951 --> 00:43:06,118
AFTER ONE OR TWO TRIES.
574
00:43:06,186 --> 00:43:09,588
HE'S VERY EXPERIENCED.
575
00:43:09,656 --> 00:43:11,390
Abraham: AND PATIENT.
576
00:43:11,458 --> 00:43:13,859
IT WILL TAKE THE EAGLET
A LITTLE PRACTICE
577
00:43:13,927 --> 00:43:16,028
TO ACTUALLY GET
SOMETHING TO EAT.
578
00:43:28,274 --> 00:43:31,477
AT LEAST IN THIS NEST,
579
00:43:31,544 --> 00:43:35,848
THERE'S NO SIGN OF
SIBLING RIVALRY.
580
00:43:38,084 --> 00:43:39,518
AT THE MINNESOTA FARM,
581
00:43:39,586 --> 00:43:41,353
NEIL WAITS FOR THE OUTCOME
582
00:43:41,421 --> 00:43:43,288
OF THE SIBLING BATTLE.
583
00:43:43,356 --> 00:43:45,824
THE SISTER IS ALIVE AND SASSY,
584
00:43:45,892 --> 00:43:47,993
BUT WHAT ABOUT UNDERDOG?
585
00:43:58,471 --> 00:44:02,341
Rettig: FINALLY, I COULD SEE
THAT UNDERDOG WAS COMPETING.
586
00:44:02,409 --> 00:44:05,110
HE WAS ACTUALLY GETTING FOOD
OFFERED BY THE FEMALE
587
00:44:05,178 --> 00:44:07,446
AND GAINING STRENGTH.
588
00:44:09,315 --> 00:44:12,117
TODAY HE DOES LOOK BETTER.
589
00:44:12,185 --> 00:44:15,320
I THINK LITTLE UNDERDOG
MIGHT HAVE A CHANCE.
590
00:44:25,231 --> 00:44:28,000
ONCE THE EAGLES WERE
SIX TO SEVEN WEEKS OLD,
591
00:44:28,068 --> 00:44:30,669
THE CAIN AND ABEL SYNDROME
WAS LONG PAST,
592
00:44:30,737 --> 00:44:34,106
AND THEY WERE BOTH
HEALTHY AND VIGOROUS.
593
00:44:47,554 --> 00:44:49,988
EACH DAY, THESE LITTLE GUYS
WILL EAT
594
00:44:50,056 --> 00:44:53,692
THE EQUIVALENT OF ABOUT A HALF
A POUND TO A POUND OF FISH.
595
00:44:53,760 --> 00:44:56,161
THE DEMAND ON THE PARENTS
IS INCREASING,
596
00:44:56,229 --> 00:44:59,465
AND THEY'LL PROBABLY BRING
FOUR OR FIVE KILLS TO THE NEST
597
00:44:59,532 --> 00:45:01,934
DURING THE COURSE OF A DAY.
598
00:45:04,304 --> 00:45:07,373
Abraham: SOMETIMES THEIR PREY
IS KILLED FOR THEM.
599
00:45:10,377 --> 00:45:14,380
BUT THIS KIND OF MEAL
IS NO FREE LUNCH.
600
00:45:16,883 --> 00:45:19,852
EVERY YEAR,
COUNTLESS BALD EAGLES
601
00:45:19,919 --> 00:45:21,954
ARE STRUCK BY VEHICLES.
602
00:45:29,195 --> 00:45:30,729
LOSING EITHER PARENT
603
00:45:30,797 --> 00:45:34,366
MAY HURT THE YOUNG EAGLES'
CHANCES OF FLEDGING.
604
00:45:39,839 --> 00:45:41,940
AT THE AGE OF 10 WEEKS,
605
00:45:42,008 --> 00:45:46,745
7,000 FEATHERS HAVE REPLACED
THE DOWNY COAT OF YOUTH,
606
00:45:46,813 --> 00:45:49,915
ALLOWING NEW SKILLS TO EMERGE.
607
00:45:53,086 --> 00:45:55,988
UNDERDOG STARTS
BUILDING UP STRENGTH
608
00:45:56,056 --> 00:45:58,390
WITH SHORT FLIGHTS TO NOWHERE.
609
00:46:00,427 --> 00:46:04,797
ONLY TWO WEEKS REMAIN BEFORE
THE CHICKS' MAIDEN FLIGHTS.
610
00:46:11,037 --> 00:46:15,908
SUMMER ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI
SEEMS LIKE A CAREFREE SEASON,
611
00:46:15,975 --> 00:46:18,510
BUT W CHALLENGES LIE AHEAD.
612
00:46:29,189 --> 00:46:30,823
AT THE HATCHERY NEST,
613
00:46:30,890 --> 00:46:33,992
THE EAGLETS ARE STILL GROWING
THEIR FLIGHT FEATHERS.
614
00:46:36,996 --> 00:46:42,201
UNDERDOG AND HIS SISTER
ARE CLOSER TO INDEPENDENCE.
615
00:46:42,268 --> 00:46:45,738
AND NO ONE DECLARES INDEPENDENCE
616
00:46:45,805 --> 00:46:47,806
WITHOUT TAKING RISKS.
617
00:46:47,874 --> 00:46:50,909
Rettig: THIS NEST IS ABOUT
60 FEET OFF THE GROUND.
618
00:46:50,977 --> 00:46:52,611
BOTH EAGLETS
ARE JUMPING UP AND DOWN
619
00:46:52,679 --> 00:46:54,113
AND WING-EXERCISING
620
00:46:54,180 --> 00:46:57,516
AND GETTING READY TO MAKE
THAT FIRST JUMP OFF THE NEST,
621
00:46:57,584 --> 00:46:59,451
THE FIRST JOURNEY INTO THE SKY.
622
00:47:04,057 --> 00:47:06,759
Abraham:
NEARBY, OTHER YOUNG EAGLES
623
00:47:06,826 --> 00:47:09,228
ARE ALREADY ON THE WING.
624
00:47:09,295 --> 00:47:11,864
Rettig: IT MUST FEEL
REALLY WONDERFUL
625
00:47:11,931 --> 00:47:14,299
TO HAVE
YOUR FIRST FLIGHT UNDERWAY
626
00:47:14,367 --> 00:47:16,301
AND FEEL THE WIND RUSHING BY.
627
00:47:20,974 --> 00:47:23,308
THE LANDING IS THE TRICKY PART.
628
00:47:37,524 --> 00:47:40,693
Abraham: UNDERDOG TESTS
HIS ENGINES AT FULL POWER.
629
00:47:49,402 --> 00:47:53,372
HIS SISTER
SEEMS TO HAVE COLD FEET.
630
00:48:05,685 --> 00:48:07,753
THE WIND PICKS UP,
631
00:48:07,821 --> 00:48:11,090
AND UNDERDOG LEANS INTO IT.
632
00:48:44,557 --> 00:48:48,260
Rettig: THERE ARE MISCONCEPTIONS
THAT BIRDS ARE TAUGHT TO FLY,
633
00:48:48,328 --> 00:48:50,629
BUT REALLY
IT'S TOTALLY INSTINCTIVE.
634
00:48:50,697 --> 00:48:53,465
THEY DO CHASE
THEIR PARENTS AROUND, HOWEVER,
635
00:48:53,533 --> 00:48:54,933
POSSIBLY TO STEAL FISH,
636
00:48:55,001 --> 00:48:57,503
AND ALSO BECAUSE
THEY'RE BALD EAGLES --
637
00:48:57,570 --> 00:48:59,505
THEY'RE SOCIAL.
638
00:49:27,000 --> 00:49:30,202
Abraham: AT THE FISH HATCHERY,
639
00:49:30,270 --> 00:49:33,038
AN EMPTY NEST IS NO LONGER
A SIGN OF LOSS.
640
00:49:33,106 --> 00:49:36,241
IT IS A SIGN OF
TWO SUCCESSFUL FLEDGLINGS
641
00:49:36,309 --> 00:49:39,545
WHO WILL SOON JOIN
A HUNTING FREE-FOR-ALL.
642
00:49:44,918 --> 00:49:47,886
AS FALL ARRIVES,
643
00:49:47,954 --> 00:49:50,322
A CYCLE OF SEASONS IS COMPLETED.
644
00:49:50,390 --> 00:49:52,891
ONCE AGAIN
THE MISSISSIPPI BECOMES
645
00:49:52,959 --> 00:49:55,361
A CROSSROADS FOR WATER BIRDS.
646
00:50:10,110 --> 00:50:12,611
FOR THIS YEAR'S
FLEDGLING EAGLES,
647
00:50:12,679 --> 00:50:15,681
THE TIME HAS COME
FOR THE NEXT BIG TEST.
648
00:50:49,916 --> 00:50:51,417
IT'S A BIG MOMENT
649
00:50:51,484 --> 00:50:54,319
FOR A YOUNG BALD EAGLE
TO BAG HIS FIRST COOT.
650
00:50:59,859 --> 00:51:01,860
Rettig: THE BALD EAGLE
IS A SURVIVOR.
651
00:51:01,928 --> 00:51:04,897
IT'S GONE THROUGH
REALLY BAD TIMES,
652
00:51:04,964 --> 00:51:06,398
AND NOW IS PREVAILING.
653
00:51:06,466 --> 00:51:08,067
IT'S AN ILLUSTRATION
654
00:51:08,134 --> 00:51:10,569
THAT WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE,
655
00:51:10,637 --> 00:51:12,771
AND WE CAN BE
STEWARDS OF THIS PLANET.
656
00:51:21,448 --> 00:51:25,117
Abraham: WITH FOOD SO PLENTIFUL,
BALD EAGLES -- YOUNG AND OLD --
657
00:51:25,185 --> 00:51:29,154
SWITCH FROM HUNTING
TO SOMETHING MORE LIKE RUGBY.
658
00:51:48,375 --> 00:51:50,309
ONLY ONE HUMAN GENERATION AGO,
659
00:51:50,377 --> 00:51:53,579
SUCH A CELEBRATION OF EAGLES
660
00:51:53,646 --> 00:51:56,515
COULD NOT HAVE BEEN WITNESSED
ON THE MISSISSIPPI.
661
00:51:59,619 --> 00:52:03,288
Rettig: I THINK THE STORY
OF THE AMERICAN EAGLE
662
00:52:03,356 --> 00:52:06,158
IS A GREAT PARALLEL
TO THE TRIUMPH
663
00:52:06,226 --> 00:52:08,160
AND TRIBULATIONS OF OUR COUNTRY.
664
00:52:08,228 --> 00:52:10,095
AND IF WE LOOK AT THE EAGLE
665
00:52:10,163 --> 00:52:11,330
AS A ROLE MODEL,
666
00:52:11,398 --> 00:52:13,899
I THINK THESE BIRDS ARE KIND OF
LIVING A STRUGGLE
667
00:52:13,967 --> 00:52:16,669
FOR EXISTENCE AND FREEDOM,
JUST LIKE OUR COUNTRY.
668
00:52:16,736 --> 00:52:19,905
AND I CAN'T THINK OF
A BETTER NATIONAL SYMBOL
669
00:52:19,973 --> 00:52:21,907
THAN THE BALD EAGLE.
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672
00:52:58,311 --> 00:52:59,712
NEXT TIME ON "NATURE,"
673
00:52:59,779 --> 00:53:02,548
ERNEST SETON WAS HIREDTO KILL AN OUTLAW --
674
00:53:02,615 --> 00:53:04,717
A LEGENDARY WOLFNAMED "LOBO."
675
00:53:04,784 --> 00:53:06,852
BUT WHAT BEGAN ASA ROUTINE JOB
676
00:53:06,920 --> 00:53:09,021
WOULD HAVEAN UNEXPECTED IMPACT.
677
00:53:09,089 --> 00:53:12,024
Man as Seton: COMING OUT WEST
WAS AN IMPULSE THING --
678
00:53:12,092 --> 00:53:14,460
I NEVER IMAGINED IT WOULD
CHANGE MY LIFE.
679
00:53:14,527 --> 00:53:16,462
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