My family (with an emphasis on my wife, Jamie) has enjoyed watching the Decorah eagle cam. We eagerly await the hatch which could be any moment.
I was reminded this morning of the picture Psalm 91 uses to assure us of God’s comfort:
He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge (Psalm 91:4, NIV).
If you watch the below video, you will see this picture wonderfully illustrated at about the 2:20 mark when the eagles make a parenting switch. Consider the picture of God caring for us as the second eagle settles into the nest.
When I was watching the Decorah, IA eagle cam Sunday, April 3rd at 2:50 PM, one of the adults (let’s assume it was the male eagle) was feeding one of the chicks. As the chick grabbed onto the food from the eagle’s beak, the eagle quickly turned his head to the left and tossed the chick onto the outer edge at the right side of the nest.
The chick struggled to return to the bowl of the nest but could not navigate up the steep slope of the outer rim of the nest. The male did nothing to retrieve the struggling chick but did feed his cheeping baby.
The “female” returned to relieve the “male” after about about 15 minutes. The female also fed the chick at the edge of the nest but still did not attempt to rescue the floundering chick.
The temperature was 63 F so the question was how long can the chick survive? After 30 minutes living on the edge, the female performed the egg turning move on the chick and scooped the chick into the bowl of the nest to the relief of over 100,000 viewers.
The parents now have a crow and a prairie dog in the cupboard.
Lynn Matson (Iowa Native living in Colorado)
How precious! I had no idea these videos were available. Checked further on Youtube! Talking about the ways of an eagle are one thing, but to show it is so much more satisfying, I’ll be sharing this with my young grandsons, so sensitive to the things of God. Thank you!