Discussing Bald Eagles
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Discussing Bald Eagles

A bald eagle nest can weigh up to 1 ton and measure 3 to 4 feet in diameter and 2 feet deep. The birds add sticks to their nest every year and return to the same nest every year. When bald eagles find mates they stay together until one dies, then they go find another.

A bald eagle nest can weigh up to 1 ton and measure 3 to 4 feet in diameter and 2 feet deep. The birds add sticks to their nest every year and return to the same nest every year. When bald eagles find mates they stay together until one dies, then they go find another. Photo by Deb Stevens.

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Bud Cline aligns his telescope with the bald eagle nest of Conn Island near the Great Falls Tavern.

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Bud Cline, volunteer with the C&O Canal, shares his knowledge about the bald eagles at the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park on Saturday, March 4.