Aug
06

Eagley

The eagle has landed!

A pair of bald eagles has nested at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in Edgewater, Md. since 2009 and this year have successfully  raised a chick. They began building a nest in February, laid an egg and were attentive parents to the fledgling, who left the nest in June. Named “Eagley” in a random name raffle during SERC’s open house in May, the young eagle has been spotted hanging around the pond where he was born, actively hunting on his/her own. Juveniles don’t actually get their white head until their fourth or fifth year. Eagley actually appears exceptionally dark for a first year bird, which makes him unique.

Photo by Tyler Bell

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Alex di Giovanni is primarily responsible for "other duties as assigned" in the Office of Communications and External Affairs. She has been with the Smithsonian since 2006 and plans to be interred in the Smithson crypt.