DALLAS, Texas (CNN) — The squawking cries from a pair of bald eagles pierce the treetops of an urban jungle on the edge of a popular lake in Dallas. The beloved eagles are perched 75 feet high over their nest, damaged by a violent storm system that ripped through North Texas on Tuesday. Inside the nest...
“I was in my closet all through the storm, just praying for them,” resident Krista de la Harpe said as she watched the eagles sitting in the trees this week. “It’s so heartbreaking.”The White Rock Lake bald eagles 'Nick' and 'Nora' care for their two young eaglets in East Dallas. The eaglets were born around March 20 and were just a week or two away from being able to fly on their own.
This bald eagle family has developed a legion of followers and admirers since they made this spot around White Rock Lake in East Dallas their home nearly three years ago. They came to be known as “Nick” and “Nora” after the husband-and-wife detective characters in the 1930s film “The Thin Man.” “I was in my closet all through the storm, just praying for them,” de la Harpe said as she watched the eagles sitting in the trees this week. “It’s so heartbreaking.”The White Rock Lake bald eagles 'Nick' and 'Nora' search for their two eaglet offspring.
The video she captured shows an eaglet shivering and soaked in rain but seemingly not severely injured, even eating a fish it had caught in the floodwaters.The neighbor called in to report what they had found. Johnson says he collaborated with state game wardens and US Fish and Wildlife Services to get permission to handle the federally protected bird and move it to a rehabilitation facility that specializes in treating bald eagles. The facility did not respond to CNN’s request for an interview.
The second eaglet has not been seen since the Tuesday morning storm. Neighbors fear the worst. It might have been swept away in the floodwaters that have surged through the creek for days. Downed trees have also made it impossible for searchers to safely access the spots where the eaglet might have fallen. The area is also home to bald eagle predators like coyotes and bobcats.
Johnson says the nest was built in an area that was probably too close to the crowds of people who use the lake for recreation.
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