I’ve generally mocked those who spend their time watching
live video of animals. After all,
how much fun can it be to watch a bald eagle sitting essentially motionless in
a nest atop a tall tree? A heck of
a lot, as it turns out. When I
started watching the other day, the eagles’ nest was just your basic nest made
of twigs and other brown material.
But the biggest snowstorm of the winter was working its way across
Minnesota, and I watched the first flakes of snow begin turning the bird birds’
backs white. By the next morning,
it looked like the birds were just sitting in a depression in the snow. And that’s still what it looks like
today.
I can’t pinpoint what’s fun about watching the
EagleCam. And even though in the
time my kids watched it there was hardly any action, they loved it, and called
out every time the bird moved its head.
I suppose it’s just our innate nature to enjoy seeing things from a new
point of view. Or maybe it just
brings out the voyeur in all of us.
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