During spring, bald eagles all throughout the country are rearing young, and anyone observing them in person or on a live feed would be curious about the size of those nests.
A picture that is going viral on social media of a ranger sitting in a replica nest that is five feet wide and three feet deep offers the solution. These are a four-person hot tub’s rough measurements.
The Forest Park Nature Center in Illinois first posted the image last year. According to the Facebook post, the duplicate nest is kept at Ohio’s Hueston Woods State Park.
But bald eagle nests can grow considerably bigger. The largest nest ever seen “measured 9.5 feet in diameter, 20 feet deep, and weighted over 6,000 pounds,” according to the Forest Park Nature Center.
According to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, eagles in St. Petersburg, Florida, built that nest. According to the lab’s “All About Birds” website, “another legendary nest” in Vermilion, Ohio, had a wine-glass shape and was nearly two metric tonnes in weight. It was in use for 34 years before the tree fell.
Usually, nests are constructed close to the strong stems of the tallest conifers. While both parents work together to build a nest, it is believed that the female does the majority of the branch, twig, and soft material placement.
The nest was constructed by eagles near St. Petersburg, Florida, according to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. The “All About Birds” website of the lab claims that “another renowned nest” in Vermilion, Ohio, had a wine-glass shape and weighed close to two metric tonnes. Before the tree fell, it had been in use for 34 years.
Nests are typically built near to the robust stems of the tallest conifers. While both parents contribute to the nest-building process, it is thought that the female is primarily responsible for the positioning of the branch, twig, and soft material.
