BCJ_SPRING 17 Digital Edition

KIDS’ CORNER
EAGLE EYE ASH
The View from a Young
Birdwatcher’s Treehouse
BY KRIS MILLGATE
MY NAME IS ASHLEY AND I’M 12.
I was born in Pennsylvania, but I live in Idaho.
Our house is in the country and we have big trees.
We’re building a tree cabin in one of the trees.
There’s a spotting scope up there too.
I use it to spy on a bald eagle nest about a mile away.
I’ve fished a few times, but I’ve never caught anything.
With birds, I always see something.
Sometimes I see the mom, or dad, it’s hard to tell, sitting on top of the nest feeding the babies.
To pass food, the mom puts her legs on top of the nest and bends down to the baby’s head, just like a little kiss.
Baby eagles have black heads, but adults have white heads.
I was born blond, but now I’m brown so it’s probably something like that.
A lot of other kids don’t know about eagles because they don’t go outside.
They stay inside on their technology all day, but they should go out.
If you see something on your phone, that’s not like seeing something for real. On Instagram, you can just scroll past something and
like it. That’s not like actually being there. If you’re outside, you feel nature all around you instead of sitting on the couch.
It’s better outside.
Kris is an outdoor journalist based in Idaho Falls. See more of her work at www.tightlinemedia.com.
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