Diction-Aerie Word Of The Day: Mombrella
Channel: Raptor Resource Project
Date: 2021-04-12

Mombrella [mäm-brela]: A portmanteau formed by combining the words 'Mom' and 'Umbrella': Mom covering her eaglets to shield them from rain and snow. 
See also Poptent. Location: Decorah North.

The eaglet in this video is fourteen days old and still growing in its grey second or thermal down.  It isn't able to thermoregulate well and its soft, fluffy natal down won't keep the rain out. But Mombrella DNF knows what to do! She uses her body as a feathery canopy to protect her eaglets from the wind and rain. Full and sleepy, they slumber comfortably beneath her. 

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