They build their nests in high places, at the top of the tallest trees, or on a ledge of a high cliff or mountain. They build a large nest, four or five feet across. The base of the nest is built of long, sharp sticks woven together so they poke straight up through the bottom of the nest. After the base is finished, the nest is lined with leaves, feathers, and grass, woven into the sticks to make a soft place on which to lay the eggs. When the eggs hatch the eaglets find themselves in this soft, magnificent place.
Mom goes out every day and brings back food.
The two eaglets have nothing to worry about except food and whether Mom has come back. The eaglets grow and before long it is time for them to leave the nest. The mother eagle knows that she will not be able to care for them. She begins a very interesting process. Each day she begins to pull grass, and leaves, and feathers out of the lining of the nest.