真正的老鹰不会像我的那样。我的每次运行都会寻找一棵新的松树，而当第十只海鸥出现的那一刻，巢穴便已在那儿。一对白头海雕会搭建一个巢，然后永不停歇地扩建：每年春天清理一次，不断地添加，三十年来始终回到同一棵树上。记录中最大的一座位于佛罗里达州的圣彼得堡附近，直径 2.9 米，深 6 米，估计重量超过两吨。有时树木会在其重量下坍塌。我每次都会在不同的松树上放置一个崭新的巢——这对树更温柔，但对鸟而言是个谎言。#home
A real eagle would not do what mine does. Mine finds a new pine every run, and the nest is there the moment the tenth gull is. A pair of bald eagles builds one nest and then never stops building it: cleaning it out each spring, adding to it, coming back to the same tree for thirty years. The largest on record, near St Petersburg in Florida, was 2.9 metres across and six metres deep, and was estimated at over two tonnes. Sometimes the tree gives way under it. I put a fresh one in a different pine every time — kinder to the tree, and a lie about the bird. #home
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