Bird Brain

I've had birds on the brain lately. 

I was so upset about the Eagle cam going offline, and then I couldn't find out what happened or why and I got so frustrated!  I nearly bashed my monitor.  I don't know what it is about animals.  There is an opening in my heart for the animals that seems to have no protective barrier.  I had to stay away from the eagle cam for a few days, so I didn't see that there was a new Eagle Cam nest with two fuzzy baby eaglets! 

It's such a salve to the wound, a balm to the soul, to see the little fuzzy chicklets and their momma (dad?).

Watching the eagles reminded me of a movie I had seen a long time ago with Jeff Daniels in it, about a guy and his daughter flying south with a flock of canadian geese.  I remember feeling SO GOOD after watching that movie.  So I got online and bought the DVD - Fly Away Home. 

Come to find out, I bought the special edition, and it's got extra features (!!) about the real guy, the actual real guy Bill Lishman and his family and friends and cohorts and what they actually did that inspired the making of the movie.  If you're going to get this movie, be sure to get the special edition.  The movie itself warmed my heart, made me cry, gave me hope.  But it's TEN times better to know that it's not just a nice story.  Somebody out there is really doing this stuff, is really working hard for the survival of some species on our planet, and is thinking in terms of THEIR needs, not just industry, power, or profit and loss. 

If you want to know more, the website about Bill Lishman and Operation Migration is here:
http://www.operationmigration.org/

It gives me hope in humankind.