It is purely by accident that launching the Eagle Dairies happened to coincide with Egypt gaining their freedom, and the release of the new movie The Eagle. To see a peaceful revolution with Egyptian flags waving in the air is a beautiful sight. A gold colored eagle is in the center of the Egyptian flag, and for once is flying triumphantly as a symbol of peace, instead of the modern icon of domination and war. The movie The Eagle, is about the Roman Legion’s Eagle Standard being lost to the enemy, and the search to get it back. The eagle standard is depicted as the honor of Rome itself. The Roman Eagle Standard, or the eagle that flies on flags, is only the shadow of the substance that is the real eagle. Its the real eagle that the Eagle Diaries will focus on.
The Eagle Diaries, is a series of video’s and blogs that will raise awareness of eagles and our struggle to understand a species that we have little or no history with. We are just now starting to be able to study eagles once again, as they have slowly adapted to our presence, now that most of us have stopped shooting at them.
We are pleased to continue working with David Hancock of the Hancock Wildlife Foundation, who has worked with eagles for 50 years. Of course Lily Point is at the heart of the eagles story due to it being the most significant eagle habitat in the continental United States. We hope you enjoy the journey as David Hancock says, “The more you learn about eagles, the more you realize there is to learn about them.” We will also feature Jeff Guidry and the Eagle Freedom in some of our episodes.
Lily Point and the eagles that live and visit there are at the crossroads of every conflict between man and nature. As many experts have pointed out, a ecosystem that produces healthy eagles is also a ecosystem that will be healthy for us to live in too. The Eagle Diaries is striving to show that living with eagles is not only possible, but can be inspiring to the whole community.
Eagles and Herons from Alexander Stratford on Vimeo.
A short video on how bald eagles and blue herons live together