🦅 The Spectacular Spiral Courtship of Bald Eagles 🦅 High above forests, rivers, and lakes, bald eagles perform one of nature’s most breathtaking courtship rituals — the spiral dive. When two eagles bond, they climb thousands of metres into the sky, lock talons mid-air, and begin a dramatic, corkscrewing free-fall toward the ground. For several heart-stopping seconds, they tumble together in perfect synchrony before releasing at the last possible moment and soaring apart. It’s a powerful displa

Bald Eagle Mating Session. Tis the season for eagles to start their mating rituals here in New York. They will lay eggs toward the end of February and hatch sometime around April. They will then take their first flights around early July and will stick around the nesting area until around the end of the summer and then they are on their own. | Mike Lemery Films