Nick and Nora, the bald eagles of White Rock Lake, have had a busy couple of months.
The pair successfully fledged a pair of eaglets over the spring and summer. In October, however, the eagles’ run of good luck came to an end in late October when their nest in Lake Highlands park collapsed from the American Sycamore they have inhabited since at least early 2024.
Chris Morris, an urban biologist with Dallas Park and Recreation, says the former nest had been weakened during a 2024 Memorial Day storm that also caused the pair to lose an eaglet following a partial nest collapse. That, combined with heavy winds, was too much for the structure, he says.
“We had some straight line winds, and it gusted right underneath the remaining portion of the nest. It was kind of settled between those two limbs from the 24 storm,” Morris said. “The whole thing just slid down the tree.”…