Black bears sometimes raid the nests of bald eagles and expel birds too young to fly from them, which can threaten the local population of raptors.
A black bear has been caught napping in an unlikely spot: the nest of a bald eagle. Researchers came across the sleeping bear while surveying eagle nests on a military base in Alaska.
"In the past, a few eagle nests have been raided by black bears with predictably bad results for the nesting eagles," FWS staff wrote in a Facebook post on July 21, adding that these incidents often result in young birds going missing. Related: Grizzly bear believed to have killed woman on Buttermilk Trail near Yellowstone National Park
"It wasn't clear if the nesting attempt had failed or if the female was just taking a break from incubating," Lewis said, adding that males would usually take over from females to keep the egg toasty, especially in cool places like Alaska. For that reason, Lewis suspects the nest"failed" in the spring, long before the bear crawled into it.
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