I didn't expect a headline about an eagle to make me cry this week.

But Jackie wasn't the first eagle I loved, and I suspect she won't be the last.

For years, I've kept nest cams playing beside me while I worked, slept, wrote, reported, and lived. Somewhere along the way, those little windows into wild families became part of the rhythm of my own life.

I finally tried to put into words why they matter so damn much.

A Window Into an Unedited Life: https://thedailydots.substack.com/p/a-window-into-an-unedited-life?r=5pecuy&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true