The only bald eagle nest on Santa Cruz Island off the Southern California coast is now a lonely place, one that webcam viewers were delighted to monitor just a few weeks ago.
That was when two newly hatched chicks gave nature lovers worldwide the chance to witness the regrowth of a declining population on this set of islands off the Ventura County coast, the Ventura County Star newspaper reported.
But that fascination lasted only a few days. The chicks died soon after hatching, leaving viewers to console each other on an Internet chat board hosted by the Nature Conservancy, a worldwide conservation organization.
Webcam viewers had been watching …
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