This Father’s Day, we celebrate all the ways dads - feathered, furred, or otherwise - help life take flight. 🦅 Take Shadow, the ever-watchful bald eagle dad from Big Bear, CA. Known for his tireless stick gathering to maintain the nest, Shadow also stands guard and demonstrates the quiet strength of fatherhood in the wild. At USGS, we’ve studied raptors like Shadow. From monitoring populations in Alaska to understanding their habitats and threats, science helps protect these apex predators and the environments they rely on. Happy Father’s Day to Shadow and to all of our USGS dads and father figures who help keep their nests sturdy and strong! 📸1: Bald eagle nest cam, Friends of Big Bear Valley, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 #HappyFathersDay #JackieAndShadow #BaldEagles #Raptors