High on a ridge on Santa Cruz Island, field biologist Dave Rempel plants his right foot on a flat rock and leans out over the cliff as far as he dares. Straining to keep his balance, he searches the treetops until a slight movement catches his gaze. "There," he exclaims in a sharp whisper. Two hundred yards away, in a broad nest of sticks and dried grasses, a bald eagle chick stretches its scrawny wings in the May morning sun. Six weeks old and barely half its full 14-pound potential, this bird is the culmination of a 25-year restoration program.
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