This pair of Bald Eagles astonished birdwatchers by nesting in a redwood on the grounds of an elementary school in Milpitas, at the south end of San Francisco Bay. I arrived on a Sunday morning, which meant I had access to the school grounds.

First picture: I found the adult female on sentry duty, two trees away from the nest; the nestling was down in the nest out of sight, and the male was off hunting for food.

Second picture: the female was regularly harassed by up to three crows, which tried, without success, to drive her away.

Third picture: after about an hour, the male returned, and dropped an unidentified prey item into the nest; he then perched on a nearby branch, as shown.

Fourth picture: the female flew to the nest from her sentry post, and began to tear bits of meat from the prey, feeding them to the nestling, which emerged from the bottom of the nest. In this picture, both adults and the nestling are shown in the same frame, the male still perched on the nearby branch.

Last two pictures: after the male flew away to resume hunting, the female continued feeding pieces of meat torn from the prey to the nestling, which is shown in the last picture with wide open bill.