THE BLUE EAGLE IS ENDEMIC TO EAGLE ISLAND, AN ISLET IN PALM BAY, FLORIDA. ITS LIFE CYCLE IS INTIMATELY LINKED WITH THE TIDES. THIS FISHING BIRD IS NOT LAND-BORN - IT RATHER ASCENDS FROM THE OPAQUE WATERS, BEFORE DESCENDING AGAIN.
ITS COAT IS NOT MADE OF FEATHERS, NOR ITS SINEWS MADE OF FLESH. RATHER, THE BLUE EAGLE IS A COMPLEX LIGHT BODY, A LIFEFORM SCULPTED FROM THE LUNISOLAR DANCE OF ISLANDS AND OCEANS.
IT MAKES ITS NEST NOWHERE ELSE BUT AT THE VERY PEAK OF EAGLE ISLAND, WHICH IS A SPIRING MOUNTAIN, JUTTING FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE BAY. IT NOURISHES ITSELF ON RAINFALL AND SUNLIGHT UNTIL ADULTHOOD, WHEN IT SWOOPS, BEAK FIRST, FROM THE PEAK OF EAGLE ISLAND, DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF PALM BAY.
THERE, IT CAPTURES A SINGLE MEAL, AND COMES BACK UP TO THE COAST TO EAT. IT GLIDES OUT FROM PALM BAY UNTIL ITS BODY GIVES OUT, THE LIGHT PARTICLES DISINTEGRATING, SLOWLY DRIFTING DOWN TO SEA.
THESE ARE THEN GATHERED UP TO THE SKY, AND DESCEND IN THE FORM OF AN EGG, AT THE PEAK OF EAGLE ISLAND.
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released January 2, 2020
WE CAME TO EAGLE ISLAND WITH HANDYCAMS, PORTABLE AUDIO RECORDERS, SLEEPING BAGS, COATS, JERKY, GRANOLA... AT THE SPRING EQUINOX OF 2019, AND STAYED UNTIL WINTER SOLSTICE OF THAT SAME YEAR. THESE ARE EXCERPTS FROM OUR LIL SONY MICROPHONES, MIXED TOGETHER IN SOUNDFORGE. THEY ARE PUBLISHED WITH PERMISSION OF PALM BAY, FLORIDA MUNICIPALITY, WHO WOULD NOT DO THE SAME FOR OUR DIGITAL VIDEO FOOTAGE, BUT RATHER HAVE KEPT THOSE IN A TIME CAPSULE, IN THE EVENT OF BLUE EAGLE EXTINCTION, WHEN THE BLUE EAGLE NO LONGER SOJOURNS ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH, BUT RETURNS FOR ALL TIME TO THE PLEROMA.
THE STATE OF FLORIDA IS DOING ALL IT CAN TO PRESERVE THE BLUE EAGLE. EAGLE ISLAND IS CORDONED OFF, OPEN ONLY TO LICENSED TEAMS OF SCIENTISTS AND DOCUMENTARIANS.
THE BLUE EAGLES OF EAGLE ISLAND ARE THE LAST OF THEIR KIND.
HELP FIGHT BLUE EAGLE HABITAT DESTRUCTION - GET ZOOTED AND LISTEN TO THIS RECORD.
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