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The Upper Room was a pleasant place; but its tranquility, had to be disrupted.  The eagle shows concern for her young not by defending the nest, but by destroying it.  A nest can become a dangerous place.  Hawks and vultures see it from above; rats, weasels and snakes lurk around it.  If the eaglets are too comfortable in their nest they will never attempt to fly.  So the mother bird rips out the soft lining of the next and exposes her babies’ tender skin to the hard twigs beneath. They may resent the process... but it is for their own good.

Some Quite Place, Joe R. Barnett and John Gipson, page 55