Eagle nests destroyed in Florida

That's too bad. A tough call, Safety vs. environment. I have personally seen what a bird will do to an aircraft, not pretty. Damage happens, replacing a life...... well not so easy to fix.

Hope the fledgling survives the ordeal and is able to be reintroduced into the "wild".

 

I don't know, what they are doing right now could become a problem as this is a rather large eaglet (9Lbs.) and a female being placed in another nest with young. A female this large could take over the nest and push the others over the edge. I would think they might give hacking a though or maybe they already have but they have to get it placed soon or it will imprint on the people feeding it.
I am sure these people know what has to be done but I have to wonder why did this have to be done now? Why wasn't the tree cut before nesting? The eagle is on the threatened list and by June 27 the Federal Fish and Wildlife has to come up with an explantion of the word DISTURBANCE as it applies to the American Symbol The Bald Eagle.
My own thoughts here are someone is getting away with breaking the law.
This entire thing stinks and the State of Florida should be ashamed of itself for letting it come to this.
Lou
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Lou you nailed it when you asked why wasn't the tree cut prior to nesting.

 

I'm so choked up I don't know what to say, except I hope the eaglet will be okay.

 

Dianne I can say with 99% feeling this eaglet will be fine. How ever it's the adults I am thinking about now as in my experience when a pair of adult birds move and build a new nest due to disturbance it is useally not far from the original nest so where does this leave them??? I tell you this makes me so mad I'd like to take a bulldozer and cut the State of Florida off and let it float to Cuba. (Of cause with all the good people evacuated first):smile: What in the world is wrong with the politians in Florida to let a thing like this happen at such a time. Damn I am Pissed off when I read things like this. I think I am going to write to the White House (not much will come of that letter) about it or maybe CBS and NBC News. I am glad the link got posted.
Lou

 

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I did====Lou

 

Well, I meant to say about the parents too. I hate this sort of thing!

 

Harry you are 100% right fish is the primary food for the bald egle and if a wet lands is there so will they. I would think someone down there should get the ball rolling against this airport group even if they loose a hard time should be given. I have several nests I monitor for the DEC and I have gotten into it with a town redoing a road and driveing the birds off the nest . I fough like hell with them and wanted the town arrested but it was in vane but the point is I made them think about the next time as this pair now has 3 nests all within about 800 feet of each other and I never know what one they will use.
We did recover one egg from the disturbed nest
Lou
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