Title: As numbers grow, bald eagles edge near cities FLA
Post by: Donna on 28-Jan-12, 02:41:49 PM
January 26, 2012|By David Fleshler, Sun Sentinel
Meet the urban eagle. As the spectacular recovery of the bald eagle fills up the best habitat in Florida, the birds have been forced onto marginal territory on the fringes of cities.
In Pembroke Pines, the first active nest since the 1970s stands across the street from the barrel-tiled roofs of a housing development and just produced its fifth group of chicks. In Palm Beach County, where Lake Okeechobee and thick stands of pine trees create excellent eagle habitat, three new nests were discovered last year, including one bordered on three sides by neighborhoods.
A bald eagle couple whose nest is off Pines Boulevard have just had chicks, as the eagle continues its recovery. (Taimy Alvarez, Sun Sentinel)
Meet the urban eagle. As the spectacular recovery of the bald eagle fills up the best habitat in Florida, the birds have been forced onto marginal territory on the fringes of cities.
In Pembroke Pines, the first active nest since the 1970s stands across the street from the barrel-tiled roofs of a housing development and just produced its fifth group of chicks. In Palm Beach County, where Lake Okeechobee and thick stands of pine trees create excellent eagle habitat, three new nests were discovered last year, including one bordered on three sides by neighborhoods.
A bald eagle couple whose nest is off Pines Boulevard have just had chicks, as the eagle continues its recovery. (Taimy Alvarez, Sun Sentinel)Title: Re: As numbers grow, bald eagles edge near cities FLA
Post by: Patti from Kentucky on 29-Jan-12, 12:48:09 AM
We've had a nesting pair of Bald Eagles on the Ohio River for the last three years, within view of downtown Louisville. They took over an old Great Blue Heron nest in a rookery. Many herons are still nesting there; they can't be real fond of their new neighbors. So far the eagles haven't managed to fledge any young...