America’s bald eagle population continues to soar

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Post by infodocket » Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 4:02 PM UTC

America’s bald eagle population continues to soar
fws.gov

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Post by hprotagonist » Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 4:50 PM UTC

There's a nesting pair near my house these days. Majestic looking birds, and they sound like seagulls with brain damage :)

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Post by snarf21 » Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 4:51 PM UTC

This is great news. It is really about the pesticides more than anything else. In my area, hawks are EVERYWHERE. I see at least 1 every 5 miles along the highway (farmland) watching for food. This was not true 20 years ago.

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Post by tomatotomato37 » Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 4:53 PM UTC

I find it amusing the article had to clarify the lower 48 states. In the majority of the United States bald eagles are a rare and majestic sight. In Alaska they are on par with seagulls.

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Post by nashashmi » Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 4:54 PM UTC

I had the fortune of seeing two bald eagles at a landfill. Apparently they are very common at landfills.

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Post by wiredfool » Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 4:55 PM UTC

Bald Eagles are HUGE.

You don't realize it until one drops out of a tree near you and flies off. Either that or you see them feeding on road kill deer.

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Post by ryanmcbride » Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 4:59 PM UTC

snarf21 wrote: post #3

This is great news. It is really about the pesticides more than anything else. In my area, hawks are EVERYWHERE . I see at least 1 every 5 miles along the highway (farmland) watching for food. This was not true 20 years ago.

Anecdotally I've been seeing a lot more birds of prey in my area over the last 10 years or so too. They're so cool to watch.

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Post by arethuza » Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 4:59 PM UTC

wiredfool wrote: post #6

Bald Eagles are HUGE. You don't realize it until one drops out of a tree near you and flies off. Either that or you see them feeding on road kill deer.

Sounds like the couple of times I've seen white tailed eagles near where I live in Scotland - I can see why they are called "flying barn doors".

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Post by jjathman » Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 5:00 PM UTC

Is there any doubt that in today's political environment we never would be able to pull this same conservation effort off? We'd hear endless reports from Republicans about how DDT really isn't that bad, how scientists are lying, and how we couldn't possibly do anything to "hurt the economy".

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Post by sparker72678 » Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 5:01 PM UTC

Nice to get some good news.