Ironically, TC, Florida has one of the highest density of breeding Bald Eagles in the lower 48 ( only Alaska and Minn have more)...thanks in great part to two Federal laws - Bald Eagle Protection Act, 1940 and June 1972, EPA Ban on use of DDT.
Oh, oh, Ron!! Federal interference!!.
Cannot have that. Get those birds " Florida Free"-- spread …
Ironically, TC, Florida has one of the highest density of breeding Bald Eagles in the lower 48 ( only Alaska and Minn have more)...thanks in great part to two Federal laws - Bald Eagle Protection Act, 1940 and June 1972, EPA Ban on use of DDT.
Oh, oh, Ron!! Federal interference!!.
Cannot have that. Get those birds " Florida Free"-- spread that DDT, if a few fledglings get shot, too bad, at least they won't be exposed to all the nasty books and our guys with guns don't have to worry about being politically correct!
I heard that it preyed on them as well. A bald eagle killed some osprey chicks that were in a nest that Versant Power set up that had a 24/7 camera here in Hancock County, ME.
Our county is not a very safe place for Osprey with all of the bald eagles around.
Ironically, TC, Florida has one of the highest density of breeding Bald Eagles in the lower 48 ( only Alaska and Minn have more)...thanks in great part to two Federal laws - Bald Eagle Protection Act, 1940 and June 1972, EPA Ban on use of DDT.
Oh, oh, Ron!! Federal interference!!.
Cannot have that. Get those birds " Florida Free"-- spread that DDT, if a few fledglings get shot, too bad, at least they won't be exposed to all the nasty books and our guys with guns don't have to worry about being politically correct!
I lived close to the intercostal in FL. The bald eagles would land on the fairways where I golfed. I wouldn't go near them. They are huge.
Last winter we had a Russian eagle stay for a while around Acadia National Park. It dwarfed the Bald Eagles. https://maineaudubon.org/news/rba-stse-2023/
I heard that it preyed on them as well. A bald eagle killed some osprey chicks that were in a nest that Versant Power set up that had a 24/7 camera here in Hancock County, ME.
Our county is not a very safe place for Osprey with all of the bald eagles around.