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Originally Posted by european
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Did you see the trees they cut down across from the airport near the rail road tracks and where the small construction site is? When I first saw that I was a little choked. There was a nest in there if not two!
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I was pissed when I saw that too, as I thought it was illegal to chop down a tree with an eagle nest. I talked to someone who I think is a Canadian Wildlife Services officer who came into the store the other day and I asked him about it. He said it's legal to chop down trees with a nest if it poses a threat to Human life, and in this case, as it was so close to the flight path of planes taking off and landing from the airport, they chose to chop down the trees. The nest that was in the tree was originally a Red Tailed Hawk nest that was taken over by the Bald Eagles. The hawks moved across the street into a tree by the abandoned army base.
I took this photo in late December - there are about 25 Bald Eagles sitting in the trees. Unfortunately, they're all gone.
From last week:
