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Dave Smith[_1_]

On 2016-02-15 6:23 PM, wrote:

> I was watching an item on eagles tonight - DDT nearly eliminated them
> but they have really rebounded now but there is a difference. Although
> they hunt, they also habituate landfills which is not great for them,
> broken legs, undigested plastic etc. More and more they tend to nest
> on power pylons, a risky business.
>
> I know a chicken farm an hour or so from here where they congregate to
> take advantage of the chicken guts etc the farmer tosses out daily. I
> was there one day and there were nearly 80 eagles sitting on one tree,
> it almost looked like a chestnut tree in bloom. Really odd.

I have seen lots of eagles on both coasts of Canada but none here in
southern Ontario until a couple years ago. Now we often see them on our
kayaking ventures.