On Mon, 15 Feb 2016 19:15:59 -0500, Dave Smith
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>On 2016-02-15 6:23 PM, wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>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.
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We have lots of osprey here - where I lived before there were three
nesting pairs and feeding those babes became a frenzy. One evening I
was sitting out in my dory fishing when one dived into the water about
ten foot astern of me. Thought I would have a heart attack, you
really understand the force with which they hit the water when that
happens, it was like an explosion.