Re: Possible nest at SW 41st St & NW 215th Street NW Dade-Miami/Broward County line

Posted by NewMexiKen on Mar 20, 2016; 6:02pm
URL: http://bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com/Possible-nest-at-SW-41st-St-NW-215th-Street-NW-Dade-Miami-Broward-County-line-tp7574423p7574429.html

Billi Wagner has provided a more exact location of the possible "Race Track" eagle nest near the Broward/Miami-Dade County line.

Billi writes:

I just looked at the map and probably put the marker a little too far east. Open the map link on the checklist in "satellite" form, and blow it up: there are light poles casting super long shadows NW, in a row of palms along SW 41st paralleling the racetrack, it has to be one of those, it seemed to be the tallest one, and it should have something on top of the light cluster.

There are other, shorter light poles with a curved piece extending out. They are for the turnpike. This style is called "Cobra": the light itself is like the head of a serpent sticking out.

I don't know what you could see from the ground, maybe you can go up the grandstand with a scope?

I replied (MAR 15):

There are two very tall poles, one on either side of this small parking area and bus stop at this location. Do you think one of these may contain the sticks/nest?

The new coordinates are: [25.972116, -80.238947]
and the Google Earth address is:

1743 SW 41 St
Miramar, FL 33023

Billi then said:

They look good, they are past the Stadium Hotel, and on the south side of the eastbound lane of the turnpike. The only other similar, really tall light poles I can see are clustered around the N-S turnpike lanes east of the horse barns, which are near the racetrack entrance road. I can see 4 lights on all of these poles, but not any other structure on them that could hold a nest, like I saw Sunday. We need one of those drone cameras!
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