Re: Bald Eagle nest in back yard

Posted by NewMexiKen on Jan 13, 2021; 4:29pm
URL: http://bald-eagles-of-broward-county-florida.17.s1.nabble.com/Bald-Eagle-nest-in-back-yard-tp7575764p7575765.html

Those are excellent photos, Isaac. That is the female eagle on the nest, as evidenced by the fact that the gape (corner) of her large bill extends back all the way under her eye. That of the smaller male usually does not extend beyond about 1/4 to 1/2 of the way under his eye.

You are so lucky having the nest so close to your home. I hope you will be able to document many events in the lives of the pair. You might consider reaching out to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries-- their Facebook page is here: https://www.facebook.com/ldwffb/ as well as Audubonn Louisiana at https://www.facebook.com/audubonlouisiana

Members of this FORUM will be very interested in hearing more about these eagles as they hopefully progress to lay eggs and rais a family. If they succeed they will very likely continue to use this nest in future breeding seasons. This is presently the best sub-Forum to use, but all subscribers are able to access it and add their comment.

I lived in New Orleans during Hurricane Camille, which at the time was the strongest storm to ever hit that city. We in Florida also appreciate how hurricanes can ravage natural habitats.

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Isaac-1 wrote

Hi, I hope it is ok for me to post here as I do not live in Florida, instead
I live in rural western Louisiana about 80 miles inland along the path
devastated by hurricane Laura last summer.  I have a pair of bald eagles
building a nest in a pine tree in my backyard, about 300 feet from my back
door (based on google satellite view measurement tool)  I don't know if this
is a young pair building a first nest, or an older pair building a new nest
because the tree their old one was in was felled by Laura (estimates are
something like $1.2 Billion in timber was destroyed by Laura, around 1 in 4
large trees damaged of felled).  We have been seeing bald eagles with
increasing frequency the last few years, with one being seen from the house
multiple times per week the last couple of years, there are multiple known
nests along the shores of a mid sized lake about 3-4 miles away from the
house.

Anyway I am posting here as I have not found any more appropriate web forum
out there to discus photographing, observing and discussing southern bald
eagle nests.  If you know of any others please let me know.

I am attaching a couple of photos I have taken of the eagles since new
years, one was taken just before sunset yesterday.

The photo on the nest was taken with a 24X superzoom camera then cropped for
size, the one of the eagle on the post was taken from about 100 feet away
out on my cell phone out the window of my car (I had to drive by the post to
get out of my driveway).  I drove slowly but when I was about 75 feet away
the eagle took off, circled while I drove down the road, and landed back by
post.  That was the second time yesterday I saw it on that post, perhaps it
will be back there today and I can get a better photo using a better camera.

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