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Bald eagles, eaglets found nesting in arms of Arizona cactus
The Arizona Game and Fish Department revealed Wednesday that biologists discovered a pair of eagles and their eaglets in the arms of a large saguaro during a recent eagle survey.
Kenneth "Tuk" Jacobson, the agency's coordinator of raptor management, said the eagles are on a cactus near a central Arizona reservoir.
[...] Wildlife biologists have looked for decades for a sighting of bald eagles nesting in Arizona saguaro cacti. According to Jacobson, the last known mention of such a sighting was a 1937 record.
Nice to see something flourishing right now besides viruses and locusts.
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(Score: 5, Interesting) by Thexalon on Monday April 20 2020, @01:36AM (7 children)
The return of the bald eagle as a major species in the US is one of the real success stories of conservation groups combined with environmental efforts like banning DDT.
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(Score: 5, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Monday April 20 2020, @04:25AM (3 children)
There still aren't a lot of eagles of any kind, or any other raptors. Looking into the sky, if you see a bird larger than a chicken, it's most likely a buzzard. And, the flocks of migratory birds that darkened the sky like storm clouds - still gone. We've got a long way to go, to get back to our grandparent's world.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 20 2020, @05:20AM
Plenty hawks out in the west coast. Ospreys occasionally.
(Score: 3, Touché) by jelizondo on Monday April 20 2020, @05:27AM
At least you got the buzzard, I mean, The Mighty Buzzard!
(Score: 4, Informative) by Thexalon on Monday April 20 2020, @01:14PM
There was at least 1 nesting pair of bald eagles in my old neighborhood, and now living out in the country where I am there are hawks, cranes, and owls.
There's a clearly documented increase in bald eagle populations [fws.gov], from a few hundred breeding pairs to probably over 10,000. I'd consider that worth celebrating.
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(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 20 2020, @05:27AM
More proof that America is Great Again.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 20 2020, @10:11AM
Come and see Bald Eagles in Ontario, Canada. Where? Living at the garbage dump. Easy pickings, I suppose! There are dozens.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 20 2020, @04:50PM
Alligators too. When I was a kid, my parents had an alligator skin they kept in the closet. It was "grandfathered in", and considered a valuable thing that could eventually be made into something. I think they might have sold it during the late 1970s inflation period, or perhaps simply given it away. That's how fast the transition was. It seemed almost like one day alligators were rare, endangered, and perhaps going extinct. Then before we knew it, the phrase "nuisance 'gator" came in to being. Now the problem down there in Florida is more about the wrong critters being there--the glades are full of invasive species, especially snakes; but the alligator is not in trouble.