[NatureNS] Re: Bald Eagles in NS

Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2016 09:22:51 -0400 (AST)
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   I never saw Eagles attack loon chicks Donna, seeing
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   a loon chick is rare,&#160; for me, so that is not to mean they don&#39;=
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   just that I&#39;ve never been in the area where it happened.
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   Maybe someday and you&#39;ll be the first to know.
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   But I&#39;ve seen on a few times Eagles attacking Common Mergansers.
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   Early in spring, when trout fishing is slow and there is lots of time
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   to look around&#160;is when you see that. The Eagle concentrates on the =
male merganser
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   and will repeated sky&#160;dive at it and make the merganser dive under =
water.
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   I never saw the eagle being successful however. It usually gives up afte=
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   a time and flies of but maybe because the show got to close to me.
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   Its always the male merganser they attack - I supposed it was because th=
e eagle
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   had been feeding on the white chickens all&#160; winter and the nearly a=
ll white duck
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   resembled a chicken. But that was only me!
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   I had an interesting experience with a horned owl and a loon chick once
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   also but that story will need wait!
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   Enjoy the rain and the sleet and the snow and whatever!
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   Paul&#160;
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   <!-- <![endif] -->On February 4, 2016 at 11:04 PM Donna Crossland &#60;d=
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    <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color: #1f497d; font-family: &#39=
;Calibri&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 11pt;">It was timely to read=
 Jim=E2=80=99s report on =E2=80=9C<strong>Eagle Watch Weekend One</strong>=
=E2=80=9D (<em>sounds like a movie title...American, of course</em>) and Ja=
mes=E2=80=99 follow-up comments.&#160; This evening I watched The Nature of=
 Things documentary on the Vancouver Bald Eagle population, which is soarin=
g in numbers mainly due to a large landfill and an expanding human populati=
on (but began a more modest recovery earlier on after the abandonment of DD=
T and changes in the earlier human customs of shooting them as ill-regarded=
 =E2=80=98vermin=E2=80=99, not unlike the history of eagle persecution on t=
he east coast).&#160; &#160;My point is that their populations are soaring =
presently due to food supplementation.&#160; </span></p>=20
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    <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color: #1f497d; font-family: &#39=
;Calibri&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 11pt;">Our Annapolis Valley =
eagle population is food-supplemented from industrial poultry practices, as=
 we are all aware.&#160; &#160;What harm is there in that?&#160; It has gen=
erated tourism dollars, and it gets people out to see nature in the wintert=
ime.&#160; All wonderful.</span></p>=20
    <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color: #1f497d; font-family: &#39=
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    <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color: #1f497d; font-family: &#39=
;Calibri&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 11pt;">It now appears that t=
he Common loon may be falling under new predation pressures as this large a=
nd expanding NS eagle population finds new places to nest.&#160; They seem =
to be increasingly pushed to less productive areas to nest, such as nutrien=
t-poor lakes in southwest Nova Scotia.&#160; (No scientific data to back th=
is up, but it would make a good thesis.) Cottage owners are documenting not=
able increases in eagle sightings, including eye witness accounts of eagles=
 attacking loon chicks.&#160; One such story was reported to me again yeste=
rday from a lake near Caledonia.&#160; &#160;Still another report came from=
 Sandy Bottom Lake last September where an eagle repeatedly attacked a juve=
nile loon.&#160; The young loon was forced to continuously dive to avoid th=
e attacks, but apparently survived.&#160; They stand much less chance when =
they are younger and cannot dive for long periods.&#160; Other loon chicks =
were not as fortunate last year.</span></p>=20
    <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color: #1f497d; font-family: &#39=
;Calibri&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 11pt;">&#160;</span></p>=20
    <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color: #1f497d; font-family: &#39=
;Calibri&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 11pt;">Where is the natu