Bald Eagle nest near my house!

[N4S]

Wow.

Yesterday my dad was down this little park in back of a correctional facility in Northeast Philadelphia. He said he was the only one down there walking his 2 dogs and all of a sudden 3 cop cars and 2 park ranger trucks are coming across the field.

My dad asked one of the park rangers what the deal was and they said there is a eagle further back in the park.


So he didnt think anything of it and then BAM! Front page of the news today.

The region buzzed with excitement two years ago when a pair of eagles was discovered nesting at the Navy Yard. The first eagles to nest in the city in more than 200 years, they were hailed as dramatic evidence that the species, once headed for extinction, had begun to recover.

This year, the city has three eagles' nests. Officials expect the Navy Yard eagles to return to their nest near the Delaware River, perhaps within days. Another pair has built a five-foot nest in a remote area of Pennypack Park in the Northeast. And over the last few weeks, birders have seen a pair of young adults taking sticks to a large oak tree on an island at the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum.

"I think they've become a bit cosmopolitan," said refuge spokesman Bill Buchanan. For one of the largest cities in the country to be hosting three nests is a development that officials find both encouraging and worrying. "Here in this urban city, we have habitat that provides nesting areas for eagles," marveled Debby Carr, director of environmental education for Fairmount Park. "It really makes you feel like you're doing something right."

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/front...in_Phila_.html

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Well it's funny because the article does not disclose the location and actually states that they are in Pennypack Park which is completely false.

I went down about an hour ago and I was the only person down there from what I seen. I could only get about 75 yards away but could see one sitting in the huge nest and another perched right above (almost like a look out).

Really cool!

Hopefully this is a sign for the Philadelphia Eagles this weekend against the Giants!!!!!

[mainbutter]

So police and park rangers stopped your dad from going into a public park because a pair of bald eagles was there?

They've been taken off the endangered species list, and in fact are now the lowest level of being threatened: "least concern".

Neat though that they are returning to your area

[jere000]

go giants i couldnt help it thats my team

[dsirkle]

There is a pretty good population of Bald Eagles in Montmorency County in Michigan. Back in the 1960's there were only two nesting sites as far as I am aware of. The locals tried to be as secretive as possible about their location to keep them safe and unmolested. Now there are plenty of them and they fly over the lakes looking for fish and eat road kill and have a quite visible presence. No doubt the Philly conservationists hope for the same outcome and will try to keep the nesting sites secret.