The Hwy 36 (Keller Lake) pr. have been very loyally and regularly = sitting at their nest every morning for the past few weeks. My guess is = that you are seeing different birds.=20
Time to look for a new nest in that area. Mark Martell Director of Bird Conservation Audubon Minnesota 2357 Ventura Drive #106 St. Paul, MN 55125 651-739-9332 651-731-1330 (FAX) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of Donnelle Burlingame Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 9:33 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [mou] Bald Eagles Roseville/Falcon Heights To my surprise I observed a pair of Bald eagles male and female, I = presume=20 due to size difference, perched in a tree behind fast food row = ,specifically=20 Burger King, 1 block west of Snelling Ave. and Cty Rd B across from Har = Mar=20 Mall in Roseville! One flew over my car tree top level and lead me to = the=20 tree where I observed the second. They vocalized quite a bit and = preened.=20 They seemed quite content unlike the crows which were of course mobbing = and=20 growing in numbers as time went on.COuld this be the pair that nested in = the=20 highly visable nest off of Hwy. 36 and Hwy 61? In the early am's, I quite frequently observe a single adult eagle fly = from=20 the same direction South West to North East directly over the Job Corp=20 parking lot where I work on Snelling Ave. directly across from the state = Fair Grounds a stones through from the St. Paul Campus. I assume same=20 bird/s. Driving into work this am heading east on 694 crossing over the = Mississippi=20 I saw an immature eagle on the ice tearing into something I assume a = fish. Like most of us, I have observed an increase of inner city and urban = Eagle=20 activity over the past couple years that I have lived in North = Minneapolis=20 including the very block I live on. Its always a pleasure and puts a = smile=20 on my face and in my heart. I do question, is their population saturated = in=20 the twin city area? It is well known all forms of wildlife are = increasingly=20 co- habitating with us. What does that mean for such a large bird with = the=20 needs of a large territory? They don't seem to be bothered by all our = human=20 activity. _______________________________________________ mou-net mailing list [email protected] http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net
