By Monte Sonnenberg
Simcoe Reformer
Friday, May 10, 2013; 4:58:13 EDT

JARVIS - The wind energy company Nextera suffered a public relations setback last fall when it dismantled a tree containing an eagle’s nest near Fisherville.

With the permission of the Ministry of Natural Resources, Nextera did the deed at dawn on a November morning. The nest was a recent addition to the neighbourhood and was located where three wind turbines were ready to go.

By time the tree was down, a large, angry crowd had gathered. The OPP attended to keep an eye on things. The mating pair that had been displaced also watched from some nearby trees. Over the next 48 hours, outrage spread across Ontario and beyond.

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WayneIndependant.com
Updated May. 15, 2013 @ 11:21 am

- As part of PPL support for wildlife habitat around Lake Wallenpaupack, Kipp Island will be unavailable for recreational activities through the end of July to protect a bald eagle nesting area.

 HAWLEY - As part of PPLsupport for wildlife habitat around Lake Wallenpaupack, Kipp Island will be unavailable for recreational activities through the end of July to protect a bald eagle nesting area. 

"For the past several years, bald eagles have successfully raised eaglets at Kipp Island, and this spring we received several reports of eagles on the island," said Paul Canevari, PPL community relations director for the Pocono region.

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• Photographer Igor Shpilenok spent seven months observing the bears
• The brown bears live at the Kronotsky Nature Reserve in Russia's far east
  

By Helen Lawson

PUBLISHED: 14:46 GMT, 17 March 2013 | UPDATED: 07:59 GMT, 18 March 2013

These brown bears are keen to play with discarded barrels - because they have developed a nose for aviation fuel.

The creatures sniff kerosene and gasoline from containers left in the Kronotsky Nature Reserve in the far east of Russia.

They take deep breaths for minutes at a time before digging a shallow hole and lying in a 'nirvana' position.

By Stephanie Joyce
Tuesday, May 07 2013

 
Eagles Feasting on Fish / Credit: Tim Moyer

 A flock of eagles descended on the Safeway parking lot last week, prompting police intervention.

Public Safety Director Jamie Sunderland says several people called in short succession on Thursday afternoon to report the melee.

Sunderland: “One of our officers went over there and there were 40 eagles sitting on, in and around several vehicles in the area.”

Sunderland says the eagles were feasting on garbage bags of fish product in the bed of a pickup truck. Public Safety contacted the truck owner:

Sunderland: “Who confirmed they did have a bunch of fillets in the car, and they were trying to get rid of it, but there were so many eagles that they were, I think, somewhat alarmed to go near the vehicle, because it was just being swarmed by eagles.”

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