Once badly injured, two bald eagles are released into Louisiana's wild

Friday, May 10 2013 @ 12:13 AM EDT

Contributed by: MaryF

By: John Snell
Updated: May 08, 2013 1:58 PM PDT

LSU Veterinarian Jimmy Johnson swings open the crate door, freeing an adult eagle

Gramercy, La. -- Wednesday was moving day for a pair of bald eagles who were very sick critters only a short time ago. LSU veterinarians nursed an adult female and a juvenile eagle back to health and released them into a Wildlife Management Area near Gramercy.

The team treating the adult eagle diagnosed her with poisoning, most likely some kind of pesticide poisoning.

"They're a top predator," said Dr. Javier Nevarez, assistant professor of zoological medicine at LSU. "So they do scavenge a lot of fish and road kill at times, stuff like that."

The younger eagle, only several months old, had fallen out of its nest. Both birds were found by members of the public, who reported the injuries to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.

"We've had a lot of very bad injuries this year and a lot of sick birds," Nevarez said.

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Officials warn gawkers to stay away from bald eagle nest

Wednesday, May 08 2013 @ 03:33 AM EDT

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By SUSAN FIELD
Posted: Tuesday, 05/07/13 06:28 pm
Updated: Tuesday, 05/07/13 07:47 pm

One of a pair of eagles perches in a tree overlooking a nest where its mate and offspring sit on
Meridian Road in the afternoon on Tuesday, May 7, 2013. (Sun photo by LISA YANICK-JONAITIS)

State and federal officials are warning people to stay away from what is arguably the Mt. Pleasant area’s worst-kept secret.

Numerous drivers have been stopping along South Meridian Road between Pickard and River roads to look at a bald eagle’s nest, and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service want people to stay clear of the nest.

Owners of the property have put up no trespassing signs and want people to stay off their land as well.

Located high in a tree east of a farm field, the nest is home to at least one eaglet, and Jeremy Payne, a conservation officer for the Michigan DNR, said the penalty for going onto the field to get a closer look at the avian family is at the least a recreational trespassing ticket and at worst a federal crime.

United States Fish and Wildlife Special Agent Jim Fuller said anyone caught distressing, harassing or taking bald eagles is subject be federal charges under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act.

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Bald eagle family takes up residence in Manchester

Wednesday, May 08 2013 @ 03:11 AM EDT

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By MARK HAYWARD
New Hampshire Union Leader
May 5, 2013 10:17 PM

An American bald eagle and one of its eaglets are nesting along the Merrimack
River in Manchester. (DAVID LANE/UNION LEADER)

MANCHESTER - A secluded spot where only the hum of highway traffic is heard.

Easy access to food.

And a perch that offers a bird's eye view of the downtown.

Such is the home for two of the newest residents of the Queen City - a pair of baby American bald eagles that hatched early last month and are being raised in a nest along the Merrimack River.

The eaglets are the first to be born in Manchester in decades and represent the continuing success of the restoration of the bald eagle, said Christian Martin, a raptor biologist with the New Hampshire Audubon Society.

Martin brought a New Hampshire Union Leader reporter and photographer to a viewing area of the nest with the understanding it would not be pinpointed. Seclusion is needed to prevent distractions and human disturbances to the adults who are tending the eaglets, he said.

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Abbotsford youths accused of ‘sickening’ goose attack identified

Tuesday, May 07 2013 @ 12:43 PM EDT

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A happy ending to a previously reported story.

May 7, 2013

By Rochelle Baker, Abbotsford Times

Abbotsford police have identified the three youths who attacked a nesting goose, leaving it bloodied and injured last week.

As a result, a conservation officer contacted the three teenage boys, two aged 16 and one 17, and their parents, said Const. Ian MacDonald, who described the attack as sickening.

Elizabeth Melnick, who runs the wildlife rescue centre, said Monday the bird continued to care for her eggs despite her injuries, and Sunday afternoon yielded a happy ending.

Some of the four eggs in the nest hatched, and the mall’s security team escorted the goose, her mate and their goslings by foot through traffic to Mill Lake, said Melnick.

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Bald eagle dies a month after Roxbury animal control officer saves it

Monday, May 06 2013 @ 09:42 AM EDT

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By Brendan Kuty
on May 05, 2013 at 11:00 AM

Photos: Dying Bald eagle saved by Roxbury officer
Photo by Brendan Kuty)

The bald eagle Roxbury's animal control officer saved about a month ago has died.

Sue Blanchard rescued the bird from dying in the woods after a fight with another bald eagle April 9. But it was found dead in her aviary, or large enclosure, Friday afternoon at Raptor Trust in Millington, according to the nonprofit's education director Lauren Butcher.

The bird most likely died from kidney failure due to an infection caused by injuries from the fight, Butcher said.

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