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Some say new bill is 'license to
kill' rare birds

Updated: Sunday, 14 Jun 2009, 4:22 AM EDT
Published : Sunday, 14 Jun 2009, 4:22 AM EDT

• Shannon Mulaire

  TAMPA - In January, Captain Chesley Sullenberger was forced to ditch flight U.S. Airways flight 1549 in the Hudson River moments after experiencing a bird strike. This week, New York City officials announced they would round up as many as 2,000 Canadian geese near the city's airports and euthanize them.

  In Florida, where a similar scenario could happen, the plan is different. Friday, Governor Charlie Crist signed a bill that protects airport employees from fines or charges if they kill a rare species while trying to scare birds from the runway.

  While the bill aims to protect humans, some say it does little for species like the bald eagle. Eric Draper from the Audobon Society of Florida says the bill goes too far.

• The thing that's most disturbing to us is it gives them the authority to use lethal power to kill things like bald eagles that might be found around airport sites," Draper says.

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

TACOMA, Wash. -- A timber manager who had a tree with an eagle's nest cut down in Clallam County has been sentenced in Tacoma to two months in prison.

At Tuesday's sentencing in federal court, Magistrate Judge Karen Strombom said she had no choice but to send Timothy Allen to prison because he lied to investigators.

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By Record Searchlight staff
Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Courtesy of Caltrans

Caltrans released this picture of all three young eagles in their nest today.

 

The three young eagles living near Turtle Bay and the Highway 44 construction zone in Redding appear to be doing fine, even though their nest has been vacant in the daytime for most of the past four days, a California Department of Transportation spokeswoman said today.

A photograph taken today and distributed by Caltrans shows "a midday collaboration" of the juvenile eagle trio in their nest, spokeswoman Denise Yergenson said.

 

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http://www.redding.com/news/2009/jun/16/caltrans-shows-picture-young-eagles-their-nest/

By Dylan Darling (Contact)
Saturday, June 13, 2009

Two of the three Turtle Bay bald eaglets have taken flight, say those keeping close watch on Redding's famous avian family.

The youngest, and smallest, of the eaglets that hatched in late March is likely the one lingering close to the nest, said Denise Yergenson, spokeswoman for the California Department of Transportation in Redding.

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By Dylan Darling (Contact)
Originally published 02:21 p.m., June 9, 2009
Updated 02:21 p.m., June 9, 2009

Photo by Dylan Darling / Record Searchlight

Susan Weaver of Shasta Lake watches the Turtle Bay eaglets this morning through a field scope. Weaver was among about 25 people who turned out for a "Fledgefest." Another is set for 7 p.m. today on the paved bike path between the Monolith and Highway 44 at Turtle Bay.
Off the Internet for much of the last three weeks, the Turtle Bay bald eagle cam may not be back up until next nesting season toward the end of the year.

“We just can’t get it back,” Denise Yergenson, spokeswoman for the California Department of Transportation, said today.

For the rest of the story and a couple of videos/photographs, go here:

http://www.redding.com/news/2009/jun/09/turtle-bay-eagle-cam-may-be-until-next-nesting-sea/

The north state's most famous winged trio could finally be flying soon, but ongoing signal problems with a webcam focused on their nest could keep the sight off the Internet.

"It's something to do with the feed to the Web," said Denise Yergenson, spokeswoman for the California Department of Transportation.

Having busted out of their shells 11 weeks ago, the three bald eaglets in the nest at Turtle Bay likely will take their first flights next week. If nature's clock matches up with what has been observed by scientists, the first eagle would fly Tuesday, exactly 12 weeks after it hatched.

Yergenson said it's unclear whether the fledging will be seen on the Web. While the camera has produced images for scientists monitoring the eagles - it can be seen on a computer screen at Turtle Bay Exploration Park's visitor center - she said the webcast continues to periodically go on the fritz.

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http://www.redding.com/news/2009/jun/04/turtle-bay-eagle-almost-ready-to-fledge/