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Nick and Nora, our neighborhood bald eagles, are back.
On Friday, Jan.5, the famous bald eagles were spotted in trees, circling the White Rock area from the lake down the Trinity to Loop 12, said Christopher Morris, Sr. Environmental Coordinator/Urban Biologist.
It appears the eagles haven’t yet settled on a spot and are sampling the area before nestling into their temporary home, he adds.
“It looks like they have decided on one of the old red tail hawk nests that was in a sycamore tree. They decided since it worked so well for the hawks that they would start building on it,” Morris said.
It wasn’t until around Jan. 15, that many of the surrounding residents began noticing an increase in eagle activity right up the sycamore tree.
A few days later, from Jan. 22 to the 26, the city noticed a significant presence of eagles and began sectioning off the area to protect the birds from any disturbances, as they had done in previous years.
Many birds in North America are protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, not to mention Bald Eagles are also the nation’s birds. Therefore, the city must assist them by sectioning off areas to aid in eagle nesting spots suitable for raising eaglets.
Suitable nesting spots are areas free from loud noises and activities that could disturb their nests.
Last year, the eagles began nesting near Sunset Bay; however, they quickly abandoned the area, the Advocate reported.
We’re keeping an eagles-eye on where they will nest.
