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1 Birding 101 Kissimmee Valley Audubon Society Pine Lily Chapter Florida Native Plant Society Migratory Birds Audubon Eagle Watch Program

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3 Bald eagles were once an endangered species. The prolific use of the pesticide DDT caused their eggs to be brittle and break easily. With the advent of the endangered species act and the protection of the bald eagle we have brought them back from the brink of extinction. The bald eagle was removed from the endangered species list in The bald eagle remains protected under the bald and golden eagle protection act And the migratory bird treaty act

4 Florida bald eagles nest October-May. They prefer live long leaf pine trees but will also use live cypress, dead trees, and man made structures. Florida bald eagles mate for life but will find a new partner if one dies. They return to the same nest/nest territory as long as it remains a healthy habitat.

5 Bald eagles do not lay their eggs all at once so the eaglets are different ages. They lay 1-3 eggs with 2 being the average.

6 Look, fish.again. Most of the bald eagle diet is fish. They also eat snakes, coots, ducks, and other small birds, rabbits, squirrels, rodents, roadkill, and other meat.

7 It s my food! I am warning you it is MY food Grrrrr MY Food! The eaglet bites the adult who brought the food! The adult eagle backs off and allows the eaglet to finish eating.

8 It is about time you brought dinner home!

9 Eaglets constantly need feeding.

10 I was watching the eagle nest one day. One adult was at the nest. One adult was behind me at the look out tree. It was very quiet. I did not see or hear anything unusual. All of a sudden the adult eagle came very fast from the look out tree behind me and landed at the nest tree. Suddenly on high alert, the same adult eagle veered out from the nest straight toward a red shouldered hawk. They almost collided mid air. I did not see or hear the hawk until the eagle went after it. The hawk should have been scared away from those eaglets!

11 Eagles talk and communicate to each other. The eaglets learn from watching their parents.

12 The fine art of BRANCHING Mom, Dad, Are you looking? I am going to practice now so watch me! Eaglets learn to fly by first branching. Branching is when they hop from branch to branch with wings spread. One day they suddenly realize when they are hopping that they have taken flight. Did you see me practice?

13 Eaglets learn to fly!

14 When eaglets are first learning to fly they can be a bit clumsy so crash landings are common.

15 The eaglets soon get the hang of flying, landing, and taking off. Once eaglets leave the nest for good they are not allowed to come home again. If they try the adults will chase them off.

16 An eaglet does not become an adult eagle until he/she gets their white head and tail feathers when they are 4 to 5 years old. That is when they are old enough to mate and find their own territoryusually close to where they were born. Male and female eagles look alike. Female eagles are larger than male eagles.

17 I was watching this adult eagle in the look out tree when I noticed this silly mockingbird repeatedly attacking the eagle. Was the mockingbird suicidal? The eagle could have easily turned around and killed the mockingbird. Eventually, the eagle flew off leaving the mockingbird alone. Go figure.

18 Losing an eaglet or eagle is extremely difficult. In the years that I have been an eagle watch volunteer I have lost 2 eaglets. One to electrocution with a power line on school property that was not bird friendly. Due to the loss of the eaglet the power line is now bird friendly. The other eaglet crashed into a communication tower guyed wire and broke his leg and had to be euthanized. After the eaglet s death I worked with the communication tower company to have flags applied to the guyed wire to make it more visible for future eaglets and hopefully prevent future accidents.

19 This device is a threat to ALL wildlife. It is a rodenticide baited rodent trap. The animal enters, eats a toxic poison (usually anti-coagulant), exits the trap, dies by bleeding to death. Then another animal (snake, eagle, hawk, owl, vulture, feral cat, etc. also becomes poisoned. Also, if this animal feeds the toxic poisoned baited prey to their young then their young are killed by the toxic poison. These rodenticide baited boxes are used too often. We have successfully spoken with business owners and once we explained how these traps worked the business owners either eliminated the boxes or switched to a different type of rodent control that did not also affect the whole environment. Please help us continue to eliminate these environmental dangers to our birds and wildlife by looking for these devices and when found ask the businesses to consider other options. Businesses we have been successful with elimination of these boxes with include Valencia College Osceola Shingle Creek Welcome Center Kissimmee Surgery Center Same Day Surgicenter Orlando Olive Garden at the loop

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