Just Like People, Bald Eagles Now Need A Permit For Where They Can Build Their Homes
January 3, 2011 Kyriaki (Sandy) Venetis Just like every other American, there are limits to what bald eagles are free to do - including build their nests where they want. In all seriousness, no one can really object to the actions taken by officals this time.
Rescue workers approaching a lighting pole located in the right outfield of the Ed Smith Stadium in Florida to remove two eagle eggs. Photo courtesy of the American Eagle Foundation.
Late last year, a pair of bald eagles built a new nest on top of a 135- foot lighting pole located in the right outfield of the Ed Smith Stadium (the Florida spring training ground of the Boston Orioles). The ball players are scheduled to arrive early next month. With eggs already in the nest, the concerns were obvious.
Being in the way of flying balls, lots of noise, and commuter traffic isn’t the most ideal place for eagles, or anyone else for that matter to raise a family.
Officials contacted the American Eagle Foundation to come remove the eggs, cover the nest site with a tarp, and thereby evict the eagles from the stadium. AEF staffers went down to the stadium from Tennessee last month with incubators to safely transport the eggs back to foundation’s Eagle Center at Dollywood.