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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Nov 12, 2025 at 16:36:37, Stacey T via Tweeters <<a href="mailto:tweeters@u.washington.edu">tweeters@u.washington.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div>
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<div>I was birding in Discovery Park this afternoon and noticed a new (to me) bald eagle nest with two adults actively building it. The nest is in a large Douglas fir right on a heavily trafficked section of the Loop Trail. </div>
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Bald Eagles do fun things at times. Down in California we had a pair set up a nest in a Pine tree in the front lawn of an elementary school and successfully fledge chicks multiple years (although there were ongoing issues with lead poisoning due to duck hunting along the bay nearby, but before I moved we had a couple of chicks fledge and one more rescued, rehabilitated from the lead and released elsewhere). The nest, FWIW, was about 40’ up in the tree, so hard for people to be too annoying, although once folks arrived to find someone flying a drone up there to get pictures. That did not end well for that person, BTW, since the area was marked off by Fish and Wildlife and the rangers arrived quickly. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I was out at Fay Bainbridge today where there was a nest that was started last year but failed. I was curious if they might try again this year, and as I arrived a large bird flew out of the nest tree, but I didn’t get a decent look at it, but I’m assuming it was an eagle. It’ll be interesting to see if there is activity there in the next few weeks — the nest overall seems in good shape but I couldn’t tell if it had been worked on yet. I’ll be checking in every couple of weeks to see if they make a new nesting attempt. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Chuq</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(39,39,40);font-family:-apple-system,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><div><br></div><div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">---------------------------------------<br><br>Chuq Von Rospach (<a href="http://www.chuq.me" target="_blank">http://www.chuq.me</a>)</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">Silverdale, Washington</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">Birder, Nature and Wildlife Photographer<br><br>Email me at: <a href="mailto:chuqvr@gmail.com" target="_blank">chuqvr@gmail.com</a><br>Mastodon: @<a href="mailto:chuqvr@fosstodon.org" target="_blank">chuqvr@fosstodon.org</a><br><br>Stay Updated with what I'm doing: <a href="https://www.chuq.me/6fps/" target="_blank">https://www.chuq.me/6fps/</a><br>My latest e-book: <a href="https://www.chuq.me/ebooks" target="_blank">https://www.chuq.me/ebooks</a><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><br>
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