re: Bald Eagle in Walker....

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Lakes of Fennwood

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Hello neighbor. It's a small world.

You do know it is a $250,000 fine to bother a bald or golden eagle correct? They consider a "take" pretty much any act that would cause an eagle not to nest in an area or abandon an area where they have been seen starting to nest. I have tower crews pushing the limits with the Migratory Bird Treaty act every day during nesting season. Most have no clue as to the fines they could face.

I saw one flying over my sister's house in Bell City.


I love seeing it. They're magnificent.


There are two "versions" of bald eagles.


There's the northern version that lives in Alaska, Washington, Iowa, etc, (the northern is a bit larger than the southern) and then there's a Southern Bald Eagle.

That's what's here. I saw them several times a week when I lived in Florida.

They're monogamous and mate for life. Beautiful and magnificent animals.


Glad you saw one!

I see at least one per week at least, in coastal virginia.

Thank Dollywood surprisingly, they have done a fantastic job of helping restore bald eagles to the southeast and elsewhere.

Well it's a group that is based with Dollywood, American Eagle Foundation.

They're fairly common in SC.

It is amazing how they've recovered over the years.

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They're not that rare. I've seen them while driving over the Atchafalaya basin a few times.

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This. There's many in the Atchafalaya Basin, there's one that hangs out at BASF in Geismar, there's a few along Severio Canal in St. Amant, and there's a large nest right off of I-10 near the Boutte exit in that cypress swamp.

Bald Eagles are very plentiful in SE Louisiana


You could probably see one every day but most people aren't looking for them

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for these guided bald eagle site-seeing tours. I'm talking $250 a pop

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My word...I could make a killing then.. Theres a giant nest around my camp at the mouth of the blind river