(E.B.W.) Critter Corner
Blue Skies for Bald Eagles
“Once a rare sight in Quebec, bald eagles are thriving across the province, & the surge shows no sign of a slowdown as these magnificent raptors re-populate our river, lakes, & shorelines.
Reduced to a mere half-dozen nesting
birds in the 1970s, there are now more than 200 bald eagle nests producing
offspring…
At their peak, bald eagles may have
once numbered in the thousands across Quebec-
from Anticosti Island
to Abitibi, & from the southern tip of James By to the waterways of
southern Quebec,
with the highest population along the St.- Lawrence & Ottawa Rivers…
Researchers & bird
enthusiasts…have found that since the 1970s, bald & golden eagle
populations have been more than doubling every 10 years in Quebec…
In the early 1970s, there were fewer
than 10 known active nest sites in the entire province…In 1989, that number had
climbed to approximately 30 nesting pairs.
As of this year, researchers have
confirmed 200 active nests…
With more than 130,000 rivers &
a million lakes in Quebec, there is no lack of
nesting space available for Canada’s
largest bird of prey. The birds like to set up nests near large bodies of water
that act as a source of food, & prefer large, old trees…
Eagles could eventually nest in Montreal. A few years
ago, a pair nested on heron
Island, in the Lachine
Rapids.”
Robert J.
Galbraith
The
Gazette, Montreal
Aug. 9/2014
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