Date: 11/16/24 7:34 am From: Jud Johnston via groups.io <egrosbeak1946...> Subject: Re: [ALbirds] Active Bald Eagle Nest to be Destroyed in Auburn
Irrelevant now as the tree has been cut and the remains of the nest
scattered.
Jud Johnston
Waynesboro, TN
On Thu, Nov 14, 2024 at 6:16 PM Drew Haffenden via groups.io <andrew=
<natsp.com...> wrote:
> Jud the Golden and Bald Eagle Protection covers this. Disturbing - there's
> more specific terms used in saying what disturbing is - an active Bald
> Eagle nest is illegal. Importantly the Act includes this as Disturbing: "In addition
> to immediate impacts, this definition also covers effects that result from
> human-induced alterations initiated around a previously used nest site
> during a time when eagles are not present, if, upon the eagle's return,
> such alterations agitate or bother an eagle to a degree that interferes
> with or interrupts normal breeding, feeding, or sheltering habits, and
> causes injury, death or nest abandonment"
>
> The possible area of interpretation is interfering in normal refers to the
> pair or that specific nest. That is, if the pair build another nest and use
> it to produce a clutch in the same season have the eagles been disturbed to
> the degree required? "Interrupts" may also come into play.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Drew Haffenden
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> *From:* <ALbirds...> <ALbirds...> on behalf of Jud Johnston
> via groups.io <egrosbeak1946...>
> *Sent:* Thursday, November 14, 2024 5:42:09 PM
> *To:* <ALbirds...> <ALbirds...>
> *Subject:* [ALbirds] Active Bald Eagle Nest to be Destroyed in Auburn
>
> How can this be allowed to happen? Supposedly Hughston Homes has a permit
> from Fish and Wildlife to destroy an active bald eagle nest just north of
> Auburn for a housing development. From WRBL in Columbus.
>
> Jud Johnston
> Waynesboro, TN
>
>
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