Date: 11/12/25 5:09 pm From: Chuq Von Rospach via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] BAEA nest in Discovery Park
On Nov 12, 2025 at 16:36:37, Stacey T via Tweeters <
<tweeters...> wrote:
> 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.
>
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.
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.
Chuq
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Chuq Von Rospach (http://www.chuq.me)
Silverdale, Washington
Birder, Nature and Wildlife Photographer
