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No, we haven't been tracking any eagles in our hometown of Richmond. We do see one pair regularly when we go boating in Robinhood Cove, down on Georgetown Island, and lots of ospreys. There's an osprey nest overlooking the little cove where we keep our boat and we may even set up our own webcam there next year.

One of the eagle rescues I heard about this year involved two half-grown eaglets in a nest in California. They were divebombed by an adolescent eagle, knocking one out of the nest while people were viewing; a half hour later the second was knocked out of the nest. Observers were able to trigger an emergency response and a local wildlife team was at the site within an hour and brought both injured eaglets back to a rehabilitation facility; one had a badly injured beak and the other had a fractured wing. Both recovered and were later released. But be aware that sometimes the outcome is more tragic, and that's part of Nature as well.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble