[mou] Urban eagle nest

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:34:43 -0500

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I just noticed that nest yesterday myself!  Last week I had seen an  
adult eagle thermalizing on the north side of 62 as I entered from  
77.  The nest looked like it was in a residential neighborhood and I  
wondered if it was a red-tail nest.

Cool!

Sharon Stiteler
www.birdchick.com
Minneapolis, MN

On Mar 27, 2007, at 5:44 PM, Bruce Fall wrote:

> There is a very visible active Bald Eagle nest at a surprisingly  
> urban location: just northwest of the Cedar Ave. (77) / Crosstown  
> (62) interchange at the south edge of Minneapolis. The nest is on  
> the south side of E 58th St. (almost directly above the curb), just  
> west of 18th Ave. S and less than one block west of the busy 5-8  
> Club (corner of Cedar and 58th). The nest (which is rather small  
> and probably newly constructed this year) overlooks the  
> neighborhood houses on the north side of 58th, and is less than 50  
> yards from the closest ones. There was one adult on the nest and  
> another flying around nearby over the weekend. This neighborhood  
> has plenty of pedestrian and auto traffic (and cars parked beneath  
> the nest), and the birds must be well accustomed to people. It will  
> be interesting to document what prey the parents bring to the young  
> later this spring. Thanks to Doris Rubenstein for telling me about  
> this nest.
>
> Bruce A. Fall, Minneapolis
>
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-khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">I just noticed that nest =
yesterday myself!=A0 Last week I had seen an adult eagle thermalizing on =
the north side of 62 as I entered from 77.=A0 The nest looked like it =
was in a residential neighborhood and I wondered if it was a red-tail =
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style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">There is a very visible active Bald Eagle nest at a =
surprisingly urban location: just northwest of the Cedar Ave. (77) / =
Crosstown (62) interchange at the south edge of Minneapolis. The nest is =
on the south side of E 58th St. (almost directly above the curb), just =
west of 18th Ave. S and less than one block west of the busy 5-8 Club =
(corner of Cedar and 58th). The nest (which is rather small and probably =
newly constructed this year) overlooks the neighborhood houses on the =
north side of 58th, and is less than 50 yards from the closest ones. =
There was one adult on the nest and another flying around nearby over =
the weekend. This neighborhood has plenty of pedestrian and auto traffic =
(and cars parked beneath the nest), and the birds must be well =
accustomed to people. It will be interesting to document what prey the =
parents bring to the young later this spring. Thanks to Doris Rubenstein =
for telling me about this nest.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
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