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Sorry to whoever inquired about this that I haven't responded until now. Someone said that after the Eagle Watch very few eagles were at the Swetnam feeding site at the north end of Middle Dyke Road. On our count of 179 bald eagles on Sunday, Feb. 13, here is our list of areas and how many eagles were in each: 21 eagles in area A - Gaspereau River Valley, mostly from Gaspereau to Wallbrook. 44 eagles in area B - nw. of Port Williams south from Saxon St. to Cornwallis River. 8 eagles in area C - Cornwallis River Valley, Kentville to Wolfville. 7 eagles in area D(i) - ne. of Grand Pre, RR tracks to Minas Basin shores 28 eagles in area D(ii) - se. of Grand Pre RR tracks to Gaspereau River. 5 eagles in area E - s. & e. of river in Canning to Canard River. 6 eagles in areas F(i) & F(ii), nw. and sw. of Grand Pre, south to Gaspereau River. 2 eagles in area G(i) - n. & e. of Canning. 3 eagles (including 2 at nest in Scots' Bay) in area G(ii) - n. of Pereau River to Scots' Bay. 1 eagle in area H(i) - nw. of Canning & n. of Bains Road. 19 eagles in area H(ii) - w. of Canning from Bains Road s. to Saxon St. (includes Swetnam site). 7 eagles in area I - Avonport area. 1 eagle in area J - w. & s. of White Rock. 19 eagles in area K - south of White Rock to Black River -- most of these eagles were at farm formerly owned by Gordon Young, now his grandson?, along Lower Sunken Lake Road. 10 eagles in area L - e. & n. of Port Williams from Cornwallis River to Canard River. ------------------------ The putting out of daily chicken mortalities goes on all winter, but each farmer is at a different place in the 8-week cycle of broiler production from other farmers, and the eagles seem to know who has the biggest carcasses. It takes six weeks to grow a broiler, and then when they go to market, there is a two-week time of no chickens to get ready for the next batch, as I understand it. And we think that the number of farmers who put out food for disposal by the eagles et al. is decreasing, in the interests of biosecurity and as pressure is applied via veterinarians for farmers to move their feeding sites long distances from their chicken barns -- as far as I know, only two or perhaps a few more of the poultry producers have moved their feeding sites well away from the barns. Maybe it's actually a good idea to reduce the number of eagles etc. in winter here?, although it could be hard on the village of Sheffield Mills and its annual festival. The 20th annual Eagle Watch this year went very well indeed, with lots of snow and winter weather, the weather being perfect for three of the four days, as many of you know already. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.
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