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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Yes Donna - I've seen eagles chasin=
g common mergansers</span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">often enough while fishing to know they=
will feed on water fowl.<br/></span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Especially the white drakes - I guess t=
hey think its a chicken!<br/></span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Did anyone ever try putting a trail cam=
era on a nest? Then you<br/></span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">could see what happened. A bit of a cho=
re no doubt!<br/></span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Once I was fishing a small lake where t=
here was a loon with a chick.<br/></span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">The loon stayed close and when I releas=
ed a fish that I had caught<br/></span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">the loon dove and came near. Seems like=
it knew the fish would be<br/></span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">a bit disorientated and would be easy t=
o catch. Anyway the chick stayed<br/></span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">away until an Owl hooted from a tree by=
the lake. The adult loon quickly called<br/></span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">the chick and the chick came running ov=
er the water. They knew <br/></span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">about owls!<br/></span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Interesting post - something to think a=
bout.<br/></span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Paul<br/></span>
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;Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Thanks for sharing th=
is update, Jim!  What an incredible event.</span></p>=20
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;Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Watching 40 eagles al=
l dine at once is quite a spectacle.  </span></p>=20
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color: #1f497d; font-family: '=
;Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">434 eagles ... one ha=
s to wonder!  Is there a threshold?</span></p>=20
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color: #1f497d; font-family: '=
;Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">I=E2=80=99m already c=
oncerned about our loon chick survivorship this year!  Ykes.  </s=
pan></p>=20
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color: #1f497d; font-family: '=
;Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">I=E2=80=99ve been rec=
ently scouting out potential sites for some loon nesting platforms on the A=
nnapolis River, where large water fluctuations make nesting pretty well imp=
ossible, but there should be lots of fish for loons to feed young.  Th=
e platforms will rise and fall with the water, and there has been good succ=
ess.  It=E2=80=99s been suggested that we should try building little c=
anopies over the platform to deter eagles and other predators.  This l=
atest report provides added inspiration.  Thanks!</span></p>=20
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;Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>=20
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