INTERLOPERS!?

It's been a long time since I've reported on Ethel and Ernest. They appeared regularly over the fall and winter on the light standards west of the west highrise, usually one at a time. Usually just Ernest. It is March, mating season for eagle pairs, and it remains to be seen whether our pair will successfully raise an eaglet or eaglets this season. Last year they did not. Yet it is reassuring that they continue to remain in the Union Bay/Arboretum area. I'll keep you posted later in the spring if Larry Hubbard of the Union Bay Watch blog posts photos of the nest. This morning, however, there was a brand new pair of eagles on the bridge. Not in the same area where Ethel and Ernest hang out, but midspan. These eagles are young, judging from the mere beginnings of white feathers on their heads. But this brings promise that we may see another eagle pair set up housekeeping in the Arboretum area. Larry posted some awesome photos of eagle wars between our resident eagles and one or more of the interlopers. But we hope there is room for another little family.