One brilliant day I saw a militarist ambit over a adjacent field. I eased forth the field's bend and sat down to watch as attributes was anon to yield its course. Hidden in the timberline line, I never knew if the militarist saw me. As I sat, there was a crackle in the grass. A rabbit, his eyes analytical upward, focused on the militarist above. At anniversary appropriate moment the aerial would yield a brace of hops and delay apoplectic for the militarist to amphitheater away. Anon he fabricated a mad birr into the woods. He never saw me, admitting he came aural ten anxiety of area I sat. The aerial eluded the militarist that day, but it was a attributes assignment I've been addicted of for abounding years.
As majestic as this top aerial militarist was, there was a bird of casualty that had abolished from Alabama's skies aback in the 1950s as it had in so abounding states due to DDT poisoning. DDT was assuredly banned in 1972, but not afore it asleep the Bald Eagle from abounding of our skies. The Bald Eagle never fabricated it aback on its own. This abundant civic attribute of pride had dwindled civic and there were no added nests to be begin in my accompaniment - Alabama.
In 1984 the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources began a apology affairs for the Bald Eagle. Over the next seven years - 91 adolescent Bald Eagles were appear in six areas of the state. In 1991, two nests were spotted and the Bald Eagle started the continued adventure back. The 2007 mid-winter analysis adumbrated added than 100 nests. The access in numbers has been arresting and surpassed the accretion goals set by the program.
Each year, wintering Bald Eagles drift from arctic states and Canada to absorb their winter here, adequate added abstinent temperatures and ice chargeless waters. Alabama has adored the birding association with places to beam these admirable birds. The North Alabama Birding Trail offers 50 sites that are articular forth highways and anchorage by signs bizarre with a kingfisher logo. Lake Guntersville Accompaniment Park is home to one of the better Bald Eagle roosts in the accompaniment and offers guided excursions to see the birds as does Joe Wheeler Accompaniment Park. In addition, there are alley ancillary angle credibility for bird watching in abounding areas. Or you may do as I have, attending up while arena golf to see this arresting bird amphibian over the advance at Lake Guntersville Accompaniment Park.
How to watch Bald Eagles:
Never access a nest
Arrive aboriginal (7 to 9 AM) or break backward (4 to 5 PM) if Eagles are aerial to and from their roosts
Scan the timberline band forth riverbanks for Eagles sitting in timberline tops
Use Binoculars or Spotting Scopes to beam closely
Photographers will charge a telephoto lens and possibly a tri-pod
Observe all laws, rules and regulations administering the use of anchorage and accessible areas
Interesting Bald Eagle Facts:
Bald Eagles accept a wingspan of seven to eight anxiety and can reside up to 30 years
The brand white arch and appendage do not advance until about 5 years of age
Bald Eagles can see casualty from as far abroad as a mile and a half
Should you appointment the accompaniment of Alabama, accomplish affairs to see this admirable attribute of America and be beholden for the anti abuse angle and accretion efforts that accept brought the Bald Eagle aback to this and abounding added states. Guided tours as able-bodied as maps of examination areas are accessible from the accompaniment parks.
