[EBB Sightings] Re: EBRP Response to Sibley Eagles

  Yesterday as I came down the hill I wondered to
myself if the fact that the nest is directly over the
road, which does indeed get use from noisy crowds of
children as well as dogs, might be something EBRP
folks might try to use to their advantage. And so they
have. The eagles are indeed tolerant of a lot more
than I would expect. Of course, we don't know how a
large influx of visitors might affect them. And with a
lot more people visiting, the danger of someone doing
something stupid and affecting the nest increases. The
goldens certainly don't represent all the other
birds--of prey and otherwise--that aren't nearly so
cool and collected. We might also ask how tame we want
our wildlife to be anyway.
  I imagine that the issue of the corridor's integrity
may end up being the one that has to be focussed on.
Take care,
Alan Howe
--- anne2210b at aol.com wrote:
> This letter doesn't address the wildlife corridor
> issues at all. Did your letter ask?
> Anne Hoff 
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mjrauz at aol.com
> To: poethowe at yahoo.com; sightings at diabloaudubon.com
> Sent: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 15:20:12 EST
> Subject: Re: [EBB Sightings] Sibley Eagles
> 
> 
> On a related issue: I received this letter today
> from the East Bay Regional Parks biologist regarding
> a concern shared on this list serv about campground
> development at Sibley.
> 
> "Thank you for your comments regarding the proposed
> projects at Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve. 
> Since 1990 the District’s Stewardship staff has
> been monitoring the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
> nest.  The eagles have consistently nested in
> various conifers at Round Top which is over _ of a
> mile from and out of view of any of the proposed
> projects described in the Sibley Volcanic Regional
> Preserve Land Use Plan Amendment.   Furthermore,
> they are currently nesting immediately adjacent to
> an existing paved road which is already utilized by
> service vehicles and is open to frequent public
> access.  In addition, within the last decade, two
> major wildfires have occurred at Sibley near or
> directly below the nest site.  During the fire and
> for several weeks after, fire crews worked in this
> area using chain saws and other equipment to remove
> hazardous trees.  Nevertheless, with all this human
> activity the eagles have not abandoned their nesting
> territory, but appeared to have habituated and
> continue to successfully nest at this site.  We
> recognize this eagle pair is very tolerant and is
> not representative of nesting raptors elsewhere."
> 
> 
> etc.
> 
> 
> 
> Mark J. Rauzon
> Marine Endeavours
> 4701 Edgewood Ave.
> Oakland, CA 94602
> mjrauz at aol.com
> 510-531-3887
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