[EBB Sightings] update on Sibley Golden Eagle nest

Fellow Birders,
 Please let's not be too hasty to broadcast exact nest locations of eagles. Not all of us birders use good sense, esp. in the face of exciting sightings like these, and how do you know just who is reading this list? 

The birds are hiding for a reason...they'd rather you not look at them. In their eyes, concealing their nest is a matter of life and death! It absolutely stresses them when folks peer...which is a predatory behavior.

but no need to go completely cold turkey...plenty of eagle obsies available just cruising along the Sibley and Huck trails...

please give them their space...they are our BA royalty, and deserve a bit of privacy for their very important task...making us more eagles!

Debbie


--- On Mon, 4/6/09, Sarah Dandridge  wrote:

> From: Sarah Dandridge 
> Subject: Re: [EBB Sightings] update on Sibley Golden Eagle nest
> To: "Bruce Mast" 
> Cc: sightings at diabloaudubon.com
> Date: Monday, April 6, 2009, 11:35 PM
> Where is the nest exactly or a good viewing spot? Also,
> location of pygmy nuthatches????
> 
> Seen late yesterday  at  Sibley (5:30 pm): 2 kestrels, a small
> flock of golden crowns, Anna's hummers (3), hairy
> woodpecker.
> 
> Sarah Dandridge
> On Apr 6, 2009, at 6:48 AM, Bruce Mast wrote:
> 
> > Yesterday afternoon, (Sunday, 4/5), I watched 1 or
> more Golden Eagles fly
> > off the nest and fly into it a few minutes later. Once
> at the nest, the bird
> > remained quiet and invisible from the trail. A Golden
> was also pretty
> > conspicuous in the area, soaring and roosting on a
> radio tower.
> > 
> > Other highlight was singing Rufous-crowned Sparrow
> along the rim above the
> > Quarry.
> > 
> > Bruce Mast
> > Oakland
> > 
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