FreeLists / bristol-birds / [Bristol-Birds] Shady Valley Golden Eagle

[James Brooks <comeback@xxxxxxxx>]

John Shumate's observation of a Golden Eagle feeding on a deer carcass 
in Shady Valley indicates that at this time of year these birds are 
cruising high over the mountains, and they are not just confined to 
Burke's Garden. In fact, they are seen at Burke's Garden, Va., because 
there is a fairly substandital sheep raising operation there and in 
February when lambing begins, the Golden Eagles show up to eat the 
afterbirth from lambing. The farmers there do not harm the eagles 
because they know from experience that they do not attack the lambs, but 
are doing a natural cleanup.
I would strongly suspect that if farmers in Shady Valley also began 
sheep raising we would have regular winter sightings of Golden Eagle's 
there.
If you build it, they will come.

James Brooks

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