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You want some bald eagles? Come to my neck of the woods. Take as many as you like.
We have a large chicken industry round these parts. We also had the odd bald eagle winter here a few years back. To help the poor endangerd birds the farmers began hucking the dead chicken carcasses out into the fields for the eagles.
Fast forward to today and and there are and estimated 20-30 full time and 200-300 seasonal bald eagles in my little corner of the world.
Which was all well and good. Until the stupid eagles started grabbing chickens from the farm about 1/2 a mile across a field from my place and then trying to take them to one of their favorite roosts on the hill top about 1/4 mile the other side of my place. They are continuously harrassed by crows during this flight. I now have the joy of periodiaclly having to clean up dead chickens/chicken parts from my yard, deck or (my favorite) hood of my car that the eagles have dropped during their trip.
Yuck.
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