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DOT COM.
THE EAGLE'S NESTS AT
NORFOLK BOTANICAL GARDEN
ARE GONE.
THE CITY HAD THEM REMOVED
EARLY THIS MORNING, AT
THE REQUEST OF
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
THE USDA AND FAA WERE
WORRIED ABOUT SAFETY,
AFTER TWO EAGLES
WERE KILLED BY PLANES IN
NORFOLK LAST YEAR.
10 ON YOUR SIDE'S ANNE
MCNAMARA JOINS US LIVE
FROM THE BOTANICAL
GARDEN. ANNE?
FOR MANY, IT IS A SAD
DAY. THE FAMILY OF
EAGLES NESTED
HERE FOR EIGHT YEARS AND
MILLIONS WATCHED THEIR
EVERY MOVE ON A
WEB CAMERA. TODAY, THE
NESTS ARE A PILE OF
CHIPPED BRANCHES.
NATURE NATS A DARK
DISAPPOINTMENT
CASTS A SHADOW OVER THE
BEAUTY OF THE NORFOLK
BOTANICAL GARDEN.
FOR SOME, IT FEELS LIKE
THERE HAS BEEN A DEATH IN
THE FAMILY.
(75) 16:16 IT'S A SAD
DAY. I GUESS THAT SUMS IT
UP. IT'S A SAD DAY.
GARDEN DIRECTOR DONALD
COMPLETE AND THE OTHER
JUST
HALF A NEST -WERE A
FAVORITE FOCAL POINT ON
THIS PROPERTY. THE
STICKS THAT HELD THEM
TOGETHER WERE REMOVED BY
HAND THIS MORNING,
ONE BY ONE, UNTIL NOTHING
WAS LEFT. IT ONLY TOOK A
FEW MINUTES.
(75) 15:47 IT WASNT AS
SOLID AS THEY THOUGHT IT
WAS. IT WASNT AS COMPACT
REMOVED AT THE REQUEST OF
THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT. THE FEDERAL
AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
AND THE U-S-D-A MADE
THE RECOMMENDATION AFTER
BIRDSTRIKES KILLED TWO
EAGLES
THAT NESTED HERE LAST
YEAR. (76) "WHEN YOU
HAVE STATE AND
FEDERAL AGENCIES COMING
TO YOU SAYING THIS NEST
IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO
THE RUNWAY WHICH HAPPENS
TO BE RIGHT THERE IS A
SIGNIFICANT HAZARD
TO TEH PUBLIC AND THE
EAGLES IT WAS IN THE BEST
INTEREST THIS NEST
COME DOWN VOCAL EAGLE
LOVERS TRIED TIME
AND AGAIN TO STALL THE
PROCESS. ASKING THE CITY
TO STUDY OTHER
OPTIONS. THEY SAY MOVING
THE NESTS WILL NOT STOP
THE BELOVED BIRDS
FROM BUILDING A NEW ONE
NEARBY. (82) 37:50 I
THINK IT WILL PROBABLY BE
A DIFFICULT TIME KEEPING
THEM OUT. THEY'LL
PROBABLY BE BACK IN NO
TIME
BUILDING SOMEWHERE ELSE.
UNTIL THEN, THE ONLY
EAGLE LEFT TO
PHOTOGRAPH IS THIS ONE.
(82) 38:33 ITS JUST A
MAGNIFICENT BIRD
I ASKED THE CITY HOW THEY
WILL
DETER THE BIRDS FROM
COMING BACK. I AM TOLD
LESS NOISY TECHNIQUES
WILL BE USED FIRST. THAT
MEANS TECHNIQUS SUCH AS
SHOOTING
PAINTBALLS UP THE TREE TO
ENCOURAGE THE BIRDS TO
MAKE
THEIR NEST SOMEHWERE
ELSE. ANNE MCNAMARA, 10
ON YOUR SIDE.
YOU MAY REMEMBER- LAST
WEEK, BOARD MEMBERS FROM
NORFOLK BOTANICAL GARDEN
CREATED A TASK FORCE TO
STUDY OTHER
POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS. WE'RE
TOLD THAT SAME BOARD HELD
AN EMERGENCY VOTE AND
DECIDED TO REMOVE THE
NEST EARLY THIS
WEEK.