Baby Eagles Rescued From Sanford Airport
Published: June 28, 2007
Two baby eagles have been successfully rescued from their nest near Sanford’s airport.
The babies are between three and four weeks old, which is why the Audubon Society was afraid they might jump and hurt themselves before volunteers could take them out of the nest, WESH 2 News reported.
The adult eagles circled where their nest was. They did not know the man climbing the tree was working to give their babies a fighting chance.
They tried to get away from the Audubon volunteer who teetered on the edge of the nest. The fear was that the babies might jump from the nest in the extremely tall pine tree and be unable to fly, facing injury or death.
The climber was able to successfully get them covered, calm them, and send them one-by-one to waiting experts.
“This one’s so young, only three weeks or so,” volunteer Lynda White said.
Audubon had wanted the airport to wait before demolishing this nest so that the babies would have time to grow and learn to fly and hunt from their parents. The airport decided to take the nest down after the Federal Aviation Authority declared it a hazard to air travel.
“We have to remove these nests to make sure the airways are safe,” Orlando-Sanford International Airport representative Diane Crews said.
The airport targeted three nests; one on its property, two nearby saying the eagles created a safety issue for airplanes.
One did hit a plane and was killed.
“We need to do what’s necessary to protect eagles too,” Crews said.
Audubon said there are many other nests, and many other birds flying in and around the airport.
“Taking down these nests isn’t going to do any good,” White said.
The Audubon Society said it will try to put the baby eagles in a new nest if they can. They said the babies need to learn to fly and hunt from other eagles.
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