White Sucker Run is on

[Wilson]

Originally Posted by Mark B.

The pesticide DDT caused thin eggshells which broke under the adults' weight. DDT was banned in 1968, resulting in the resurgence:

http://www.conservewildlifenj.org/pr...cts/baldeagle/

Here's hoping that they don't become a nuisance like the endangered cormorant.

[Mark B.]

They must have stocked the Raritan R.

Nice Rainbow brought to the nest around 10 AM today.

[thmyorke1]

clearly a sign of naturally reproducing raritan steelhead

[Billfish715]

There was a second rainbow in the nest today. The eagles had a few lean days for food, but they always had something to eat. One of the first fish dinners was a crappie. The suckers filled the void along with a rabbit or two until the state stocked trout. Now, it's game on. The eagle chicks are eating on their own little by little and the fish seem more plentiful. The best video was when it snowed and one of the parents stayed on the nest coving the chicks while she/he was covered with snow.

[Mark B.]

It looked like the remains of a rabbit and a squirrel in the nest too.

The eaglets are the size of large chickens now.

[Billfish715]

The chicks have been eating well and are able to be left in the nest without a parent sitting on them constantly. In one of the pictures you can see a rabbit. In another, there is a crappie and a couple of suckers. I think I saw a bass on another day.

[Mark B.]

I'm hoping for something more novel. Last year, there was a cat's head in a more southern US nest. Recently, someone posted a photo of a B. Eagle with a slice of pepperoni pizza in its talons that it snatched from a parking lot.