Hays bald eagles begin rebuilding, some good news for a change.

[yortsed snacilbuper]

Only three days after a windstorm toppled their nest tree and the birds lost their first egg of the season, the eagles were building a new nest Wednesday on the same hillside in the Hays neighborhood overlooking the Monongahela River, said amateur wildlife photographer Dana Nesiti of West Homestead.

Since Sunday night, both birds had been flying and dropping sticks near their old nest. They also have been spotted mating.

But the pair stepped things up Wednesday morning, when the male eagle started bringing branches to a prominent sycamore tree on the hillside, according to a longtime watcher of the Hays birds known as Eagle Streamer in local internet chat rooms.

http://triblive.com/local/valleynewsdispatch/11950328-74/nest-birds-according

[luvMIdog]

1. beautiful in flight

Thanks for sharing. it's good news

[VaBchTgerLily]

2. the symbol of our nation-maybe it's a sign

[Doremus]

3. It wasn't long ago that man's pollution brought these great birds to the brink of extinction

How long will it take the EPA (so called) to take us there again?


On a more upbeat note, I saw 3 red tailed hawks in the air over our neighborhood this weekend. One was the female resident and the other two were hopeful suitors. Their sky dance was cut short by a couple of agitated crows that wanted them out of there pronto.

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4. Pittsburgh Hays bald eagles at new 2017 nest

Published on Feb 20, 2017

The following video was captured by Dana Nesiti on 2/20/2017 at the new Pittsburgh Hays bald eagle nest. This video clip was taken a day after the female laid an egg in the new nest. A week before the Hays pair lost their nest in a wind storm. A few days before the nest blew down the female had laid her first egg of the season. The eagles build a new nest close to the tree that blew down in only 4 days. We assume the egg she laid on 2/19/2017 in the 3rd egg she would have laid this season.