A Usenet persona calling itself Drew Dalgleish wrote:

Back again claiming the river for himself and hiding behind a pair of
eagles this time.

Yeah, well, it is my river, so I don't see a problem with that, and if the
eagles provide me with a way to keep trespassers out, that's fine with me.

We have lots of eagle nests around our cottage in
northern ontario that people boat around all the timw. I find it quite
a stretch to claim that eagles are disturbed by boaters.

Except that the ones on my property can be. I've seen it. But that's not
really the point. The point is to inform boaters that they *may* be so
disturbed, and that disturbing them is a federal offense, and that
activities along the creek are being monitored to prevent any such
disturbance and provide evidence for the prosecution of anyone who does
disturb them.

Those who wish to chance federal prosecution certainly have the capacity to
do so, but the risks are much greater now that they will be caught.

Of course you
must have very different eagles than what I'm used to if they're
nesting in colorado in november.

Well, you need to brush up a bit on eagle biology and habit patterns. Check
with the USFWS if you don't believe me.
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