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Bird Watching: Bald Eagle - Our National Symbol, 1 by linthicum

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linthicum wrote:
It's definitely eagle habitat. They feast on the shad that live in the waters below the dam. I found it interesting that the dam has two elevator lifts that lift the shad to the waters above the dam so that they may continue their migratory journey north. Adult shad migrate each Spring from the ocean to the fresh waters upstream where they spawn. An average adult female shad produces 300,000 eggs.

Here is another photo of three eagles fighting over a fish just caught by one of them .......