[CINC] Dr. Peter Sharpe to the Rescue!

[Lisa Anderson]

The Bald Eagle guys went out today PR today--including Peter. They don't
think the bird was from the islands--no tag!  From what I gather from the
Golden Eagle relocation, the birds cannot be transplanted outside of
California. So far up north seems the most logical solution. 
Lisa

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[mailto:channel_islands_naturalist_corps-bounces at rain.org] On Behalf Of paul
jr petrich
Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2011 9:33 AM
To: channel_islands_ naturalist_corps
Cc: Kate Faulkner
Subject: [CINC] Dr. Peter Sharpe to the Rescue!

Hello Ocean People,
 Yesterday's SB News-Press had an interesting article about how the Santa
Barbara Zoo enlisted the help of Peter Sharpe, the Channel Island's Bald
Eagle expert extraordinaire, to solve a very unique zoo situation. It seems
that on August 29th a juvenile Bald Eagle perched itself on top of the
condor exhibit within 10 to 20 feet of passing visitors, oblivious to their
presence. Was he or she educated in the ways of our island foxes?!

 Anyway, said visitor overstayed his or her stay, and on September 11th
Peter Sharpe was called to solve what was feared by zoo authorities to be a
looming problem. They had already moved 16 macaws, 13 otters, 4 chuckwallas,
4 rabbits, 2 cranes, 2 hornbills, 2 meerkats, and a swan into covered,
protected areas! The new uninvited resident was not recorded to have
harassed any of the aforementioned, but his or her constant eagle eying was
deemed more evil than that of other paying visitors. He or she is said to
also cause consternation amongst other zoo critters when "bathing and
drinking" from the elephant, giraffe, and flamingo pools!  So, Dr. Sharpe
eventually caught this juvenile delinquent: Now he or she is reported to be
doing fine, maybe looking for another zoo to terrorize, in the Mt. Shasta
region. 

 Questions remaining: was this eagle a juvenile born and bred on our
islands? Was the reporter right in informing we readers that said eagle fed
only on wild cormorants in the adjacent bird refuge and shoreline? And, why
was she or he relocated in the Sierras instead of on one of our outer
islands?  Good Tidings to all, Paul
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