Urban jungle: Eagles nest on Miami cellphone tower
On a cellphone tower across from the North Dade Justice Center on Biscayne Boulevard, behind a Nails 4 U and Dream Brows, a rare South Florida construction project is underway.
Two bald eagles are building a nest.
About three months ago, the pair of eagles, at least 5 years old and possibly in a family way, were spotted ferrying sticks to the top of the lofty tower. If completed, the nest would become just the fourth one in Miami-Dade County confirmed by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission since 1987, although not all nests are documented by the state.
“It’s amazing they’re picking a spot that’s this urban,” said Donna Molfetto, an aviation biologist with the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science, who has visited the nest four times after it was posted on an online message board.
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