The Alabama News Center — Alabama Power monitors bald eagles on 12 company reservoirs to help safeguard the species

By: Donna Cope

There are few sights as majestic as a bald eagle soaring above shimmering blue waters, wings outstretched in flight.

The chance to glimpse these magnificent raptors is among the many reasons that nature lovers head to Alabama Power-managed lakes. Twelve company reservoirs serve as host and habitat to the once-endangered species. Lake Mitchell, which spreads across Chilton and Coosa counties in the central part of the state, is among the lakes where the birds are known to nest.

The company carefully monitors bald eagles on Lake Mitchell and its other reservoirs. Since 1993, Environmental Affairs (EA) employees have performed continuous route surveys of these lakes, riding the shorelines by boat to look for perched or soaring eagles and bald eagle nests.

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