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	Podcast:		Local Features by WXPR
	Episode:		Can We Prevent an Eagle from Eating the Baby Loons on Our Lake?
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:04:21
	Publish Date:		2019-05-27 05:00:00
	Description:		This week’s Wildlife Matters springs from a Curious North question. Kaye Jaeger from the town of Crescent asks: We love the loons on our lake. We also love the eagle that flies over regularly. Is there anything we can do to prevent the eagle from eating the baby loons? To respond to Kaye's question, the Masked Biologist contemplates the interactions of two charismatic Northwoods wildlife species: bald eagles and loons. It can be a terrible feeling any time you watch one animal attack, kill and eat another animal. I’m not sure I can provide an answer that you will like, or that will make you feel any better, but I will try. Loons and bald eagles are two of our most iconic, emblematic Northwoods birds species. Both have struggled with reduced populations in past years. Eagles suffered from significant impacts from dangerous pesticides, especially DDT. It took decades of dedicated effort to help bring them back. Loons accumulated heavy metals from consuming meals of fish, especially
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